Troy Kotsur

2022 - 3 - 28

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Oscars 2022: 'CODA' star Troy Kotsur shares inspiring message ... (7NEWS.com.au)

Troy Kotsur has made Oscars history, becoming the first deaf man to win an Academy Award for acting. He accepted the award - for best actor in a supporting ...

“Sian Heder, you are the best communicator. I love you. “Dad, I learned so much from you. I’ll always love you. “My dad, he was the best signer in our family, but he was in a car accident and he became paralysed from the neck down, and he no longer was able to sign,” he said. “This is dedicated to the deaf community, the CODA community, and the disabled community,” Troy said in American Sign Language during his acceptance speech.

Troy Kotsur makes history as the first deaf man to win an acting Oscar. (unknown)

This is dedicated to the deaf community, the CODA community and the disabled community,” he said in his acceptance speech, delivered in American Sign ...

But he was in a car accident, and he became paralyzed from the neck down, and he no longer was able to sign. And the reason why is you brought the Deaf world and the hearing world together, and you are our bridge. Thank you to my biggest fans, my wife and my daughter, Kyra, and my hometown of Mesa, Ariz., and Mark Finley, my manager, and our team. My dad, he was the best signer in our family. I just wanted to say that this is dedicated to the Deaf community, the CODA community and the disabled community. I read one of [Steven] Spielberg’s books recently, and he said that the best director, the definition of the best director was a skilled communicator. Instead, I really want to thank all of the wonderful Deaf theater stages where I was allowed and given the opportunity to develop my craft as an actor. Thank you so much to all the members of the Academy for recognizing my work. It’s really amazing that our film “CODA” has reached out worldwide; it even reached all the way to the White House. And they invited the cast of “CODA” to visit and have a tour of the White House. We met our president, Joe, and Dr. Jill, and I was planning on teaching them some dirty sign language, but Marlee Matlin told me to behave myself. (Fun fact: He helped create the sign language that Tusken Raiders use in “The Mandalorian.”) Voters honored his heartstring-tugging supporting performance in “ CODA” as a fisherman struggling to relate to his hearing daughter. Kotsur had been the favorite to win the supporting actor Oscar after receiving similar honors from more than a dozen awards groups.

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Troy Kotsur won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in 'CODA,' and signed a tearjerking acceptance speech.

I love you. Instead, I want to thank all the wonderful deaf theater stages where I was allowed and given the opportunity to develop my craft as an actor.” There wasn’t any doubt going into tonight’s Oscars that Troy Kotsur was going to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in CODA … despite presenter Youn Yuh-jung pausing for dramatic effect after opening the envelope.

Troy Kotsur Declares ‘This Is Our Moment!’-‘CODA’ Makes History And The Academy Set New Accessibility Record (unknown)

Three historic Academy Awards for "CODA" becoming the first film with a predominantly Deaf cast to win Best Picture. Troy Kotsur is the first Deaf male ...

Kotsur finished his emotional speech dedicating his win to the Deaf, CODA and disabled community, declaring, “This is our moment!” Kotsur finished his emotional speech dedicating his win to the Deaf, CODA and disabled community, declaring, “This is our moment!” It will be an incredible feature for anyone who wants to tune in and pull up that feed and watch the show with our interpreters.” We join our teams all over the world in celebrating Siân, Troy, the producers, and the entire cast and crew for bringing such a powerful representation of the Deaf community to audiences, and breaking so many barriers in the process. We’ve been working really closely with that team in identifying a number of deaf and hearing interpreters to support the show, but also walking through and working with us on the design of the stage and thinking through everything from the communications and how we’re promoting certain services. we’re proud of what we’ve done, but it’s not nearly enough and we are committed to continuing to do as much as we can in this journey.”

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The actor took home the trophy for best supporting actor, winning for his performance as a fisherman named Frank Rossi. Marlee Matlin, the first Deaf person ...

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Troy Kotsur wins best supporting actor Oscar for Coda (unknown)

Kotsur becomes the second deaf actor to win an Oscar, for his role in the film about the child of deaf parents, by Sian Heder.

“But he was in a car accident and he became paralyzed from the neck down and he was no longer able to sign. “My dad, he was the best signer in our family,” he said. He also thanked the “wonderful” deaf theatre stages “where I was allowed and given the opportunity to develop my craft as an actor” and paid a special tribute to his father.