Chadwick Boseman
Born on November 29, 1976 and raised in Anderson, South Carolina, Chadwick Boseman grew up in a Christian home. His mother worked as a nurse, his father worked in a cotton factory, and he had a large extended family. In an interview, he says that while he had a great childhood full of happiness, racism was lingering in the background. He recalls incidents in which he would go about his day (i.e. getting ice cream) and a fellow kid would call him the n-word, or trucks trying to run him off of the road. Boseman studied at Howard University and earned a B.F.A. in directing. After graduation, Boseman moved to New York and became involved with acting through teaching, writing, and directing. Boseman starred in a series of films, including playing Jackie Robinson in 42, Thurgood Marshall in Marshall, and T’Challa in Black Panther. Boseman had a strong personal connection to Black Panther, as he dreamed of playing T’Challa from the time that he worked in a comic book store in college. Th...
