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Troy Michael Kotsur (/ ˈ k ɒ t s ər /; born July 24, 1968) is an American actor.Born deaf, Kotsur made his acting debut in the late 1980s working with the National Theatre of the Deaf.
'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 ...
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
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 ]
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No Ordinary Hero is the first film in the history of SAG (Screen Actors Guild) commercial feature films to be directed by a deaf director and to be executive-produced exclusively by deaf executive producers. [9] [10] The movie was filmed on location in Los Angeles and Burbank, California. [11] The film is rated PG for mild thematic elements.