Chadwick Aaron Boseman (November 29, 1976 â€" August 28, 2020)[a] was
an American actor. After studying directing at Howard University, he
landed his first major role as a series regular on Persons Unknown
(2010). Boseman's breakthrough performance came as baseball player
Jackie Robinson in the biographical film 42 (2013). He continued to
portray historical figures, starring in Get on Up (2014) as singer
James Brown and Marshall (2017) as Supreme Court Justice Thurgood
Marshall.Boseman achieved international fame for playing superhero
Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) from 2016 to
2019. He appeared in four MCU films, including an eponymous 2018 film
that earned him an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion
Picture and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by
a Cast in a Motion Picture. As the first black actor to headline an
MCU film, Boseman was also named to the 2018 Time 100. His final film,
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, is scheduled to be released posthumously.In
2016, Boseman was diagnosed with colon cancer. Boseman kept his
condition private, continuing to act while receiving treatment. He
died in 2020 from complications related to the illness.
an American actor. After studying directing at Howard University, he
landed his first major role as a series regular on Persons Unknown
(2010). Boseman's breakthrough performance came as baseball player
Jackie Robinson in the biographical film 42 (2013). He continued to
portray historical figures, starring in Get on Up (2014) as singer
James Brown and Marshall (2017) as Supreme Court Justice Thurgood
Marshall.Boseman achieved international fame for playing superhero
Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) from 2016 to
2019. He appeared in four MCU films, including an eponymous 2018 film
that earned him an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion
Picture and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by
a Cast in a Motion Picture. As the first black actor to headline an
MCU film, Boseman was also named to the 2018 Time 100. His final film,
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, is scheduled to be released posthumously.In
2016, Boseman was diagnosed with colon cancer. Boseman kept his
condition private, continuing to act while receiving treatment. He
died in 2020 from complications related to the illness.
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