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{{Short description|American actor (1976–2020)}}
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| name              = Chadwick Boseman
| name              = Chadwick Boseman
| image              = Chadwick Boseman by Gage Skidmore July 2017 (cropped).jpg<!--Do not change infobox image without discussion-->
| image              = Chadwick Boseman by Gage Skidmore July 2017 (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Boseman at the 2017 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]
| caption            = Boseman at the 2017 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]
| birth_name        = Chadwick Aaron Boseman
| birth_name        = Chadwick Aaron Boseman
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1976|11|29}}{{efn|name=birthdate|Sources conflict on whether Boseman was born in 1976 or 1977. Obituaries list his age at death as 43, making his birth year 1976.<ref name="berry">{{Cite book |last1=Berry |first1=S. Torriano |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8NJbCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA69 |title=Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema |last2=Berry |first2=Venise T. |year=2015 |isbn=9781442247024 |quote=Boseman, Chadwick (1976– ) ... He was born in Anderson, South Carolina, and is a graduate of T.L. Hannah High School and Howard University. |access-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930065341/https://books.google.com/books?id=8NJbCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA69 |archive-date=September 30, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Tammy |date=October 29, 2014 |title=Chadwick Boseman Signed To Five Marvel Studio Movies As The Black Panther |url=https://www.inquisitr.com/1570632/chadwick-boseman-signed-to-five-marvel-studio-movies-as-the-black-panther/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727193830/https://www.inquisitr.com/1570632/chadwick-boseman-signed-to-five-marvel-studio-movies-as-the-black-panther/ |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |access-date=June 14, 2020 |publisher=[[Inquisitr]] |quote=Chadwick Boseman was born on November 29, 1976.}}</ref><ref name="upi">{{Cite news |date=November 29, 2017 |title=UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017 |work=[[United Press International]] |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2017/11/29/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Nov-29-2017/2241511750535/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702220347/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2017/11/29/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Nov-29-2017/2241511750535/ |archive-date=July 2, 2019 |quote=Chadwick Boseman in 1976 (age 41)}}</ref>}}
| birth_date        = {{birth date|1976|11|29|mf=yes}}<ref name=berry>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8NJbCQAAQBAJ&dq=chadwick+boseman+born+in+anderson+sc&pg=PA69|quote=BOSEMAN, CHADWICK (1976– ) ... He was born in Anderson, South Carolina, and is a graduate of T.L. Hannah High School and Howard University.|last2=Berry|first2=Venise T.|last1=Berry|first1=S. Torriano|title=Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema|year=2015|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|page=69|isbn=9781442247024|access-date=June 14, 2020|archive-date=July 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727195115/https://books.google.com/books?id=8NJbCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=chadwick+boseman+born+in+anderson+sc&source=bl&ots=KzhYVWJJOO&sig=ACfU3U1drsEFX2CZpHxZd-s_-VSUE2OgFA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjnl6qLnYLqAhWOSjABHX8fDVE4KBDoATAEegQIChAB#v=onepage&q=chadwick%20boseman%20born%20in%20anderson%20sc&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Today in entertainment history: Nov. 29|date=November 29, 2018|publisher=[[KGMI]]|location=Bellingham, Washington|url=https://kgmi.com/news/030030-today-in-entertainment-history-nov-29/|access-date=June 14, 2020|quote=Actor Chadwick Boseman ("Black Panther") is 42.|archive-date=June 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614221424/https://kgmi.com/news/030030-today-in-entertainment-history-nov-29/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Rose|first=Tammy|title=Chadwick Boseman Signed To Five Marvel Studio Movies As The Black Panther|date=October 29, 2014|publisher=[[Inquisitr]]|url=https://www.inquisitr.com/1570632/chadwick-boseman-signed-to-five-marvel-studio-movies-as-the-black-panther/|access-date=June 14, 2020|quote=Chadwick Boseman was born on November 29, 1976.|archive-date=July 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727193830/https://www.inquisitr.com/1570632/chadwick-boseman-signed-to-five-marvel-studio-movies-as-the-black-panther/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=upi>{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2017/11/29/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Nov-29-2017/2241511750535/|title=UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017|agency=[[UPI]]|date=November 29, 2017|quote=Chadwick Boseman in 1976 (age 41)|access-date=July 2, 2019|archive-date=July 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702220347/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2017/11/29/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Nov-29-2017/2241511750535/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| birth_place        = [[Anderson, South Carolina]], U.S.
| birth_place        = [[Anderson, South Carolina]], U.S.
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|2020|8|28|1976|11|29}}
| death_date        = {{death date and age|2020|08|28|1976|11|29}}
| death_place        = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| death_place        = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| death_cause        = [[Colorectal cancer|Colon cancer]]<!--Included per RFC closed on September 17, 2020. Open a new RFC, after reading the last one, if you believe there is reason to remove-->
| death_cause        = Complications from [[colon cancer]]
| alma_mater        = [[Howard University]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])
| alma_mater        = [[Howard University]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]]) <br/> [[British American Drama Academy]]
| occupation        = {{hlist|Actor|playwright}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Actor|playwright|film producer}}
| years_active      = 1993–2020<ref name="eells2020">{{Cite magazine |last=Eells |first=Josh |date=February 18, 2018 |title=The 'Black Panther' Revolution |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/the-black-panther-revolution-199536/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923085757/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/the-black-panther-revolution-199536/amp/ |archive-date=September 23, 2020 |access-date=September 23, 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>
| years_active      = 1993–2020
| spouse            = Taylor Simone Ledward<!-- Do not add a year of marriage without a source! -->
| spouse            = Taylor Simone Ledward<!-- Do not add a year of marriage without a source. -->
| awards            = [[List of awards and nominations received by Chadwick Boseman|Full list]]
| children          =  
}}
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'''Chadwick Aaron Boseman''' (November 29, 1976{{spaced ndash}}August 28, 2020) was an American actor, playwright, and film producer. He was known for his roles as [[Jackie Robinson]] in ''[[42 (movie)|42]]'' (2013), [[James Brown]] in ''[[Get on Up (movie)|Get on Up]]'' (2014), [[Thurgood Marshall]] in ''[[Marshall (movie)|Marshall]]'' (2017) and as [[Black Panther (Marvel Comics)|Black Panther]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] movies, including ''[[Black Panther (movie)|Black Panther]]'' (2018). He also starred and produced the 2019 thriller movie ''[[21 Bridges]]''.


'''Chadwick Aaron Boseman''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|oʊ|z|m|ə|n}};<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 14, 2018 |title=Black Panther Cast Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDPr8Na24QU |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207070957/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDPr8Na24QU |archive-date=February 7, 2021 |access-date=March 1, 2021 |publisher=Wired |via=YouTube}}</ref> November 29, 1976{{efn|name=birthdate}}{{spnd}}August 28, 2020) was an American actor.<!--don't add lesser known occupations per [[MOS:ROLEBIO]] --> Throughout his career, Boseman received [[List of awards and nominations received by Chadwick Boseman|various accolades]], including two [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]], a [[Golden Globe Award]], a [[Critics' Choice Movie Award]], four [[MTV Movie & TV Awards]], and nominations for an [[Academy Award]] and a [[BAFTA Award]].
In 2021, Boseman [[posthumous]]ly won a [[Golden Globe Award]] and [[Screen Actors Guild Award]] for his role as Levee Green in ''[[Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (movie)|Ma Rainey's Black Bottom]]''. He is also nominated posthumously for an [[Academy Award for Best Actor]].


After studying directing at [[Howard University]], he began his career in [[theatre]], winning a [[The Drama League#Directors' Project|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 (TV series)|Persons Unknown]]'' (2010) and he landed his breakthrough performance in 2013 as baseball player [[Jackie Robinson]] in the biographical film ''[[42 (film)|42]]''. He continued to portray historical figures, starring as singer [[James Brown]] in ''[[Get on Up (film)|Get on Up]]'' (2014) and as attorney [[Thurgood Marshall]] in ''[[Marshall (film)|Marshall]]'' (2017).
Boseman died at his home in [[Los Angeles]] from [[colon cancer]] on August 28, 2020 at the age of 43.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Maxouris|first1=Christina|last2=Vera|first2=Amir|date=August 29, 2020|title='Black Panther' star Chadwick Boseman has died|work=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/28/entertainment/chadwick-boseman-dies/index.html|access-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title='Black Panther' star Chadwick Boseman passes away at 43 - The Economic Times|url=https://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/black-panther-star-chadwick-boseman-dies-of-cancer-at-43/amp_articleshow/77815479.cms|access-date=2020-08-29|website=m.economictimes.com}}</ref>He had been battling the disease since 2016, even though the film studios did not know.
 
Boseman achieved international fame for playing the superhero [[T'Challa (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Black Panther]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU) from 2016 to 2019. He appeared in four MCU films, including an [[Black Panther (film)|eponymous 2018 film]] that earned him an [[NAACP Image Awards|NAACP Image Award]] for [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture]] and a [[Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Award]] for [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]. As the first [[black people|black]] actor to headline an MCU film, he was also named in the 2018 [[Time 100|''Time'' 100]].
 
In 2016, Boseman was diagnosed with [[Colorectal cancer|colon cancer]]. He kept his condition private, continuing to act until his death in 2020 from the illness. His final film, ''[[Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (film)|Ma Rainey's Black Bottom]]'', was released posthumously the same year to critical acclaim, earning him an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] and a [[Golden Globe Award]] for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]]. Boseman also received four nominations at the [[27th Screen Actors Guild Awards]] for his work in ''[[Da 5 Bloods]]'' and ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'', the most for a performer at a single ceremony,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hammond |first=Pete |date=February 8, 2021 |title='Mank', 'Minari' Lead Critics Choice Awards Film Nominations; Netflix Tops Studios; Chadwick Boseman Receives 4 |url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/mank-minari-lead-critics-choice-awards-film-nominations-chadwick-boseman-1234689332/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208170055/https://deadline.com/2021/02/mank-minari-lead-critics-choice-awards-film-nominations-chadwick-boseman-1234689332/ |archive-date=February 8, 2021 |access-date=February 8, 2021 |website=Deadline}}</ref> winning [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role|Male Actor in a Leading Role]] for the latter.
 
==Early life and education==
Chadwick Aaron Boseman<ref name="MichiganChronicleAug2014" /><ref name="nyt obit" /> was born and raised in [[Anderson, South Carolina]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 13, 2013 |title=SC natives star in Jackie Robinson biopic "42 |publisher=[[WMBF-TV]] |location=Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |url=https://www.wmbfnews.com/story/21970857/sc-natives-star-in-jackie-robinson-biopic-42/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614221422/https://www.wmbfnews.com/story/21970857/sc-natives-star-in-jackie-robinson-biopic-42/ |archive-date=June 14, 2020 |quote=Boseman was born and raised in Anderson, where he attended T.L Hanna High School.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=February 20, 2018 |title='Black Panther' star buys hundreds of movie tickets for underprivileged children |publisher=[[WTIC-TV]] |url=https://www.fox61.com/article/entertainment/arts/cas-artist/black-panther-star-buys-hundreds-of-movie-tickets-for-underprivileged-children/520-07bc2fb7-931d-4c26-8d6d-6dbbc406dd1b |url-status=live |access-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614221426/https://www.fox61.com/article/entertainment/arts/cas-artist/black-panther-star-buys-hundreds-of-movie-tickets-for-underprivileged-children/520-07bc2fb7-931d-4c26-8d6d-6dbbc406dd1b |archive-date=June 14, 2020 |quote=Boseman was born and raised in Anderson...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Field |first=Carla |date=March 7, 2018 |title='Black Panther' star talks about racism he experienced growing up in Anderson |publisher=[[WYFF]] |location=Greenville, South Carolina |url=https://www.wyff4.com/article/black-panther-star-talks-about-racism-he-experienced-growing-up-in-upstate/19056299 |url-status=live |access-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615024051/https://www.wyff4.com/article/black-panther-star-talks-about-racism-he-experienced-growing-up-in-upstate/19056299 |archive-date=June 15, 2020 |quote=He was born and raised in Anderson, where he attended T.L Hanna High School.}}</ref> the son of Carolyn (''née'' Mattress)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Alexander |first=Bryan |date=January 31, 2018 |title=The best things you missed at the 'Black Panther' party (Usher dancing on the tables!) |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/01/31/best-things-you-missed-black-panther-party-usher-dancing-tables/1084379001/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180306234846/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/01/31/best-things-you-missed-black-panther-party-usher-dancing-tables/1084379001/ |archive-date=March 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Chadwick Boseman obituary |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chadwick-boseman-obituary-2ffznl3l3 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |date= August 31, 2020|access-date=March 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215234352/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chadwick-boseman-obituary-2ffznl3l3 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and Leroy Boseman, both African-American.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barrow |first=Jerry L. |date=February 2018 |title=Father Stretch My Hands: 'Black Panther' & Raising Our Sons To Shine |url=https://www.bet.com/celebrities/movies/black-panther/black-panther-fatherhood.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215080423/https://www.bet.com/celebrities/movies/black-panther/black-panther-fatherhood.html |archive-date=February 15, 2018 |access-date=March 6, 2018 |publisher=[[Black Entertainment Television|BET]]}}</ref> His mother was a nurse, and his father worked at a textile factory and managed an [[upholstery]] business.<ref name="rollstone">{{Cite magazine |last=Eells |first=Josh |date=February 18, 2018 |title=The 'Black Panther' Revolution |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/black-panther-chadwick-boseman-ryan-coogler-cover-story-w516853 |url-access=limited |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225052231/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/black-panther-chadwick-boseman-ryan-coogler-cover-story-w516853 |archive-date=February 25, 2018 |access-date=February 21, 2018 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> In his youth, Boseman practiced [[martial arts]],<ref name="theatreGuardian">{{Cite web |date=September 2, 2020 |title='You are all the Black Panther': the electric theatre of Chadwick Boseman |first=Chris|last=Wiegand|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/sep/02/chadwick-boseman-theatre-black-panther |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032913/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/sep/02/chadwick-boseman-theatre-black-panther |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 26, 2020 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> and continued this training as an adult.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Ruth E. |date=December 12, 2020 |title=Chadwick Boseman remembered by Ruth E Carter |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/dec/12/chadwick-boseman-remembered-by-ruth-e-carter-black-panther-obituaries-of-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230115513/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/dec/12/chadwick-boseman-remembered-by-ruth-e-carter-black-panther-obituaries-of-2020 |archive-date=December 30, 2020 |access-date=December 31, 2020 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> As a child, he wanted to become an architect.<ref name=bbclegacy/> According to Boseman, DNA testing indicated that some of his ancestors were [[Krio people]] and [[Limba people (Sierra Leone)|Limba people]] from [[Sierra Leone]], and [[Yoruba people]] from [[Nigeria]].<ref>{{Cite interview |last=Colbert |first=Stephen |title=Chadwick Boseman On Bringing Humanity To 'Black Panther' |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCf_dMfAeuE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523103208/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCf_dMfAeuE |archive-date=May 23, 2018 |url-status=live |work=The Late Show with Stephen Colbert |place=New York City |date=May 17, 2018}}</ref>
 
Boseman graduated from [[T. L. Hanna High School]] in 1995 where he played on the basketball team.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chadwick Boseman: Remember when the 'Black Panther' superhero actor was just 'Chad' |url=https://www.amp.independentmail.com/amp/970875001 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705191642/https://amp.independentmail.com/amp/970875001 |archive-date=July 5, 2018 |access-date=September 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 11, 2013 |title=Hanna Grad Chad Boseman Plays Jackie Robinson in '42' |work=Parent Newsletter |publisher=[[T. L. Hanna High School]] |issue=47 |url=http://www.anderson5.net/cms/lib02/SC01001931/Centricity/Domain/2867/Parent%20Newsletter%20April%2011%202013.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071919/http://www.anderson5.net/cms/lib02/SC01001931/Centricity/Domain/2867/Parent%20Newsletter%20April%2011%202013.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> In his junior year, he wrote his first play, ''Crossroads'', and staged it at the school after a classmate was shot and killed.<ref name="rollstone" /> He competed in Speech and Debate in the [[National Speech and Debate Association]] at T. L. Hanna. He placed eighth in [[Original Oratory]] at the 1995 National Tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alumni – Speech and Debate |url=https://www.speechanddebate.org/alumni/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120014519/https://www.speechanddebate.org/alumni/ |archive-date=January 20, 2021 |access-date=March 20, 2021}}</ref> He was recruited to play basketball at college but chose the arts instead,<ref name="theatermania">{{Cite web |title=Remembering the Theatrical Career of Chadwick Boseman |url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/remembering-the-theatrical-career-chadwick-boseman_91364.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120135/https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/remembering-the-theatrical-career-chadwick-boseman_91364.html |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=TheaterMania}}</ref> attending college at [[Howard University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] and graduating in 2000 with a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] in [[Film director|directing]].<ref name="WashingtonPostApril2013" /> While at Howard, he worked in an African-American oriented bookstore near the university, which friend [[Vanessa German]] said was important and inspirational to him;<ref name=theatreGuardian/> he drew on his experience there for his play ''Hieroglyphic Graffiti''.<ref name="postgazette">{{Cite web |title=When 'Black Panther's' Chadwick Boseman came to Pittsburgh to direct a play |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/theater-dance/2018/04/26/Chadwick-Boseman-Pittsburgh-play-Hieroglyphic-Graffiti-Black-Panther/stories/201804260066 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231033002/https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/theater-dance/2018/04/26/Chadwick-Boseman-Pittsburgh-play-Hieroglyphic-Graffiti-Black-Panther/stories/201804260066 |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 26, 2020 |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref>
 
