Powers Boothe
Powers Boothe
American character actor Powers Boothe was born in Texas and studied at Southern Methodist University before spending several years in regional theater. He began showing up in films and TV during the '80s. He won an Emmy for his intense portrayal of the Reverend Jim Jones, a minister who led a mass suicide in the two-part CBS miniseries Guyana Tragedy. In 1983, Boothe joined the distinguished company of Dick Powell, Robert Montgomery, and Humphrey Bogart when he stepped into the role of cool private eye Philip Marlowe for a series of HBO specials. Throughout the rest of the '80s, he played authority figures in action movies like Red Dawn, Extreme Prejudice, Rapid Fire, and Tombstone. However good at being a tough guy, Boothe excelled at his dramatic opportunities as well. In 1987 he played a father searching for his son in John Boorman's The Emerald Forest. In 1995, he portrayed Alexander Haig in Oliver Stone's biopic Nixon. Boothe then re-teamed with the director for his next film, U-Turn. In 2000 he starred as Navy mentor Captain Pullman in Men of Honor with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Robert De Niro. The next year he portrayed the Roman General Flavius Aetius in the USA network original miniseries Attila. After returning to his home state of Texas to play Agent Wesley Doyle in Bill Paxton's directorial debut, Frailty, Boothe joined the cast of the 2004 HBO Western series Deadwood. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Powers Boothe:
- Dalva with Farrah Fawcett , Carroll Baker , Rod Steiger , Peter Coyote
- Attila with Tim Curry , Alice Krige , Steven Berkoff , Sian Phillips
- Rapid Fire with Nick Mancuso , Richard Schiff
- Nixon with Anthony Hopkins , Joan Allen , Ed Harris , Bob Hoskins , E.G. Marshall , Larry Hagman , Michael Chiklis , Donna Dixon , Annabeth Gish , Tony Goldwyn , Dan Hedaya , Edward Herrmann , Madeline Kahn , John C. McGinley , David Paymer , David Hyde Pierce , George Plimpton , Saul Rubinek , Paul Sorvino , Mary Steenburgen , J.T. Walsh , Oliver Stone , James Woods
- U-Turn with Sean Penn , Nick Nolte , Jennifer Lopez , Claire Danes , Joaquin Phoenix , Billy Bob Thornton , Jon Voight , Julie Hagerty , Laurie Metcalf , Liv Tyler
- Tombstone with Kurt Russell , Val Kilmer , Michael Biehn , Robert John Burke , Dana Delany , Sam Elliott , Terry O'Quinn , Bill Paxton , Michael Rooker , Billy Zane , Buck Taylor , Harry Jr. Carey , Charlton Heston , Robert Mitchum , Hugh O'Brian , Billy Bob Thornton , Thomas Haden Church , Stephen Lang
- Red Dawn with Patrick Swayze , Ron O'Neal , William Smith , Ben Johnson , Lea Thompson , Charlie Sheen , Jennifer Grey , Harry Dean Stanton , Pepe Serna , Lane Smith , David Keith
- Cruising with Al Pacino , Paul Sorvino , Karen Allen , Ed O'Neill , William Russ
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