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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.
Deaf since she was 18 months old, [1] Matlin made her acting debut playing Sarah Norman in the romantic drama film Children of a Lesser God (1986), winning the Academy Award for Best Actress. She is the first deaf performer to win an Academy Award, as well as the youngest winner in the Best Actress category.
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.
"CODA" star Troy Kotsur made history Sunday as the first Deaf man to win an Academy Award for acting. The veteran performer claimed the supporting actor prize for his powerful turn as Frank Rossi ...
When Troy Kotsur made history as the first Deaf male actor win an Oscar at the 2022 Academy Awards, he was thinking about his father. For something more elaborate, his father used a keyboard with ...
First Deaf actress to be nominated for and win an acting award. Marlee Matlin won Best Actress for Children of a Lesser God (1986) First Deaf actor to be nominated for and win an acting award. Troy Kotsur won Best Supporting Actor for CODA (2021) First autistic actor to win an Academy Award. Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor for The Silence of the ...
(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 ...
This article lists the film, television, and theater appearances of American actress Marlee Matlin.Matlin, who had previously acted in stage productions, made her screen debut as the female lead in the 1986 film Children of a Lesser God, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, becoming the ...