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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 made history at the Oscars on Sunday. The 53-year-old star is the first deaf male actor to win an Oscar and second deaf performer overall.
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 ...
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]
Troy Kotsur is operating on one hour of sleep, but he’s still smiling ear to ear. It’s Monday, the morning after he became the second deaf performer in Academy history to win an acting award ...
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]
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.