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Stephen Root in 'No Country for Old Men'

Stephen Root (1951 - )

Film Deaths:

  • V.I. Warshawski (1991) [Mickey]: Killed in a shootout with Kathleen Turner.
  • Extreme Justice (1993) [Max Alvarez]: Killed in a shootout with gangsters and corrupt cops.
  • RoboCop 3 (1993) [Coontz]: Killed (off-screen) in a shootout between rebels and Rehabs; his body is later seen when one of the Rehabs kicks him over
  • Night of the Scarecrow (1995) [Uncle Frank/The Sherriff]: Killed by the possessed scarecrow and its supernatural powers.
  • Bicentennial Man (1999) [Dennis Mansky – Head of NorthAm Robotics]: Presuamably dies (off-screen) during the passage of time between scenes.
  • Natural Selection (1999) [Mr. Crenshaw]: Killed by David Carradine or one of the possessed townspeople.
  • No Country for Old Men (2007) [Man Who Hires Wells]: Shot in the throat by Javier Bardem in Stephen's office, as Trent Moore looks on in shock.
  • Over Her Dead Body (2008) [Sculptor]: Killed (off-screen) in a car accident while driving drunk; he appears as a spirit afterwards when Eva Longoria's spirit encounters him.
  • Rango (2011; animated) [Doc/Merrimack/Mr. Snuggles]: Providing the voices of multiple characters, "Merrimack" is drowned (off-screen) by the Mayor (voiced by Ned Beatty); his body is shown afterwards when Rango (voiced by Johnny Depp) discovers him. Stephen's other characters survive the movie.
  • Red State (2011) [Sheriff Wynan]: Shot to death with a sniper rifle by Jennifer Schwalbach Smith as Stephen attempts to take cover in his patrol car.

TV Deaths:

  • In the Heat of the Night: A Love Lost (1993) [Raymond Mercer]: Shot twice in the stomach by Matthew Flint outside Stephen's cabin.
  • King of the Hill: Returning Japanese (2002, animated) [Bill Dautrieve]: Falls off his motorcycle when he jumps off the fork and landing into a pie. This was a fantasy had by Billin a new age sauna. (He survives the episode in reality.) (Nudity alert: rear)
  • King of the Hill: Death Buys a Timeshare (2005) [Topsy Toppington/Various]: "Topsy" dies off-screen (presumedly of old age) before the episode begins; his death is revealed when Cotton Hill (Toby Huss) tells the guys.
  • True Blood: I Don't Wanna Know (2008) [Eddie Gauthier]: Staked in the heart by Lizzy Caplan. He appears in Ryan Kwanten's nightmare in the episode Scratches the following season.
  • Pushing Daisies: The Norwegians (2008) [Dwight Dixon]: Drops dead due to Josh Randall being revived by Lee Pace's powers for longer than sixty seconds.
  • 24: Day 8: 4:00am-5:00am (2010): [Bill Prady]: Garrotted by Katee Sackhoff, who then stuffs his body in a wall vent.
  • Fargo: A Fox, a Rabbit, and a Cabbage (2014) [Burt Canton] Shot to death by Billy Bob Thornton in an elevator.

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