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| Born | Powers Allen Boothe June 1, 1948 Snyder, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | May 14, 2017 (aged 68) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupations | Actor, voice actor |
| Years active | 1977–2017 |
| Spouse | Pam Cole (1969–2017; his death) |
| Children | 2 |
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Powers Allen Boothe (June 1, 1948 – May 14, 2017) was an American television and film actor. Some of his most notable roles include his Emmy-winning portrayal of Jim Jones in Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones and his turns as TV detective Philip Marlowe in the 1980s, Cy Tolliver on Deadwood, "Curly Bill" Brocious in Tombstone, Vice-President and subsequently President Noah Daniels on 24, and Lamar Wyatt in Nashville.
Early life[]
Boothe, the youngest of three boys, was born on a farm in Snyder, the seat of Scurry County, Texas, to Emily Kathryn (née Reeves) and Merrill Vestal Boothe, a rancher.[1]
Career[]
After graduating from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, Boothe joined the repertory company of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, with roles in Henry IV, Part 2 (portraying Henry IV of England), Troilus and Cressida, and others. His New York stage debut was in the 1974 Lincoln Center production of Richard III. Five years later, his Broadway theater debut came in a starring role in the one-act play Lone Star, written by James McLure.
Boothe first came to national attention in 1980, playing Jim Jones in the CBS-TV movie Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones. Boothe's portrayal of the crazed cult leader received critical acclaim. In Time's story on the production, Boothe was praised: "There is one extraordinary performance. A young actor named Powers Boothe captures all the charisma and evil of 'Dad', Jim Jones." Boothe won the Emmy Award for his role, beating out veterans Henry Fonda and Jason Robards. As the Screen Actors Guild were on strike in the fall of 1980, he was the only actor to cross picket lines to attend the ceremonies, saying at the time, "This may be either the bravest moment of my career or the dumbest."[2]
Boothe made an appearance during the 1987 Celebrity Golf Challenge for Charity where he made the current long drive record for celebrities of 490 yards. For these efforts, Boothe was awarded the Golden Pumpkin, but, because of scheduling conflicts, he could not receive the award in person.
Boothe portrayed Philip Marlowe in a TV series based on Raymond Chandler's short stories for HBO in the 1980s. He appeared in such films as Southern Comfort, A Breed Apart, Red Dawn, The Emerald Forest and Extreme Prejudice, as well as the HBO films Into the Homeland and By Dawn's Early Light. Additionally, he appeared in the 1990 CBS-TV film Family of Spies, in which he played traitor Navy Officer John Walker. Boothe portrayed Curly Bill Brocius in the hit 1993 Western Tombstone, the disloyal senior Army officer in Blue Sky (opposite Jessica Lange's Oscar-winning performance), and the sinister lead terrorist in Sudden Death. He was also part of the large ensemble casts for Oliver Stone's Nixon (as Chief of Staff Alexander Haig) and U Turn (as the town sheriff).
In 2001, he starred as Flavius Aëtius, the Roman general in charge of stopping the Hun invasion in the made-for-TV miniseries Attila. Boothe played a featured role as brothel-owner Cy Tolliver on the HBO series Deadwood, and the seedy Senator Roark in the motion picture Sin City (2005), as well as its sequel, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014). He is the voice of one of the characters in the 2005 video game Area 51 and of Gorilla Grodd, the hyper-intelligent telepathic supervillain in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. He voiced the villain, Kane, in the 2008 video game Turok.
He was a special guest star on 24, where he played Vice President Noah Daniels. He returned in the prequel to the seventh season, 24: Redemption. Just after taking the role as acting President, Boothe is seen exiting Air Force Two with F-15s in the background. Boothe played a downed F-15 pilot in Red Dawn. In March 2008, he narrated a television campaign ad for Senator John McCain's presidential campaign.[3] He maintains a private art collection which includes Western paintings of his friend and fellow actor Buck Taylor.
In 2012, Boothe appeared in Joss Whedon's The Avengers in a secretive role as a shadowy governmental superior to S.H.I.E.L.D. in 2015-16, he reprised the role, now named Gideon Malick, in ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Boothe appeared in the 2012 miniseries Hatfields & McCoys as Judge Valentine "Wall" Hatfield. Boothe was also cast as Lamar Wyatt in the ABC musical drama series Nashville.[4] Boothe also lent his voice to Hitman: Absolution, a 2012 video game developed by IO Interactive, voicing the character of Benjamin Travis.
