Chadwick Boseman | |
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![]() Boseman at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con | |
Born | Chadwick Aaron Boseman November 29, 1976[a] Anderson, South Carolina, U.S. |
Died | August 28, 2020 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 43)
Cause of death | Colon cancer |
Resting place | Welfare Baptist Church Cemetery in Belton, South Carolina, US |
Alma mater | Howard University (BFA) |
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Years active | 1993–2020[4] |
Spouse | Taylor Simone Ledward |
Awards | Full list |
Chadwick Aaron Boseman (/ˈboʊzmən/;[5] November 29, 1976[a] – August 28, 2020) was an American actor. Through his two-decade career, he appeared in a number of projects spanning both blockbuster and independent films, and received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a nomination for an Academy Award.
Born in South Carolina, Boseman studied directing at Howard University and began his career in theatre. Boseman won a Drama League Directing Fellowship and an acting AUDELCO, along with receiving a Jeff Award nomination for his 2005 play Deep Azure. Transitioning to the screen, his first major role was as a series regular on the NBC drama Persons Unknown (2010) and he landed his breakthrough role as baseball player Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013). He continued to portray historical figures, starring as singer James Brown in Get on Up (2014) and as Thurgood Marshall in Marshall (2017).
Boseman achieved international fame for playing the Marvel Comics superhero Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) from 2016 to 2019. He appeared in four MCU films, including an eponymous 2018 film. As the first Black actor to headline an MCU film, he was also named in the 2018 Time 100. Boseman's final performance as the character in the Disney+ anthology series What If...? (2021) earned him a posthumous Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance.
In 2016, Boseman was diagnosed with colon cancer. He kept his condition private, continuing to act until his death in 2020 from the illness. For his final film role, the drama Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020), he received the Golden Globe and SAG Awards for Best Actor, along with a posthumous nomination in the same category at the 93rd Academy Awards.
Boseman, Chadwick (1976– ) ... He was born in Anderson, South Carolina, and is a graduate of T.L. Hannah High School and Howard University.
Chadwick Boseman was born on November 29, 1976.
Chadwick Boseman in 1976 (age 41)
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