Boots Southerland
- Known for
- Acting
Biography
Boots Southerland (born Marlin Southerland, c. 1955, raised on a ranch in Manzanola, Colorado) is an American actor, stunt performer, and wrangler of 34 years in the film industry. He served in the U.S. Navy as a Flight Deck Aircraft Director on the USS Hancock (1964–1967, Vietnam) before moving to New Mexico in 1970, where he trained horses for stunt work — falling, rearing, and stagecoach driving — which led to his entry into the New Mexico film industry as a horse wrangler, stunt performer, and actor. He continues to work in all three capacities. His most notable film credits include a "managerial" victim in No Country for Old Men (2007, directed by the Coen Brothers, with Tommy Lee Jones), Marshal Fred White in Wyatt Earp (1994, with Kevin Costner), a Warden in Terminator Salvation (2009), US Marshal Keith in Sicario (2015), Marshall in Jane Got a Gun (2015, with Nicole Kidman and Jake Gyllenhaal), Outlaw (Buffalo Hunter) in Hostiles (2017, with Christian Bale), Sheriff in Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021, directed by Taylor Sheridan, with Angelina Jolie), and Sol in Dead Man's Hand (2023). On television he is best known as Wade Morrow in Yellowstone (2018–2020, 6 episodes, Paramount Network), with earlier credits in Lonesome Dove (1989, as Sergeant), Walker, Texas Ranger (1997–1999), The Magnificent Seven (1998), Preacher (2016), and Into the West (2005). He also did stunt work on The Hunger Games (2012) and served as a driver on Hell or High Water (2016) and Legion (2010).
Known For
Filmography
The Dead of Night
Movie · as Ronnie
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Movie · as Sheriff
Woman Walks Ahead
Movie · as Cab Driver NY
Yellowstone
TV · as Wade Morrow · 6 eps
Justice
Movie · as Bartender
Hostiles
Movie · as Outlaw (Buffalo Hunter)
Just Getting Started
Movie · as Tow Truck Driver
The Lost Pueblo
Movie · as St. Isidore
Preacher
TV · as Cooley's Bartender · 2 eps
Sicario
Movie · as US Marshal Keith
Jane Got a Gun
Movie · as Marshall
After the Fall
Movie · as Pawn Broker
Don't Blink
Movie · as Sherrif
This Must Be the Place
Movie · as Truck Driver (as Boots Sutherland)
Doc West
Movie · as Nathan Mitchell
Doc West II : Triggerman
Movie · as Nathan Mitchell
Terminator Salvation
Movie · as Warden
Have Dreams, Will Travel
Movie · as Truck Driver #2
No Country for Old Men
Movie · as "Managerial" Victim
Seraphim Falls
Movie · as Big Henchman
North Country
Movie · as Guy #2
Wildfire
TV · as Jake Smith · 1 ep
Suspect Zero
Movie · as Vic
Deep Toad
Movie · as Big Bob
Blind Horizon
Movie · as Tom Brandt
Angels Don't Sleep Here
Movie · as Bartender
The One
Movie · as ER Security Guard
The Journeyman
Movie · as Doc
The Staircase
Movie · as Deputy Carlson
The Newton Boys
Movie · as Wagon Driver
The Magnificent Seven
TV · as Scruffy Cowhand · 2 eps
The Ride
Movie · as Beer Tent Cowboy
Dead Man's Walk
TV · as Glanton · 1 ep
Arli$$
TV · as Soup Kitchen Recipient · 1 ep
Buffalo Girls
Movie · as Sergeant
Wild Bill
Movie · as Crook-Eye Clark
Troublemakers
Movie · as Sam Stone
New Eden
Movie · as Bik
The Getaway
Movie · as Cab Driver
The Desperate Trail
Movie · as Scar Face Leader
Wyatt Earp
Movie · as Marshal Fred White
Lucky Luke
Movie · as Drunken Cowboy
Brotherhood of the Gun
Movie · as Deke (uncredited)
Lonesome Dove
TV · as Sergeant · 1 ep