SAG Awards 2022: CODA actor Troy Kotsur becomes first deaf actor to win individual honour

The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced today, and the ceremony took place at the Santa Monica Barker Hangar.

CODA star Troy Kotsur made history at the SAG Awards, becoming the first deaf actor to win an individual prize. 

Kotsur won in the category of Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. He was nominated alongside the likes of Ben Affleck, Bradley Cooper, Jared Leto and Kodi Smit-McPhee.

This victory put him as one of the top favourites to become just the second deaf actor ever to take home an Oscar, on the heels of his CODA co-star Marlee Matlin's win back for Children of a Lesser God (1987).

CODA is a comedic drama based on the French film La Famille Belier, which tells the story of Ruby (Jones), a CODA who serves as an interpreter for the members of her Boston family, including her mother Jackie (Matlin), her father Frank (Kotsur) and her brother Leo (Daniel Durant).

The film from writer-director Sian Heder garnered critical acclaim upon its premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, winning its Grand Jury Prize as well as its Audience Award.