Chadwick Boseman was an American actor.

With a career that began with guest starring roles on the television series Third Watch, Law & Order, CSI: NY, and ER, Boseman landed a recurring role on the series Lincoln Heights and became a series regular on Persons Unknown before making his mark on the big screen.

His breakthrough performance came though his portrayal of baseball player Jackie Robinson in the biopic 42 (2013). Boseman would continue to play pioneering Americans, starring as singer James Brown in Get Up (2014) and as Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in Marshall (2017).

Boseman is best known for his role as King T'Challa/Black Panther in the superhero Marvel Cinematic Universe. He appeared in four MCU films: Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019).

Boseman died August 28, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. He was 43.