Chadwick Bozeman best known for the “black panther” wins the Golden Globe Award
American actor Chadwick Boseman, of Black Panther fame, who died from colon cancer in August 2020, won the Golden Globe Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama award at the 78th annual Golden Globes awards presentation on Sunday night. He won for his portrayal of a trumpet player named Levee in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom over fellow nominees Gary Oldman (Mank), Anthony Hopkins (The Father), Tahar Rahim (The Mauritanian), and Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal).
Boseman’s award was presented by actress Renee Zellweger to his widow Simone Ledward Boseman accepted on his behalf. “He would thank God. He would thank his parents. He would thank his ancestors for their guidance and their sacrifices,” she said. “He would say something beautiful, something inspiring, something that would amplify that little voice inside of all of us that tells us you can, that tells you to keep going, that calls you back to what you are meant to be doing at this moment in history.”
Most people who have seen the movie seemed to be in consensus that Boseman, who was an extremely gifted Black actor, would receive top awards, including the Oscar, for his outstanding performance which he played shortly before his death. He died while the film was in post-production, before its release.
Indeed, Boseman has already received several posthumous nominations for his performance. His Golden Globe win was his first in the prestigious awards, and also his first nomination.
For his performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Boseman has also been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Critics Choice Award, and is a favorite for this year’s Academy Award for Best Actor, though nominations won’t be announced until later this month. Boseman has also won numerous critics’ prizes throughout the year.
Although Bosman made some 15 movies, he may best be remembered for his role as T’Challa in the movie Black Panther released in 2018, that is until his outstanding performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
Boseman died at 43 last summer following a four-year battle with colon cancer, a diagnosis he hadn’t shared publicly. His performance as in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom was his final film role, following Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods and his megastar status as the Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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