Celebrity Biographies
Troy kotsur
He has made history by becoming the first deaf man to win the Oscar for Best Supporting Role, for “CODA, the Sounds of Silence,” where he has as a co-star another performer who shares his disability, Marlee Matlin, who also won the statuette in 1986 for “Children of a minor god”. With his charisma he has impressed the viewers of the film, but Troy Kotsur is a great unknown to most of the public.
Born in Mesa, Arizona, on July 24, 1968, Troy Michael Kotsur followed his parents’ advice to play sports and make friends with hearing kids, so he had a fairly normal childhood. At Phoenix Day School, a school for the deaf, he became interested in acting. After graduating from high school, he worked as an intern at KTSP-TV, a television channel where he worked as an editing assistant. He studied theater, television and film at Gallaudet University, and although he intended to become a filmmaker, he soon realized that he had a tough time. “My dream of directing was dashed after I accepted the fact that I was living in a world that didn’t use my language.”
Beginning in 2001, Troy Kotsur began collaborating with Deaf West Theatre, a Los Angeles-based non-profit arts organization that puts on plays in sign language. He debuted as a television actor with the series Doctoras de Filadelfia , followed by a few others, such as Criminal Minds . In a chapter of The Mandalorian he gave life to a dweller of the sands, although the makeup prevents him from being recognized. In 2013 he was finally able to debut as a director, with the comedy No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie , starring a deaf man who plays a superhero on television. In the series Sue Thomas, the eye of the FBIHe played Troy Myers, a deaf thief, in numerous chapters. The series starred Deanne Bray , wife of Troy Kotsur, also deaf, who became popular as the hospital clerk with powers Emma Coolidge on Heroes . In 2005 they had their only daughter, Kyra Monique Kotsur.
To prepare for his role as Frank, the foul-mouthed (via sign language) family man in CODA, The Sounds of Silence , trained for two weeks to get used to the boots, gloves and other fishing gear. “It’s not easy filming dressed like that,” revealed Troy Kotsur. “We shot in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Being from Arizona, he wasn’t used to being by the sea, and he had never seen a whale.” He also spent a lot of time with real fishermen, and lived in an apartment for two months with Daniel Durant ., who gives life to his son in the film. “I came to feel that he was my real son. He needed guidance on experiences like marriage, and he consulted me on many things, so in the end we developed a great bond. Picking up the best actor statuette at the Oscars, he thanked his mother and revealed that he had been paralyzed in a car accident. “My dad was the best singer in our family, but he was in a car accident and was paralyzed from the neck down. Dad, I learned a lot from you. I will always love you, you are my hero.” After his success at the Academy Awards, he prepares Flash Before the Bang , where he will play an athletic trainer, along with Deanne Bray , his wife.