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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” 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 ...
Troy Kotsur, who plays fisherman Frank Rossi in "CODA," just won the Oscar for supporting actor. Read his full acceptance speech here.
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.
She won the Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards for disability advocacy in 2014. [59] She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for Children of a Lesser God. She was the only deaf performer to have won an Academy Award until 2022 when Troy Kotsur received the award for best supporting actor.
It’s Monday, the morning after he became the second deaf performer in Academy history to win an acting award at the Oscars (after his “CODA” co-star Marlee Matlin, who took home best actress ...
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 ...
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.