Powers Boothe's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Deadwood Cy Tolliver Nashville Lamar Wyatt National Geographic Specials Narrator (7) Philip Marlowe, Private Eye Philip Marl… Dalva Sam Skag Whalen

Main Movie Roles 2010 - MacGruber 2007 - The Final Season 2005 - Sin City 2001 - Frailty 2000 - Men of Honor 1997 - Con Air 1995 - Sudden Death 1995 - Nixon 1993 - Tombstone 1992 - Rapid Fire 1987 - Extreme Prejudice 1985 - The Emerald Forest 1984 - Red Dawn 1981 - Southern Comfort 1980 - Cruising 1977 - The Goodbye Girl

BIOGRAPHY:

American actor born 1948, in Snyder, Texas. Leading man of the American stage, TV, and films. He made a strong presence in some films in the 80s, but he was most successful on TV. He won an Emmy award as Best Actor for his performance in the TV movie Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) (TV).


TRIVIA:

• He earned an MFA from Southern Methodist University and went on to become a resident actor at the Oregon Shakespeare Company.
• Father of 'Parisse Boothe' (qv).
• He was named after a friend of his father's that was killed in World War II.
• Has Native American ancestry.
• During the 1980 actor's strike, he was one of the few nominees to attend the Emmy Awards ceremony, and the only winner to accept his award in person.
• He was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in March 2009 in Austin, Tx.
• In September of 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' (qv) film, _I'll Do Anything (1994)_ (qv).
• Born to Merrill Vestal Boothe and his wife Emily Kathryn Reeves.