Chadwick Boseman(1976-2020)

Actor
Producer
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We celebrate the life and legacy of actor Chadwick Boseman, best known for 'Black Panther,' '42,' and 'Marshall.'

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Remembering Chadwick Boseman

Chadwick Boseman was an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of T'Challa / Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2016 to 2019, particularly in Black Panther (2018), and for his starring roles as several pioneering Americans, Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013), James Brown in Get on Up (2014), and Thurgood Marshall in Marshall (2017). He also had choice parts in The Express (2008), Draft Day (2014), and Message from the King (2016). Born in Anderson, South Carolina, he attended Howard University and studied at the Oxford Mid-Summer Program for acting, before moving to Los Angeles in 2008 to pursue his craft on the big screen. He died in 2020, after a four year bout with colon cancer, during which time he had starred in several of the biggest movies ever made.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 60 wins & 98 nominations total

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Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman, Michael B. Jordan, Andy Serkis, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Daniel Kaluuya, and Letitia Wright in Black Panther (2018)

Black Panther

7.3

T'Challa
Black Panther

2018

Get on Up

6.9

James Brown

2014

Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Bettany, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Chadwick Boseman, and Sebastian Stan in Captain America: Civil War (2016)

Captain America: Civil War

7.8

T'Challa
Black Panther

2016

Kenneth Branagh, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., William Hurt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Vin Diesel, Alan Silvestri, Paul Bettany, Kerry Condon, Bradley Cooper, Keith Splinter Davis, Peter Dinklage, Idris Elba, Chris Evans, Kevin Feige, Jeffrey Ford, Keith Giffen, Sean Gunn, Scarlett Johansson, Ameenah Kaplan, Florence Kasumba, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Tim McAdams, Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Pratt, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Zoe Saldaña, Matthew Schmidt, Joe Simon, Benedict Wong, Charles Wood, Trent Opaloch, Terry Notary, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Mackie, Robert Pralgo, Cobie Smulders, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Monique Ganderton, Larry Lieber, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Don Heck, Carlos Guity, Chadwick Boseman, Aaron Lazar, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Steve Englehart, Jeremy Sample, Precious Jenkins, Karen Gillan, Dominique Elijah Smith, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Tiffany Espensen, Steven Essani, Ross Marquand, Bill Mantlo, Matthew Zuk, Pom Klementieff, Steve Gan, Blair Jasin, Femi Olagoke, Ethan Dizon, Michael Pierino Miller, Taraja Ramsess, Jénel Stevens, Michael Anthony Rogers, Gee Alexander, Janeshia Adams-Ginyard, Letitia Wright, James Sterling, Tom Holland, Jim Starlin, Isabella Amara, Ryan Robertson, Kevin D Wilson, Daniel Graham, Joseph Singletary, Michael James Shaw, David Dman Escobar, Solomon Glave, Kevin Montgomery, Rabon Hutcherson, Carrie Coon, Martavious Cerrone Gayles, Kirk A. Jenkins, Tanya Wheelock, Andrew S. McMillan, Marcus Lewis, Donny Carrington, Gary Peebles, Floyd Anthony Johns Jr., Tye Claybrook Jr., Khalil' La'Marr Pickett, Marie Mouroum, Jazzy Ellis, Marija Juliette Abney, Phedra Syndelle, Winston Duke, Antjuan Rhames, Jefferson Lewis, Jared Moser, Zola Williams, Dawit Gulilat, Denisha Gillespie, Harrison Osterfield, James Siderits, Brandon M. Shaw, Hamid-Reza Benjamin Thompson, Chris Moore, Ariana Greenblatt, Annie Pisapia, Matthew Christensen, Simeon Freeman, Branden Arnold, Michael David Yuhl, Daniela Gaskie, Jamel D. Chambers, John Gettier, Sergio Briones, Nathaniel Perry, Jacob Batalon, Matthew Excel Simmons, Lucie Carroll, Bobby James, Bobby Hoskins, Jacob Evans, Olaniyan Thurmon, Edward Parker, Cecil M. Henry, Cory Dunson, Bruce Anthony Shepperson, Perla Middleton, Laurel O Wagner, Jachin Myers, Elgin Lee, Demetri Landell, Tony Dupar, Shawn South, Mallory Kidwell, Devin Koehler, Chase Ledgerwood, Jomahl Gildersleve, Frank David Monroe, Granger Summerset II, Austin Rospert, Lady Cardinal, Luke Maher, Laura Miller, Joe Maitland, Dylan Gajai, and Robert Tinsley in Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Avengers: Infinity War

8.4

T'Challa
Black Panther

2018

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Actor

What If...?
7.3
TV Series
- Star Lord T'Challa
- T'Challa
- Black Panther (voice)
- 2021
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
6.9
- Levee
- 2020
Da 5 Bloods
6.5
- Stormin' Norman
- 2020
21 Bridges
6.6
- Andre Davis
- 2019
Avengers: Endgame
8.4
- T'Challa
- Black Panther
- 2019
Avengers: Infinity War
8.4
- T'Challa
- Black Panther
- 2018
Black Panther
7.3
- T'Challa
- Black Panther
- 2018
Marshall
7.3
- Thurgood Marshall
- 2017
Message from the King
6.4
- Jacob King
- 2016
Captain America: Civil War
7.8
- T'Challa
- Black Panther
- 2016
Gods of Egypt
5.4
- Thoth
- 2016
9 Kisses
6.2
Short
- Musician
- 2014
Get on Up
6.9
- James Brown
- 2014
Draft Day
6.8
- Vontae Mack
- 2014
42
7.5
- Jackie Robinson
- 2013

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Official sites
- Facebook
- Instagram
Alternative name
- Chad Boseman
Height
- 6′ (1.83 m)
Born
- November 29, 1976
- Anderson, South Carolina, USA
Died
- August 28, 2020
- Los Angeles, California, USA(colon cancer)
Spouse
- Taylor Simone Ledward Boseman? - August 28, 2020 (his death)
Children
- No Children
Parents
Relatives
- Derrick Boseman(Sibling)
Other works
His play, "Deep Azure," was performed at the Congo Square Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
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Trivia
Denzel Washington paid for Chadwick Boseman's tuition at Oxford University.

Quotes
[on his lead role as Jackie Robinson in the biopic 42 (2013) ] The story is relevant because we still stand on his shoulders. He started something - I would even say maybe he didn't even start it, it started before him. But he carried the torch. And he carried it alone for a period of time before other people could help him.