Chadwick Boseman was an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of T'Challa / Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2016 to 2019, particularly in
Black Panther (2018), and for his starring roles as several pioneering Americans,
Jackie Robinson in
42 (2013),
James Brown in
Get on Up (2014), and
Thurgood Marshall in
Marshall (2017). He also had choice parts in
The Express (2008),
Draft Day (2014), and
Message from the King (2016). Born in Anderson, South Carolina, he attended Howard University and studied at the Oxford Mid-Summer Program for acting, before moving to Los Angeles in 2008 to pursue his craft on the big screen. He died in 2020, after a four year bout with colon cancer, during which time he had starred in several of the biggest movies ever made.