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- NAME: Chadwick Boseman
- OCCUPATION: Actor, Director, Screenwriter
- BIRTH DATE: 1982
- EDUCATION: Howard University, British American Drama Academy
- PLACE OF BIRTH: South Carolina
- AKA: Chad Boseman
- Full Name: Chadwick Boseman
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Chadwick Boseman is an American actor known for his roles on the TV show Lincoln Heights and as baseball great Jackie Robinson in the biopic 42.
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Around the same time, Boseman won the lead role in the Jackie Robinson biopic 42, which tells the story of the legendary baseball player, who broke racist barriers by becoming the first African American to play major league baseball. The film, written and directed by Brian Helgeland, and co-starring Harrison Ford as Brooklyn Dodgers executive Branch Rickey,
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"I'm overwhelmed by it," Boseman told online publication Madame Noire about his role as the baseball legend. "It's just a huge responsibility. I wake up every morning, been working and prepping on it, and I'm having the time of my life, playing baseball ... studying footage. It's the opportunity of a lifetime to just do what I love."
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