Troy Kotsur: Who Is Deanne Bray’s Husband?

American actress, Deanne Bray, is married to Troy Michael Kotsur- an American actor and filmmaker.

Troy’s supporting role in the film CODA (2021) earned him a number of accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Critics’ Choice Award, making him the first deaf male actor to win these awards.

When Troy was nine months old, his parents discovered that he was deaf, and they learned American Sign Language so the family could communicate.

His parents encouraged him to play sports and to make friends with hearing children in their neighborhood.

Troy attended the Phoenix Day School for the Deaf, where he first became interested in acting.

He graduated from Westwood High School. In high school, his drama teacher encouraged him to participate in the senior variety show, and he performed a pantomime skit that was positively received and motivated him to pursue theater.

Troy then attended Gallaudet University from 1987 to 1989 and studied theater, television, and film.

In 2021, Troy appeared in the feature film CODA in a supporting role as the deaf father to a hearing teenage daughter.

Director Sian Heder first saw his performances in Deaf West productions of Our Town and Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo and cast him as part of the ensemble. NPR reported that Kotsur’s performance in CODA “awed both audiences and critics”.

Troy is set to start in Flash Before the Bang, a sports drama television show with an all-deaf cast.