Chadwick Boseman

Actor and Playwright

Quote: "People don't want to experience change; they just want to wake up, and it's different."

Biography: Chadwick Boseman was born on the year 1976 in Anderson South Carolina. He had early success as a stage actor, writer and director, before landing gigs on TV shows like Lincoln Heights. Boseman broke through with his big screen portrayals of two African American icons: baseball player Jackie Robinson in 42, and soul singer James Brown in Get on Up. Boseman later took on the role of Black Panther for a series of Marvel superhero films, including the immensely successful Black Panther in early 2018. He had been apart of many films before his death on August 28, 2020. (Source: https://www.biography.com/actor/chadwick-boseman)