Actor Chadwick Boseman will posthumously receive the Hero for the Ages honor at the “MTV Movie & TV Awards: Greatest of All Time.” Don Cheadle and Robert Downey Jr. will present the award which honors a star whose heroism on-screen was only surpassed by the true hero they were off-screen.

Hosted by Vanessa Hudgens, the 90-minute special premieres Sunday, December 6th 8pm ET/PT and will honor the biggest and best moments in film and TV from the 80s until now.

Chadwick Boseman was an award-winning actor who further defined his purpose through writing, directing, acting and activism while attending Howard University. His breakout performance, the first in a list of American heroes he would personify, came in 2013 when he garnered rave reviews for his portrayal of Jackie Robinson in Warner Bros’ 42. Further establishing himself as a leading man in Hollywood, he went on to play singer James Brown in “Get on Up” and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in “Marshall”. Segueing into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he was first introduced as “T’Challa” in “Captain America: Civil War”. Boseman brought the character to the forefront starring in his own solo film, “Black Panther”, which received critical acclaim, broke global box office records, and had social and cultural impact around the world. The film received seven Academy Award nominations, including Marvel’s first-ever Best Picture nomination, and for his performance, Boseman won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, as well as the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture alongside the film’s ensemble. He was most recently seen in Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods” for Netflix. In his final performance, Boseman will be seen opposite Viola Davis in George C. Wolfe’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” telling the story of a heated recording session of blues singer Ma Rainey and her band, based on the Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson’s play. The film will be available on Netflix December 18, 2020.