Chadwick Boseman posthumously nominated for Emmy Awards in voiceover role

The late Chadwick Boseman, who died of colon cancer in 2020, received his first Emmy Awards nomination posthumously in the outstanding character voiceover category for the Disney+ series "What If...?" for which he reprised his role of T'Challa from Marvel's "Black Panther."

The Marvel streaming show on Disney+ called "What If...?" includes what may be some of the last roles for Boseman, who maintained a blistering pace of acting roles.

Two years ago, the Anderson County native's death shocked the world and his hometown.

The 43-year-old Hollywood star who crushed box office records began his career with a play written as a T.L. Hanna High School student. He moved on through the theatrical world with mentors like Denzel Washington, who is a producer of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom."

Boseman was nominated for an Oscar at the Academy Awards in April for the “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” character.

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Boseman was featured in more than a dozen films since 2013's "42."

The new Marvel show has alternate versions of the Marvel universe and features Boseman, as his T'Challa/Black Panther role, taking on another lead role. The show imagines what if T'Challa had become Star Lord, another Marvel character and played by Chris Pratt in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies.

Boseman recorded several versions of the lines for the show and appears in four episodes of the show.

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There is also a specific tribute to Boseman in the second episode, a TV screen is shown briefly on a wall, it says "Dedicated to our friend, our inspiration, and our hero Chadwick Boseman."

A-list stars including Andrew Garfield (FX's "Under the Banner of Heaven"), Amanda Seyfried (Hulu's "The Dropout") and Oscar Isaac (HBO's "Scenes from a Marriage") earned their first Emmy nods in acting categories, all for limited series.

Norm Macdonald, who died of leukemia last year, also received his first Emmy nods for his own posthumously released Netflix standup project "Nothing Special."

USA TODAY's Patrick Ryan contributed to this story.

Sarah Sheridan is the community reporter in Anderson. She'd appreciate your help telling important stories; reach her at ssheridan@gannett.com or on twitter @saralinasher.

This article originally appeared on Anderson Independent Mail: Emmy Awards: Chadwick Boseman posthumously nominated for "What if"