Personal life[]
Boothe married his college sweetheart Pam in 1969, and they had two children: Parisse and Preston.[5] He died in his sleep on the morning of May 14, 2017 from natural causes. He was 68.[6][7][8]
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1977 | The Goodbye Girl | Richard III Cast | |
| 1980 | Cruising | Hankie Salesman | |
| 1980 | The Cold Eye (My Darling, Be Careful) | ||
| 1981 | Southern Comfort | Hardin | |
| 1984 | A Breed Apart | Mike Walker | |
| 1984 | Red Dawn | Lt. Col. Andrew 'Andy' Tanner | |
| 1985 | The Emerald Forest | Bill Markham | |
| 1987 | Extreme Prejudice | Cash Bailey | |
| 1988 | Sapphire Man | Ryan | short |
| 1989 | Stalingrad | General Vasily Chuikov | |
| 1992 | Rapid Fire | Mace Ryan | |
| 1993 | Tombstone | Curly Bill Brocius | |
| 1994 | Blue Sky | Vince Johnson | |
| 1995 | Mutant Species | Frost | |
| 1995 | Sudden Death | Joshua Foss | |
| 1995 | Nixon | Alexander Haig | Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| 1997 | Con Air | Officer at Leaving Ceremony | voice |
| 1997 | U Turn | Sheriff Potter | |
| 2000 | Men of Honor | Captain Pullman | |
| 2001 | Frailty | FBI Agent Wesley Doyle | |
| 2005 | Sin City | Senator Roark | |
| 2006 | Superman: Brainiac Attacks | Lex Luthor | voice |
| 2007 | The Final Season | Jim Van Scoyoc | |
| 2008 | Edison and Leo | George T. Edison | voice |
| 2010 | MacGruber | Col. Jim Faith | |
| 2011 | Guns, Girls and Gambling | The Rancher | |
| 2012 | The Avengers | Gideon Malick | |
| 2013 | Straight A's | Father | |
| 2014 | Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Senator Roark |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Skag | Whalen | 6 episodes |
| 1980 | The Plutonium Incident | Dick Hawkins | |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | Jim Jones | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1980 | A Cry for Love | Tony Bonnell | |
| 1983–1986 | Philip Marlowe, Private Eye | Philip Marlowe | 11 episodes Nominated—CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Presentation (1983) |
| 1987 | Into the Homeland | Jackson Swallow | Nominated—CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Movie or Miniseries |
| 1990 | Family of Spies | John A. Walker Jr | |
| 1990 | By Dawn's Early Light | Cassidy | |
| 1992 | National Geographic: Eternal Enemies: Lions and Hyenas | Narrator | |
| 1992 | Wild Card | Preacher | |
| 1993 | Marked for Murder | Mace 'Sandman' Moutron | |
| 1994 | Web of Deception | Dr. Philip Benesch | |
| 1996 | Dalva | Sam | |
| 1997 | True Women | Bartlett McClure | |
| 1998 | The Spree | Det. Bram Hatcher | |
| 1999 | Joan of Arc | Jacques D'Arc | |
| 1999 | A Crime of Passion | Dr. Ben Pierce | |
| 2001 | Attila | Flavius Aetius | |
| 2003 | Second Nature | Kelton Reed | |
| 2002–2006 | Justice League | Gorilla Grodd / Red Tornado (voice) | 9 episodes |
| 2004–2006 | Deadwood | Cy Tolliver | 34 episodes Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2007) |
| 2006 | National Geographic: Lions v. Hyenas | Narrator | 1 episode |
| 2007 | 24 | Vice President Noah Daniels | 14 episodes |
| 2008 | 24: Redemption | President Noah Daniels | |
| 2011–2013 | The Looney Tunes Show | Leslie Hunt (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2012 | Hatfields & McCoys | Judge Valentine 'Wall' Hatfield | |
| 2012–2014 | Nashville | Lamar Wyatt | Series Regular, Season 1 Supporting Role, Season 2, 26 episodes Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2012) |
| 2015–2016 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Gideon Malick | 11 episodes |
| 2015 | Moonbeam City | Eo Jaxxon (voice) | Episode: "Glitzotrene: One Town’s Seduction" |
Video games[]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 2005 | Area 51 | Major Bridges | voice |
| 2008 | Turok | Roland Kane | voice |
| 2012 | Hitman: Absolution | Benjamin Travis | voice |
References[]
- ↑ "Powers Boothe Film Reference bio". Filmreference.com. 1949-06-01. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
- ↑ Wells, Jane (2007-12-13). "Writers' Strike: Any One Gonna Cross Picket Line To Get A GG?". CNBC. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
- ↑ "TRAIL BLAZERS Blog: ''The Dallas Morning News''". Trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com. 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
- ↑ Matt Webb Mitovich, Fall TV First Impression: ABC's Nashville Sings, TVLine, August 14, 2012
- ↑ "Powers Boothe Reflects on Texas Upbringing, Life in Nashville - American Profile". americanprofile.com. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
- ↑ Nordyke, Kimberly; Rahman, Abid (May 14, 2017). "Powers Boothe, 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' and 'Sin City' Actor, Dies at 68". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 14, 2017. Cite has empty unknown parameter:
|dead-url=(help) - ↑ "Powers Boothe, Emmy-Winning Character Actor, Dead at 68". The Wrap. May 14, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2017. Cite has empty unknown parameter:
|dead-url=(help) - ↑ Schwartz, Ryan; Schwartz, Ryan (May 15, 2017). "Deadwood's Powers Boothe Dead at 68". TVLine. Retrieved May 15, 2017. Cite has empty unknown parameter:
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External links[]
- Template:Str rightmost/ Powers Boothe on IMDb
- Powers Boothe at AllMovie
- Biography from HBO
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