Powers Boothe Add to My Celebs Age 63 Birthday Jun. 1st, 1948 Born in Snyder, Texas, USA Height 6' 1 1/2"

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

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

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


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:

• Has Native American ancestry.
• He was named after a friend of his father's that was killed in World War II.
• For his role on _Tombstone (1993)_ (qv), he was trained by renowned Hollywood Gun Coach 'Thell Reed' (qv), who has also trained such actors as: 'Kurt Russell (I)' (qv), 'Val Kilmer' (qv), 'Bill Paxton' (qv), 'Sam Elliot' (qv), 'Michael Biehn' (qv), 'Brad Pitt' (qv), 'Girard Swan' (qv) and 'Leonardo DiCaprio' (qv).
• Born to Merrill Vestal Boothe and his wife Emily Kathryn Reeves.
• 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).
• Father of 'Parisse Boothe' (qv).
• 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.
• His first film role was as a Bolivian bandito in the 1969 classic, "Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid". He had no lines and did not receive a credit.

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