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== Karier ==
=== 1993–2007: Theater, ''Deep Azure'', dan televisi ===
Chadwick tinggal di [[Brooklyn]], Kota New York, pada permulaan kariernya.<ref name="rollstone"/> Pada tahun 2000, ia dinobatkan sebagai [[The Drama League|Drama League Directing Fellow]]. Ia menyutradarai produksi termasuk ''[[The Colored Museum]]'' karya [[George C. Wolfe]]<ref name=theatermania/><ref>{{cite web|title=Drama League Directors Project Fellows|url=http://dramaleague.org/about/whoweare/alumni#Directors%2520Project%2520Fellows|access-date=December 23, 2020|website=[[The Drama League]]|archive-date=December 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120136/http://dramaleague.org/about/whoweare/alumni#Directors%2520Project%2520Fellows|url-status=live}}</ref> (WolfeGeorge kemudian menyutradarai Chadwick dalam peran terakhirnya)<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|access-date=December 23, 2020|website=GQ|archive-date=December 24, 2020|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|url-status=live}}</ref> anddan a staging of [[Amiri Baraka]]'spementasan ''[[Dutchman (playsandiwara)|Dutchman]]'' karya [[Amiri Baraka]].<ref name=theatermania/> HeIa workedbekerja assebagai theinstruktur drama instructor in thedi Schomburg Junior Scholars Program, housedbertempat atdi the [[Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture]] indi [[Harlem]]<ref name="MichiganChronicleAug2014" /> betweenantara 2002 anddan 2009.<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|access-date=December 23, 2020|website=The New York Public Library|archive-date=December 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120136/https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020/08/29/chadwick-boseman|url-status=live}}</ref> HeDia rosemenjadi toterkenal prominencesebagai aspenulis anaskah playwrightdan andaktor stagepanggung actorpada intahun 2002, performingtampil indalam multiplebeberapa productionssandiwara anddan winningmemenangkan anpenghargaan [[AUDELCO]] awardpada intahun 2002 foratas hisperannya partdalam in''Urban Transitions'' karya [[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/ |access-date=September 6, 2020 |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910025543/http://www.philasun.com/entertainment/a-chat-with-chad-42-star-chadwick-boseman/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Bio>{{Cite web|title=Chadwick Boseman|url=https://www.biography.com/actor/chadwick-boseman |access-date=September 6, 2020|website=Biography|language=en-us |archive-date=August 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831231934/https://www.biography.com/actor/chadwick-boseman |url-status=live}}</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 |access-date=September 2, 2020|website=University of Michigan Press|language=en |archive-date=September 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902094708/https://www.press.umich.edu/special/hiphop/deep_azure |url-status=live}}</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 |access-date=September 2, 2020|issn=0261-3077 |archive-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 |url-status=live}}</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"|website=University of Pittsburgh News|url=http://www.news.pitt.edu/news/kuntu-repertory-theatre-launches-2002-2003-season-hieroglyphic-graffiti|access-date=December 23, 2020|archive-date=January 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109195720/http://www.news.pitt.edu/news/kuntu-repertory-theatre-launches-2002-2003-season-hieroglyphic-graffiti|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2003, Boseman was cast in his first television role, an episode of ''[[Third Watch]]'',<ref name="Hindustan Times">{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/entertainment/black-panther-actor-chadwick-boseman-dies-of-colon-cancer-at-43video/video-1bqOhvCm504CfyEaORG4EO.html|title=Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman dies of colon cancer at 43|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|publisher=[[HT Media Ltd]]|location=[[New Delhi]]|date=August 29, 2020|access-date=August 30, 2020|archive-date=August 29, 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|url-status=live}}</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|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/|website=[[Soaps.com]]|publisher=[[SheKnows Media]] |access-date=August 30, 2020|location=United States|date=August 29, 2020 |archive-date=August 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831012120/https://soaps.sheknows.com/soaps/news/576619/chadwick-boseman-dead-all-my-children-reggie/ |url-status=live}}</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/|access-date=December 23, 2020|website=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|archive-date=December 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224120152/https://ew.com/tv/2019/01/04/all-my-children-chadwick-boseman-michael-b-jordan/|url-status=live}}</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" />
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