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Powers Boothe has an extensive list of feature film credits including Navy Diver opposite Cuba Gooding Jr. and Robert DeNiro; Bill Paxton's directorial debut Frialty; Oliver Stone's films U-Turn with Sean Penn and Nick Nolte and Nixon with Anthony Hopkins; Blue Sky with Jessica Lange and Tommy Lee Jones and Tombstone opposite Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer. Other film credits include Sudden Death, Rapid Fire, Extreme Prejudice, The Emerald Forrest, Red Dawn, and Southern Comfort.
Boothe garnered an Emmy award® for Best Actor for his portrayal of Reverend Jim Jones in the television movie Guyuna Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones. He has starred in numerous other television productions including USA Network's original mini-series Atilla The Hun, the mini-series Joan of Arc opposite Leelee Sobieski; The Spree with Jennifer Beals; Dalva with Farrah Fawcett; and the mini-series True Women with Dana Delaney and Angelina Jolie. Boothe played the lead in the television movie By Dawn's Early Light with Rebecca DeMornay and James Earl Jones. Boothe also starred as Phillip Marlowe in the HBO series Phillip Marlowe, Private Eye.
These performances are accompanied by a solid background in the theater. In 1972, Boothe received his MFA from Southern Methodist University and became a resident actor at the Oregon Shakespeare Company. Two years later, he made his New York stage debut in the Lincoln Center production of Richard III. Boothe's career breakthrough came with a staring role on Broadway in James McClure's critically acclaimed one-act comedy, Lone Star.
Born and raised on a farm in Texas, Boothe now resides in Los Angeles, where he raises racing quarterhorses and resides with his family.
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Deadwood Nuggets
It was estimated that 90% of women living in Deadwood in 1876 were prostitutes.
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