Ia mulai dikenal di seluruh dunia lewat perannya sebagai adiwira [[T'Challa (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Black Panther]] dalam [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU) sejak 2016 hingga 2019. Ia muncul di empat film MCU, termasuk [[Black Panther (film)|film tahun 2018]] yang membuatnya mendapatkan [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture]] [[NAACP Image Awards|NAACP Image Award]] dan 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]].
Pada tahun 2016, Chadwick didiagnosis menderita [[kanker usus besar]]. Chadwick merahasiakan kondisinya, terus bertindak sementara juga secara ekstensif mendukung amal kanker sampai kematiannya pada tahun 2020 karena penyakit tersebut. Film terakhirnya, ''[[Ma Rainey's Black Bottom]]'', ditayangkan selepas kematiannya pada tahun yang sama mendapat ulasan positif, sehingga menjadikannya mendapat nominasi Aktor Terbaik Academy Award dan Aktor Terbaik Film Drama Penghargaan Golden Globe. Chadwick juga menerima empat nominasi di PenghargaanScreen PersekutuanActors AktorGuild LayarAwards ke-27 untuklewat karyanya di ''Da 5 Bloods'' dan ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'', yang terbanyak untuk penampil di satu upacara.<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/|access-date=February 8, 2021|website=Deadline|archive-date=February 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208170055/https://deadline.com/2021/02/mank-minari-lead-critics-choice-awards-film-nominations-chadwick-boseman-1234689332/|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Kehidupan masa kecil dan pendidikan ==
Chadwick Aaron Boseman<ref name="MichiganChronicleAug2014" /><ref name="nyt obit"/> lahir dan besar di [[Anderson, SouthCarolina Selatan|Anderson]], [[Carolina Selatan]],<ref>{{cite news|title=SC natives star in Jackie Robinson biopic "42|date=April 13, 2013|publisher=[[WMBF-TV]]|location=Myrtle Beach, South Carolina|url=https://www.wmbfnews.com/story/21970857/sc-natives-star-in-jackie-robinson-biopic-42/|access-date=June 14, 2020|quote=Boseman was born and raised in Anderson, where he attended T.L Hanna High School.|archive-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/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='Black Panther' star buys hundreds of movie tickets for underprivileged children|date=February 20, 2018|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|access-date=June 14, 2020|quote=Boseman was born and raised in Anderson...|archive-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|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Field|first=Carla|title='Black Panther' star talks about racism he experienced growing up in Anderson|date=March 7, 2018|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|access-date=June 14, 2020|quote=He was born and raised in Anderson, where he attended T.L Hanna High School.|archive-date=June 15, 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|url-status=live}}</ref> thedari sonpasangan ofAfrika-Amerika Carolyn (Mattress) dan Leroy Boseman.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/01/31/best-things-you-missed-black-panther-party-usher-dancing-tables/1084379001/|title=The best things you missed at the 'Black Panther' party (Usher dancing on the tables!)|first=Bryan|last=Alexander|work=[[USA Today]]|date=January 31, 2018|access-date=March 6, 2018|archive-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/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Chadwick Boseman obituary|website=The Times|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chadwick-boseman-obituary-2ffznl3l3|access-date=2021-03-24|issn=0140-0460|url-access=limited|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215234352/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chadwick-boseman-obituary-2ffznl3l3|url-status=live}}</ref> and Leroy Boseman, both African-American.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bet.com/celebrities/movies/black-panther/black-panther-fatherhood.html|title=Father Stretch My Hands: 'Black Panther' & Raising Our Sons To Shine|publisher=[[Black Entertainment Television|BET]]|date=February 2018|first=Jerry L.|last=Barrow|access-date=March 6, 2018|archive-date=February 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215080423/https://www.bet.com/celebrities/movies/black-panther/black-panther-fatherhood.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> HisIbunya motheradalah wasperawat adan nurse,ayahnya andbekerja hisdi fatherpabrik workedtekstil atserta amengurus textile factory and managed anbisnis [[upholsterypelapis]] business.<ref name="rollstone">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/black-panther-chadwick-boseman-ryan-coogler-cover-story-w516853|title=The 'Black Panther' Revolution|last=Eells|first=Josh|date=February 18, 2018|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|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|url-status=dead|access-date=February 21, 2018|url-access=limited}}</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|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/sep/02/chadwick-boseman-theatre-black-panther|access-date=December 26, 2020|website=The Guardian|archive-date=December 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032913/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/sep/02/chadwick-boseman-theatre-black-panther|url-status=live}}</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|access-date=December 31, 2020|website=The Guardian|archive-date=December 30, 2020|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|url-status=live}}</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]] from [[Sierra Leone]], [[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|work=The Late Show with Stephen Colbert|location=New York City|date=May 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
Boseman graduated from [[T. L. Hanna High School]] in 1995 where he played on the basketball team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amp.independentmail.com/amp/970875001|title=Chadwick Boseman: Remember when the 'Black Panther' superhero actor was just 'Chad'|access-date=September 23, 2020 |archive-date=July 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705191642/https://amp.independentmail.com/amp/970875001 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.anderson5.net/cms/lib02/SC01001931/Centricity/Domain/2867/Parent%20Newsletter%20April%2011%202013.pdf|title=Hanna Grad Chad Boseman Plays Jackie Robinson in '42'|work=Parent Newsletter|publisher=[[T. L. Hanna High School]]|issue=47|date=April 11, 2013 |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 |url-status=live}}</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|access-date=March 20, 2021|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120014519/https://www.speechanddebate.org/alumni/}}</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|access-date=December 23, 2020|website=TheaterMania|archive-date=December 24, 2020|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|url-status=live}}</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 college he worked in a black 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|access-date=December 26, 2020|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|archive-date=December 31, 2020|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|url-status=live}}</ref>
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