His teachers at Howard included [[Al Freeman Jr.]] and [[Phylicia Rashad]], who became a mentor.<ref name=postgazette/><ref name="rollstone" /> Rashad helped raise funds, notably from her friend and prominent actor [[Denzel Washington]],<ref name="nyt obit" /> so that Boseman and other classmates could attend the Oxford Summer Program of the [[British American Drama Academy]] at [[Balliol College, Oxford]], in England to which they had been accepted.<ref name="rollstone" /><ref name="GuardianNov2014" /> Boseman wanted to write and direct, and initially began studying acting to learn how to relate to actors.<ref name="WashingtonPostOct2014" /> He attended the program in 1998, and developed an appreciation for the playwriting of [[William Shakespeare]],<ref name=theatreGuardian/> studying the works of various [[dramatists]] including [[Samuel Beckett]] and [[Harold Pinter]].<ref name=postgazette/> He also traveled to Africa for the first time while at college, working in [[Ghana]] with his professor Mike Malone "to preserve and celebrate rituals with performances on a [[proscenium]] stage"; he said it was "one of the most significant learning experiences of [his] life".<ref name="APsyracuse">{{Cite web |date=August 30, 2020 |title=Chadwick Boseman, who played Syracuse football's Floyd Little in 'The Express,' embodied Black icons |url=https://www.syracuse.com/celebrity-news/2020/08/chadwick-boseman-who-played-syracuse-footballs-floyd-little-in-the-express-embodied-black-icons.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120157/https://www.syracuse.com/celebrity-news/2020/08/chadwick-boseman-who-played-syracuse-footballs-floyd-little-in-the-express-embodied-black-icons.html |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=[[The Post-Standard]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> After he returned to the U.S., he took additional course work in film studies, graduating from New York City's [[Digital Film Academy]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Behind The Black Panther: Film School Founder Recalls Early Days Of Chadwick Boseman |first=Travis|last= Bean|work=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbean/2019/07/12/behind-the-black-panther-film-school-founder-recalls-early-days-of-chadwick-boseman/ |url-status=live |url-access=limited |date=July 12, 2019|access-date=November 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713142156/https://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbean/2019/07/12/behind-the-black-panther-film-school-founder-recalls-early-days-of-chadwick-boseman/#592fb7dc1f1e |archive-date=July 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jain |first=Sara McDermott |date=March 18, 2014 |title=DFA Grad Chadwick Boseman to Play James Brown in Biopic |url=https://www.digitalfilmacademy.edu/dfa-grad-chadwick-boseman-to-play-james-brown-in-biopic/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222171834/https://www.digitalfilmacademy.edu/dfa-grad-chadwick-boseman-to-play-james-brown-in-biopic/ |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |access-date=December 22, 2017 |publisher=Digital Film Academy}}</ref>
 
==Career==
===2000–2007: Theater, ''Deep Azure'', and early television===
Boseman lived in [[Brooklyn]], New York City, at the start of his career.<ref name="rollstone" /> In 2000, he was named a [[The Drama League#Directors' Project|Drama League Directing Fellow]]. He directed productions including [[George C. Wolfe]]'s ''[[The Colored Museum]]''<ref name=theatermania/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Drama League Directors Project Fellows |url=http://dramaleague.org/about/whoweare/alumni#Directors%2520Project%2520Fellows |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120136/http://dramaleague.org/about/whoweare/alumni#Directors%2520Project%2520Fellows |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=[[The Drama League]]}}</ref> (Wolfe would later direct Boseman in his final role)<ref name="WolfeGQ">{{Cite web |last=Phipps |first=Keith |title=George C. Wolfe on Directing 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' and Chadwick Boseman |url=https://www.gq.com/story/george-c-wolfe-ma-raineys-black-bottom-chadwick-boseman-viola-davis-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120136/https://www.gq.com/story/george-c-wolfe-ma-raineys-black-bottom-chadwick-boseman-viola-davis-interview |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=GQ|date=December 18, 2020 }}</ref> and a staging of [[Amiri Baraka]]'s ''[[Dutchman (play)|Dutchman]]''.<ref name=theatermania/> He worked as the drama instructor in the Schomburg Junior Scholars Program, housed at the [[Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture]] in [[Harlem]] between 2002 and 2009.<ref name="MichiganChronicleAug2014" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Schomburg Center and NYPL Honor the Life of Chadwick Boseman |url=https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020/08/29/chadwick-boseman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120136/https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020/08/29/chadwick-boseman |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=The New York Public Library}}</ref>
 
He rose to prominence as a playwright and stage actor in 2002, performing in multiple productions and winning an [[AUDELCO]] award in 2002 for his part in [[Ron Milner]]'s ''Urban Transitions''.<ref name=theatermania/> As a member of the National Shakespeare Company of New York, he played [[Romeo (character)|Romeo]] in ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' and [[Malcolm (Macbeth)|Malcolm]] in ''[[Macbeth]]''.<ref name=2002pittnews/> He directed and wrote plays<ref name="KWilliams">{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Kam |date=April 8, 2013 |title=A chat with Chad -'42' star Chadwick Boseman |language=en-US |work=Philadelphia Sun |url=https://www.philasun.com/entertainment/a-chat-with-chad-42-star-chadwick-boseman/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910025543/http://www.philasun.com/entertainment/a-chat-with-chad-42-star-chadwick-boseman/ |archive-date=September 10, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Bio">{{Cite web |title=Chadwick Boseman |url=https://www.biography.com/actor/chadwick-boseman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831231934/https://www.biography.com/actor/chadwick-boseman |archive-date=August 31, 2020 |access-date=September 6, 2020 |website=Biography |language=en-us}}</ref> as part of the [[Hip-hop theater]] movement; his works included ''Rhyme Deferred'' (co-written with Howard classmate [[Kamilah Forbes]]), in which he also performed, and ''Hieroglyphic Graffiti''.<ref name=theatermania/><ref name="Michigan">{{Cite web |title=Deep Azure |url=https://www.press.umich.edu/special/hiphop/deep_azure |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902094708/https://www.press.umich.edu/special/hiphop/deep_azure |archive-date=September 2, 2020 |access-date=September 2, 2020 |website=University of Michigan Press |language=en}}</ref><ref name=Coyle/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wiegand |first=Chris |date=September 2, 2020 |title='You are all the Black Panther': the electric theatre of Chadwick Boseman |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/sep/02/chadwick-boseman-theatre-black-panther |url-status=live |access-date=September 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902235353/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/sep/02/chadwick-boseman-theatre-black-panther |archive-date=September 2, 2020 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''Rhyme Deferred'' was commissioned for a national tour, as well as featuring in ''The Fire This Time'' anthology of works, while ''Hieroglyphic Graffiti'' was produced at a variety of locations, including the [[National Black Theatre Festival]] in 2001.<ref name=theatermania/> Combining modern African-American culture and Egyptian deities, it is set in Washington, D.C. and was picked up by the New York Hip-Hop Theatre Festival and [[Tennessee State University]]'s [[summer stock theatre]] program in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mythic Proportions |url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts-culture/article/13007481/mythic-proportions |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=Nashville Scene}}</ref> It was also the [[Kuntu Repertory Theatre]]'s 2002–03 season launch production. At the 2002 Hip-Hop Theatre Festival, Boseman also gave a one-man show called "Red Clay and Carved Concrete".<ref name="2002pittnews">{{Cite web |title=Kuntu Repertory Theatre Launches 2002–2003 Season With "Hieroglyphic Graffiti" |url=http://www.news.pitt.edu/news/kuntu-repertory-theatre-launches-2002-2003-season-hieroglyphic-graffiti |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109195720/http://www.news.pitt.edu/news/kuntu-repertory-theatre-launches-2002-2003-season-hieroglyphic-graffiti |archive-date=January 9, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=University of Pittsburgh News}}</ref>
 
In 2003, Boseman was cast in his first television role, an episode of ''[[Third Watch]]'',<ref name="Hindustan Times">{{Cite news |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=August 29, 2020 |title=Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman dies of colon cancer at 43 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |publisher=[[HT Media Ltd]] |location=[[New Delhi]] |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/entertainment/black-panther-actor-chadwick-boseman-dies-of-colon-cancer-at-43video/video-1bqOhvCm504CfyEaORG4EO.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829212708/https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/entertainment/black-panther-actor-chadwick-boseman-dies-of-colon-cancer-at-43video/video-1bqOhvCm504CfyEaORG4EO.html |archive-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref> and began playing [[List of All My Children characters#Reggie Montgomery|Reggie Montgomery]] in the daytime soap opera ''[[All My Children]]''.<ref name="Mason">{{Cite web |last=Mason |first=Charlie |date=August 29, 2020 |title=Beloved Soap Actor-Turned-Movie Star Dead at 43 After Years-Long Cancer Battle |url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/soaps/news/576619/chadwick-boseman-dead-all-my-children-reggie/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831012120/https://soaps.sheknows.com/soaps/news/576619/chadwick-boseman-dead-all-my-children-reggie/ |archive-date=August 31, 2020 |access-date=August 30, 2020 |website=[[Soaps.com]] |publisher=[[SheKnows Media]] |location=United States}}</ref> He was fired from ''All My Children'' after voicing concerns to producers about racist stereotypes in the script; the role was subsequently re-cast, with Boseman's future ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]'' co-star [[Michael B. Jordan]] taking the part.<ref name="TheWrap" /><ref name=THRGreene/> Boseman had wanted to work around the stereotypes of the character, feeling that being in a soap opera would give him more room for improvisation as the writers often do not initially plan a full story;<ref name="EWAllMyChildren">{{Cite web |title=Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan discuss playing the same role on 'All My Children' |url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/01/04/all-my-children-chadwick-boseman-michael-b-jordan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120152/https://ew.com/tv/2019/01/04/all-my-children-chadwick-boseman-michael-b-jordan/ |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> his (then-future) agent said that when Boseman was given the second script and learned that his character's parents were a drug addict and an absent father, Boseman confronted the creators.<ref name=THRGreene/> He reflected on the experience in his 2018 commencement address to Howard University, saying that it "seemed to be wrapped up in assumptions about us as black folks [and he] would have to make something out of nothing."<ref name=EWAllMyChildren/> His other early television work included episodes of the series ''[[Law & Order]]'', ''[[Cold Case]]'', ''[[CSI: NY]]'', and ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''.<ref name="MichiganChronicleAug2014" />
 
Boseman's best-known play, ''[[Deep Azure]]'', was commissioned in 2004 by the Congo Square Theatre Company in [[Chicago]]. It was nominated for a 2006 [[Jeff Award]] for Best New Work.<ref name=Michigan/><ref name=theatermania/> Boseman said at the time that ''Deep Azure'' was "a fusion and progression of [his] previous plays", which he did not feel fit wholly in the Hip Hop theater genre.<ref name=theatermania/> The play – about [[Police brutality in the United States|police brutality]], a daring subject in 2004, and largely delivered in rhyme – was workshopped at the [[Apollo Theater]] in New York.<ref name=jones2/><ref name="jones1">{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Chris |title=Chadwick Boseman's play was on Chicago's Congo Square Theatre years ago |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/chris-jones/ct-ent-chadwick-boseman-chicago-plays-jones-0904-20200901-huqwvhc3andvfnsopln2bvohre-story.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120204/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/chris-jones/ct-ent-chadwick-boseman-chicago-plays-jones-0904-20200901-huqwvhc3andvfnsopln2bvohre-story.html |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> Drama critic [[Chris Jones (drama critic)|Chris Jones]] in the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' highly praised the work.<ref name="jones2">{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Chris |date=September 22, 2005 |title=Fascinating 'Deep Azure' is verbal feast |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-09-22-0509220274-story.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120204/https://www.chicagotribune.com/ |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> In 2008, Boseman turned ''Deep Azure'' into a screenplay. Michael Greene, who would become his agent, picked it up and contacted Boseman when [[Tessa Thompson]] and [[Omari Hardwick]] expressed an interest in playing the lead roles, prompting Boseman's move to [[Los Angeles]].<ref name="THRGreene">{{Cite web |title=Chadwick Boseman's Agent: He Chose Roles "Always Bringing About Light" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/chadwick-bosemans-agent-he-chose-roles-always-bringing-about-light |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120203/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/chadwick-bosemans-agent-he-chose-roles-always-bringing-about-light |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=September 2, 2020 }}</ref> He also directed, wrote, and produced the short film ''Blood Over a Broken Pawn'' in 2007, which was honored at the 2008 [[Hollywood Black Film Festival]].<ref name=Michigan/><ref>{{Cite web |year=2008 |title=Blood Over A Broken Pawn |url=http://hollywoodblackff.festivalgenius.com/2008/films/bloodoverabrokenpawn_hollywoodblackff2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025142008/http://hollywoodblackff.festivalgenius.com/2008/films/bloodoverabrokenpawn_hollywoodblackff2008 |archive-date=October 25, 2020 |access-date=September 15, 2020 |website=Hollywood Black Film Festival}}</ref>
 
===2008–2015: Breakthrough with ''42'' and ''Get on Up''===
In 2008, Boseman moved to Los Angeles to pursue his film and acting career.<ref name="GuardianNov2014" />  He was cast in a recurring role on the television series ''[[Lincoln Heights (TV series)|Lincoln Heights]]'' as Nathaniel Ray Taylor, an army veteran with PTSD who was later revealed to be the son of the main character before re-enlisting.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2018 |title=Pre Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman Was Nate On Lincoln Heights |url=https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/chadwick-boseman-lincoln-heights-153754/ |first=Jennifer|last= Maldonado|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625023825/https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/chadwick-boseman-lincoln-heights-153754 |archive-date=June 25, 2018 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=Life & Style}}</ref> He also appeared in his first feature film in 2008, ''[[The Express: The Ernie Davis Story]]'', as [[running back]] [[Floyd Little]].<ref name="TimeFeb2013" /> He landed his first regular role in the 2010 television series ''[[Persons Unknown (TV series)|Persons Unknown]]'' as the [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] Graham McNair.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Persons Unknown: "Pilot" Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/06/08/persons-unknown-pilot-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120205/https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/06/08/persons-unknown-pilot-review |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=IGN|date=June 8, 2010 }}</ref> The show received mediocre reviews that felt the characters were all archetypes with little development.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Persons Unknown: Season 1 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/persons_unknown/s01 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120205/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/persons_unknown/s01 |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Persons Unknown – "Pilot" |url=https://tv.avclub.com/persons-unknown-pilot-1798165168 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120221/https://tv.avclub.com/persons-unknown-pilot-1798165168 |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref> In July 2013, Boseman's second short film as director, ''Heaven'', premiered at the [[HollyShorts Film Festival]].<ref name="heaven">{{Cite web |title=Exclusive: World Premiere of Chadwick Boseman's 'Heaven' Will Open HollyShorts Film Festival |url=https://shadowandact.com/exclusive-world-premiere-of-chadwick-bosemans-heaven-will-open-hollyshorts-film-festival |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120215/https://shadowandact.com/exclusive-world-premiere-of-chadwick-bosemans-heaven-will-open-hollyshorts-film-festival |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=Shadow and Act}}</ref>
 
[[File:First Lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks during the "42" film workshop in the State Dining Room of the White House, April 2, 2013.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Five people seated on a stage under a large portrait of Lincoln while Michelle Obama stands on the stage speaking.|Boseman (second left) at the ''42'' film workshop in the [[State Dining Room of the White House]] in April 2013; [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Michelle Obama]] is delivering remarks.]]
Boseman's breakthrough role came in 2013 with the film ''[[42 (film)|42]]'', in which he portrayed the lead role of baseball legend [[Jackie Robinson]].<ref name="TimeFeb2013" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Borrelli |first=Christopher |date=April 11, 2013 |title=Robinson actor swings for the fences |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-xpm-2013-04-11-sc-mov-0409-chadwick-boseman-42-20130411-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831012117/https://www.chicagotribune.com/ |archive-date=August 31, 2020 |access-date=August 31, 2020 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> Boseman had been directing an [[off-Broadway]] play in the [[East Village, Manhattan|East Village]] when he auditioned for the role,<ref name="VanityFairApril2013" /> and was considering giving up acting to pursue directing full-time.<ref name="GQSep2014" /> About twenty-five other actors had been seriously considered for the role, but director [[Brian Helgeland]] liked Boseman's bravery in choosing to read the most difficult scene, in which Robinson goes down a stadium tunnel and breaks a bat in anger, and cast him after he had auditioned twice.<ref name="FlauntApril2013" /><ref name="WashingtonPostApril2013" /><ref name="alent">{{Cite web |date=April 12, 2013 |title=Chadwick Boseman says playing Jackie Robinson in '42' had him 'vibrating with excitement' every day |url=https://www.al.com/entertainment/2013/04/chadwick_boseman_says_playing.html |first= Bob|last= Carlton|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120207/https://www.al.com/entertainment/2013/04/chadwick_boseman_says_playing.html |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=[[The Huntsville Times]]}}</ref> Part of the audition process involved playing baseball; Boseman had been involved with [[Little League Baseball|Little League]] as a child but was primarily a basketball player growing up, saying that in this part the casting directors likely noticed his athleticism rather than specifically baseball skills.<ref name="VanityFairApril2013" /> Robinson's widow, [[Rachel Robinson]], commented that Boseman's performance was like seeing her husband again.<ref name="Coyle">{{Cite news |last=Coyle |first=Jack |date=August 29, 2020 |title=Chadwick Boseman didn't just play icons. He was one. |work=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/65222b7aea6069506d718a7429526d91 |url-status=live |access-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829200138/https://apnews.com/65222b7aea6069506d718a7429526d91 |archive-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref> To replicate Robinson's mannerisms, Boseman trained for five months with professional baseball coaches who "would tape [his] practices every few weeks, and they would basically split-screen [his technique] with [Robinson's]" to allow him to compare.<ref name="VanityFairApril2013" /> After having portrayed football player Little in ''The Express'', Boseman was encouraged by stunt coordinator [[Allan Graf]] to approach running bases in the same way, as Robinson had also been a college football player.<ref name=alent/><ref>{{Cite web |title=In '42,' A Young Star Suits Up For A Hero's Role |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/04/06/176357603/learning-how-to-steal-bases-like-jackie-robinsonay |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120205/https://www.npr.org/2013/04/06/176357603/learning-how-to-steal-bases-like-jackie-robinsonay |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=[[NPR]]}}</ref> Upon taking the role, Boseman first spoke with Rachel Robinson, which he said was of great help in discovering the character.<ref name="VanityFairApril2013" /> The same year, Boseman also starred in the independent film ''[[The Kill Hole]]'', which was released in theaters a few weeks before ''42''.<ref name="DeadlineFeb2013" />
 
