Powers Boothe Biography
Born: June 1, 1948
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, Rovi
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