Vale: Powers Boothe
Enigmatic US actor best known for Sin City, Agents of SHIELD and Nashville, has died.
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Enigmatic US actor Powers Boothe, best known for Sin City, Agents of SHIELD and Nashville, has died, aged 68.
He died in his sleep of natural causes, Variety reports.
Boothe enjoyed a varied career on screen.
He appeared in several comic book shows and movies, portraying Senator Roark in Sin City and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. Film credits also included The Avengers, Â Red Dawn, The Emerald Forest, Tombstone and Nixon.
He played Gideon Malick for 11 episodes on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., former mayor Lamar Wyatt on 26 episodes of Nashville, and a Vice President Daniels on 24.
Other credits TV included Hatfields & McCoys, Deadwood, Ben 10: Alien Force, Joan of Arc, Philip Marlowe Private Eye, Justice League and Moonbeam City.
He won an Emmy for Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones.
“I’ve been fortunate in my career to have the opportunity to pick and choose the parts I play. I’ve also been lucky to always be involved with quality actors, quality directors, quality writers,” he once said.
6 Responses
my vote for his best movie is thombstone
Great in Deadwood
wow, that sucks. liked his work, remember him best from Sudden Death
one of his best was extreme prejudice. he will be missed he was a great actor
You left out his best movie – Frailty (from 2001), which was directed by the late great Bill Paxton.
A great character actor-very menacing presence without actually doing anything nasty, RIP.