Critics, even those who viewed the film negatively, felt that Boseman being a relatively unknown actor was a benefit when playing an icon and an athlete; [[Mick LaSalle]] of ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' wrote that "as [...] played by Chadwick Boseman, Robinson is a hero we can recognize",<ref>{{Cite web |last=LaSalle |first=Mick |date=April 11, 2013 |title='42' review: Big league entertainment |url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/42-review-Big-league-entertainment-4427464.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120206/https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/42-review-Big-league-entertainment-4427464.php |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref> and Mary Pols for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' said that "Boseman is not a hugely close physical match to Robinson, except for perhaps in the power he conveys, but he's a great choice to play the ball player".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pols |first=Mary |date=April 12, 2013 |title=42: The Jackie Robinson Biopic Is a Solid Hit |language=en-US |magazine=Time |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2013/04/12/42-the-jackie-robinson-biopic-is-a-solid-hit/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |access-date=December 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120207/https://entertainment.time.com/2013/04/12/42-the-jackie-robinson-biopic-is-a-solid-hit/ |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'s}} Mike McCahill noted that "Boseman hits his key scenes out of the park", but felt the film would not interest people who are not baseball fans,<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 12, 2013 |first=Mike|last= McCahill|title=42 – review |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/12/42-review |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> with [[Dana Stevens (critic)|Dana Stevens]] of ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' suggesting that the film made black history "squeaky-clean" and did both Robinson and Boseman's performance as him a disservice.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stevens |first=Dana |date=April 11, 2013 |title=42 |language=en-US |work=Slate |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2013/04/_42_the_jackie_robinson_movie_reviewed_topic_movies.html |url-status=live |access-date=December 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120207/http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2013/04/_42_the_jackie_robinson_movie_reviewed_topic_movies.html |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |issn=1091-2339}}</ref>
 
[[File:Get on Up (15285760432).jpg|thumb|alt=Four men on a red carpet.|Boseman (second right) and others involved in ''Get on Up'' at the [[2014 Deauville American Film Festival]]]]
In 2014, Boseman starred in another sporting film, ''[[Draft Day]]'', as fictional football player Vontae Mack.<ref name="MoviefoneApril2014" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Chris |title=Cleveland Browns honor Chadwick Boseman, who played team's top pick in movie 'Draft Day' |url=https://www.cleveland19.com/2020/08/31/cleveland-browns-honor-chadwick-boseman-who-played-teams-top-pick-movie-draft-day/ |date=August 31, 2020| url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120217/https://www.cleveland19.com/2020/08/31/cleveland-browns-honor-chadwick-boseman-who-played-teams-top-pick-movie-draft-day/ |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=Cleveland 19}}</ref> He had workshopped the [[Tupac Shakur]] [[jukebox musical]] ''[[Holler If Ya Hear Me (musical)|Holler If Ya Hear Me]]'' in 2013, but did not continue to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] with it in order to take the role of [[James Brown]] in 2014's ''[[Get on Up (film)|Get on Up]]''.<ref name=theatermania/> As Brown, Boseman did some singing and all of his own dancing,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stern |first=Marlow |date=August 4, 2014 |title='Get on Up' Star Chadwick Boseman on Becoming James Brown—With A Little Help From Mick Jagger |work=The Daily Beast |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/04/get-on-up-star-chadwick-boseman-on-becoming-james-brown-with-a-little-help-from-mick-jagger.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616223322/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/04/get-on-up-star-chadwick-boseman-on-becoming-james-brown-with-a-little-help-from-mick-jagger.html |archive-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref> working with choreographer Aakomon Jones for five to eight hours a day over two months in preparation. Producer [[Mick Jagger]] also directed him on interacting with audiences when performing live music.<ref name=usatodayGetOnUp/> He had not wanted to take a role in another biopic so soon after playing an icon in Robinson, saying he "wasn't looking to do it again for another 15, 20 years",<ref name="usatodayGetOnUp">{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Dennis |title=Chadwick Boseman gets on up as James Brown in biopic |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/07/31/chadwick-boseman-get-on-up-movie/13376727/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120207/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/07/31/chadwick-boseman-get-on-up-movie/13376727/ |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> but was sought out as director [[Tate Taylor]]'s only choice.<ref name="GuardianNov2014" /> Co-star [[Dan Aykroyd]], who had known Brown, praised Boseman's performance, saying that it was neither replication nor impression and that he "did not have to squint sitting across from [Boseman] to imagine that [he] was talking to [Brown]".<ref name=usatodayGetOnUp/> Boseman also stayed in character between filming on set; Taylor said this was not a [[method acting]] approach, and more a necessity due to Boseman holding his vocal cords unnaturally to imitate Brown's [[Drawl#Southern drawl|southern drawl]].<ref name="GuardianNov2014" />
 
His performance was praised as the highlight of an also good movie, with the [[Rotten Tomatoes]] critical consensus reading: "With an unforgettable Chadwick Boseman in the starring role, ''Get On Up'' offers the Godfather of Soul a fittingly dynamic homage."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Get On Up (2014) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/get_on_up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120210/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/get_on_up |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> Among the critics was ''Time''{{'s}} [[Richard Corliss]] (hyperbolically)<ref name=vulture2014/> saying that Boseman "deserves a [[Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer]], a [[Nobel Prize|Nobel]] and instant election to the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]."<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=REVIEW: 'Get On Up' Is a Loud, Proud and Oscar-Worthy James Brown Biopic |first= Richard|last=Corliss|url=https://time.com/3057251/james-brown-get-on-up-biopic-review/ |date=July 30, 2014|access-date=December 23, 2020 |url-access=limited |magazine=Time}}</ref> Eulogizing Boseman, [[Donald Clarke (writer)|Donald Clarke]] of ''[[The Irish Times]]'' said that "''Get on Up'' tested every weapon in the actor's arsenal [and his] performance confirmed that, like a star from [[Golden Age of Hollywood|Hollywood's golden age]], Chadwick Boseman could do it all and do it all with style."<ref name="clarkeGetOnUp">{{Cite news |last=Clarke |first=Donald |date=August 29, 2020 |title=Chadwick Boseman, star of Black Panther, was so much more than just a gifted actor |work=[[The Irish Times]] |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/chadwick-boseman-star-of-black-panther-was-so-much-more-than-just-a-gifted-actor-1.4342057 |url-status=live |access-date=September 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025221450/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/chadwick-boseman-star-of-black-panther-was-so-much-more-than-just-a-gifted-actor-1.4342057 |archive-date=October 25, 2020}}</ref>
 
Boseman had sold a [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]] screenplay to [[Universal Pictures]] in 2014, which he continued to collaborate on with creative partner Logan Coles and planned to star in, and told ''The Guardian'' that he still wanted to be a director but would explore his acting career first, adding that "maybe it'll be easier if you're a successful actor".<ref name="GuardianNov2014" /><ref name="vulture2014">{{Cite news |title=Meet Chadwick Boseman, Your New (and Very Secretive) Black Panther |url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/10/chadwick-boseman-profile-interview-black-panther.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120213/https://www.vulture.com/2014/10/chadwick-boseman-profile-interview-black-panther.html |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=Vulture}}</ref> In 2016, he starred as [[Thoth]], a deity from [[Egyptian mythology]], in ''[[Gods of Egypt (film)|Gods of Egypt]]''.<ref name="DeadlineJan2014" /> Boseman was one of the few actors of color featured in the film, which had drawn criticism for using a predominantly [[whitewashing in film|white cast to portray Egyptian characters]]. Agreeing with the criticism, Boseman said this had motivated him to accept the role, to ensure one of the film's African characters would be played by someone of African descent.<ref name="rollstone" /> Boseman's own casting was criticized for falling under the "[[Magical Negro]]" stereotype. ''[[The Independent]]'' reported that Boseman shook his head while telling ''[[GQ]]'' in an interview that "people don't make $140 million movies starring black and brown people".<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 9, 2015 |title=Chadwick Boseman believes his own film 'whitewashes' Egypt |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/gods-egypt-chadwick-boseman-agrees-people-who-think-his-film-whitewashes-egypt-a6766026.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120214/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/gods-egypt-chadwick-boseman-agrees-people-who-think-his-film-whitewashes-egypt-a6766026.html |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=The Independent}}</ref> It was his first largely [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] film, and he expressed that he preferred acting alongside people than with [[Chroma key|blue screens]] and prop stand-ins.<ref name=vulture2014/> The film was heavily criticized; [[Jordan Hoffman]] for ''The Guardian'' said that it lacks story or interesting characters, but "Boseman makes for nice comic relief as the witty Thoth",<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 27, 2016 |title=Gods of Egypt review – ridiculous, offensive and tremendously fun |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/27/gods-of-egypt-review-ridiculous-offensive-and-tremendously-fun |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120221/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/27/gods-of-egypt-review-ridiculous-offensive-and-tremendously-fun |first=Jordan|last= Hoffman|archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> with [[Will Leitch]] of ''[[The New Republic]]'' saying that his then-upcoming [[Marvel Studios]] role may have to work "to make you forget he was ever in this movie".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Leitch |first=Will |date=February 26, 2016 |title=Gods of Egypt: What Were They Thinking? |magazine=The New Republic |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/130592/gods-egypt-thinking |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=December 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120239/https://newrepublic.com/article/130592/gods-egypt-thinking |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |issn=0028-6583}}</ref> Perri Nemiroff for ''[[Collider (website)|Collider]]'' said that Boseman shines as "the only cast member who really seems to understand the movie he's in".<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 25, 2016 |title=Gods of Egypt Review: So Bad It's ... Just Bad |url=https://collider.com/gods-of-egypt-review-gerard-butler/ |first=Perri|last=Nemiroff|access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=Collider}}</ref>
 
===2016–2019: Marvel Cinematic Universe, ''Marshall'' and ''21 Bridges''===
[[File:Chadwick Boseman & Lupita Nyong'o (35852213610).jpg|thumb|alt=A man and woman sitting behind a panel desk, the man is laughing and the woman smiling.|Boseman and ''Black Panther'' co-star [[Lupita Nyong'o]] at the 2017 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]]]
In 2016, Boseman began portraying the [[Marvel Comics]] character [[Black Panther (character)|T'Challa / Black Panther]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]]. ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]'' was his first film in a five-picture deal with [[Marvel Entertainment]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strom |first=Marc |date=October 8, 2015 |title=Marvel Studios Phase 3 Update |url=http://marvel.com/news/movies/25244/marvel_studios_phase_3_update |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116070518/https://news.marvel.com/movies/25244/marvel_studios_phase_3_update/ |archive-date=January 16, 2018 |access-date=January 12, 2016 |publisher=[[Marvel Entertainment]]}}</ref><ref name="MarvelOct2014" /> He did not audition for the role, instead having a "discussion about what [Marvel] wanted to do and how [he] saw it and what [he] wanted to do."<ref name="BosemanEWNov2014">{{Cite web |last=Labrecque |first=Jeff |date=November 20, 2014 |title=Breaking Big: Welcome to The Show, Chadwick Boseman |url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/11/20/chadwick-boseman-black-panther/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129034558/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/11/20/chadwick-boseman-black-panther/ |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |access-date=November 30, 2014 |website=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> While working on ''Civil War'', Boseman learned some [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] from [[John Kani]], who played [[T'Chaka|his father]], and insisted on using the language for the character.<ref name=THRGreene/> Boseman also developed a [[Wakanda]]n accent himself, and used it during the entire production "whether he was on camera or not".<ref name="Empire12Secrets">{{Cite web |last=Nugent |first=John |date=May 9, 2016 |title=12 secrets from Captain America: Civil War |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/captain-america-civil-war-secrets/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510104913/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/captain-america-civil-war-secrets/ |archive-date=May 10, 2016 |access-date=May 15, 2016 |website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]}}</ref> When asked by journalist Ryan Gilbey if he felt pressure not to "screw up" the beloved comics character, Boseman responded by saying: "It's more positive than that. It's more like: 'Seize it. Enjoy it.'"<ref name="GilbeyObit">{{Cite news |last=Gilbey |first=Ryan |date=August 29, 2020 |title='Seize it. Enjoy it': Chadwick Boseman embraced the joy and gravity of his films |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2020/aug/29/seize-it-enjoy-it-chadwick-boseman-embraced-his-films-joy-and-their-gravity |url-status=live |access-date=December 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120235/https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2020/aug/29/seize-it-enjoy-it-chadwick-boseman-embraced-his-films-joy-and-their-gravity |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He told the [[Associated Press]], though, that he more identified with the Black Panther's nemesis, [[Erik Killmonger|Killmonger]], knowing that his roots to his African past had been severed.<ref name=APsyracuse/> Producer [[Kevin Feige]] explained that the Black Panther was included in ''Civil War'' "because [they] needed a third party. [It] needed fresh eyes [of a character] who wasn't embedded with the [[Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Avengers]] and who has a very different point of view than either [[Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Tony]] or [[Steve Rogers (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Steve]]."<ref name="FeigeBPJune2015">{{Cite web |last=Faraci |first=Devin |date=June 29, 2015 |title=Sokovia, Vibranium And 'Civil War': Kevin Feige Teases Black Panther! |url=http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/06/29/sokovia-vibranium-and-civil-war-kevin-feige-teases-black-panther |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702055716/http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/06/29/sokovia-vibranium-and-civil-war-kevin-feige-teases-black-panther |archive-date=July 2, 2015 |access-date=July 4, 2015 |website=BirthMoviesDeath.com}}</ref><ref name="EWBlackPantherDec2015pg2">{{Cite web |last=Breznican |first=Anthony |author-link=Anthony Breznican |date=December 2, 2015 |title=Black Panther: Meet Marvel's fearsome warrior from Captain America: Civil War |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/02/black-panther-captain-america-civil-war/2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204194925/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/02/black-panther-captain-america-civil-war/2 |archive-date=December 4, 2015 |access-date=December 2, 2015 |website=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> Boseman's performance in ''Civil War'' was highly praised, though critics acknowledged the character's inclusion was largely to set up his upcoming headlining movie.<ref>Multiple sources:
*{{Cite web |last=Abad-Santos |first=Alex |date=May 5, 2016 |title=Captain America: Civil War will make you remember why we love superheroes |url=https://www.vox.com/2016/5/5/11574504/captain-america-civil-war-movie-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231033000/https://www.vox.com/2016/5/5/11574504/captain-america-civil-war-movie-review |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |website=Vox}}
*{{Cite web |date=May 5, 2016 |title=Review: 'Captain America: Civil War' may split audience between true believers and puzzled newbies |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-0505-captain-america-civil-war-review-20160504-snap-story.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6hHHC4lsH?url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-0505-captain-america-civil-war-review-20160504-snap-story.html |archive-date=May 5, 2016 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |website=Los Angeles Times}}
*{{Cite news |title=Captain America: Civil War cements Marvel's victory over Hollywood |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/film-reviews/captain-america-civil-war-cements-marvels-victory-over-hollywood/article29859497/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314090153/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/film-reviews/captain-america-civil-war-cements-marvels-victory-over-hollywood/article29859497/ |archive-date=March 14, 2019}}
*{{Cite web |last=Willmore |first=Alison |title=In "Civil War," A Superhero's Toughest Challenge Is Accountability |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/alisonwillmore/captain-america-civil-war-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231033015/https://www.buzzfeed.com/alisonwillmore/captain-america-civil-war-review |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |website=BuzzFeed News}}
*{{Cite magazine |last=Travers |first=Peter |date=May 4, 2016 |title='Captain America: Civil War' Movie Review |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/captain-america-civil-war-121902/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231033000/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/captain-america-civil-war-121902/ |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}
*{{Cite news |title='Captain America: Civil War' review: 5 reasons it's better than 'Batman v Superman' |url=https://torontosun.com/2016/05/03/captain-america-civil-war-review-5-reasons-its-better-than-batman-v-superman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201091322/https://torontosun.com/2016/05/03/captain-america-civil-war-review-5-reasons-its-better-than-batman-v-superman |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]]}}
*{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Michael |title='Captain America: Civil War' review: Satisfying superheroism |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-captain-america-civil-war-movie-review-20160502-column.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032920/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-captain-america-civil-war-movie-review-20160502-column.html |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref>
 
