Editing Powers Boothe (section)

==Career==
After graduating from [[Texas State University|Southwest Texas State University]] in [[San Marcos, Texas]], 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 City stage debut was in the 1974 [[Lincoln Center]] production of ''[[Richard III (play)|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]].{{Citation needed |date=August 2023}} 

Boothe first came to national attention in 1980, playing [[Jim Jones]] in the [[CBS]] TV film ''[[Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones]]''. Boothe's portrayal of the crazed [[cult]] leader received critical acclaim. In ''[[Time (magazine)|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 [[1980 actors strike|strike in the fall of 1980]], he was the only actor to cross picket lines to attend [[32nd Primetime Emmy Awards|the ceremonies]] and accept his award, saying at the time, "This may be either the bravest moment of my career or the dumbest."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2007/12/13/writers-strike-any-one-gonna-cross-picket-line-to-get-a-gg.html|title=Writers' Strike: Any One Gonna Cross Picket Line To Get A GG?|last=Wells|first=Jane|date=December 13, 2007|website=CNBC|access-date=May 28, 2016}}</ref>

Boothe portrayed [[Philip Marlowe]] in a [[Philip Marlowe, Private Eye|TV series]] based on Raymond Chandler's short stories for [[HBO]] in the 1980s. He appeared in such films as ''[[Southern Comfort (1981 film)|Southern Comfort]]'', ''[[A Breed Apart]]'', ''[[Red Dawn]]'', ''[[The Emerald Forest (film)|The Emerald Forest]]'', ''[[Rapid Fire (1992 film)|Rapid Fire]]'' and ''[[Extreme Prejudice (film)|Extreme Prejudice]]'', as well as the HBO films ''[[Into the Homeland]]'' and ''[[By Dawn's Early Light]]''. In 1989, Boothe appeared in the Mosfilm production of "Stalingrad", in which he played the role of General Chuikov, commander of the Soviet 62nd Army. Additionally, he appeared in the 1990 CBS-TV film ''[[Family of Spies]]'', in which he played traitor Navy Officer [[John Anthony Walker|John Walker]]. Boothe portrayed [[William Brocius|Curly Bill Brocius]] in the hit 1993 Western ''[[Tombstone (film)|Tombstone]]'', the disloyal senior Army officer in ''[[Blue Sky (1994 film)|Blue Sky]]'' (opposite [[Jessica Lange]]'s [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]-winning performance), and the sinister lead terrorist in ''[[Sudden Death (1995 film)|Sudden Death]]''. He was also part of the large ensemble casts for [[Oliver Stone]]'s ''[[Nixon (film)|Nixon]]'' (as [[White House Chief of Staff|Chief of Staff]] [[Alexander Haig]]) and ''[[U Turn (1997 film)|U Turn]]'' (as the town sheriff).

In 2001, he starred as [[Flavius Aëtius]], the Roman general in charge of stopping the Hun invasion in the made-for-TV miniseries ''[[Attila (TV miniseries)|Attila]]''. Boothe played a featured role as [[brothel]]-owner [[List of Deadwood characters#Cy Tolliver|Cy Tolliver]] on the HBO series ''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]]'', and the corrupt senator [[List of Sin City characters|Ethan Roark]] in the motion picture ''[[Sin City (film)|Sin City]]'' (2005), as well as its sequel, ''[[Sin City: A Dame to Kill For]]'' (2014). He is the voice of one of the characters in the 2005 video game ''[[Area 51 (first-person shooter)|Area 51]]'' and of [[Gorilla Grodd]], the hyper-intelligent [[telepathic]] [[supervillain]] in ''[[Justice League (TV series)|Justice League]]'' and ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''. He voiced the villain, Kane, in the 2008 video game ''[[Turok (video game)|Turok]]''.

He was a special guest star on ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', where he played Vice President [[Noah Daniels]]. He returned in the prequel to the seventh season, ''[[24: Redemption]]''. Just after taking the role as acting President, Boothe is seen exiting [[Air Force Two]] with [[F-15 Eagle|F-15s]] in the background. Boothe played a downed F-15 pilot in ''[[Red Dawn]]''. In March 2008, he narrated a television [[Political campaign|campaign ad]] for Senator [[John McCain]]'s [[John McCain 2008 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/03/a-new-mccain-ad-and-texas-ties.html|title=TRAIL BLAZERS Blog: ''The Dallas Morning News''|publisher=Trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com|date=March 28, 2008|access-date=August 26, 2012}}</ref>

In 2012, Boothe appeared in [[Joss Whedon]]'s ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'' as [[Gideon Malick]], a shadowy governmental superior to [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] From 2015–16, he reprised the role in the ABC series ''[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.marvel.com/tv/25289/marvels_agents_of_shield_adds_powers_boothe/|title='Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' Adds Powers Boothe|last=Strom|first=Marc|date=October 15, 2015|website=Marvel.com|language=en-US|access-date=April 17, 2018}}</ref>

Boothe appeared in the 2012 miniseries ''[[Hatfields & McCoys (miniseries)|Hatfields & McCoys]]'' as Judge Valentine "Wall" Hatfield. Boothe was also cast as Lamar Wyatt in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] musical drama series ''[[Nashville (2012 TV series)|Nashville]]''.<ref>Matt Webb Mitovich, [http://tvline.com/2012/08/14/fall-tv-preview-nashville-abc/ Fall TV First Impression: ABC's Nashville Sings], [[TVLine]], August 14, 2012</ref> Boothe also lent his voice to ''[[Hitman: Absolution]]'', a 2012 video game developed by [[IO Interactive]], voicing the character of Benjamin Travis.