Troy Kotsur Pays Emotional Tribute To His Dad As He Becomes First Deaf Man To Win An Acting Oscar

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There’s a new Best Supporting Actor in town. During Sunday’s 94th Academy Awards, Troy Kotsurtook home the statuette for his role as Frank Rossiin Coda.

The actor beat out Ciarán Hinds (Belfast), Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog), J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos), AND Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog) to take home his first Academy Award on his first nomination. “This is amazing to be here on this journey.

I cannot believe I’m here,” Kotsur began his acceptance speech. “Thank you so much to all the members of the Academy for recognizing my work.” Kotsur next touched on the Coda cast’s recent visit to the White House, where they met President Joe Biden, and First Lady Dr.

Jill Biden. “I was planning on teaching them some dirty sign language, but Marlee Matlin told me to behave myself,” he quipped. “So don’t worry, Marlee, I won’t drop any f-bombs in my speech today.