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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.
Troy Kotsur, who plays fisherman Frank Rossi in "CODA," just won the Oscar for supporting actor. Read his full acceptance speech here. 'CODA' star Troy Kotsur makes history as first Deaf male ...
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.
Only 21 years old at the time, Matlin remains the youngest actress to receive the Oscar in the Best Actress category. She was the only Deaf nominee and recipient in any category for 36 years until 2022, when deaf actor and filmmaker Troy Kotsur won for Best Supporting Actor for his role in CODA, in which Matlin also played a supporting role. [25]
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Marlee Matlin, American actress, first deaf winner of an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Children of a Lesser God (1986) Troy Kotsur, American actor, first deaf man to win an Academy Award for acting; he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in CODA (2022) [11]
The upswing peaked earlier this year after longtime Deaf West actor Troy Kotsur stepped onstage at the Academy Awards to accept the Oscar for supporting actor for his performance in “CODA ...
CODA is a 2021 coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Sian Heder. [1] An adaptation of the French-Belgian film La Famille Bélier (2014), it stars Emilia Jones as the titular child of deaf adults (CODA) and the only hearing member of a deaf family, who attempts to help their struggling fishing business while pursuing her desire to be a singer. [2]