Powers Allen Boothe (born June 1, 1948) is an American television and film actor. Some of his most notable roles include his Emmy-winning 1980 portrayal of Jim Jones in Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones and his turns as TV detective Phillip Marlowe in the 1980s, as Cy Tolliver on Deadwood, as "Curly Bill" Brocious in Tombstone, as well as Vice-President Noah Daniels on 24 and as the voice of Gorilla Grodd in the DC Animated Universe. From 2012 to 2014 he starred as Lamar Wyatt in the ABC musical drama series Nashville.
Parisse Boothe, Preston Allen, Reginald Paul Boothe, Reuben Travis Boothe
Parents
Merrill Vestal Boothe, Emily Kathryn Reeves
Siblings
Dillon Roark
Awards
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie
Nominations
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, CableAce Award for Actor in a Movie or Min...
Movies
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Tombstone, The Emerald Forest, Sin City, Frailty, Southern Comfort, Red Dawn, Extreme Prejudice, Sudden Death, The Avengers, MacGruber, The Final Season, Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones, Rapid Fire, Men of Honor, U Turn, Joan of Arc, Superman: Brainiac Attacks, C...
Star Sign
Gemini
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Trademark
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Deep gravelly voice
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Piercing dark eyes and long face
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Frequently plays authority figures, military or government agents or clergy
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Quote
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[on playing the U.S. President on 24 (2001)] One of the more interesting things about doing this is I don't have to worry about my wardrobe... because it's the same every day, all day.
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[2007, on beginning as an actor] One role leads to another. For the first 10 years [that] I was a professional actor, all I did was Shakespeare. And the show I did in New York that brought me out [to L.A.] was a flat-out comedy. And they never let me do comedy.
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I've been fortunate in my career to have the opportunity to pick and choose the parts I play. I've also been lucky to always be involved with quality actors, quality directors, quality writers.
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Hell, I've played as many guys who get the girl as I have heavies. I've done love scenes with Jessica Lange [Blue Sky (1994)] and Jennifer Lopez [U Turn (1997)], and I won't kid you, they're fun.
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[accepting his Emmy Award, 1980] This is either the most courageous moment of my career or the stupidest... I also thought long and hard whether or not I would attend, but I came here because this is America and one must do what one believes. I believe in the Academy. I also believe in my fellow actors in their stand.
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Fact
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Lives in Los Angeles, California, where he raises racing quarter horses.
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His favorite role is in the science fiction horror film Mutant Species (1994).
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He was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in Austin, Texas in March 2009.
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Received his Master's degree in Fine Arts from Southern Methodist University and went on to become a resident actor at the Oregon Shakespeare Company.
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He was named after a friend of his father's that was killed in World War II.
In September 1980, in an act of defiance, he showed up at the Emmy Awards ceremony to collect the award he had won for playing Jim Jones. The Screen Actors Guild was in the middle of a strike and members boycotted the ceremony until the strike was settled. He was the only winner in an acting category who showed up. The incident was referenced in the James L. Brooks comedy film I'll Do Anything (1994).
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He was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at Southwest Texas State University.
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