Powers Boothe, Actor: Sin City. Incisive, gravelly-voiced screen tough guy Powers Boothe was born on June 1, 1948 in Snyder, Texas, a sharecropper's son. Used to hard. Powers Boothe, an Emmy-winning character actor known most recently for his role on ABC's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," died at age 68.

The actor, who died Sunday at the age of 68, had an intensity onscreen that made you want to.

Powers Boothe - Biography - IMDb. Incisive, gravelly- voiced screen tough guy Powers Boothe was born on June 1, 1. Snyder, Texas, a sharecropper's son. Used to hard physical work . He then proceeded to study acting via a fellowship with Southern Methodist University, earning a degree in Fine Arts. His performing career began in repertory with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In 1. 97. 4, Boothe arrived in New York after theatrical stints in Connecticut and Philadelphia.

It took another five years before he made his breakthrough on Broadway as a swaggering Texas cowboy in James Mc. Lure's comedy play . His Emmy- winning performance as Reverend Jim Jones in the miniseries Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1. Los Angeles. Lucrative screen offers followed and Boothe became firmly established as a leading actor after being well cast as Raymond Chandler's hard- boiled Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1.

HBO's first drama series, set in 1. Los Angeles. Though his portfolio of characters would eventually comprise assorted sheriffs, military brass and FBI agents, Boothe appreciated the indisputable fact that bad guys were often the . Arguably, his most convincing (and oddly likeable) villain was snarling gunslinger Curly Bill Brocius, confronting the Earps in Tombstone (1.

Boothe would go on to tackle with equal verve such complex characters as White House Chief of Staff Alexander Haig in Oliver Stone's Nixon (1. Vice President Noah Daniels on 2. How To Install Body Mods In Oblivion. Lamar Wyatt in Nashville (2. One of his best remembered roles remains that of Cy Tolliver, the (fictional) owner of the (historical) Bella Union saloon and brothel, chief nemesis of Al Swearingen on HBO's Deadwood (2. Boothe particularly enjoyed his lengthy soliloquies which reminded him of his time on the Shakespearean stage.

The tall Texan with the penetrating eyes was rather gleefully (and enjoyably) over- the- top fiendish as Senator Roark in the post film noir . Sin City director Robert Rodriguez fittingly eulogised him as . Powers Boothe died in his sleep at age 6. May 1. 4, 2. 01. 7.- IMDb Mini Biography By.