CODA star Troy Kotsur breaks records becoming the first deaf actor to win individual SAG Award
dailymail.co.ukTroy Kotsur made history as the first deaf actor to claim an individual prize at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards on Sunday.The 53-year-old star took home the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role accolade for his work as Frank Rossi in CODA and reflected on his beginnings as a struggling actor in an acceptance speech delivered via an ASL interpreter.He signed to the audience: 'Wow.
Thank you so much to all the members of SAG. I am so proud to be a member. I've been a member since 2001, and so now I feel like I'm finally part of the family. 'It just shows that dreams can come true': CODA star Troy Kotsur breaks records becoming the first deaf actor to win an individual SAG Award: 'It just shows that dreams can come true''I know you all are artists, and I know you all know what it’s like to be a starving actor.
Back then, I used to sleep in my car. I slept in my dressing room backstage, I couch-surfed and all of that, you feel me, right?
So, thank you so much. I’m so grateful to SAG [for protecting] us actors.' Backstage the actor told the press room: ''It just shows that dreams can come true.'Troy beat out competition from Ben Affleck (The Tender Bar), Bradley Cooper (Licorice Pizza), Jared Leto (House of Gucci) and Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog) to take the prize.
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