Introduction
Chadwick Boseman was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter well-known for mainstream roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After graduating from high school in 1995, he attended Howard University & continued to study performing arts and worked towards a degree in directing.
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Quick Facts
Real Name | Chadwick Aaron Boseman |
Birth Place | Anderson, South Carolina, U.S. |
Birthday | 29th November 1976. |
Died | August 28, 2020. |
Death Cause | Colon cancer. |
Age at the time of death | He died on 28th August 2020 at 43 years of age. |
Nationality | American. |
Religion | Christian |
Source of Income | Professional Actor |
Father’s name | Leroy Boseman. |
Mother’s name | Carolyn (née Mattress) |
Star sign | Sagittarius |
High school | Graduated from T. L. Hanna High School in 1995. |
University | He was recruited to play basketball at college but chose the arts, attending college at Howard University in Washington, D.C. and graduating in 2000. |
Height | 5 feet 11.5 inches /181.6 cm. |
Weight | 86 Kg / 189.59 Lbs. |
Hair colour | Black |
Eye colour | Dark Brown |
Years active | 1993–2020. |
Marital Status | Married |
Relationships | He started dating singer Taylor Simone Ledward in 2015. They got engaged in October 2019 and later married in secret, as revealed by his family in a statement announcing his death. |
Social Media | |
Twitter 2.2 million Followers | Twitter/ Boseman |
Instagram 11.4 million followers | Instagram/Boseman |
YouTube 409 subscribers | YouTube/Boseman |
Facebook 4.4M followers | Facebook/Boseman |
Last Updated | October 2022 |
Early Life
Chadwick Aaron Boseman was born on November 29th of 1976 in Anderson, South Carolina. Growing up in a Christian, working-class family, he became interested in the performing arts at a very early age. He then started staging the play and had it performed at his high school. After graduating from high school in 1995, he attended Howard University & continued to study performing arts and worked towards a degree in directing.
Career
Before arriving in Los Angeles, Boseman had already worked as an actor in various television series, such as “Third Watch,” “Law & Order,” “CSI: NY,” and “ER.” During this period. In 2014, he performed a role in another sports film called “Draft Day,” with his co-star Kevin Costner.
He followed up in 2018 with “Black Panther,” a Marvel film dedicated to the superhero. The highly-anticipated movie raked in almost $1.35 billion (INR 1,11,15.48 Cr) at the box office and made his status as an internationally-renowned actor. He appeared as Black Panther once again in “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame,” the movie become of all time with box office earnings of $2.8 billion (INR 2,30,54.34 Cr). In that same year “Avengers: Endgame” was released, and Boseman appeared in the action film “21 Bridges.” Also in 2019, he joined the cast of “Da 5 Bloods,” a Netflix war movie directed by Spike Lee.
Death
Tragically, he died of colon cancer on 28th August 2020 at the age of 43.
Personal Life
At the time of his death, he was married to Taylor Simone Ledward. They had been together since 2015 and married sometime shortly before his death.
Real Estate
Chadwick died without a will after his death, and his widow Taylor petitioned a Los Angeles court to handle his estate. A court filing made after his death showed that the “total inventoried value” of his estate was $3,881,758.31 (INR 31.96 Cr). In that year after his death, his estate received a little under $200,000 (INR 1.64 Cr) in residuals. He apparently did not own any real estate at the time of his death. His widow petitioned a court to distribute the remaining value after some additional costs, approx $2.3 million (INR 18.93 Cr) as 50% to herself and 50% to his parents.
FAQ
Q. What were Chadwick Boseman Last two movies?
Ans:- His last two movies were Get On Up, Marshall and Black Panther.