As the first black actor to headline an MCU film, he was also named in the 2018 Time 100. He appeared in four MCU films, including an eponymous 2018 film that earned him an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. He continued to portray historical figures, starring as singer James Brown in Get on Up (2014) and as attorney Thurgood Marshall in Marshall (2017).īoseman achieved international fame for playing the superhero Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) from 2016 to 2019. Transitioning to the screen, his first major role was as a series regular on the NBC drama Persons Unknown (2010) and he landed his breakthrough performance in 2013 as baseball player Jackie Robinson in the biographical film 42. Throughout his career, Boseman was the recipient of 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.Īfter studying directing at Howard University, he began his career in theatre, winning a Drama League Directing Fellowship and an acting AUDELCO, along with receiving a Jeff Award nomination for his 2005 play Deep Azure. Chadwick Aaron Boseman ( / ˈ b oʊ z m ə n/ Novem – August 28, 2020) was an American actor.
