History Creator / ChadwickBoseman

* InMemoriam: A street in ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales'' and a Wakandan helicopter in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' (2021) were both named after him. Current prints of ''Black Panther'', seen on Disney+ since on the brith date of what would have been his 44th birthday changed the Marvel Studios logo into having Black Panther related images and ending with a purple background.

* InMemoriam: A street in ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales'' and a Wakandan helicopter in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' (2021) were both named after him. Current prints of ''Black Panther'', seen on Disney+ since on the brith date of what would have been his 44th birthday changed the Marvel Studios logo into have Black Panther related images and ending with a purple background.

* InMemoriam: A street in ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales'' and a Wakandan helicopter in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' (2021) were both named after him.

* ShoutOut: A street in ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales'' and a Wakandan helicopter in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' (2021) were both named after him.

* {{Typecasting}}: He played a lot of historical figures who were usually pivotal to African-American representation — UsefulNotes/JackieRobinson, the first African-American baseball player to play in the major league; Music/JamesBrown, the first African American musician to be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; and Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Judge in the [[UsefulNotes/AmericanCourts Supreme Court of the United States]]. He also had a lead role in ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'', about one of the earliest African-American professional {{blues}} singers to record. And there's of course Black Panther, the first superhero of African origin, and whose film was the first one in the MCU with a black lead.

[[caption-width-right:300:[[Film/BlackPanther2018 Death is not the end.]]]]

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2016 -- 2021) as [[ComicBook/BlackPanther T'Challa/Black Panther]]:

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2016 -- 2021) as T'Challa/Black Panther:

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2016-2021) as T'Challa/Black Panther:

* ''Film/MaRaineysBlackBottom'' (2020) as Levee

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse as T'Challa/Black Panther:

** ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'' (2021)

* {{Typecasting}}: He played a lot of historical figures who were usually pivotal to African-American representation — UsefulNotes/JackieRobinson, the first African-American baseball player to play in the major league; Music/JamesBrown, the first African American musician to be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; and Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Judge in the [[UsefulNotes/AmericanCourts Supreme Court of the United States]]. He also had a lead role in ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'', about one of the earliest African-American professional blues singers to record. And there's of course Black Panther, the first superhero of African origin, and whose film was the first one in the MCU with a black lead.

** DeadGuyJr: Very minor, but a street in VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales and a Wakandan helicopter in ComicBook/TheAvengers (2021) were both named after him.

* {{Typecasting}}: He played a lot of historical figures who were usually pivotal to African-American representation — UsefulNotes/JackieRobinson, the first African-American baseball player to play in the major league; Music/JamesBrown, the first African American musician to be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; and Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Judge in the [[UsefulNotes/AmericanCourts Supreme Court of the United States]]. He also had a supporting role in ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'', about one of the earliest African-American professional blues singers to record. And there's of course Black Panther, the first superhero of African origin, and whose film was the first one in the MCU with a black lead.

* ''Film/TwentyOneBridges'' (2019) as Det. Andre Davis

* ''Film/TwentyOneBridges'' (2019) as Andre Davis

He passed away on August 28, 2020 at the age of 43 due to stage IV colon cancer. He had battled the illness for four years, and it was not revealed to the public until after his death.

* ''21 Bridges'' (2019) as Andre Davis

** ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?'' (2021)

** ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'' (2021)

* ''Film/MaRaineysBlackBottom'' (2020)

* {{Typecasting}}: He played a lot of historical figures who were usually pivotal to African American representation -- UsefulNotes/JackieRobinson, the first African American baseball player to play in the major league; Music/JamesBrown, the first African American musician to be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; and Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Judge in the [[UsefulNotes/AmericanCourts Supreme Court of the United States]]. He also played Black Panther, the first superhero of African origin, and whose film was the first one in the MCU with a black lead.

* ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' (TBA) as Levee

* {{Determinator}}: Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall, James Brown, and T'Challa were all men who had to overcome great obstacles in their life. Upon his passing, the revelation that he had concealed a years-long battle with colon cancer during the busiest period of his career easily applies this descriptor to the man himself.

* {{Determinator}}: Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall, James Brown, and T'Challa were all men who had to overcome great obstacles in their life.

Chadwick Aaron Boseman (November 29, 1976 Anderson, South Carolina – August 28, 2020 UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, California) was an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and playwright.

He passed away on August 28, 2020 at the age of 43 due to stage IV colon cancer. He had battled the illness for four years, and it was not revealed to the public until after his death. With that, the world mourned the loss of a great actor and inspiration so young and so soon.

* {{Determinator}}: Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall, James Brown, and T'Challa were all men who had to overcome great obstacles in their life. It also described himself, never losing a step in his acting despite a four-year battle with cancer.

He passed away on August 28, 2020 at the age of 43 due to stage IV colon cancer. He had battled the illness for four years, and it was not revealed to the public until after his death.