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Powers Boothe

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Powers Boothe

Born June 1, 1948 in Snyder, Texas, USADied May 14, 201743 films

Powers Allen Boothe (June 1, 1948 – May 14, 2017) was an American television and film actor. He won an Emmy in 1980 for his portrayal of Jim Jones in Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones. He also played saloon owner Cy Tolliver on Deadwood, "Curly Bill" Brocius in Tombstone, President Noah Daniels on 24, and Lamar Wyatt in Nashville. Boothe also lent his voice to Hitman: Absolution, a 2012 video game developed by IO Interactive, voicing one of the main antagonists of the game, Benjamin Travis.

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The Avengers posterFirst watchThe Avengers20128.1as World Security CouncilWhen an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Sin City poster7.5Sin City2005Tombstone poster7.6Tombstone1993Men of Honor poster7.5Men of Honor2000Con Air poster6.8Con Air1997Sin City: A Dame to Kill For poster6.4Sin City: A Dame to Kill For2014Frailty poster7.0Frailty2002U Turn poster6.6U Turn1997Red Dawn poster6.3Red Dawn1984

Filmography

43 films as actor
  1. 2014Sin City: A Dame to Kill ForSenator Roark
  2. 2013Straight A'sFather
  3. 2012Guns, Girls and GamblingThe Rancher
  4. 2012The AvengersWorld Security Council
  5. 2011TattooThe Gambler
  6. 2010MacGruberColonel Faith
  7. 2008Edison & LeoGeorge T. Edison (voice)
  8. 2008Mouth of CaddoNarrator
  9. 2007The Final SeasonJim Van Scoyoc
  10. 2006Superman: Brainiac AttacksLex Luthor (voice)
  11. 2005Sin CitySenator Roark
  12. 2003Second NatureKelton Reed
  13. 2002FrailtyFBI Agent Wesley Doyle
  14. 2001AttilaFlavius Aetius
  15. 2000Men of HonorCaptain Pullman
  16. 1999A Crime of PassionDr. Ben Pierce
  17. 1998The SpreeDet. Bram Hatcher
  18. 1997U TurnSheriff Virgil Potter
  19. 1997Con AirOfficer at Leaving Ceremony (voice)
  20. 1996DalvaSam
  21. 1995NixonAlexander Haig
  22. 1995Sudden DeathJoshua Foss
  23. 1995Mutant SpeciesFrost
  24. 1994Blue SkyVince Johnson
  25. 1994Web of DeceptionDr. Phillip Pearloff
  26. 1993TombstoneCurly Bill
  27. 1993Marked for MurderMace 'Sandman' Moutron
  28. 1992Rapid FireMace Ryan
  29. 1992Wild CardPreacher
  30. 1990By Dawn's Early LightCassidy
  31. 1990Stalingrad: Film 1Vasily Ivanovich Chuykov
  32. 1990Stalingrad: Film 2General Vasily Chuikov
  33. 1987Into the HomelandJackson Swallow
  34. 1987Extreme PrejudiceCash Bailey
  35. 1985The Emerald ForestBill Markham
  36. 1984Red DawnAndy
  37. 1984A Breed ApartMike Walker
  38. 1981Southern ComfortHardin
  39. 1980A Cry for LoveTony Bonnell
  40. 1980The Plutonium IncidentDick Hawkins
  41. 1980CruisingHankie Salesman
  42. 1980SkagJim Whalen
  43. 1977The Goodbye GirlRichard III Cast