{{quote box|We know what it's like to be told there isn't a screen for you to be featured on, a stage for you to be featured on. [...] We know what it's like to be beneath and not above. And that is what we went to work with every day. We knew that we could create a world that exemplified a world we wanted to see. We knew that we had something to give.|source=–Boseman accepting the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]] in 2019.<ref name=APsyracuse/>|width=350px|align=left}}
Boseman returned as the Black Panther in 2018, in the ''Black Panther'' movie,<ref name="MarvelFeb2015" /> which focused on the character and his home country of Wakanda in Africa. The film opened to great anticipation, becoming one of the [[List of highest-grossing films|highest-grossing films]]. The role earned Boseman a spot on the 2018 [[Time 100|''Time'' 100]] as one of the world's most influential people, with [[Sean Combs]] writing his entry.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Chadwick Boseman: The World's 100 Most Influential People |url=https://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217574/chadwick-boseman/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902025621/https://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217574/chadwick-boseman/ |archive-date=September 2, 2020 |access-date=September 23, 2020 |magazine=Time}}</ref> It is seen as a landmark in being the first mega-budget movie to have a predominantly black cast and director, as well as the first [[superhero film]] to be nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Picture]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 29, 2020 |title='Our superhero': black British figures praise Chadwick Boseman |first=Molly|last=Blackall|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/aug/29/our-superhero-black-british-figures-praise-chadwick-boseman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120244/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/aug/29/our-superhero-black-british-figures-praise-chadwick-boseman |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> The film was also critically well-received and Boseman was praised; Matthew Norman for the ''[[Evening Standard]]'' said that he "brings a measure of sub-Shakespearean gravitas to T'Challa's struggle to bear the weight of his crown";<ref>{{Cite web |last=Norman |first=Matthew |date=February 9, 2018 |title=Black Panther is the film we've been waiting half a century to see |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/black-panther-review-all-hail-king-tchalla-a3762306.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210120930/https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/black-panther-review-all-hail-king-tchalla-a3762306.html |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |access-date=December 26, 2020 |website=[[Evening Standard]]}}</ref> [[Richard Lawson (writer)|Richard Lawson]] and ''[[Sight & Sound]]''{{'s}} Kelli Weston also noted the strength of gravitas Boseman gave to the performance.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lawson |first=Richard |title=Black Panther Review: the Marvel Universe Finally Shows Us Something New |date=February 6, 2018|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/02/black-panther-review |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032916/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/02/black-panther-review |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 26, 2020 |magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref><ref name=WestonBPReview/> Weston added that he, "despite having the more thankless role [out of T'Challa and Killmonger], carries the film with a quiet dignity one might rightfully expect of a man raised to be king."<ref name="WestonBPReview">{{Cite web |title=Black Panther review: an electrifying, Afrofuturist superhero movie {{!}} Sight & Sound |first=Kelli|last= Weston|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/reviews-recommendations/black-panther-electrifying-afrofuturist-superhero-movie |date=March 15, 2018|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231033031/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/reviews-recommendations/black-panther-electrifying-afrofuturist-superhero-movie |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 26, 2020 |website=British Film Institute}}</ref> [[Todd McCarthy]] and ''[[The Village Voice]]''{{'s}} Kristen Yoonsoo Kim saw that while Boseman played his serious character well, the cast was full of charismatic scene stealers.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Black Panther': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/black-panther-review-1080811 |first=Todd|last= McCarthy| url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206214759/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/black-panther-review-1080811 |archive-date=February 6, 2018 |access-date=December 26, 2020 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=February 6, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ryan Coogler's "Black Panther" Isn't Just Good — It Marks a New Reign |first=Kristen|last= Yoonsoo Kim|date=February 9, 2018|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/02/09/ryan-cooglers-black-panther-isnt-just-good-it-marks-a-new-reign/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231033033/https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/02/09/ryan-cooglers-black-panther-isnt-just-good-it-marks-a-new-reign/ |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 26, 2020 |website=The Village Voice}}</ref> [[Peter Travers]] gave much praise to Boseman as the lead, and said that he "digs so deep into T'Challa that you can feel his nerve endings";<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Travers |first=Peter |date=February 6, 2018 |title='Black Panther': Marvel's History-Making Superhero Movie's a Masterpiece |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/black-panther-review-marvels-history-making-superhero-movies-a-masterpiece-198071/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208055524/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/peter-travers-black-panther-is-a-marvel-movie-masterpiece-w516361 |archive-date=February 8, 2018 |access-date=December 26, 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> LaSalle wrote that "Boseman commands every moment of this film, radiating probity and purpose, and it's only later on that you realize that, with another actor, this wouldn't have been a sure thing."<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 15, 2018 |title='Black Panther' is a grand-scale and serious action blockbuster|first=Mick|last=LaSalle |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/movies/article/Black-Panther-is-a-grand-scale-and-serious-12611850.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032939/https://www.sfchronicle.com/movies/article/Black-Panther-is-a-grand-scale-and-serious-12611850.php |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 26, 2020 |website=SFChronicle}}</ref>
 
He reprised the role in both ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'' and ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'', which were released in 2018 and 2019, respectively. Both films were the highest grossing of the year they were released, with ''Endgame'' going on to become the highest-grossing film of all time.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Marvel's 'Black Panther' Will Set Up 'Avengers: Infinity War,' Says Kevin Feige |work=The Hollywood Reporter |first=Graeme|last= McMillan|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/marvels-black-panther-will-set-up-avengers-infinity-war-says-kevin-feige-851523 |url-status=live |access-date=February 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101191417/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/marvels-black-panther-will-set-851523 |archive-date=January 1, 2016}}</ref> ''Infinity War'' was filmed at the same time as ''Black Panther'', and Boseman and other actors playing Wakandan characters improvised chanting scenes in the former that originated in the latter.<ref name="BlackPantherWakandaChants">{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Ryan |date=August 1, 2018 |title='Black Panther' Actors Surprised Russo Brothers With Unscripted Chants in 'Infinity War' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/black-panther-stars-added-unscripted-chants-avengers-infinity-war-1131376 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802013641/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/black-panther-stars-added-unscripted-chants-avengers-infinity-war-1131376 |archive-date=August 2, 2018 |access-date=September 13, 2018 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> Boseman's last physical appearance as Black Panther was in ''Endgame'', at Tony Stark's funeral;<ref name=APsyracuse/> he voiced alternate versions of T'Challa in the 2021 [[Disney+]] animated series ''[[What If...? (TV series)|What If...?]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kevin Feige Confirms Chadwick Boseman Recorded "Numerous Episodes" Of Marvel Show "What If...?" |first=Rafael|last=Motamayor|date=December 20, 2020|url=https://theplaylist.net/chadwick-boseman-what-if-marvel-20201220/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231033017/https://theplaylist.net/chadwick-boseman-what-if-marvel-20201220/ |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 31, 2020 |website=theplaylist}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-07-29|title=Marvel's What If: Jeffrey Wright Talks Chadwick Boseman's Last MCU Outing|url=https://screenrant.com/marvel-what-if-show-chadwick-boseman-jeffrey-wright-response/|first=Rachel|last=Labonte|access-date=2021-07-29|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
Boseman portrayed [[Thurgood Marshall]] in the biographical film ''[[Marshall (film)|Marshall]]'' in 2017. Set years before he became the first African American [[Supreme Court Justice]], the movie focuses on one of Marshall's early cases, the [[trial of Joseph Spell]]. It was premiered at Howard University, which both Boseman and Marshall had attended.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marshall |url=https://calendar.howard.edu/event/marshall-screening-and-discussion-law |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926235447/https://calendar.howard.edu/event/marshall-screening-and-discussion-law |archive-date=September 26, 2017 |access-date=September 26, 2017 |website=[[Howard University]]|date=September 19, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Travers |first=Peter |date=October 13, 2017 |title=Chadwick Boseman Electrifies as Young Civil Rights Icon in 'Marshall' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/marshall-review-chadwick-boseman-electrifies-as-young-civil-rights-icon-202450/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820111418/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/marshall-review-chadwick-boseman-electrifies-as-young-civil-rights-icon-202450/ |archive-date=August 20, 2020 |access-date=September 14, 2020 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> Boseman was still worried about being put into a "biopic box", and felt that he didn't look enough like the real Marshall,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Jessica |date=October 27, 2017 |title=Chadwick Boseman Shares Why He Almost Passed on 'Marshall' |url=https://www.ebony.com/entertainment/chadwick-boseman-marshall/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032943/https://www.ebony.com/entertainment/chadwick-boseman-marshall/ |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |website=[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]}}</ref> but took the role because he enjoyed the script "separate from the historical relevance";<ref name=vanityfairmarshall/> he had expected big courtroom speeches but found that in the case Marshall was silenced by the judge and had to mentor white co-counsel Sam Friedman ([[Josh Gad]]) to take on his first criminal case.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Actor Chadwick Boseman On His New Role As 'Marshall' |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/10/14/557832715/actor-chadwick-boseman-on-his-new-role-as-marshall |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032922/https://www.npr.org/2017/10/14/557832715/actor-chadwick-boseman-on-his-new-role-as-marshall |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |date=October 14, 2017|access-date=December 30, 2020 |website=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name=EWMarshall/> He told ''[[The New York Times]]'' that he liked this element of the story because "it doesn't allow you as an audience member, no matter what color you are, to hide from the issues".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Liptak |first=Adam |date=September 8, 2017 |title=It's Thurgood Marshall to the Rescue in a New Thriller (Published 2017) |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/movies/thurgood-marshall-movie-chadwick-boseman.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=December 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231033034/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/movies/thurgood-marshall-movie-chadwick-boseman.html |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Boseman researched Marshall extensively before portraying him, as well as studying videos of him speaking and losing muscle to reflect the younger Marshall's wiry frame.<ref name="vanityfairmarshall">{{Cite magazine |last=Smith |first=Krista |title=Chadwick Boseman Takes on Another Real-Life Giant: Thurgood Marshall |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/10/chadwick-boseman-takes-on-real-life-giant-thurgood-marshall |date=October 9, 2017|url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231033010/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/10/chadwick-boseman-takes-on-real-life-giant-thurgood-marshall |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref> The film opened to an average critical reception, though Boseman's performance was praised.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Travers |first=Peter |date=October 13, 2017 |title=Chadwick Boseman Electrifies as Young Civil Rights Icon in 'Marshall' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/marshall-review-chadwick-boseman-electrifies-as-young-civil-rights-icon-202450/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820111418/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/marshall-review-chadwick-boseman-electrifies-as-young-civil-rights-icon-202450/ |archive-date=August 20, 2020 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 18, 2017 |title=Marshall review – Chadwick Boseman holds court in powerful civil rights drama |first=Cath|last= Clarke|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/18/marshall-review-chadwick-boseman-thurgood-marshall-us-civil-rights |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214015629/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/18/marshall-review-chadwick-boseman-thurgood-marshall-us-civil-rights |archive-date=December 14, 2020 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> However, ''[[New York (magazine)#Digital|Vulture]]'' criticized his casting, noting that, unlike Boseman, "the real-life Marshall was a light-skinned man, and his place on the color spectrum undoubtedly influenced how he became such a legend."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bastién |first=Angelica Jade |author-link=Angelica Jade Bastién |date=October 19, 2017 |title=How the Thurgood Marshall Film Misunderstands Colorism |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/10/marshall-misunderstands-colorism.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231033008/https://www.vulture.com/2017/10/marshall-misunderstands-colorism.html |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |website=Vulture}}</ref> Boseman had been concerned about their differences before taking the role, but was convinced by the director and producer that as the film was telling an insular story it did not matter as much.<ref name="EWMarshall">{{Cite web |title=''Marshall'': Why Chadwick Boseman decided to play another historical figure |first=Chancellor|last=Agard|date=August 15, 2017|url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/08/15/marshall-chadwick-boseman-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231033018/https://ew.com/movies/2017/08/15/marshall-chadwick-boseman-interview/ |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |website=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref>
 
In 2019, he starred in ''[[21 Bridges]]'', an American action thriller film directed by [[Brian Kirk]], as an [[NYPD]] detective who shuts down the eponymous twenty-one bridges of [[Manhattan]] to find two suspected cop killers. He was approached to work on the film by two of its producers, ''Avengers'' directors the [[Russo brothers]], at the ''Infinity War'' premiere.<ref name=LA21bridges/> While ''21 Bridges'' was filming, the Russos and Boseman were working on ''Endgame''.<ref name="forbes21bridges">{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Simon |title=All Roads Lead To Chadwick Boseman In '21 Bridges' |date=Nov 20, 2019|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonthompson/2019/11/20/all-roads-lead-to-chadwick-boseman-in-21-bridges/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231033009/https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonthompson/2019/11/20/all-roads-lead-to-chadwick-boseman-in-21-bridges/ |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |website=Forbes}}</ref> Boseman was also a producer on ''21 Bridges'', something he said was made clear to him in his early conversations with the production team;<ref name=LA21bridges/> the three producers are given a nod in one of the film's opening lines, when a character is described as an "avenger".<ref name="timeout21bridges">{{Cite web |title=21 Bridges 2019, directed by Brian Kirk {{!}} Film review |url=https://www.timeout.com/movies/21-bridges |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024011640/https://www.timeout.com/movies/21-bridges |first=Joseph|last=Walsh|date=November 18, 2019|archive-date=October 24, 2020 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |website=Time Out Worldwide}}</ref> All of the film's characters were originally conceived as male and white, with Boseman encouraging amendments to this and other parts of the story.<ref name="LA21bridges">{{Cite web |date=November 22, 2019 |title=How Chadwick Boseman made '21 Bridges' a more diverse detective story, and earned his producing stripes |first=Sonaiya|last=Kelley|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-11-21/chadwick-boseman-21-bridges |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032936/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-11-21/chadwick-boseman-21-bridges |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In his capacity as a producer, Boseman sought out [[Sienna Miller]] to be his co-star; Miller, who was intending to take a break from acting while her daughter was young, asked for a salary that the studio would not meet, and so Boseman donated the rest from his own pay.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 29, 2020 |title=Chadwick Boseman gave part of his 21 Bridges salary to Sienna Miller |first=Lucy|last=Campbell|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/sep/29/chadwick-boseman-gave-part-of-his-21-bridges-salary-to-sienna-miller |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> He also personally called [[Stephan James (actor)|Stephan James]] to ask him to play one of the criminals Boseman's detective is hunting; the two actors had been planning to work more together after the film.<ref name=forbes21bridges/> Boseman said that he and Coles "fought for casting and for actors that brought particular sensibilities and feelings".<ref name=LA21bridges/>
 
As an actor, Boseman developed his character by going on calls with the NYPD and [[LAPD]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Brent |date=April 2, 2019 |title=Chadwick Boseman Plugs Gritty '21 Bridges' as 'Black Panther' Follow-Up |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/chadwick-boseman-21-bridges-cinemacon-1203178731/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032956/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/chadwick-boseman-21-bridges-cinemacon-1203178731/ |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |website=Variety}}</ref> which he said influenced the writing after he fed back his experiences, and learning how to fire blanks and handle a gun with a police weapons specialist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Power |first=Tom |date=November 18, 2019 |title=Chadwick Boseman Talks '21 Bridges', Marvel And How 'Black Panther' Changed Hollywood |url=https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/film/a29828577/chadwick-boseman-interview-21-bridges-black-panther-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032937/https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/film/a29828577/chadwick-boseman-interview-21-bridges-black-panther-2/ |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |website=Esquire}}</ref> While the film received mixed reviews, the cast was praised;<ref>{{Cite web |title=21 Bridges (2019) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/21_bridges |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231033044/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/21_bridges |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> Clarisse Loughrey of ''The Independent'' wrote that the film was indelicate in its storytelling, but that Boseman "finds a surprising amount to work with in such a basic, stock character",<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 21, 2019 |title=21 Bridges review: Handles themes of police violence with the delicacy of a monster truck |first=Clarrisse|last=Loughrey|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/21-bridges-review-chadwick-boseman-action-thriller-cast-director-a9211836.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231033051/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/21-bridges-review-chadwick-boseman-action-thriller-cast-director-a9211836.html |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |website=The Independent}}</ref> while the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' said that "Chadwick Boseman and thin characters cannot keep ''21 Bridges'' from collapsing".<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 21, 2019 |title=Review: Chadwick Boseman and thin characters cannot keep '21 Bridges' from collapsing |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-11-21/21-bridges-chadwick-boseman-review |first=Katie|last=Walsh|url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032938/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-11-21/21-bridges-chadwick-boseman-review |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> [[Glenn Kenny]] of ''[[RogerEbert.com]]'' was more positive towards the film, writing that "it's no small feat to tie up an intelligent action thriller with such assuredness" and that "Boseman [...] does a lot of running and driving and gun-pointing and car-hood slamming here, but his character also does a lot of thinking — and a lot of maneuvering."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kenny |first=Glenn |title=21 Bridges movie review & film summary (2019) |date=November 22, 2019|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/21-bridges-movie-review-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032943/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/21-bridges-movie-review-2019 |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 31, 2020 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref>
 
