Troy Kotsur Becomes First Deaf Actor to Win a SAG Award
Troy Kotsur Becomes the First Deaf Actor to Win a SAG Award: "I'm So Grateful"
"CODA" star Troy Kotsur is a SAG Awards winner! The 53-year-old actor won an award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role. His award is a historic first as a deaf actor to be nominated and win in an individual category.
During Kotsur's acceptance speech, he opened up about his journey as an actor, thanked his costars, including Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Eugenio Derbez, and Daniel Durant, as well as his wife Deanne Bray and daughter Kyra, and commended Apple TV+ for their support and access such as "closed captioning, providing ASL interpreting services, and believing in us deaf actors, and casting us authentically as actors who happen to be deaf." See his full speech below.
"I finally feel like I'm part of the family." Welcome to the #sagawards family #TroyKotsur, and congratulations on taking home the Actor® for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role pic.twitter.com/PbtsSszc3o
— SAG Awards® (@SAGawards) February 28, 2022
