BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRICAN AMERICAN " CHADWICK BOSEMAN " IS AN AMERICAN ACTOR, SCREENWRITER AND PLAY WRITER : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

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Chadwick Boseman

Chadwick Boseman
Boseman at the 2014 Deauville American Film Festival.
Born	November 29, 1976 (age 38) Anderson, South Carolina, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, screenwriter, playwright
Years active	2003–present

Chadwick Aaron Boseman (born November 29, 1976)^{[1][2][3][4][5]} is an American actor, screenwriter, and playwright. He is best known for portraying Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013) and James Brown in Get On Up (2014). He will star as the superhero Black Panther in Captain America: Civil War (2016) and his own film as the titular character, which will be released on July 6, 2018.

Early life

Boseman was born in Anderson, South Carolina, the son of Carolyn, a nurse, and Leroy Boseman, who owns an upholstery business.^[6][7] He graduated from T.L. Hanna High School in 1995^[8][9] and later graduated from Howard University in Washington, D.C. He also graduated from the British American Dramatic Academy in Oxford, Oxfordshire.

From 2002 to 2007, Boseman was the drama instructor in the Schomburg Junior Scholars Program, housed at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, New York.

Career

As a playwright, Boseman's script for Deep Azure, performed at the Congo Square Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois, was nominated for a 2006 Joseph Jefferson Award for New Work. He has also had television roles in Lincoln Heights as Nathaniel "Nate" Ray and as Sergeant McNair in the NBC television series Persons Unknown. He also starred as Lt. Samuel Drake in the action thriller The Kill Hole.^[10]

Boseman's film debut came in 2008, when he appeared in The Express: The Ernie Davis Story, in which he portrayed future Hall-of-Famer Floyd Little. He starred in the 2013 film42 as Jackie Robinson.^[11] In 2014, he co-starred in Draft Day as Vontae Mack and starred as James Brown in Get on Up. He will also be playing Black Panther in Captain America: Civil War, as well as an upcoming solo film in July 2018.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
2008	The Express	Floyd Little
2012	The Kill Hole	Lt. Samuel Drake
2013	42	Jackie Robinson
2014	Draft Day	Vontae Mack
2014	Get On Up	James Brown
2016	Gods of Egypt	Thoth
2016	Captain America: Civil War	T'Challa / Black Panther
2018	Black Panther	T'Challa / Black Panther

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Third Watch	David Wafer	Episode: "In Lieu of Johnson"
2003	All My Children	Reggie Porter Montgomery #1	Episode unknown
2004	Law & Order	Foster Keyes	Episode: "Can I Get a Witness?"
2006	CSI: NY	Rondo	Episode: "Heroes"
2008	ER	Derek Taylor	Episode: "Oh, Brother"
2008	Cold Case	Dexter Collins	Episode: "Street Money"
2008–2009	Lincoln Heights	Nathaniel "Nate" Ray	9 episodes
2009	Lie to Me	Cabe McNeil	Episode: "Truth or Consequences"
2010	Persons Unknown	Sergeant McNair	13 episodes
2010	The Glades	Michael Richmond	Episode: "Honey"
2011	Castle	Chuck Russell	Episode: "Poof, You're Dead"
2011	Fringe	Mark Little / Cameron James	Episode: "Subject 9"
2011	Detroit 1-8-7	Tommy Westin	Episode: "Beaten/Cover Letter"
2011	Justified	Ralph "Flex" Beeman	Episode: "For Blood or Money"