===2020: ''Da 5 Bloods'' and ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom''===
In 2019 Boseman was announced as part of the cast for the [[Netflix]] films ''[[Da 5 Bloods]]'', directed by [[Spike Lee]], and ''[[Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (film)|Ma Rainey's Black Bottom]]'', directed by George C. Wolfe.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=February 12, 2019 |title=Chadwick Boseman Joins Spike Lee's 'Da 5 Bloods' At Netflix |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |publisher=[[Penske Business Media, LLC.]] |url=https://deadline.com/2019/02/chadwick-boseman-spike-lee-da-5-bloods-movie-netflix-1202556104/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213045548/https://deadline.com/2019/02/chadwick-boseman-spike-lee-da-5-bloods-movie-netflix-1202556104/ |archive-date=February 13, 2019}}</ref><ref name="EW2020movies">{{Cite web |title=Chadwick Boseman on balancing Marvel movies with bucket-list roles |url=https://ew.com/movies/2019/11/20/chadwick-boseman-marvel-movies-bucket-list-21-bridges/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032932/https://ew.com/movies/2019/11/20/chadwick-boseman-marvel-movies-bucket-list-21-bridges/ |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |website=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> He took these "bucket-list roles" for opportunities to work with Lee and with ''Ma Rainey'' producer Denzel Washington, as well as the opportunity to perform in an [[August Wilson]] play, telling ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' that he wanted to make these non-superhero films because "if you don't do the films that you plan to do, I think you wouldn't feel fulfilled as an artist."<ref name=EW2020movies/> He was also cast in a film telling the story of [[Yasuke]], the only non-Asian samurai and the first black man in Japan, which he was set to co-produce; Boseman said: "[the story is] not just an action movie, [it is] a cultural event, an exchange, and I am excited to be part of it."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=May 7, 2019 |title=Chadwick Boseman To Play African Samurai 'Yasuke' In Deal With Picturestart, De Luca Productions, Solipsist & X●ception Content |url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/chadwick-boseman-yasuke-african-samurai-black-panther-1202608769/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032939/https://deadline.com/2019/05/chadwick-boseman-yasuke-african-samurai-black-panther-1202608769/ |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 31, 2020 |website=Deadline}}</ref> ''Time'' included Boseman on their list of the 10 Best Movie Performances of 2020, for both ''Da 5 Bloods'' and ''Ma Rainey''{{;}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=The 10 Best Movie Performances of 2020 |url=https://time.com/5915528/best-movie-performances-2020/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213075306/https://time.com/5915528/best-movie-performances-2020/ |archive-date=December 13, 2020 |access-date=December 31, 2020 |magazine=Time}}</ref> for ''Ma Rainey'', Boseman received posthumous nominations in the Best Actor category at the [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Academy Awards]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|British Academy Film Awards]], [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Golden Globe Awards]], and [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role|Screen Actors Guild Awards]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosen |first=Christopher |date=March 15, 2021 |title=Chadwick Boseman is the first posthumous Oscars acting nominee since Heath Ledger |url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2021/chadwick-boseman-posthumous-acting-oscars-nominee/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315130543/https://www.goldderby.com/article/2021/chadwick-boseman-posthumous-acting-oscars-nominee/ |archive-date=March 15, 2021 |access-date=March 15, 2021 |website=[[Gold Derby]]}}</ref> becoming the eighth person (and seventh man) to receive a posthumous Academy Award acting nomination.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarkisian |first=Jacob |title=Chadwick Boseman is the 7th actor to receive a posthumous Oscar nomination. Here's who else has received the honor. |url=https://www.insider.com/chadwick-boseman-posthumous-oscar-nomination-2020-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20210518023257/https://www.insider.com/chadwick%2Dboseman%2Dposthumous%2Doscar%2Dnomination%2D2020%2D11 |archive-date=May 18, 2021 |access-date=March 25, 2021 |website=Insider }}</ref>
 
''Da 5 Bloods'' was released on June 12, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=May 7, 2020 |title=Spike Lee's 'Da 5 Bloods' to Stream on Netflix in June, but It's Still Eligible for Oscars |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/05/netflix-spike-lee-da-5-bloods-release-date-1202229868/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507153918/https://www.indiewire.com/2020/05/netflix-spike-lee-da-5-bloods-release-date-1202229868/ |archive-date=May 7, 2020 |access-date=June 11, 2020 |website=IndieWire}}</ref> Lee, in choosing Boseman for the divine-like character of Stormin' Norman, said: "This character is heroic; he's a superhero. Who do we cast? We cast Jackie Robinson, James Brown, Thurgood Marshall, and we cast T'Challa."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Arkin |first=Daniel |date=August 29, 2020 |title=Chadwick Boseman played icons — and became one |language=en |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/movies/chadwick-boseman-played-icons-then-became-one-n1238781 |url-status=live |access-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829061932/https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/movies/chadwick-boseman-played-icons-then-became-one-n1238781 |archive-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref> Reception of his character was mostly positive; for the Associated Press, Jocelyn Noveck wrote that Boseman played Norman "with movie-star charisma and classic war-movie grit",<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 10, 2020 |title=Review: Lee's Vietnam pic is the right movie for right now |url=https://apnews.com/article/351e9ef6ea2c709c64fc26989acd8e96 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230200033/https://apnews.com/article/351e9ef6ea2c709c64fc26989acd8e96 |archive-date=December 30, 2020 |access-date=December 31, 2020 |website=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> and ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]''{{'}}s Kambole Campbell said his performance had "regal charisma",<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 10, 2020 |title=Da 5 Bloods |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/da-5-bloods/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032933/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/da-5-bloods/ |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 31, 2020 |website=Empire}}</ref> while Chuck Bowen of ''[[Slant Magazine|Slant]]'' said that he "has a hauntingly gaunt presence, but he's already played too many saints."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bowen |first=Chuck |title=Review: Da 5 Bloods Is a Vibrant, Messy Blend of Genre Film and Political Essay |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review-da-5-bloods-is-a-vibrant-messy-blend-of-genre-film-and-political-essay/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616102709/https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review-da-5-bloods-is-a-vibrant-messy-blend-of-genre-film-and-political-essay/ |archive-date=June 16, 2020 |access-date=December 31, 2020 |website=[[Slant Magazine]]|date=June 12, 2020 }}</ref> ''The A.V. Club''{{'}}s Ashley Ray-Harris felt the lack of digital de-aging for the other characters was unsuccessful in its aims and that "Lee's script doesn't give Boseman much to do outside of this confused, Christ-like characterization and never exposes Norman's own naïveté."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spike Lee goes to Vietnam with his muddled war movie Da 5 Bloods |url=https://film.avclub.com/spike-lee-goes-to-vietnam-with-his-politically-muddled-1843948759 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032932/https://film.avclub.com/spike-lee-goes-to-vietnam-with-his-politically-muddled-1843948759 |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 31, 2020 |website=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref> Conversely, [[Peter Bradshaw]] of ''The Guardian'' saw it as a reflection that "[he] has grown not old as those that are left grew old", and a way to show how Norman has been romanticized in his comrades' memories;<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 10, 2020 |title=Da 5 Bloods review – Spike Lee ignites a Vietnam cocktail of fire and fury {{!}} Peter Bradshaw's film of the week |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jun/10/da-5-bloods-review-spike-lee-delroy-lindo-vietnam-war |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110085608/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jun/10/da-5-bloods-review-spike-lee-delroy-lindo-vietnam-war |archive-date=January 10, 2021 |access-date=December 31, 2020 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> Odie Henderson of ''RogerEbert.com'' had a similar view and said that Boseman was "a perfect casting move", with the actor already carrying such a mythical status in black culture that he does not need to do much to be a believable mythical black icon as Norman.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Henderson |first=Odie |title=Da 5 Bloods movie review & film summary (2020) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/da-5-bloods-movie-review-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231033638/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/da-5-bloods-movie-review-2020 |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 31, 2020 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref>
 
{{quote box|For the songs, rituals and folklore that were lost in slavery's middle passage, [August Wilson's] plays are those forgotten songs remixed for the struggles of adapting to these shores [...] In the similar way that Wilson's work was influenced by the [[blues]] of [[Bessie Smith]], [[Muddy Waters]] and [[W. C. Handy]], my plays were infused with Tupac, [[The Notorious B.I.G.|Biggie]] and [[Black Star (rap duo)|Black Star]].|source=–Boseman on August Wilson, 2013.<ref name=APsyracuse/>|width=350px|align=right}}
The film ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'', in which Boseman co-stars as trumpeter Levee, was released after the actor's death in 2020.<ref name=jones3/> Director Wolfe said that Boseman was excited by the role for the challenge it posed, saying that "it's a ''monster'' role and it's a thrilling role, it's a difficult role. All of those things are exhilarating for an actor. And [Boseman] rose to the occasion and more than delivered."<ref name=WolfeGQ/> The film is based on the August Wilson [[Ma Rainey's Black Bottom|play of the same name]]; Boseman was a fan of Wilson and wrote about him and his inspiration on Boseman's own work in a 2013 essay for the ''Los Angeles Times''.<ref name=APsyracuse/><ref name=EW2020movies/> According to Chris Jones, Boseman's Levee is "an astonishing, revelatory performance and formidably distinct from the numerous interpretations seen on the stage";<ref name="jones3">{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Chris |date=December 17, 2020 |title=Column: How Chadwick Boseman took on an August Wilson monologue in 'Ma Rainey,' and embraced his own mortality |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/chris-jones/ct-ent-ma-rainey-august-wilson-1220-20201217-blpzdyer6bfmfoklidmyn4hpxm-story.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |access-date=December 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120256/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/chris-jones/ct-ent-ma-rainey-august-wilson-1220-20201217-blpzdyer6bfmfoklidmyn4hpxm-story.html |archive-date=December 24, 2020}}</ref> [[A. O. Scott]] of ''The New York Times'' similarly opined that "it will be hard, from now on, to imagine [...] a Levee to compare with Boseman."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Scott |first=A. O. |author-link=A. O. Scott |date=December 17, 2020 |title='Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' Review: All the Blues That's Fit to Sing |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/movies/ma-raineys-black-bottom-review.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=December 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032956/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/movies/ma-raineys-black-bottom-review.html |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> [[Angelica Jade Bastién]] for ''Vulture'' wrote at length on Boseman's performance, saying that "many of the important turns in the film hinge on Boseman's presence at the center. [...] In the first of his lachrymose monologues, Boseman is called to embody [anger and] gives the scene his all."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bastién |first=Angelica Jade |author-link=Angelica Jade Bastién |date=December 23, 2020 |title=Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Fails the Woman Behind a Legend |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/ma-raineys-black-bottom-movie-review-on-netflix.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227064620/https://www.vulture.com/article/ma-raineys-black-bottom-movie-review-on-netflix.html |archive-date=December 27, 2020 |access-date=December 31, 2020 |website=Vulture}}</ref> Charlotte O'Sullivan of the ''Evening Standard'' said Boseman was brave to take on a "more curdled" role than the heroic leaders he is best known for, and that "as skilful as he was talented, [he] hits the right notes, all the time."<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Sullivan |first=Charlotte |date=December 18, 2020 |title=Ma Rainey's Black Bottom review: Chadwick Boseman should win an Oscar |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film/chadwick-boseman-ma-raineys-black-bottom-netflix-review-b74952.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221234134/https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film/chadwick-boseman-ma-raineys-black-bottom-netflix-review-b74952.html |archive-date=December 21, 2020 |access-date=December 31, 2020 |website=Evening Standard}}</ref> Clarisse Loughrey wrote that it was the actor's finest performance, that "when [he] rages against an unjust God [...] it strikes like thunder" and is "delivered with such grace that there's a sense he had another hundred performances like it still in him."<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 18, 2020 |title=Ma Rainey's Black Bottom features Chadwick Boseman's last and finest performance – review |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/ma-raineys-black-bottom-review-b1775459.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032934/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/ma-raineys-black-bottom-review-b1775459.html |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 31, 2020 |website=The Independent}}</ref>
 
==Appraisal and legacy==
{{See also|Black Panther (film)#Analysis}}
According to film critic [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', "Boseman was a [[virtuoso]] actor who had the rare ability to create a character from the outside in and the inside out [and he] knew how to fuse with a role, etching it in three dimensions [...] That's what made him an artist, and a movie star, too. Yet in ''Black Panther'', he also became that rare thing, a culture hero".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gleiberman|first=Owen|date=August 29, 2020|title=Chadwick Boseman: An Acting Virtuoso Who Could Do Just About Anything|work=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/chadwick-boseman-black-panther-get-on-up-1234753466/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829113400/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/chadwick-boseman-black-panther-get-on-up-1234753466/ |archive-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref> Similarly, reviewer Richard Brody in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' finds the originality of Boseman's formidable acting technique in his ability to empathize with the interior lives of his characters and render them on screen as fully and completely belonging to the character.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Brody|first=Richard|date=August 29, 2020|title=The Lived-In Grace of Chadwick Boseman|magazine=The New Yorker|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-lived-in-grace-of-chadwick-boseman |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=August 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906191851/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-lived-in-grace-of-chadwick-boseman |archive-date=September 6, 2020}}</ref> He was uniquely able to capture and portray the dignity of his characters, according to ''The New York Times'' critic [[Wesley Morris]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Morris|first=Wesley|date=August 29, 2020|title=It's Hard to Make Dignity Interesting. Chadwick Boseman Found a Way.|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/movies/chadwick-boseman-appraisal.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=September 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912125855/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/movies/chadwick-boseman-appraisal.html |archive-date=September 12, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Well known for taking biopic roles, Hanna Flint for the [[BBC]] said he became the frequent choice because of his dedication to embodying character.<ref name=bbclegacy/> Peter Bradshaw wrote of the actor's "beauty, his grace, his style, his presence [...] These made up Chadwick Boseman's persona [and he became] the lost prince of American cinema[,] glorious and inspirational".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bradshaw|first=Peter|date=August 29, 2020|title=Chadwick Boseman: the unbearable loss of a prince of American cinema|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/aug/29/chadwick-boseman-the-unbearable-loss-of-a-prince-of-american-cinema |url-status=live |access-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829095202/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/aug/29/chadwick-boseman-the-unbearable-loss-of-a-prince-of-american-cinema |archive-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref>
 
Culture writer Steve Rose, in ''The Guardian'', said that Boseman's career was revolutionary and he "leaves behind a gamechanging legacy", attributing this to the actor's careful planning and selection of roles. Eulogizing him, Rose wrote:<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rose|first=Steve|date=August 29, 2020|title=The man with a manifesto: how Chadwick Boseman changed film for ever|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/aug/29/the-man-with-a-manifesto-how-chadwick-boseman-changed-film-forever |url-status=live |access-date=December 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226203710/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/aug/29/the-man-with-a-manifesto-how-chadwick-boseman-changed-film-forever |archive-date=December 26, 2020|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
{{blockquote|Chadwick Boseman began his career playing African American icons and pioneers; he ends it as one himself. His [...] achievements, as an actor and as a cultural force, will surely prove to be as heroic as those of the characters he portrayed. At the very least, he leaves the film-making landscape looking very different to how it was when he entered it.}}
 
[[File:FanimeCon 2018 347 (40640219200).jpg|thumb|A cosplay of the Black Panther at [[FanimeCon]] 2018]]
As the Black Panther, Boseman led a predominantly black cast in a major blockbuster for the first time;<ref name=bbclegacy/> ''Variety'' said that "the significance of Chadwick Boseman [...] to the African American and Black community is immeasurable."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Davis|first=Clayton|date=August 29, 2020|title=What Chadwick Boseman's 'Black Panther' Legacy Means|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/chadwick-boseman-legacy-black-panther-1234753760/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231033012/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/chadwick-boseman-legacy-black-panther-1234753760/ |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 31, 2020|website=Variety}}</ref> Further expressing the weight of Boseman's legacy, Robert Daniels wrote for ''Vulture'' that "his performance [as T'Challa] wouldn't just be a demonstration of craft [...] It'd become a piece of history. He'd face a slew of pressures, because a Black epic, even a period piece, is forever expected to be ''important'', representative of the past, present, and future."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Daniels|first=Robert|date=August 29, 2020|title=The Defiant Career of Chadwick Boseman, a Hollywood King|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/the-defiant-career-of-chadwick-boseman-a-hollywood-king.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231033012/https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/the-defiant-career-of-chadwick-boseman-a-hollywood-king.html |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 31, 2020|website=Vulture}}</ref> He told [[BBC Culture]] that "through his acting, [Boseman] wrote, rewrote, and reclaimed black history".<ref name=bbclegacy/> Boseman's ''Ma Rainey'' co-star [[Viola Davis]] told Rose that "he is going to be remembered as a hero", both as the Black Panther and for the authentic man he was, and that "his legacy, his body of work, his integrity, is going to influence on generations upon generations to come."<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 4, 2020|title='Chadwick will be remembered as a hero': Denzel Washington and Viola Davis on making Ma Rainey's Black Bottom|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/dec/04/he-will-be-remembered-as-a-hero-denzel-washington-and-viola-davis-on-chadwick-boseman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231090340/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/dec/04/he-will-be-remembered-as-a-hero-denzel-washington-and-viola-davis-on-chadwick-boseman |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 31, 2020|website=The Guardian}}</ref> BBC Culture called him "a film icon who changed Hollywood"; "a symbol of black excellence and of cinematic excellence"; and "a virtuoso and heroic figure, not just because of his iconic turn as Marvel's Black Panther but for how he raised the bar for racial equality and representation on screen."<ref name="bbclegacy">{{Cite web|last=Flint|first=Hanna|title=Chadwick Boseman: A film icon who changed Hollywood|url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20201214-chadwick-boseman-a-film-icon-who-changed-hollywood |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032935/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20201214-chadwick-boseman-a-film-icon-who-changed-hollywood |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 31, 2020|website=BBC}}</ref>
 
