Troy Kotsur just made awards history SAG 2022 by becoming the first hearing-impaired performer to win Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role for the 2021 film CODA.
The 53-year-old actor was nominated alongside Ben Affleck, Bradley Cooper, Jared Leto and Kodi Smit-McPhee. However, what he has created the most reaction on social networks has been his thank you speech, since he did it in sign language.
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Troy Kotsur Wins Best Supporting Actor Award
The actor from the Apple TV+ movie CODA He was grateful for the recognition. Through an ASL interpreter he was able to say the following: “Thank you very much to all the members of SAG. I am very proud to be a member. I have been a member since 2001 and Now I feel like I’m finally part of the family.”
In addition, he dedicated words of thanks to the production of the event: “I know that all of you are artists and I know that you all know what it is to be a starving actor. Back then I used to sleep in my car. I slept in my dressing room backstage, surfed on the couch and all that. You feel me, right? So thank you very much. I am very grateful to SAG (for protecting) the actors.”
What is CODA about?
The film from writer-director Sian Heder is a dramatic comedy based on the French film The Bélier Family, which tells the story of Ruby (Emilia Jones), a CODA or daughter of a hearing-impaired adult, who is the only hearing member. of his family. At a pivotal moment in her life, she finds herself torn between her role in connecting her loved ones to the outside world and her pursuit of a musical education.