Biography
Boothe made an indelible impression on audiences with his first major screen role as the deranged Reverend Jim Jones in "Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones" (CBS, 1980) before making the leap to features with Walter Hill's "Southern Comfort" (1981). He soon became a favorite for directors like Hill and Oliver Stone, who cast Boothe as flinty bad guys in "Extreme Prejudice" (1987), "U Turn" (1990) and "Nixon" (1995). "Deadwood" brought him …
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Career Milestones
2012 | Co-starred with Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton in The History Channel miniseries "Hatfields & McCoys" |
2012 | Appeared as one of the world security council members in blockbuster hit "The Avengers" |
2007 | Joined the cast of "24" (Fox) in recurring role of Noah Daniels, the vice president to new U.S. President Wayne Palmer (D.B. Woodside) |
2005 | Cast in "Sin City," the feature adaptation of comic book icon Frank Miller's uber-noir series of graphic novels co-directed by Miller and Robert Rodriguez |
2004 | Cast as Cy Tolliver in the critically acclaimed HBO series "Deadwood" |
2001 | Co-starred as a Roman general in "Attila" (USA Network) |
2000 | Co-starred in "Men of Honor" |
1999 | Landed featured role in the CBS miniseries "Joan of Arc" |
1997 | Reteamed with Oliver Stone in "U-Turn" |
1997 | Co-starred in the CBS miniseries "True Women" |
1995 | Portrayed Alexander Haig in the biopic "Nixon," directed by Oliver Stone |
1994 | Acted opposite Jessica Lange and Tommy Lee Jones in romantic drama "Blue Sky" |
1993 | Appeared in Western drama "Tombstone" |
1992 | Portrayed a former priest turned professional gambler in the USA Network movie "Wild Card" |
1990 | Starred as master spy John Walker Jr in the CBS miniseries "Family of Spies: The Walker Spy Ring" |
1987 | Cast as a father searching for his missing daughter in the HBO drama "Into the Homeland" |
1985 | Co-starred in "The Emerald Forest," helmed by John Boorman |
1983 | Played the title role in the five-part HBO miniseries "Philip Marlowe, Private Eye" |
1981 | First feature lead, "Southern Comfort," directed by Walter Hill |
1980 | Won acclaim for his portrayal of Rev. Jim Jones in the two-part CBS docudrama "Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones"; earned Emmy Award |
1980 | Cast as the hankie salesman in "Cruising," directed by William Friedkin |
1979 | Breakthrough stage role, the Broadway production of "Lone Star" |
1977 | First appeared on screen in "The Goodbye Girl" as one of the actors in the production of "Richard III" |
Awards
2007 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Deadwood |
1996 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in Nixon |
1980 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor In a Limited Series or a Special in Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones |