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Black Panther, 2018.

Chadwick Boseman: a life in pictures

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The US actor best known for his role as T’Challa in Black Panther, has died at the age of 43. We look back at his life and career

Black Panther, 2018. Photograph: Marvel Studios/Disney/Allstar
Sat 29 Aug 2020 06.02 EDTLast modified on Sun 30 Aug 2020 17.35 EDT
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Chadwick Boseman
Chadwick Aaron Boseman was born in Anderson, South Carolina, on 29 November 1976Photograph: Variety/Rex/Shutterstock/Andrew H. Walker
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Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson in 42

42, 2013

After a string of television appearances Boseman got his first lead role in a movie as Jackie Robinson in the biopicPhotograph: Warner Bros
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Chadwick Boseman as Vontae Mack in Draft Day, 2014

Draft Day, 2014

Boseman as Vontae Mack in the sports drama.Photograph: Lionsgate/Allstar
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Chadwick Boseman as legendary soul singer James Brown in Get on Up, 2014

Get on Up, 2014

Boseman as the soul singer James BrownPhotograph: Universal Pictures/Allstar
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Chadwick Boseman arrives at the Oscars in Los Angeles on 28 February 2016.
Boseman arrives at the Oscars in Los Angeles in February 2016Photograph: Matt Sayles/Invision/AP
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Captain America: Civil War, 2016

Captain America: Civil War, 2016

Boseman’s first appearance as T’Challa, king of the fictional African nation of Wakanda in the Marvel Cinematic UniversePhotograph: Marvel Studios/Disney/Allstar
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Chadwick Boseman in Message from the King, 2016

Message from the King, 2016

Boseman in the action movie that he also producedPhotograph: Collection Christophel/Alamy
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Chadwick Boseman as Thurgood Marshall and Sterling K. Brown as Joseph Spell in Marshall, 2017

Marshall, 2017

Boseman as Thurgood Marshall and Sterling K Brown as Joseph Spell in the legal dramaPhotograph: Open Road Films/Allstar
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Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa in Black Panther, 2018

Black Panther, 2018

Boseman as T’ChallaPhotograph: Marvel Studios/Disney/Allstar
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Chadwick Boseman accepts the Best Performance in a Movie award for Black Panther onstage during the 2018 MTV Movie And TV Awards in Santa Monica, California on 16 June 2018.
Boseman accepts the best performance in a movie award for Black Panther during the 2018 MTV movie and TV awards in Santa Monica, CaliforniaPhotograph: Chris Polk/Getty Images for MTV
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Chadwick Boseman and his partner Taylor Simone Ledward arrive at the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on 27 January 2019.
Boseman and his partner, Taylor Simone Ledward, arrive at the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild awards in Los Angeles in January 2019Photograph: Matt Sayles/Invision/AP
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Sterling K. Brown, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Chadwick Boseman, Andy Sirkis, Angela Bassett and Danai Gurira, winners of Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for Black Panther, pose in the Winner’s Gallery during the 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on 27 January 2019.
Sterling K Brown, Michael B Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Boseman, Andy Sirkis, Angela Bassett and Danai Gurira, winners of outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture for Black Panther at the 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild awardsPhotograph: Terence Patrick/Getty Images for Turner
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Avengers: Infinity War, 2018

Avengers: Infinity War, 2018

Photograph: Marvel Studios/Disney/Alamy
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Lady Gaga poses with the Music (Original Song) award for Shallow from A Star Is Born backstage with presenter Chadwick Boseman during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on 24 February 2019.
Boseman and Lady Gaga backstage at the 2019 Oscars, which he presented at the Dolby Theatre in HollywoodPhotograph: Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images
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Avengers: Endgame, 2019

Avengers: Endgame, 2019

A promotional posterPhotograph: Marvel Studios/Disney/Alamy
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Chadwick Boseman in 21 Bridges, 2019

21 Bridges, 2019

Boseman as the NYPD detective Andre Davis in the thrillerPhotograph: Matt Kennedy/Allstar
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Chadwick Boseman in Da 5 Bloods, 2020

Da 5 Bloods, 2020

Boseman in Spike Lee’s Vietnam moviePhotograph: Netflix
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Chadwick Boseman, 1976-2020.
Chadwick Boseman, 1976-2020Photograph: Victoria Will/Invision/AP
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