25 Facts About Powers Boothe

Powers Allen Boothe was an American actor known for his commanding character actor roles on film and television.

Powers Boothe received a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Powers Boothe won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his portrayal of Jim Jones in Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones.

Powers Boothe played saloon owner Cy Tolliver on Deadwood from 2004 to 2006, President Noah Daniels on 24 in 2007, and Lamar Wyatt in Nashville from 2012 to 2014.

Powers Boothe is known for his performances as "Curly Bill" Brocius in the western Tombstone and Alexander Haig in historical drama Nixon.

Powers Boothe was the voice of Gorilla Grodd in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited.

Powers Boothe's father named him after his best friend, who had been killed in World War II.

Powers Boothe attended Snyder High School, where he played football and appeared in school plays.

Powers Boothe was the first in his family to go beyond high school, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, and earning a Master of Fine Arts degree in Drama from Southern Methodist University in University Park, Texas.

Powers Boothe first came to national attention in 1980, playing Jim Jones in the CBS TV film Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones.

Powers Boothe portrayed Philip Marlowe in a TV series based on Raymond Chandler's short stories for HBO in the 1980s.

Powers Boothe appeared in such films as Southern Comfort, A Breed Apart, Red Dawn, The Emerald Forest, Rapid Fire and Extreme Prejudice, as well as the HBO films Into the Homeland and By Dawn's Early Light.

In 1989, Powers Boothe appeared in the Mosfilm production of "Stalingrad", in which he played the role of General Chuikov, commander of the Soviet 62nd Army.

Powers Boothe portrayed Curly Bill Brocius in the hit 1993 Western Tombstone, the disloyal senior Army officer in Blue Sky, and the sinister lead terrorist in Sudden Death.

Powers Boothe was part of the large ensemble casts for Oliver Stone's Nixon and U Turn.

Powers Boothe played a featured role as brothel-owner Cy Tolliver on the HBO series Deadwood, and the corrupt senator Ethan Roark in the motion picture Sin City, as well as its sequel, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.

Powers Boothe 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.

Powers Boothe voiced the villain, Kane, in the 2008 video game Turok.

Powers Boothe was a special guest star on 24, where he played Vice President Noah Daniels.

Powers Boothe returned in the prequel to the seventh season, 24: Redemption.

Just after taking the role as acting President, Powers Boothe is seen exiting Air Force Two with F-15s in the background.

Powers Boothe lent his voice to Hitman: Absolution, a 2012 video game developed by IO Interactive, voicing the character of Benjamin Travis.

Powers Boothe married his college sweetheart Pam Cole in 1969 and they remained married until his death.

Powers Boothe died in Los Angeles, on the morning of May 14,2017, from pancreatic cancer.

Powers Boothe was buried in Deadwood Cemetery in Deadwood, Texas.