Our special Oscar nominees interview series next features "CODA" Best Supporting Actor contender Troy Kotsur, the first deaf male actor nominated at the Academy Awards. "I never thought that would happen to me," Kotsur told Gold Derby contributor Kevin Jacobson during this December interview, before Kotsur won Best Supporting Actor honors at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Critics Choice Awards, and BAFTA Awards. (Originally published on December 19, 2021.)

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