No one would deny that — even though Boseman's life was cut short — he enjoyed a storied cinematic career. In addition to his four MCU appearances as King T'Challa, he played several important Black historical figures, including Jackie Robinson in 42 and Thurgood Marshall in Marshall. If the recent story of the entertainment industry has been a concerted effort to diversify and rectify past racial inequities, then Boseman was one of the great leaders of this cause. In order to get there, though, he had to start somewhere, and that "somewhere" was on a pair of early-2000s procedurals.
In 2003, Boseman earned a guest spot on the hot FDNY drama Third Watch, a series from creators Edward Allen Bernero and John Wells. The appearance was a brief one, but Boseman played David Wafer in the episode entitled "In Lieu of Johnson." Shortly after, he landed a similar single-episode role on an even more popular procedural franchise — Dick Wolf's Law & Order. In 2004, Boseman played Foster Keyes in the episode entitled "Can I Get a Witness?" After that, his career started to really take off.
