How long did Chadwick Boseman have cancer?

Chadwick Boseman (November 29, 1976 – August 28, 2020) was an American actor.

Boseman’s first major movie role was as a series regular on the NBC drama Persons Unknown (2010) and he landed his breakthrough performance in 2013 as baseball player Jackie Robinson in the biographical film 42.

Boseman continued to portray historical figures, starring as singer James Brown in Get on Up (2014) and as attorney Thurgood Marshall in Marshall (2017).

Boseman gained global acclaim for playing the superhero Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) from 2016 to 2019.

Boseman died at his Los Angeles home as a result of complications related to colon cancer on August 28, 2020, aged 43, with his wife and family by his side.

How long did Chadwick Boseman have cancer? Boseman had cancer for a about 4 years, having been diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016, which eventually progressed to stage IV before 2020.

Boseman’s last film, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, was released posthumously in the same year he died to critical acclaim.

The movie further earned Boseman an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama.