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"Coda" star Troy Kotsur is a SAG Award 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.
Kotsur has been a member of the Screen Actors Guild since 2001. The "Coda" star has been working in entertainment for 20 years as both an actor in projects, including "Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye.," "Criminal Minds," and "The Mandalorian," and director for his 2013 movie "No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie." He's also worked on Broadway, starring in the Tony Award-winning "Big River."
During Kotsur's SAG Awards'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...
"Coda" star Troy Kotsur is a SAG Award 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.
Kotsur has been a member of the Screen Actors Guild since 2001. The "Coda" star has been working in entertainment for 20 years as both an actor in projects, including "Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye.," "Criminal Minds," and "The Mandalorian," and director for his 2013 movie "No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie." He's also worked on Broadway, starring in the Tony Award-winning "Big River."
During Kotsur's SAG Awards'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...
- 2/28/2022
- by Naledi Ushe
- Popsugar.com
Troy Kotsur is already a trailblazer as the first deaf actor to score an individual nomination at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, but he could make even more history. For his acclaimed work in the Apple TV+ film “Coda,” the 53-year-old actor earned two SAG nominations, one in supporting actor and the other in ensemble. This puts Kotsur in a unique position that no deaf actor has experienced before, with possible wins in both categories.
Kotsur faces some tough competition in his individual contest, including some A-list names. The only other first-time nominee of the group is Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Power of the Dog”), who has largely swept the critic awards for his performance. The two rookies will face three previous SAG Award winners, including Ben Affleck (“The Tender Bar”), who scored his first individual bid after winning the top ensemble award twice for 1998’s “Shakespeare in Love” and 2012’s “Argo,...
Kotsur faces some tough competition in his individual contest, including some A-list names. The only other first-time nominee of the group is Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Power of the Dog”), who has largely swept the critic awards for his performance. The two rookies will face three previous SAG Award winners, including Ben Affleck (“The Tender Bar”), who scored his first individual bid after winning the top ensemble award twice for 1998’s “Shakespeare in Love” and 2012’s “Argo,...
- 2/16/2022
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
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