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Powers Allen Boothe (born June 1, 1948) is an American television and film actor. He is known for his Emmy-winning 1980 portrayal of Jim Jones. 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). Dark, intense, and wielding an imposing physique and manner, Boothe is an underutilized resource of American films and TV. His breakthrough theatrical performance was in the Broadway production of James McClure's one-act comedy, "Lone Star". Impressively convincing as ambiguous patriarchs, Boothe appropriately gained widespread notice playing the Reverend Jim Jones in the two-part CBS docudrama, "Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones" (1980). Boothe won a richly deserved Emmy for his towering performance as the charismatic minister who led the settlers of Jonestown, Guyana to mass suicide in 1978. He was the only performer to appear at the 1980 Emmy awards ceremony during an actors' strike which had resulted in a near total boycott. During his acceptance speech, Boothe admitted that he might be committing professional suicide by showing up. In 1995, he played two quite different men: In Peter Hyams' "Sudden Death", Boothe was the ringleader of a gang of terrorists who threaten to blow up a hockey arena while Oliver Stone chose him to portray Alexander Haig in Stone's controversial biopic "Nixon" (1995). The actor reteamed with Stone on the thriller "U-Turn" (1997) and portrayed a mentor of African-American navy diver Carl Brashear in "Men of Honor" (2000). Boothe experienced something of a career revival when he appeared in a recurring role as the ruthless high class gambling joint owner Cy Tolliver in the accalaimed HBO Western series "Deadwood" (2004 - ), followed by an effective cameo as the corrupt Senator Roarke in director Robert Rodriguez and writer-artist Frank Miller's visually arresting adaptation of Miller's crime noir comic book series "Sin City" (2005). Boothe was born on a farm in Snyder, the seat of Scurry County in west Texas, the son of Emily Kathryn (née Reeves) and Merrill Vestal Boothe. Boothe is the father of actress Parisse Boothe. He resides in Los Angeles, where he raises racing quarter horses. Boothe is the cousin of Stephen Morgan and Kristin Morgan. He attended Texas State University (then Southwest Texas State College) in San Marcos as an undergraduate and received his Master of Fine Arts from Southern Methodist University in Dallas in 1972. After graduation from university, Boothe joined the repertory company of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, with roles in Henry IV, Part 2 (portraying Henry IV of England), Troilus and Cressida, and others. His New York stage debut was in the 1974 Lincoln Center production of Richard III. Five years later, his Broadway theater debut came in a starring role in the one-act play Lone Star, written by James McLure. Boothe first came to national attention in 1980, playing Jim Jones in the CBS-TV movie Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones. Boothe's portrayal of the crazed cult leader received critical acclaim. In Time's story on the production, Boothe was praised: "There is one extraordinary performance. A young actor named Powers Boothe captures all the charisma and evil of 'Dad', Jim Jones." Boothe won the Emmy Award for his role, beating out veterans Henry Fonda and Jason Robards. As the Screen Actors Guild were on strike in the fall of 1980, he was one the only actor to cross picket lines to attend the ceremonies. He said at the time, "This may be either the bravest moment of my career or the dumbest." Boothe joined the ranks of Humphrey Bogart and other actors when he portrayed Philip Marlowe in a series of short films for HBO in the 1980s. He appeared in films like Southern Comfort, A Breed Apart, Red Dawn, The Emerald Forest, Oliver Stone's Nixon (where he played Chief of Staff Alexander Haig), U-Turn, and Extreme Prejudice, as well as HBO films like Into The Homeland and By Dawn's Early Light. He also appeared in the 1990 CBS-TV film Family of Spies, in which he played traitor Navy Officer John Walker. Boothe also portrayed Curly Bill Brocius in Tombstone, as well as the disloyal senior Army officer in Blue Sky (opposite Jessica Lange's Oscar-winning performance). In 2001, he starred as Flavius Aëtius, the Roman general in charge of stopping the Hun invasion in the made-for-TV mini-series Attila. Most recently, Boothe has played a featured role as brothel-owner Cy Tolliver on the HBO series Deadwood, and the seedy Senator Roark in the motion picture Sin City. He is the voice of one of the characters in the 2005 video game Area 51 and Gorilla Grodd, the hyper-intelligent telepathic supervillain in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. He voiced the villain, Kane, in the 2008 video game entitled Turok. He was a special guest star on 24, where he played Vice President Noah Daniels. Just after taking the role as acting President, Boothe is seen exiting Air Force Two with F-15s in the background. Boothe played a downed F-15 pilot in Red Dawn. In March of 2008, he narrated a television campaign ad for Senator John McCain's presidential campaign. Boothe maintains a private art collection which includes Western paintings of his friend and fellow actor Buck Taylor. |
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