Rhea Combs, film curator of the [[Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture]], said that with his screen presence, Boseman "was not only a conduit to the past and the way African-Americans persevered and pushed through so many challenges, he also represented brightness and the promise of tomorrow".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jurgensen|first=John|date=August 29, 2020|title=Chadwick Boseman's Career Amplified Black Culture, History|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/chadwick-bosemans-career-amplified-black-culture-history-11598736348 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=December 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208120622/https://www.wsj.com/articles/chadwick-bosemans-career-amplified-black-culture-history-11598736348 |archive-date=December 8, 2020|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> The BBC also noted his impact of infusing African authenticity into his work, including his motivations for taking a role in ''Gods of Egypt'' as well as how T'Challa is presented, saying that he "connect[s] African-American audiences with their African heritage".<ref name=bbclegacy/>
 
His alma mater, Howard University, renamed its College of Fine Arts in honor of Boseman on May 26, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Arkin|first1=Daniel|last2=Dasrath|first2=Diana|date=May 27, 2021|title=Howard University names College of Fine Arts after Chadwick Boseman|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/howard-university-names-fine-arts-college-after-chadwick-boseman-n1268666|url-status=live|access-date=May 26, 2021|website=[[NBC News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526192154/https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/howard-university-names-fine-arts-college-after-chadwick-boseman-n1268666 |archive-date=May 26, 2021 }}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
===Family and faith===
Boseman began dating singer Taylor Simone Ledward in 2015.<ref name="Independent20200829">{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Sarah |date=August 29, 2020 |title=Chadwick Boseman and girlfriend privately married before his death |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/chadwick-boseman-death-married-taylor-simone-ledward-colon-cancer-a9695481.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829205235/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/chadwick-boseman-death-married-taylor-simone-ledward-colon-cancer-a9695481.html |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> The two reportedly got engaged by October 2019, and they later married in secret, as revealed by Boseman's family in a statement announcing his death.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Villarreal |first=Daniel |date=August 28, 2020 |title=Who Is Chadwick Boseman's Wife, Taylor Simone Ledward? |url=https://www.newsweek.com/who-chadwick-bosemans-wife-taylor-simone-ledward-1528509 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Newsweek]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829072515/https://www.newsweek.com/who-chadwick-bosemans-wife-taylor-simone-ledward-1528509 |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref><ref name=Independent20200829/>
 
Boseman was raised a Christian and was [[baptized]]. He was part of a church choir and youth group and his former pastor said that he still kept his faith.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Remien |first=Shale |title=Anderson native Chadwick Boseman stars as the Black Panther: Local pastor reacts |url=http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/37490051/anderson-native-chadwick-boseman-stars-as-the-black-panther-local-pastor-reacts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225074411/http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/37490051/anderson-native-chadwick-boseman-stars-as-the-black-panther-local-pastor-reacts |archive-date=February 25, 2018 |access-date=February 16, 2018 |publisher=[[WHNS]] |location=Greenville, South Carolina}}</ref> He studied [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and had a good knowledge of both the [[Old Testament]] and [[New Testament]].<ref name=theatreGuardian/> Boseman had stated that he prayed to be the Black Panther before he was cast as the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Elliot |title=Chadwick Boseman on Black Panther and the healing power of cinema |url=http://www.hungertv.com/feature/chadwick-boseman-on-black-panther-and-the-healing-power-of-cinema/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216204408/http://www.hungertv.com/feature/chadwick-boseman-on-black-panther-and-the-healing-power-of-cinema/ |archive-date=February 16, 2018 |access-date=February 16, 2018 |website=HungerTV.com |publisher=Hunger Publishing Ltd. |location=London}}</ref>
 
===Philanthropy===
Outside of performing, Boseman supported various charities. He worked with cancer charities including [[St. Jude Children's Research Hospital]], continuing to support those battling the disease up until his own death from it; in a message to a producer days before he died, Boseman inquired about sending gifts to childhood cancer patients.<ref name=hypecharity/><ref name=charitycheatsheet/> He donated $10,000 to the [[Boys & Girls Clubs of America|Boys and Girls Club]] of Harlem to provide free tickets for children who wanted to see ''Black Panther'';<ref name=hypecharity/> he did this to support and promote the Black Panther Challenge started by a New Yorker to raise money for similar children across the country. In response, [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] donated $1{{nbsp}}million to the Boys & Girls Clubs to advance its [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] programs.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 27, 2018 |title=Disney 'celebrates' Black Panther by giving $1m to charity |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43212336 |url-status=live |access-date=December 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120231/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43212336 |archive-date=December 24, 2020}}</ref> Boseman advocated for children's charities, with the [[Jackie Robinson Foundation]] noting after his death that he helped with their youth outreach. When Disney planned to donate $400{{nbsp}}million to charitable causes, Boseman encouraged the move. In April 2020, he donated $4.2{{nbsp}}million in [[personal protective equipment]] to hospitals fighting the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]] in black communities,<ref name="hypecharity">{{Cite web |title=Chadwick Boseman Was More Than a Superstar He Was a Superhuman Being and Philanthropist by Dwyane Ashley, President/Ceo Bridge Philanthropic Consulting |url=https://www.thehypemagazine.com/2020/09/chadwick-boseman-was-more-than-a-superstar-he-was-a-superhuman-being-and-philanthropist-by-dwyane-ashley-president-ceo-bridge-philanthropic-consulting/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120230/https://www.thehypemagazine.com/2020/09/chadwick-boseman-was-more-than-a-superstar-he-was-a-superhuman-being-and-philanthropist-by-dwyane-ashley-president-ceo-bridge-philanthropic-consulting/ |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=The Hype Magazine}}</ref> starting his own Operation 42 challenge to encourage others to donate [[Personal protective equipment|PPE]].<ref name="charitycheatsheet">{{Cite web |last=Carpenter |first=Perry |date=May 5, 2020 |title='Black Panther' Star Chadwick Boseman Was Still Helping Other Cancer Patients While Losing His Battle |url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/black-panther-star-chadwick-boseman-was-still-helping-other-cancer-patients-while-losing-his-battle.html/ |access-date=December 23, 2020 |website=Showbiz Cheat Sheet}}</ref>
 
=== Advocacy ===
In politics, Boseman supported the When We All Vote campaign, and his last [[Twitter|tweet]] before his death was congratulating [[Kamala Harris]] on her selection as [[Joe Biden]]'s [[2020 United States presidential election|vice-presidential nominee]].<ref name=hypecharity/>
 
==Illness and death==
Boseman was diagnosed with [[Cancer staging|stage III]] [[Colorectal cancer|colon cancer]] in 2016, which eventually progressed to stage IV before 2020.<ref name="nyt obit" /> He never spoke publicly about his cancer diagnosis, and according to ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', "Only a handful of non-family members knew that Boseman was sick... with varying degrees of knowledge about the severity of [his] condition."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Siegel |first1=Tatiana |last2=Kit |first2=Borys |date=September 2, 2020 |title=Disney Grapples With How to Proceed on 'Black Panther' Without Chadwick Boseman |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-grapples-with-how-to-proceed-on-black-panther-without-chadwick-boseman |url-status=live |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902161542/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-grapples-with-how-to-proceed-on-black-panther-without-chadwick-boseman |archive-date=September 2, 2020 |access-date=September 18, 2020}}</ref> During treatment, involving multiple surgeries and [[chemotherapy]], he continued to work and completed production for several films, including ''Marshall'', ''Da 5 Bloods'', ''Ma Rainey'', and others.
 
Boseman died at his Los Angeles home as a result of complications related to colon cancer on August 28, 2020, with his wife and family by his side.<ref name="AP-Death">{{Cite news |last=Pearson |first=Ryan |date=August 29, 2020 |title='Black Panther' star Chadwick Boseman dies of cancer at 43 |work=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/5f4352111fdead278da3651b44d311b8 |url-status=dead |access-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829023022/https://apnews.com/5f4352111fdead278da3651b44d311b8 |archive-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Maxouris |first1=Christina |last2=Vera |first2=Amir |date=August 29, 2020 |title='Black Panther' star Chadwick Boseman dies at 43 |publisher=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/28/entertainment/chadwick-boseman-dies/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829044156/https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/28/entertainment/chadwick-boseman-dies/index.html |archive-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 28, 2020 |title='Black Panther' star Chadwick Boseman passes away at 43 |url=https://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/black-panther-star-chadwick-boseman-dies-of-cancer-at-43/amp_articleshow/77815479.cms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829072150/https://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/black-panther-star-chadwick-boseman-dies-of-cancer-at-43/amp_articleshow/77815479.cms |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref> He was 43 years old. He died without a [[Will and testament|will]], and his estate will be governed by California law with the representation of Ledward.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Drysdale |first=Jennifer |date=November 19, 2020 |title=Chadwick Boseman's Widow Taylor Simone Ledward Appointed Personal Representative of His Estate |language=en-US |work=[[Entertainment Tonight]] |url=https://www.etonline.com/chadwick-bosemans-widow-taylor-simone-ledward-appointed-personal-representative-of-his-estate |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119204515/https://www.etonline.com/chadwick-bosemans-widow-taylor-simone-ledward-appointed-personal-representative-of-his-estate |archive-date=November 19, 2020}}</ref> A public memorial service was held on September 4, 2020, in Anderson, South Carolina, where the speakers included Boseman's childhood pastor as well as Deanna Brown-Thomas, daughter of James Brown, whom Boseman portrayed in ''Get on Up''.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Chadwick Boseman Honored as Hometown Hero in Native South Carolina |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chadwick-boseman-honored-as-hometown-hero-in-native-south-carolina |url-status=live |access-date=September 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910210800/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chadwick-boseman-honored-as-hometown-hero-in-native-south-carolina |archive-date=September 10, 2020}}</ref> The city announced plans for the creation of a permanent art memorial at the service.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Asia |date=September 4, 2020 |title=Chadwick Boseman's hometown creates Public Art Endowment in his honor |language=en-US |publisher=[[WSPA-TV]] |location=Spartanburg, South Carolina |url=https://www.wspa.com/news/top-stories/chadwick-bosemans-hometown-creates-public-art-endowment-in-his-honor/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028054020/https://www.wspa.com/news/top-stories/chadwick-bosemans-hometown-creates-public-art-endowment-in-his-honor/ |archive-date=October 28, 2020}}</ref> Despite reports that Boseman was buried at Welfare Baptist Church cemetery in nearby [[Belton, South Carolina]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dalton |first=Andrew |date=September 14, 2020 |title=Chadwick Boseman buried near South Carolina hometown |work=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://apnews.com/cedc4ec64b08a801e8b9e38a8976e65e |url-status=live |access-date=September 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201123235659/https://apnews.com/article/chadwick-boseman-anderson-los-angeles-archive-south-carolina-cedc4ec64b08a801e8b9e38a8976e65e |archive-date=November 23, 2020}}</ref> the funeral home handling the services and the church pastor both denied this.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 15, 2020 |title=Funeral home, church pastor contradict reports that Chadwick Boseman is buried in hometown |work=[[Anderson Independent-Mail]] |location=Anderson County, South Carolina |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2020/09/15/chadwick-boseman-not-buried-hometown-belton-sc-family-church/5809437002/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002140317/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2020/09/15/chadwick-boseman-not-buried-hometown-belton-sc-family-church/5809437002/ |archive-date=October 2, 2020 |via=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>
 
===Response===
Many fellow actors and other celebrities paid tribute to Boseman on social media following the announcement of his death, including a number of his Marvel Cinematic Universe co-stars. Marvel Studios president and [[Chief creative officer|CCO]] Kevin Feige called Boseman's death "absolutely devastating", writing: "Each time he stepped on set, he radiated charisma and joy, and each time he appeared on screen, he created something truly indelible [...] Now he takes his place [as] an icon for the ages."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Russian |first=Ale |date=August 28, 2020 |title=Chadwick Boseman's Avengers Costars Mark Ruffalo, Brie Larson & Chris Evans Mourn Him: 'Rest In Power' |url=https://people.com/movies/chadwick-boseman-avengers-costars-react-death/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829081818/https://people.com/movies/chadwick-boseman-avengers-costars-react-death/ |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=People}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Calvario |first=Liz |date=August 29, 2020 |title=Chadwick Boseman Dead at 43: Celebs Honor 'Black Panther' Star |url=https://www.etonline.com/chadwick-boseman-dead-at-43-sterling-k-brown-oprah-winfrey-and-more-celebs-pay-tribute-to-actor |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829105822/https://www.etonline.com/chadwick-boseman-dead-at-43-sterling-k-brown-oprah-winfrey-and-more-celebs-pay-tribute-to-actor |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=Entertainment Tonight}}</ref> Co-stars from Boseman's other films also paid tribute to him.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Namako |first=Tom |date=August 29, 2020 |title=Hollywood, Celebrities, Sports Stars, Politicians, And More Are Mourning The Death Of Chadwick Boseman |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tomnamako/celebrities-are-mourning-the-death-of-chadwick-boseman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829053012/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tomnamako/celebrities-are-mourning-the-death-of-chadwick-boseman |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=BuzzFeed News}}</ref> His [[alma mater]], Howard University, tweeted in reaction that "his incredible talent will forever be immortalized through his characters and through his own personal journey from student to superhero".<ref>{{Cite news |last=McNally |first=Brian |date=August 29, 2020 |title=Chadwick Boseman, star of the film '42', dies on Jackie Robinson Day |publisher=[[NBC Sports]] Washington |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/nationals/chadwick-boseman-star-film-42-dies-jackie-robinson-day |url-status=live |access-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829105823/https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/nationals/chadwick-boseman-star-film-42-dies-jackie-robinson-day |archive-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref>
 
