Boseman, Chadwick (1976-2020), was an African American actor. He became famous for playing the character T’Challa in the motion picture Black Panther (2018). Boseman won a number of awards for his work. These include a Golden Globe Award and many other awards for his performance in the movie Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020). In 2022, Boseman won a posthumous Emmy Award for his voice-over work on the animated series “What If…?”
Chadwick Aaron Boseman was born on Nov. 29, 1976, in Anderson, South Carolina. He attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2000. He then pursued a career in the theater, writing and directing several plays.
Boseman also began taking roles as an actor. He played a recurring character on the television series “Lincoln Heights” (2007-2009). His breakthrough motion-picture role was as the pioneering African American baseball player Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013). Boseman went on to play the American funk musician James Brown in the film Get on Up (2014). He also played United States Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in the film Marshall (2017).
Boseman became famous for his role as T’Challa, better known as the superhero Black Panther. Boseman first took on the role in the movie Captain America: Civil War (2016). In 2018, he starred in the popular movie Black Panther. Boseman won praise for his performance in the film, the first major superhero movie to have a Black lead and a majority Black cast. He played T’Challa again in the films Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Boseman’s later movies include Da 5 Bloods and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (both 2020). Boseman died of colon cancer on Aug. 28, 2020.
