Biography
Chadwick Boseman was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter hailing from Anderson, South Carolina. He graduated from Howard University and went on to study at the British American Dramatic Academy in Oxford. Boseman's play "Deep Azure" was nominated for a 2006 Joseph Jefferson Award for New Work. His breakout role was playing the lead Jackie Robinson in 2013's 42. Boseman was best remembered for portraying T’Challa/Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He has portrayed the ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Merchant Ivory
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The first definitive feature documentary to lend new and compelling perspectives on the partnership, both professional and personal, of director James...

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Fallon celebrates 10 years as host of The Tonight Show in a two-hour primetime special, featuring highlights from monologues, sketches, guest in...

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Follow the production of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” as the cast and crew take on the incredible challenge of remembering T’Challa with a chapter...

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
as T'Challa / Black Panther (archive footage) (uncredited)
Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s dea...

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
In Memory Of
Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s dea...

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Exploring the evolution of Black Panther from the comic emerging in the 1960s to the film the world fell in love with in 2018; director Ryan Coogler; ...

Denzel Washington: A Model American
2022
as Self (archive footage)
In 30 years of a deeply committed career and 50 roles, Denzel Washington, double-Oscar winner, placed the figure of the Black man in all its complexit...

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021
as Star Lord T'Challa (voice) (archive footage)
Explore the Disney+ series of the MCU—past, present and future!

Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021
as Self (archive footage)
An intimate look at the Oscar-nominated actor’s incomparable artistry, and the acting process which informed his transformative performances. Viola Da...

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, George C. Wolfe and more share the heart, soul and history that brought August Wilson's timeless play to the screen.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020
as Levee
Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.

Between the World and Me
2020
Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements of tha...

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
as Self (archive footage)
A tribute to Chadwick Boseman, celebrating his life and legacy.

Da 5 Bloods
2020
as Stormin' Norman
Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried tre...

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
2019
as Self
Filmed in part in front of a live audience at The New Amsterdam Theater in New York City, this Stan Lee tribute takes viewers on an action-packed jour...

21 Bridges
2019
as Andre Davis
An embattled NYPD detective, is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the ...

21 Bridges
2019
Producer
An embattled NYPD detective, is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the ...

Avengers: Endgame
2019
as T'Challa / Black Panther
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaini...

Avengers: Infinity War
2018
as T'Challa / Black Panther
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from ...

Black Panther
2018
as T'Challa / Black Panther
King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Chall...

Marshall
2017
as Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.

Marshall
2017
Co-Producer
Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.

Message from the King
2017
as Jacob King
On a relentless quest to avenge his sister's murder, a man from Cape Town infiltrates a sprawling network of lowlifes and elites in Los Angeles.

Message from the King
2017
Executive Producer
On a relentless quest to avenge his sister's murder, a man from Cape Town infiltrates a sprawling network of lowlifes and elites in Los Angeles.

Captain America: Civil War
2016
as T'Challa / Black Panther
Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarize...

Gods of Egypt
2016
as Thoth
A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.

9 Kisses
2014
as Musician
2014's best actors pair up in a series of intimate encounters.

Get on Up
2014
as James Brown
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

Draft Day
2014
as Vontae Mack
At the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must decide what he'...
Heaven
2013
Executive Producer, Director
Having trouble returning to his pre-prison sexual orientation, an ex-con orders an aging call girl whose life depends on him wanting her.

42
2013
as Jackie Robinson
In 1946, Branch Rickey, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against Major League Baseball's infamous color line when he signed Jackie Robinson...

The Kill Hole
2012
as Lt. Samuel Drake
The shadow of war follows a troubled Iraq War vet as he is forced to pursue one of his own into the Pacific Northwest wilderness to finally confront a...

The Express
2008
as Floyd Little
Follow the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Blood Over a Broken Pawn
2008
Editor, Writer, Director
Traumatized by a violent robbery, a Brooklyn coffee shop owner lashes out against an innocent kid, and stumbles into a dangerous confrontation with a ...
The Appointment
2007
as The Mover
Doug Klar is not happy how his life is going. His job pays barely enough for rent and food. He thinks his girlfriend, Andrea, is disappointed with him...
LadyLike
2006
as Male Lead
A film by Safiya Songhai.
Date
2004
as New Yorker
Frustrated by a long wait for her tardy boyfriend, a young woman is unsatisfied by the candle he sheepishly offers in retribution, then sulks at the a...

Love Is A Fallacy
2004
as Young Man
The plot centers on a young university student who tries to win the affections of an attractive coed by impressing her with his mastery of logic. To h...