Chadwick Boseman will be posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Ceremony details were given on Wednesday.
Ryan Coogler and Viola Davis are scheduled to speak. Boseman’s widow, Simone Ledward-Boseman, will accept the honor.
The ceremony will take place on November 20th.
Boseman passed away in 2020 after battling colon cancer. He was 43 years old.
Boseman’s breakout performance came in 2013 when he portrayed Jackie Robinson in 42. Boseman received accolades for his portrayal of James Brown in Get On Up. He next starred in the title role in Marshall, which followed a young Thurgood Marshall as he battles through a career-defining court case.
Boseman then joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the African superhero Black Panther in Captain America: Civil War. This marked the film debut of the character T’Challa. Boseman brought the character to the forefront starring in Black Panther, which received seven Academy Award nominations, including Marvel’s first-ever best picture nomination. Boseman won the NAACP Image Award for outstanding actor in a motion picture, and shared in the Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture.
Boseman next starred in 21 Bridges, which he produced with his partner Logan Coles through their shingle, X●ception Content. In 2020, he appeared in Da 5 Bloods, directed by Spike Lee, as fallen soldier “Stormin’ Norman.” In Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, a screen adaptation of the classic August Wilson play, Boseman starred as Levee, opposite Davis. His performance garnered an Academy Award nomination and brought him the NAACP Image Award and Screen Actors Guild Award, among other honors.
