Powers Boothe obit

Powers Boothe, actor in "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D," dies at 68

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Actor Powers Boothe, known for his roles in "Sin City," "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D," and "Deadwood," has died at 68, his publicist, Karen Samfilippo, said.

The Emmy-winning actor passed away Sunday of natural causes in his sleep at his Los Angeles home.

A private service will be held in his home state of Texas, Samfilippo said.

His family is also considering a memorial celebration in his honor for a future date.

Boothe is well known for his villain roles and Westerns. He played a key role in the HBO series "Deadwood" as saloon owner Cy Tolliver.

In 1980, Boothe's leading role in the TV movie "Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones" earned him an Emmy for "outstanding lead actor in a limited series or special."

He accepted his Emmy in person unlike many nominees and presenters who boycotted the event as part of a Screen Actors Guild strike.

"This is either the most courageous moment of my careers or the stupidest," he said while accepting the award, TIME magazine reported.

More recently, Boothe starred as Senator Roark in the "Sin City" franchise and as Gideon Malick on Marvel's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."

Friends and colleagues took on social media to express his condolences for Boothe's passing.

"It's with great sadness that I mourn the passing of my friend Powers Boothe. A dear friend, great actor, devoted father and husband," actor Beau Bridges wrote on Twitter.

It's with great sadness that I mourn the passing of my friend Powers Boothe. A dear friend, great actor, devoted father & husband.

Boothe's co-star in the 1984 war film "Red Dawn," actress Lea Thompson remembered the actor.

"I loved acting with you #PowersBoothe you were a gentlemen and a great actor," she wrote.

His Deadwood colleague, Garret Dillahunt, described the actor on Facebook as "a formidable adversary, baseball lover and poser hater"

"Give em hell Powers," he wrote.

Boothe grew up in a cotton farm in western Texas.

He became the first person in his family to attend college when he went to Texas State University.

It wasn't until he received a fellowship to enroll in a Southern Methodist University graduate program in Dallas that he saw acting as a career.

"Before that, I never thought about it," he said in a 2012 interview with American Profile magazine. "To me, going to L.A. or New York was like going to the moon!"

He began his acting career in the 1970s in the Oregon Shakespeare Company before he landed a role in a Broadway comedy called Lone Star in 1980.

In 2009, Boothe was inducted in the Texas Film Hall of Fame along with actor and singer Billy Bob Thornton.


Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes

1977 The Goodbye Girl Richard III Cast

1980 Cruising Hankie Salesman

1980 The Cold Eye (My Darling, Be Careful)

1981 Southern Comfort Hardin

1984 A Breed Apart Mike Walker

1984 Red Dawn Lt. Col. Andrew 'Andy' Tanner

1985 The Emerald Forest Bill Markham

1987 Extreme Prejudice Cash Bailey

1988 Sapphire Man Ryan Short film

1989 Stalingrad General Vasily Chuikov

1992 Rapid Fire Mace Ryan

1993 Tombstone Curly Bill Brocius

1993 Angely smerti

1994 Blue Sky Vince Johnson

1995 Mutant Species Frost

1995 Sudden Death Joshua Foss

1995 Nixon     Alexander Haig Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

1997 Con Air Officer at Leaving Ceremony Uncredited voice

1997 U Turn Sheriff Potter

2000 Men of Honor Captain Pullman

2001 Frailty FBI Agent Wesley Doyle

2003 Second Nature Kelton Reed

2005 Sin City Senator Roark

2006 Superman: Brainiac Attacks Lex Luthor Voice, direct-to-video

2007 The Final Season Jim Van Scoyoc

2008 Nick Nolte: No Exit Himself Documentary

2008 Edison and Leo George T. Edison Voice

2010 MacGruber Col. Jim Faith

2012 The Avengers Gideon Malick Credited as "World Security Council"

2012 Guns, Girls and Gambling The Rancher

2013 Straight A's Father

2014 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Senator Roark



Television

Year Title Role Notes

1980 Skag Whalen 6 episodes

1980 The Plutonium Incident Dick Hawkins TV movie

1980 Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones Jim Jones TV movie

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

1980 A Cry for Love Tony Bonnell TV movie

1983–1986 Philip Marlowe, Private Eye Philip Marlowe 11 episodes

Nominated—CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Presentation (1983)

1987 Into the Homeland Jackson Swallow TV movie

Nominated—CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Movie or Miniseries

1990 Family of Spies John A. Walker Jr. 2 episodes

1990 By Dawn's Early Light Maj. Cassidy TV movie

1992 National Geographic: Eternal Enemies: Lions and Hyenas Narrator TV documentary

1992 Wild Card Preacher TV movie

1993 Marked for Murder Mace 'Sandman' Moutron TV movie

1994 Web of Deception Dr. Philip Benesch TV movie

1996 Dalva Sam TV movie

1997 True Women Bartlett McClure TV movie

1998 The Spree Det. Bram Hatcher TV movie

1999 Joan of Arc Jacques d'Arc 3 episodes

1999 A Crime of Passion Dr. Ben Pierce TV movie

2001 Attila Flavius Aetius 2 episodes

2003 Second Nature Kelton Reed TV movie

2002–2003 Justice League Gorilla Grodd Voice, 4 episodes

2004–2006 Deadwood Cy Tolliver 34 episodes

Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2007)

2005–2006 Justice League Unlimited Gorilla Grodd / Red Tornado Voice, 5 episodes

2006 National Geographic: Lions v. Hyenas Narrator TV documentary

2007 24 Vice President Noah Daniels 14 episodes

2008 24: Redemption President Noah Daniels TV movie

2009 Ben 10: Alien Force Sunder Voice, Episode: "Singlehanded"

2010 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Sunder Voice, Episode: "The Transmogrification of Eunice"

2011 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Dead Justice Voice, Episode: "Dead Justice"

2011 The Looney Tunes Show Leslie Hunt Voice, 2 episodes

2012 Hatfields & McCoys Judge Valentine 'Wall' Hatfield 3 episodes

2012–2014 Nashville Lamar Wyatt 26 episodes

Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2012)

2015–2016 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Gideon Malick 11 episodes (final live-action appearance)

2015 Moonbeam City Eo Jaxxon Voice, Episode: "Glitzotrene: One Town’s Seduction"



Video games

Year Title Role Notes

2005 Area 51 Major Bridges Voice

2008 Turok Roland Kane Voice

2010 Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction Sunder Voice

2012 Hitman: Absolution Benjamin Travis Voice