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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,” 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 ...
“CODA” star Troy Kotsur made history at the Oscars as the first deaf man to win an Academy Award for acting. His victory comes 35 years after his “CODA” co-star Marlee Matlin became the ...
The milestone comes 35 years after Kotsur's "CODA" co-star, Marlee Matlin, became the first Deaf performer ever to win an Oscar for her performance in "Children of a Lesser God."
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]
In 1999, Giordano was a member of a small troupe of deaf and hearing actors when he won his first professional role as a member of the Chorus in the Arena Stage production of The Miracle Worker. [3] In 2001, he enrolled in Deaf West Theatre 's summer school program, and that fall he was cast in the lead role of Huckleberry Finn in the ...
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.
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 ...