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Kotsur's portrayal of a deaf father in the comedy drama film CODA (2021) was critically acclaimed and won him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, making him the first male deaf actor, and second overall (after Marlee Matlin [a]) to win an acting Oscar.
'CODA' star Troy Kotsur makes history as first Deaf male actor to win an Oscar March 27, 2022 at 9:20 PM Troy Kotsur, left, accepts the Oscar for actor in a supporting role from presenter Yuh-Jung ...
(Matlin was the first deaf performer to win an Oscar, for Children of a Lesser God, in 1987.) "Don't worry, Marlee. I won't drop any F-bombs in my speech today," added Kotsur, who still brought ...
Kotsur’s Best Supporting Actor win comes 36 years after his “CODA” co-star Marlee Matlin became the first deaf woman to win Best Actress.
She was the only deaf performer to have won an Academy Award until 2022 when Troy Kotsur received the award for best supporting actor. In 1991, Matlin received the Bernard Bragg Young Artists Achievement Award at the Annual International Creative Arts Festival sponsored by the Center on Deafness in Chicago. [ 17 ]
The film was Matlin's debut, and she won an Academy Award for her performance. [2] [1] [4] Close to You: 2023 Drama about a trans man (played by Elliot Page) returning home for a family reunion, and reconnects with an old deaf friend (played by deaf actor Hillary Baack). CODA: 2021
“CODA,” starring Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur, made history at the 2022 Oscars. The film, written and directed by Sian Heder, became the first featuring a predominantly deaf cast to win best ...
No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie: 2013: The American independent comedy-drama film features a Deaf actor who plays a superhero on a TV show. He meets a Deaf boy and works to inspire him. [12] Universal Signs: 2008: The American drama film features a deaf artist who blames himself for the death of his fiancée's daughter and struggles to ...