On August 29, 2020, the day after Boseman died, the tweet in which his family announced his death on his Twitter account became the [[List of most-liked tweets|most-liked tweet]] in history, with over six&nbsp;million likes in under 24 hours,<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1299808792322940928 |user=Twitter |title=Most liked Tweet ever. A tribute fit for a King. #WakandaForever |author=Twitter |date=August 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Del Rosario |first=Alexandra |date=August 29, 2020 |title=Twitter Crowns Chadwick Boseman's Last Post Most Liked Tweet Ever: 'A Tribute Fit For a King' |url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/chadwick-boseman0-twitter-most-liked-tweet-ever-1203026947/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830020613/https://deadline.com/2020/08/chadwick-boseman0-twitter-most-liked-tweet-ever-1203026947/ |archive-date=August 30, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> and accumulating over seven&nbsp;million by August 31, far displacing the previous record holder.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Langlois, Shawn |date=August 30, 2020 |title=Barack Obama's 2017 response to the Charlottesville attack is no longer the most liked tweet of all time |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/barack-obamas-2017-response-to-the-charlottesville-attack-is-no-longer-the-most-liked-tweet-of-all-time-11598816742 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831074111/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/barack-obamas-2017-response-to-the-charlottesville-attack-is-no-longer-the-most-liked-tweet-of-all-time-11598816742 |archive-date=August 31, 2020 |access-date=August 31, 2020 |publisher=[[MarketWatch]]}}</ref> His death was likened to other unexpected deaths of young black celebrities in 2020, particularly [[Kobe Bryant]] and [[Naya Rivera]].<ref>Multiple sources:
*{{Cite web |title=Chadwick Boseman's Passing Has Fans Mourning His and Kobe Bryant's Deaths |url=https://popculture.com/sports/news/chadwick-bosemans-passing-fans-mourning-kobe-bryant/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831012116/https://popculture.com/sports/news/chadwick-bosemans-passing-fans-mourning-kobe-bryant/ |archive-date=August 31, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=Pop Culture}}
*{{Cite web |title=Famosos lamentam morte de Chadwick Boseman, o 'Pantera Negra', aos 42 anos |url=https://www.terra.com.br/diversao/gente/purepeople/famosos-lamentam-morte-de-chadwick-boseman-o-pantera-negra-aos-42-anos,b3927c057d6e0eb0a8735580ed04b3dfw9r2kiaf.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831012118/https://www.terra.com.br/diversao/gente/purepeople/famosos-lamentam-morte-de-chadwick-boseman-o-pantera-negra-aos-42-anos,b3927c057d6e0eb0a8735580ed04b3dfw9r2kiaf.html |archive-date=August 31, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=Terra |language=pt-BR}}
*{{Cite web |title=Adiós a Chadwick Boseman, Wakanda se viste de luto |url=https://www.elheraldo.co/famosos/adios-chadwick-boseman-wakanda-se-viste-de-luto-754572 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831012122/https://www.elheraldo.co/famosos/adios-chadwick-boseman-wakanda-se-viste-de-luto-754572 |archive-date=August 31, 2020 |access-date=August 30, 2020 |website=[[El Heraldo (Colombia)|El Heraldo]] |language=es}}
*{{Cite web |last=Egedegbe |first=Gracious |date=August 31, 2020 |title=Chadwick Boseman Married His Longtime Love before His Death, His Family Reveals |url=https://news.amomama.com/225848-chadwick-boseman-married-his-longtime-lo.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906191851/https://news.amomama.com/225848-chadwick-boseman-married-his-longtime-lo.html |archive-date=September 6, 2020 |access-date=September 2, 2020 |website=Amo Mama}}
*{{Cite web |last=Sung |first=Morgan |title=Honestly, I'm just tired. |url=https://mashable.com/article/honestly-im-tired-hell-zone/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120000735/https://mashable.com/article/honestly-im-tired-hell-zone/ |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |access-date=October 7, 2020 |website=Mashable|date=September 19, 2020 }}
*{{Cite web |title=Chadwick Boseman, Naya Rivera, Alex Trebek and more celebs we lost in 2020 |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity-deaths-2020-stars-weve-lost-182526735.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207235653/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity-deaths-2020-stars-weve-lost-182526735.html |archive-date=February 7, 2021 |access-date=February 7, 2021 |website=Yahoo}}
*{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Kelsie |date=December 23, 2020 |title=All the Celebrities We've Said Farewell to in 2020 |url=https://www.popsugar.co.uk/celebrity/celebrities-who-died-in-2020-47085916 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023112104/https://www.popsugar.co.uk/celebrity/celebrities-who-died-in-2020-47085916 |archive-date=October 23, 2020 |access-date=February 7, 2021 |website=POPSUGAR Celebrity UK}}
*{{Cite web |date=January 1, 2021 |title=Celebrity Deaths in 2020: Stars We've Lost |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/celebrity-deaths-in-2020-stars-weve-lost/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211031848/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/celebrity-deaths-in-2020-stars-weve-lost/ |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |access-date=February 7, 2021 |website=Us Weekly}}
*{{Cite web |title=Famosos que fallecieron en 2020 dejando al mundo de luto |url=https://www.telemundo.com/entretenimiento/latinx-now-espanol/famosos/famosos-que-fallecieron-en-2020-dejando-al-mundo-entero-de-luto-tmna3851109 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205193619/https://www.telemundo.com/entretenimiento/latinx-now-espanol/famosos/famosos-que-fallecieron-en-2020-dejando-al-mundo-entero-de-luto-tmna3851109 |archive-date=December 5, 2020 |access-date=February 7, 2021 |website=[[Telemundo]] |language=es}}
*{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=December 9, 2020 |title=Google Top Trending Searches 2020: Kobe Bryant, Naya Rivera, Chadwick Boseman Among Most Popular Queries |url=https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/google-top-trending-2020-searches-1234849323/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209120158/https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/google-top-trending-2020-searches-1234849323/ |archive-date=December 9, 2020 |access-date=February 7, 2021 |website=Variety}}</ref> The Associated Press and ''[[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]]'' noted Rivera and Boseman as Hollywood's most impactful 2020 deaths.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AP PHOTOS: The year entertainment went radically off-script |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/ap-photos-year-entertainment-radically-off-script-74799050 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224231618/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/ap-photos-year-entertainment-radically-off-script-74799050 |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=February 7, 2021 |website=ABC News |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Maestrutti |first=Silvia |date=December 31, 2020 |title=Desde Hollywood: mucha burbuja, poco trabajo y demasiados protocolos |url=https://www.clarin.com/espectaculos/cine/hollywood-fin-ano-solo-papel_0_1nQURFzY1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101000657/https://www.clarin.com/espectaculos/cine/hollywood-fin-ano-solo-papel_0_1nQURFzY1.html |archive-date=January 1, 2021 |access-date=February 7, 2021 |website=Clarín |language=es}}</ref>
 
[[Major League Baseball]] and the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], the franchise for which Robinson played when the team was at its former home of Brooklyn, New York, issued statements honoring Boseman, in light of his acclaimed portrayal of the player.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 29, 2020 |title=Actor Chadwick Boseman dies at 43; Jackie Robinson role among acting triumphs |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29762813/actor-chadwick-boseman-dies-43-jackie-robinson-role-acting-triumphs |url-status=live |access-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829105839/https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29762813/actor-chadwick-boseman-dies-43-jackie-robinson-role-acting-triumphs |archive-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Calvario |first=Liz |date=August 29, 2020 |title=Dodgers Honor Chadwick Boseman as They Celebrate Jackie Robinson Day |work=[[Entertainment Tonight]] |url=https://www.etonline.com/dodgers-honor-chadwick-boseman-well-never-forget-your-iconic-performance-as-jackie-robinson-152206 |url-status=live |access-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829105847/https://www.etonline.com/dodgers-honor-chadwick-boseman-well-never-forget-your-iconic-performance-as-jackie-robinson-152206 |archive-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref> Several publications noted Boseman died on the observance of [[Jackie Robinson Day]],{{efn|Jackie Robinson Day is April 15, but in 2020 was observed on August 28 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.}} seven years after his having portrayed Robinson.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Russian |first=Ale |date=August 29, 2020 |title=Chadwick Boseman Died on Jackie Robinson Day 7 Years After He Played the Sports Legend in 42 |url=https://people.com/movies/chadwick-boseman-died-jackie-robinson-day-7-years-after-playing-icon-in-42/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829105848/https://people.com/movies/chadwick-boseman-died-jackie-robinson-day-7-years-after-playing-icon-in-42/ |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Quinn |first=Sam |date=August 29, 2020 |title=Chadwick Boseman, Hollywood star and lead actor in '42,' dies at age 43 on MLB's Jackie Robinson Day |work=[[CBS Sports]] |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/chadwick-boseman-hollywood-star-and-lead-actor-in-42-dies-at-age-43-on-mlbs-jackie-robinson-day/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829105856/https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/chadwick-boseman-hollywood-star-and-lead-actor-in-42-dies-at-age-43-on-mlbs-jackie-robinson-day/ |archive-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref> Prior to the fifth game between the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] and the [[Portland Trail Blazers]] in the [[NBA playoffs]], Boseman was honored with a moment of silence, alongside [[Clifford Robinson (basketball, born 1966)|Cliff Robinson]] and [[Lute Olson]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hudson |first=Jamie |date=August 30, 2020 |title=Trail Blazers-Lakers share moment of silence for Cliff Robinson, Lute Olson & Chadwick Boseman |publisher=[[NBC Sports]] |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/northwest/trail-blazers/trail-blazers-lakers-share-moment-silence-cliff-robinson-lute-olson |url-status=live |access-date=September 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026082308/https://www.nbcsports.com/northwest/trail-blazers/trail-blazers-lakers-share-moment-silence-cliff-robinson-lute-olson |archive-date=October 26, 2020}}</ref> When [[Lewis Hamilton]], the only black driver in [[Formula One]], won the [[2020 Belgian Grand Prix]], he dedicated the win to Boseman.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 30, 2020 |title=Lewis Hamilton pays tribute to Chadwick Boseman after Belgian GP victory |publisher=[[CNN International]] |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/30/motorsport/belgian-grand-prix-hamilton-boseman-ferrari-spt-intl/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831234749/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/30/motorsport/belgian-grand-prix-hamilton-boseman-ferrari-spt-intl/index.html |archive-date=August 31, 2020}}</ref>
 
===Tributes===
{{Wikinews|Tributes paid to recently deceased US actor Chadwick Boseman}}
On August 28, 2020, a [[Change.org]] petition was started, seeking to replace a [[List of Confederate monuments and memorials in South Carolina|Confederate monument]] in his hometown of Anderson with a statue of Boseman; it collected more than 50,000 signatures in less than a week, surpassing its original goal of 15,000 signatures.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Online petition asks South Carolina town to replace Confederate statue with one of Chadwick Boseman |url=https://www.wltx.com/article/life/people/online-petition-urges-replacing-confederate-monument-with-statue-anderson-southcarolina-native-chadwick-boseman/101-9c6ad924-0502-49da-a1ee-442183d21dd2 |access-date=August 31, 2020 |website=[[WLTX]]|date=August 30, 2020 }}</ref> [[Henry McMaster]], the [[Governor of South Carolina]], ordered the [[South Carolina State House|Statehouse]] flags be lowered to half-staff on August 30 in honor of Boseman, who was born and raised in the state.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bean |first=Riley |date=August 29, 2020 |title=Gov. McMaster orders flags to be lowered to half-staff for actor Chadwick Boseman |publisher=[[WIS (TV)]] |url=https://www.wistv.com/2020/08/29/gov-mcmaster-orders-flags-be-lowered-half-staff-actor-chadwick-boseman/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830170855/https://www.wistv.com/2020/08/29/gov-mcmaster-orders-flags-be-lowered-half-staff-actor-chadwick-boseman/ |archive-date=August 30, 2020}}</ref> [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (which, like Marvel Entertainment, is owned by Disney) aired a commercial-free version of ''Black Panther'', followed by a special about Boseman's life and work titled ''Chadwick Boseman — A Tribute for a King'' on the same day.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 30, 2020 |title=ABC to Air 'Black Panther' and Chadwick Boseman Tribute Special Tonight |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/chadwick-boseman-dead-abc-black-panther-tribute-1234753865/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830235907/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/chadwick-boseman-dead-abc-black-panther-tribute-1234753865/ |archive-date=August 30, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 30, 2020 |title=Here's How to Watch the Chadwick Boseman and Black Panther TV Specials |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1183372/heres-how-to-watch-the-chadwick-boseman-and-black-panther-tv-specials |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831085528/https://www.eonline.com/news/1183372/heres-how-to-watch-the-chadwick-boseman-and-black-panther-tv-specials |archive-date=August 31, 2020 |access-date=August 31, 2020 |website=E! Online}}</ref> Also aired on August 30 was the [[2020 MTV Video Music Awards]]; the ceremony was dedicated to Boseman.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1300222144119537669 |user=vmas |title=RIP Chadwick Boseman. Tonight's #VMAs is dedicated to him. |author=[[MTV Video Music Awards|Video Music Awards]] |date=August 30, 2020 |access-date=August 31, 2020}}</ref> On September 24, 2020, Disney unveiled a mural titled ''King Chad'', by artist [[Nikkolas Smith]] dedicated to Boseman at [[Downtown Disney]] in Anaheim, California.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Nikkolas |title=This one is special. My King Chad tribute is now on a wall on display at Downtown Disney |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CFhuNOqFnDJ/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106160032/https://www.instagram.com/p/CFhuNOqFnDJ/ |archive-date=November 6, 2020 |access-date=September 27, 2020}}</ref> In February 2021, another mural dedicated to Boseman was painted at [[Trilith Studios]] in [[Fayetteville, Georgia]], by artist Brandon Sadler.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Preheim |first=Cheryl |date=January 28, 2021 |title=Mural inspired by 'Black Panther' painted on building at Georgia film studio |work=11Alive.com |url=https://www.11alive.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/the-a-scene/black-panther-mural-inspires-film-community-in-fayette-county/85-c9a80505-3fc7-468f-8b63-c83495b9e184 |access-date=April 6, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stafford |first=Leon |date=February 5, 2021 |title='Black Panther' artist paints massive Trilith soundstage mural |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/black-panther-artist-paints-massive-trilith-soundstage-mural/6BJCT2R7NFFADDEKHA2ZL5S62A/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215043158/https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/black-panther-artist-paints-massive-trilith-soundstage-mural/6BJCT2R7NFFADDEKHA2ZL5S62A/ |archive-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref> Following his [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] win over Boseman at the Academy Awards in April 2021, [[Anthony Hopkins]] said, "I want to pay tribute to Chadwick Boseman, who was taken from us far too early, and again thank you all very much."<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 27, 2021 |title= After shocking Oscar win, Anthony Hopkins posts video acknowledging Chadwick Boseman |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |url= https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/arts-culture/550420-after-shocking-oscar-win-anthony-hopkins-posts-video |access-date= April 27, 2021}}</ref>
 
Boseman is also memorialized in the 2020 video game ''[[Spider-Man: Miles Morales|Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales]]''. The game includes an after-credits message dedicating it in memory of Boseman, as well as a street called Boseman Way on [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd Street]]; the number 42 bears significance in the ''Miles Morales'' universe as well as referring to Boseman's portrayal of Jackie Robinson. A Wakandan flag also appears.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 21, 2020 |title='Spider-Man: Miles Moreals' contains tribute to Chadwick Boseman |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/gaming-news/spider-man-miles-morales-fans-find-new-tribute-to-chadwick-boseman-2822183 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120234/https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/gaming-news/spider-man-miles-morales-fans-find-new-tribute-to-chadwick-boseman-2822183 |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=December 16, 2020 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] also made ''Black Panther'' comic titles available for free on its [[ComiXology]] platform in the wake of Boseman's death.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lyons |first=Kim |date=September 5, 2020 |title=Black Panther titles are free right now on Comixology |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/5/21424313/black-panther-comixology-amazon-chadwick-boseman-marvel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032953/https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/5/21424313/black-panther-comixology-amazon-chadwick-boseman-marvel |archive-date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=December 31, 2020 |website=The Verge}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 10, 2020 |title=Comixology offers free Black Panther digital comics in honor of Chadwick Boseman |url=https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/09/10/comixology-offers-free-black-panther-digital-comics-in-honor-of-chadwick-boseman/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928045525/https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/09/10/comixology-offers-free-black-panther-digital-comics-in-honor-of-chadwick-boseman/ |archive-date=September 28, 2020 |access-date=December 31, 2020 |website=Android Police}}</ref> On November 29, 2020, Marvel changed the studio's logo animation in the opening of ''Black Panther'' on Disney+ to include images of Boseman from the film, as well as his appearances in ''Captain America: Civil War'', ''Avengers: Infinity War'', and ''Avengers: Endgame'', to honor what would have been Boseman's 44th birthday.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bonomolo |first=Cameron |date=November 29, 2020 |title=Black Panther on Disney+ Updated With Marvel Studios Logo Tribute to Chadwick Boseman |url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/chadwick-boseman-birthday-marvel-studios-logo-update-black-panther-disney-plus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129143852/https://comicbook.com/movies/news/chadwick-boseman-birthday-marvel-studios-logo-update-black-panther-disney-plus/ |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |access-date=November 29, 2020 |website=Comicbook.com}}</ref>
 
==Filmography==
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=== Film ===
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|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2008
! scope="row" | ''[[The Express: The Ernie Davis Story]]''
| [[Floyd Little]]
|
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="APFilms" />
|-
| 2012
! scope="row" | ''[[The Kill Hole]]''
| Lt. Samuel Drake
|
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Olsen |first=Mark |date=March 21, 2013 |title=Review: 'Kill Hole' a muddled thriller about war veterans |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2013-mar-21-la-et-mn-kill-hole-review-20130322-story.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829075644/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2013-mar-21-la-et-mn-kill-hole-review-20130322-story.html |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2013
! scope="row" | ''[[42 (film)|42]]''
|[[Jackie Robinson]]
|
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="APFilms" />
|-
| 2014
! scope="row" | ''[[Draft Day]]''
| Vontae Mack
|
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=McKittrick |first=Chris |date=April 14, 2014 |title=Chadwick Boseman on Why 'Draft Day' is Different from his Other Sports Movies |url=https://www.dailyactor.com/film/chadwick-boseman-draft-day-different-sports-movies/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829075633/https://www.dailyactor.com/film/chadwick-boseman-draft-day-different-sports-movies/ |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=Daily Actor}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
! scope="row" | ''[[Get on Up (film)|Get on Up]]''
|[[James Brown]]
|
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="APFilms">{{Cite web |last=Coyle |first=Jake |date=July 28, 2014 |title=A double-header of biopics for Chadwick Boseman |url=https://apnews.com/f5b4c5aa2e314bb5b448570f66332d0d |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829030223/https://apnews.com/f5b4c5aa2e314bb5b448570f66332d0d |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
! scope="row" | ''[[Gods of Egypt (film)|Gods of Egypt]]''
|[[Thoth]]
|
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Gods of Egypt (2016) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/56c7a9455f18c |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106214528/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/56c7a9455f18c |archive-date=January 6, 2019 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
! scope="row" | ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]''
| [[T'Challa (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|T'Challa / Black Panther]]
|
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Captain America Civil War (2016) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/579dd2fd07c59 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608182750/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/579dd2fd07c59 |archive-date=June 8, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
! scope="row" | ''[[Message from the King (film)|Message from the King]]''
| Jacob King
| Also executive producer
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Debruge |first=Peter |date=September 9, 2016 |title=Film Review: 'Message from the King' |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/message-from-the-king-review-1201855642/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829040011/https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/message-from-the-king-review-1201855642/ |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2017
! scope="row" | ''[[Marshall (film)|Marshall]]''
|[[Thurgood Marshall]]
| Also co-producer
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Marshall (2017) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/5a14303fc4be5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829105859/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/5a14303fc4be5 |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
! scope="row" | ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]''
| rowspan="3"| T'Challa / Black Panther
|
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Black Panther (2018) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/5aa1d305737eb |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519025733/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/5aa1d305737eb |archive-date=May 19, 2019 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
! scope="row" | ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]''
|
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Avengers Infinity War (2018) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/5c4615087b730 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608152341/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/5c4615087b730 |archive-date=June 8, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
! scope="row" | ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]''
|
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Avengers Endgame (2019) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/5d1f7a24a98a1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707224913/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/5d1f7a24a98a1 |archive-date=July 7, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
! scope="row" | ''[[21 Bridges]]''
| Andre Davis
| Also producer
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=21 Bridges (2019) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/5ddd5346209c0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829105859/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/5ddd5346209c0 |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2020
! scope="row" | ''[[Da 5 Bloods]]''
| Norman Earl "Stormin' Norm" Holloway
|
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Da 5 Bloods |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/5f1b5cba28cfd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829105903/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/5f1b5cba28cfd |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2020
! scope="row" | ''[[Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (film)|Ma Rainey's Black Bottom]]''
| Levee Green
| Posthumous release
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman star in Netflix's 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/viola-davis-chadwick-boseman-star-netflix-s-ma-rainey-s-n1019756 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829040951/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/viola-davis-chadwick-boseman-star-netflix-s-ma-rainey-s-n1019756 |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|}
 
