Chadwick Boseman has posthumously made SAG Award nomination history by receiving a total of four nominations on Thursday. No other actor has earned that many in a single year in the movie categories.

　　Boseman actually has the further distinction of competing against himself in the outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture category--which the actor is up for both as Stormin' Norman in Spike Lee's Netflix jungle thriller Da 5 Bloods and also Levee in Netflix's blues pioneer biopic Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Following Boseman's death in August from colon cancer, Ma Rainey's release on Netflix in December meant it was the actor's final film.

　　Additionally, Boseman was nominated as Levee for the outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role category. He was again nominated for Stormin' Norman in the outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role.

　　Boseman's fame took on a noticeably more potent trajectory following his performance as the titular hero in 2018's Black Panther. The actor's death had cast some doubts on that Marvel franchise's future, but some overdue clarity has come about recently with the announcements that Black Panther 2 will not have a digitally recreated Boseman, his role will not be recast, and the intriguing related news that a Black Panther spin-off is in the works at Disney+.

　　The SAG Awards will be simulcast on April 4, 2021 on TNT and TBS at 9 PM ET / 6 PM PT.

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