Chadwick Boseman posthumously nominated for Oscar Academy Award

The late Black Panther popular actor, Chadwick Boseman died during post-production of the Ma Rainey film, which is directed by George C. Wolfe and about Ma Rainey, an influential blues singer in the 1920s. Boseman plays Levee Green, a talented trumpet player.

Boseman died Aug. 28, 2020, at the age of 43 of colon cancer. His death shocked and devastated fans around the globe. On Monday, he was nominated for the best actor Oscar for his work in the picture.

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Although he had been nominated for a slew of awards throughout his carer, including winning a Golden Globe this year for the same film, Monday marked the first time Boseman received an Oscar nomination.

Actors nominated in the same category include Riz Ahmed for Sound of Metal, Anthony Hopkins for The Father, Gary Oldman for Mank and Steven Yeun for Minari.

The 93rd Academy Awards are on April 25.

Boseman’s nomination today follows such posthumous nominated actors as James Dean, Spencer Tracy, Peter Finch, Ralph Richardson, Massimo Troisi, and Heath Ledger.

Finch is the only posthumous nominated actor to win in the Best Actor category to date for his turn in 1976’s Network. Ledger, who played the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s 2008 sequel Dark Knight, won Best Supporting Actor. For Finch, it was his second Best Actor nom after 1971’s Sunday Bloody Sunday, with Ledger winning off his second nom after 2005’s Brokeback Mountain.