===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2003
! scope="row" | ''[[All My Children]]''
| Reggie Porter
| Recurring role
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="TheWrap">{{Cite web |last=Pond |first=Steve |date=January 2, 2019 |title='Black Panther' Stars Chadwick Boseman and Michael B Jordan Recall Playing the Same Role on 'All My Children' |url=https://www.thewrap.com/black-panther-chadwick-boseman-michael-b-jordan-all-my-children-soap-played-same-role-fired/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430062343/https://www.thewrap.com/black-panther-chadwick-boseman-michael-b-jordan-all-my-children-soap-played-same-role-fired/ |archive-date=April 30, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=[[TheWrap]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2003
! scope="row" | ''[[Third Watch]]''
| David Wafer
| Episode: "In Lieu of Johnson"
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="AIM">{{Cite web |last=Ellis |first=Mike |date=August 29, 2020 |title=Anderson County native and 'Black Panther' actor Chadwick Boseman dies at 43 |url=https://www.independentmail.com/story/news/local/2020/08/28/anderson-native-and-black-panther-actor-chadwick-boseman-dies-43/5663874002/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829024906/https://www.independentmail.com/story/news/local/2020/08/28/anderson-native-and-black-panther-actor-chadwick-boseman-dies-43/5663874002/ |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=[[Anderson Independent Mail]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2004
! scope="row" | ''[[Law & Order]]''
| Foster Keyes
| Episode: "Can I Get a Witness?"
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="AIM" />
|-
| 2006
! scope="row" | ''[[CSI: NY]]''
| Rondo
| Episode: "Heroes"
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="THR">{{Cite web |last=Schillaci |first=Sophie |date=April 19, 2013 |title='42's' Chadwick Boseman: 'I Would Love to Play Jimi Hendrix' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/42s-chadwick-boseman-i-would-443061 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210234804/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/42s-chadwick-boseman-i-would-443061 |archive-date=December 10, 2015 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2008
! scope="row" | ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''
| Derek Taylor
| Episode: "Oh, Brother"
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="AIM" />
|-
| 2008
! scope="row" | ''[[Cold Case]]''
| Dexter Collins
| Episode: "Street Money"
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="AIM" />
|-
| 2008–2009
! scope="row" | ''[[Lincoln Heights (TV series)|Lincoln Heights]]''
| Nathaniel "Nate" Ray
| 9 episodes
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Maldonado |first=Jennifer |date=February 18, 2018 |title=Pre Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman Was Nate On Lincoln Heights |url=https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/chadwick-boseman-lincoln-heights-153754/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625023825/https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/chadwick-boseman-lincoln-heights-153754 |archive-date=June 25, 2018 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=Life & Style}}</ref>
|-
| 2009
! scope="row" | ''[[Lie to Me]]''
| Cabe McNeil
| Episode: "Truth or Consequences"
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Noel |date=October 5, 2009 |title=Lie To Me: "Truth Or Consequences" |url=https://tv.avclub.com/lie-to-me-truth-or-consequences-1798207135 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116140415/https://tv.avclub.com/lie-to-me-truth-or-consequences-1798207135 |archive-date=November 16, 2019 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2010
! scope="row" | ''[[Persons Unknown (TV series)|Persons Unknown]]''
| Sergeant McNair
| Main role; 13 episodes
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="THR" />
|-
| 2010
! scope="row" | ''[[The Glades (TV series)|The Glades]]''
| Michael Richmond
| Episode: "Honey"
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=The Glades – S1 – Episode 9: Honey |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/q7tp8/the-glades--series-1---9-honey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324224632/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/q7tp8/the-glades--series-1---9-honey/ |archive-date=March 24, 2021 |access-date=March 24, 2021 |website=Radio Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 28, 2020 |title='Black Panther' star Chadwick Boseman dead at 43 |url=https://blackburnnews.com/london/london-news/2020/08/28/black-panther-star-chadwick-boseman-dead-43/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829075654/https://blackburnnews.com/london/london-news/2020/08/28/black-panther-star-chadwick-boseman-dead-43/ |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=BlackburnNews}}</ref>
|-
| 2011
! scope="row" | ''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]''
| Chuck Russell
| Episode: "Poof, You're Dead"
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="THR" />
|-
| 2011
! scope="row" | ''[[Detroit 1-8-7]]''
| Tommy Westin
| Episode: "Beaten/Cover Letter"
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=TV News Desk |title=DETROIT 1-8-7 Preview: February 1 on ABC |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/DETROIT-187-Preview-February-1-on-ABC-20010101 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829041830/https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/DETROIT-187-Preview-February-1-on-ABC-20010101 |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=[[BroadwayWorld]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2011
! scope="row" | ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]''
| Ralph Beeman
| Episode: "For Blood or Money"
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="THR" />
|-
| 2011
! scope="row" | ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]''
| Mark Little / Cameron James
| Episode: "[[Subject 9]]"
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Noel |date=October 14, 2011 |title=Fringe: "Subject 9" |url=https://tv.avclub.com/fringe-subject-9-1798170027 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116060143/https://tv.avclub.com/fringe-subject-9-1798170027 |archive-date=November 16, 2019 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
! scope="row" | ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
| Himself (host)
| Episode: "Chadwick Boseman/[[Cardi B]]"
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Holub |first=Christian |date=April 8, 2018 |title='Saturday Night Live' recap: Black Panther comes to 30 Rock |url=https://ew.com/recap/saturday-night-live-season-43-episode-17/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213234812/https://ew.com/recap/saturday-night-live-season-43-episode-17/ |archive-date=December 13, 2019 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=EN}}</ref>
|-
| 2021
! scope="row" | ''[[What If...? (TV series)|What If...?]]''
| ''Versions of'' [[T'Challa (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|T'Challa / Black Panther]] (voice)
| Recurring role; 4 episodes; posthumous release
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="whatifrole">{{Cite web |last=Salazar |first=Andrew J. |date=September 6, 2019 |title='What If...?' Showrunner Ashley Bradley Talks 'Trollhunters', The Beginning Of 'What If...?', Captain Carter, The Watcher & Star-Lord T'Challa (Exclusive) |url=https://discussingfilm.net/2019/09/06/5806/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922193119/https://discussingfilm.net/2019/09/06/5806/ |archive-date=September 22, 2019 |access-date=September 27, 2019 |website=Discussing Film}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bonomolo|first=Cameron|date=2021-08-02|title=Marvel's What If: Chadwick Boseman Voices T'Challa in Four Episodes (Exclusive)|url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/marvel-what-if-chadwick-boseman-four-episodes-tchalla-star-lord-producer-brad-winderbaum/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-02|website=ComicBook|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802160940/https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/marvel-what-if-chadwick-boseman-four-episodes-tchalla-star-lord-producer-brad-winderbaum/ |archive-date=August 2, 2021 }}</ref>
|}
 
===As director===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2008
! scope="row" | ''Blood Over a Broken Pawn''
| Short film
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name=Michigan/>
|-
| 2013
! scope="row" | ''Heaven''
| Short film
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name=heaven/>
|}
 
==Playwright==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 1993
! scope="row" | ''Crossroads''
| [[Playwright]]
| Unproduced College play
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="rollstone" />
|-
| 1997–2000
! scope="row" | ''Rhyme Deferred''
| Co-writer<br />Performer
| Part of the Hip Hop Theatre Anthology ''The Fire This Time''
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Forbes |first=Kamilah |date=September 3, 2020 |title=You Knew That Black People Are Divine |url=https://www.americantheatre.org/2020/09/03/you-knew-that-black-people-are-divine/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928192051/https://www.americantheatre.org/2020/09/03/you-knew-that-black-people-are-divine/ |archive-date=September 28, 2020 |access-date=March 24, 2021 |website=American Theatre}}</ref>
|-
| 2002
! scope="row" | ''Hieroglyphic Graffiti''
| Playwright
| Produced at Negro Playwright's Theatre<br />[[Kuntu Repertory Theatre]]<br />[[National Black Theatre Festival]]<br />Hip Hop Theatre Festival
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name=2002pittnews/>
|-
| 2005
! scope="row" | ''[[Deep Azure]]''
| Playwright
| Produced by Congo Square Theatre Company<br />Work-shopped at the [[Folger Shakespeare Library]]<br />[[Apollo Theater]]
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name=Michigan/>
|}
 
==Awards and honors==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Chadwick Boseman}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Honorary degrees
|-
! scope="col" | Location
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | School
! scope="col" | Degree
|-
| [[District of Columbia]]
| May 12, 2018
| [[Howard University]]
| [[Doctor of Humane Letters]] (DHL)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Howard University Commencement Honorary Degree Recipients 2018 |url=https://www2.howard.edu/about/president/statements/commencement-honorary-degree-recipients |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831012119/https://www2.howard.edu/about/president/statements/commencement-honorary-degree-recipients |archive-date=August 31, 2020 |access-date=August 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|}
 
* Boseman gave the commencement address at [[Howard University]] on May 12, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Howard University Alumnus Chadwick Boseman to Deliver 2018 Commencement Address |url=https://newsroom.howard.edu/newsroom/article/8236/howard-university-alumnus-chadwick-boseman-deliver-2018-commencement-address-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829035755/https://newsroom.howard.edu/newsroom/article/8236/howard-university-alumnus-chadwick-boseman-deliver-2018-commencement-address-2 |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |access-date=August 30, 2020}}</ref>
 
==See also==
*''[[Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist]]''
*[[List of black Academy Award winners and nominees]]
*[[List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees]]
*[[List of black Golden Globe Award winners and nominees]]
 
==Notes==
{{notelist}}


==References==
==References==
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<ref name="DeadlineFeb2013">{{Cite web |last=Yamato |first=Jenn |date=February 14, 2013 |title=Indie Vendetta Pic With Parallels To Christopher Dorner Saga Gets Release Date |url=https://deadline.com/2013/02/kill-hole-march-release-date-chadwick-boseman-430766/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623184737/http://deadline.com/2013/02/kill-hole-march-release-date-chadwick-boseman-430766/ |archive-date=June 23, 2015 |access-date=April 29, 2015 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>
{{commonscat}}
 
<ref name="TimeFeb2013">{{Cite magazine |last=Gregory |first=Sean |date=February 21, 2013 |title=Going Places With Chadwick Boseman |url=http://style.time.com/2013/02/21/going-places-with-chadwick-boseman/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302113102/http://style.time.com/2013/02/21/going-places-with-chadwick-boseman/ |archive-date=March 2, 2016 |access-date=April 29, 2015 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref>
 
<ref name="FlauntApril2013">{{Cite web |last=Herndon |first=Jessica |date=April 8, 2013 |title=Chadwick Boseman: The Distinguished Rise of Cinema's Next Champion |url=http://flaunt.com/people/chadwick-boseman/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218090256/http://www.flaunt.com/content/people/chadwick-boseman |archive-date=February 18, 2018 |access-date=April 29, 2015 |website=[[Flaunt (magazine)|Flaunt]]}}</ref>
 
<ref name="WashingtonPostApril2013">{{Cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Mark |date=April 11, 2013 |title=Jackie Robinson film '42' opens, starring Howard graduate Chadwick Boseman |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/jackie-robinson-film-42-opens-starring-howard-graduate-chadwick-boseman/2013/04/11/dbdc8664-9e02-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605020012/https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/jackie-robinson-film-42-opens-starring-howard-graduate-chadwick-boseman/2013/04/11/dbdc8664-9e02-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html |archive-date=June 5, 2016 |access-date=April 29, 2015 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>
 
<ref name="VanityFairApril2013">{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Julie |date=April 12, 2013 |title='42' Star Chadwick Boseman on Playing Jackie Robinson, Copying His Baseball Moves, and Being Stood Up by the President |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/04/chadwick-boseman-42-interview |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412224106/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/04/chadwick-boseman-42-interview |archive-date=April 12, 2015 |access-date=April 29, 2015 |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]}}</ref>
 
<ref name="DeadlineJan2014">{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=January 30, 2014 |title=Chadwick Boseman Set For Summit's 'Gods Of Egypt' |url=https://deadline.com/2014/01/chadwick-boseman-gods-of-egypt-casting-thoth-674211/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925012508/http://deadline.com/2014/01/chadwick-boseman-gods-of-egypt-casting-thoth-674211/ |archive-date=September 25, 2017 |access-date=April 29, 2015 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>
 
<ref name="MoviefoneApril2014">{{Cite web |last=Kaye |first=Don |date=April 11, 2014 |title=Chadwick Boseman on 'Draft Day,' Sports Legends, and Becoming James Brown |url=http://news.moviefone.com/2014/04/11/chadwick-boseman-draft-day-interview/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108141259/http://news.moviefone.com/2014/04/11/chadwick-boseman-draft-day-interview/ |archive-date=January 8, 2015 |access-date=April 29, 2015 |publisher=[[Moviefone]]}}</ref>
 
<ref name="MichiganChronicleAug2014">{{Cite web |last=Holsey |first=Steve |date=August 6, 2014 |title=Star On The Rise: Chadwick Boseman |url=http://michronicleonline.com/2014/08/06/star-on-the-rise-chadwick-boseman/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804131511/http://michronicleonline.com/2014/08/06/star-on-the-rise-chadwick-boseman/ |archive-date=August 4, 2015 |access-date=April 29, 2015 |website=[[Michigan Chronicle]] |location=Detroit, Michigan}}</ref>
 
<ref name="GQSep2014">{{Cite web |last=Riley |first=Daniel |date=September 2014 |title=The Surprisingly Sudden Arrival of Chadwick Boseman |url=https://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/201410/chadwick-boseman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218065325/https://www.gq.com/story/chadwick-boseman |archive-date=February 18, 2018 |access-date=April 29, 2015 |website=[[GQ]]}}</ref>
 
<ref name="MarvelOct2014">{{Cite web |last=Strom |first=Marc |date=October 28, 2014 |title=Chadwick Boseman to Star in Marvel's Black Panther |url=http://marvel.com/news/movies/23548/chadwick_boseman_to_star_in_marvels_black_panther |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028201432/http://marvel.com/news/movies/23548/chadwick_boseman_to_star_in_marvels_black_panther |archive-date=October 28, 2014 |access-date=October 28, 2014 |publisher=Marvel Entertainment}}</ref>
 
<ref name="WashingtonPostOct2014">{{Cite news |last=McDonald |first=Soraya Nadia |date=October 29, 2014 |title=Everything you need to know about Chadwick Boseman — Marvel's new superhero, Black Panther |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/10/29/everything-you-need-to-know-about-chadwick-boseman-marvels-new-superhero-black-panther/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810131912/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/10/29/everything-you-need-to-know-about-chadwick-boseman-marvels-new-superhero-black-panther/ |archive-date=August 10, 2016 |access-date=April 29, 2015 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>
 
<ref name="GuardianNov2014">{{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Steve |date=November 20, 2014 |title=I got the feelin' – Chadwick Boseman on playing James Brown |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/nov/20/james-brown-chadwick-boseman-get-on-up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612113148/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/nov/20/james-brown-chadwick-boseman-get-on-up |archive-date=June 12, 2017 |access-date=April 29, 2015 |website=[[The Guardian]] |location=UK}}</ref>
 
<ref name="MarvelFeb2015">{{Cite web |last=Strom |first=Marc |date=February 10, 2015 |title=Marvel Studios Schedules New Release Dates for 4 Films |url=http://marvel.com/news/movies/24065/marvel_studios_schedules_new_release_dates_for_4_films |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213010327/http://marvel.com/news/movies/24065/marvel_studios_schedules_new_release_dates_for_4_films |archive-date=February 13, 2015 |access-date=February 9, 2015 |publisher=Marvel Entertainment}}</ref>
 
<ref name="nyt obit">{{Cite news |last1=Ugwu |first1=Reggie |last2=Levenson |first2=Michael |date=August 28, 2020 |title='Black Panther' Star Chadwick Boseman Dies of Cancer at 43 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/movies/chadwick-boseman-dead.html |url-status=live |url-access=registration |access-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829052006/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/movies/chadwick-boseman-dead.html |archive-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref>
}}
 
==External links==
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{{Commons category|Chadwick Boseman}}
* {{IMDb name|1569276}}
* {{Twitter|chadwickboseman}}
 
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