Chadwick Boseman won an award for playing a super hero on the big screen, but being the honorable man that he is, he passed his award to a real-life hero in the audience — James Shaw Jr.

via TMZ:

The “Black Panther” star won the Movie award for Best Hero Monday at the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards … and he thanked the fans for making ‘BP’ a monumental success. But then something incredibly special happened … so, get ready for goosebumps.

Watch the clip … Chadwick turned the spotlight — rightfully so — on Shaw … who heroically wrestled an AR-15  from a gunman at a Waffle House in Tennessee back in April.