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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 ...
“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 makes history as first Deaf male actor to win an Oscar March 27, 2022 at 9:20 PM Troy Kotsur, left, accepts the Oscar for actor in a supporting role from presenter Yuh-Jung ...
Best Supporting Actor winner Troy Kotsur became the first deaf man and second deaf individual overall to win an acting award. [ a ] Best Supporting Actress winner Ariana DeBose was the first Afro-Latina person and first openly queer woman of color to win an acting Oscar. [ 17 ]
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]
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 ...
(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 ...