Line #13 Creator/ChadwickBoseman


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9	->''"You're not free unless you can show the good and the bad, all sides of them. So to me, when I play a character, it's important that I can show every aspect of them."''
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11	Chadwick Aaron Boseman (November 29, 1976 – August 28, 2020) was an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and playwright born in Anderson, South Carolina.
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13	After numerous small roles in TV series in the 2000s, he rose to prominence in the mid-to-late 2010s through roles including UsefulNotes/JackieRobinson in ''Film/FortyTwo'', Music/JamesBrown in ''Film/GetOnUp'' and [[ComicBook/BlackPanther T'Challa]] in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, debuting in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''. For his final performance in ''Film/MaRaineysBlackBottom'', he was posthumously nominated for the [[MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestActorInALeadingRole Academy Award for Best Actor]].
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15	He passed away on August 28, 2020 at the age of 43 due to complications from stage IV colon cancer. He had battled the illness for four years, and it was not publicly revealed until after his death. His death was a massive shock to the entire world, as many fans, as well as his co-workers, grieved his sudden demise.
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17	!!Selected filmography
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19	[[AC:Film:]]
20	* ''Film/TheExpress'' (2008) as [[UsefulNotes/NFLOffensivePlayers Floyd Little]]
21	* ''Film/FortyTwo'' (2013) as UsefulNotes/JackieRobinson
22	* ''Film/DraftDay'' (2014) as Vontae Mack
23	* ''Film/GetOnUp'' (2014) as Music/JamesBrown
24	* ''Film/GodsOfEgypt'' (2016) as Thoth
25	* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2016 -- 2021) as [[Characters/MCUTChalla T'Challa/Black Panther]]:
26	** ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' (2016)
27	** ''Film/{{Black Panther\|2018}}'' (2018)
28	** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' (2018)
29	** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (2019)
30	** ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'' (2021; voice)[[note]]released posthumously[[/note]]
31	* ''Film/MessageFromTheKing'' (2016) as Jacob King
32	* ''Film/{{Marshall}}'' (2016) as Thurgood Marshall
33	* ''Film/TwentyOneBridges'' (2019) as Det. Andre Davis
34	* ''Film/Da5Bloods'' (2020) as Stormin' Norman
35	* ''Film/MaRaineysBlackBottom'' (2020) as Levee[[note]]released posthumously[[/note]]
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38	* ''Series/AllMyChildren'' (2003) as Reggie Porter Montgomery
39	* ''Series/ThirdWatch'' (2003) as David Wafer
40	* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' (2006) as Rondo
41	* ''Series/ColdCase'' (2008) as Dexter "Dex" Collins
42	* ''Series/LieToMe'' (2009) as Cabe [=McNeil=]
43	* ''Series/PersonsUnknown'' (2010) as Sergeant [=McNair=]
44	* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' (2011) as Cameron James/Mark Little
45	* ''Series/{{Justified}}'' (2011) as Ralph "Flex" Beeman
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47	!!Tropes associated with his work:
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49	* AssumedWin: At the 2021 Academy Awards, it was widely accepted Boseman would become the third man to win a posthumous Oscar. His turn in ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' had already earned him the Golden Globe, Critic's Choice Award, and Screen Actors Guild award and most took his Oscar win as a given. That included the Oscar producers who, bucking decades of tradition, scheduled Best Actor as the last award of the evening to close it out with Boseman's widow accepting on his behalf. Instead, in a stunning upset, Creator/AnthonyHopkins (who wasn't even in attendance) won for ''Film/TheFather''. This led to some backlash against the Oscars over the anticlimactic scheduling; Hopkins himself paid tribute to Boseman in a recorded acceptance speech on social media.
50	* {{Determinator}}: He had a tendency to portray men who had to overcome great obstacles in their life: Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall, James Brown, and T'Challa. Also a real-life example, as he persevered through his work with a diagnosis of colorectal cancer 4 years prior to his passing.
51	* InMemoriam:
52	** A street in ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales'' and a Wakandan helicopter in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' (2021) were both named after him.
53	** ''Film/TheHarderTheyFall2021'' had a train car with his name emblazoned on the side of it.
54	** Current prints of ''Black Panther'', seen on Creator/DisneyPlus since the 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.
55	** Most installments of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Multiverse Saga, the first Saga released after his passing, ends its' logo sequence with the scene of T'Challa scattering the Border Tribesmen with a kinetic impact as a tribute to him and the impact he left.
56	** The ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'' episode, "[[Recap/WhatIfS1E2WhatIfTChallaBecameAStarLord What If ... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?]]" is dedicated to him, stating, "Dedicated to Our Friend, Our Inspiration, and Our Hero, Chadwick Boseman".
57	** ''Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever'' uses the Marvel Studios logo mentioned above, which was also run [[SilentCredits without the usual fanfare]]. The end credits dedicate the movie to his memory.
58	* MethodActing: While working as T'Challa, he never dropped the character's accent, due to worrying that he couldn't keep it consistent otherwise.
59	* {{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 solo film was the first one in the MCU with a black lead.
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61	->''[[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar "In my culture, death is not the end. It's more of a stepping-off point. You reach out with both hands and Bast and Sekhmet, they lead you into a green veld where you can run... Forever."]]''

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