OlderTroy Kotsur Is the First Deaf Actor to Win Individual SAG Award!
Troy Kotsur is making history.
The 53-year-old actor won in the category of Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for his work in CODA at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday (February 27) at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.
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Troy beat out Ben Affleck, Bradley Cooper, Jared Leto and Kodi Smit-McPhee for the win.
“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,” he said via an ASL interpreter in his acceptance speech.
“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.”
