Powers Boothe
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Powers Allen Boothe (June 1, 1948 – May 14, 2017) was an American television, video game, and film actor and voice 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" Brocius 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 at home on a cotton farm in Snyder, Texas, to Merrill Vestal Boothe, a rancher, and his wife Emily (née Reeves) Boothe. His father named him after his best friend, who had been killed in the Second World War.
Boothe attended Snyder High School, where he played football and appeared in school plays. He was the first in his family to go beyond high school, graduating with a BA from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, and earning an MA in drama from Southern Methodist University in University Park, Texas.
Personal life
Boothe married his college sweetheart Pam Cole in 1969 and they remained married until his death. They had two children, Parisse and Preston.
Career
Boothe, a graduate of Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, joined the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's repertory company, with performances in Henry IV, Part 2 (portraying Henry IV of England), Troilus and Cressida, and others. Richard III's first appearance in the Lincoln Center's production in 1974. His Broadway debut in the one-act play Lone Star, written by James McLure, came five years ago.
Boothe first gained national attention in 1980 when starring Jim Jones in the CBS-TV film Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones. Boothe's portrayal of the crazed cult leader received critical attention. Boothe was praised in Time's article about the show: "There is one extraordinary appearance." Powers Boothe, a young actor, captures all the charm and annoyance of Jim Jones' 'Dad'. Boothe was coveted for his role in thrashesing veterans Henry Fonda and Jason Robards. He was the only actor to cross picket lines to attend the ceremonies and receive his award in the fall of 1980, as the Screen Actor Guild went on strike, claiming, "This may be either the bravest moment of my career or the dumbest."
In a TV series based on Raymond Chandler's short stories for HBO in the 1980s, Boothe portrayed Philip Marlowe. He appeared in films including Southern Comfort, A Breed Apart, Red Dawn, Rapid Fire, and Extreme Prejudice, as well as HBO's Into the Homeland and By Dawn's Early Light. In addition,, he appeared in the 1990 CBS-TV film Family of Spies, in which he played traitor Navy Officer John Walker. In the hit 1993 Western Tombstone, the disloyal senior Army officer in Blue Sky (opposite Jessica Lange's Oscar-winning appearance) and the sinister lead terrorist in Sudden Death, Boothe portrayed Curly Bill Brocius. He appeared in Oliver Stone's Nixon's large ensemble casts (as Chief of Staff Alexander Haig) and U Turn (as the town sheriff).
Flavius Atius, the Roman general in charge of stopping the Hun invasion in the made-for-TV miniseries Attila, appeared in 2001. In the motion picture Sin City (2005) and its sequel, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014), Boothe appeared as brothel-owner Cy Tolliver on HBO's Deadwood and corrupt senator Ethan Roark. He is the voice of one of the characters in Area 51 and Grodd, the hyperintelligent telepathic supervillain in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. Kane, the villain in the 2008 video game Turok, was voiced by him.
He appeared as Vice President Noah Daniels on 24th Street, where he appeared as a special guest star. 24: Redemption, he appeared in the prequel to the seventh season. Boothe is seen in the background of departing Air Force Two with F-15s in the background, just as acting President William Boothe took the reigns. In Red Dawn, Boothe played a downed F-15 pilot. He narrated a television commercial for Senator John McCain's presidential campaign in March 2008.
Boothe appeared in Joss Whedon's The Avengers in 2012 in a role as a shadowy political king in S.H.I.L.D. He reprised his role in ABC's Agents of S.H.I.D. in 2015–16.
Judge Valentine "Wall" Hatfield appeared in the 2012 miniseries Hatfields & McCoys as Judge Valentine "Wall" Hatfield. In the ABC musical drama film Nashville, Boothe was also portrayed as Lamar Wyatt. Boothe also contributed to Hitman: Absolution, a 2012 video game produced by IO Interactive, voicing Benjamin Travis' character.