Who was the first deaf person to win an Oscar?

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry.

The Oscars is regarded by many as the most prestigious and significant awards in the entertainment industry worldwide.

Given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the awards are an international recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the Academy’s voting membership.

The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette as a trophy, officially called the “Academy Award of Merit”, although more commonly referred to by its nickname, the “Oscar”.

Who was the first deaf person to win an Oscar?

In March 2022, Troy Kotsur became the first deaf man in academy history to win an Oscar for acting.

Troy Kotsur’s supporting role in the film CODA (2021) earned him a number of accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Critics’ Choice Movie Award, making him the first deaf actor to win the latter three awards, and first deaf man and second deaf performer overall to win the former.

Voters honored Troy Kotsur’s heartstring-tugging supporting performance in “CODA” as a fisherman struggling to relate to his hearing daughter.