Mesa native Troy Kotsur pays tribute to father in new short film

Mesa native Troy Kotsur pays tribute to father in new short film

The Oscar-winning actor's father was the chief of police for Mesa before his death in 2001.

Troy Kotsur pays tribute to his father, former police chief of Mesa, in new short film

When Troy Kotsur made history as the first Deaf male actor win an Oscar at the 2022 Academy Awards, he was thinking about his father.By then, Kotsur had already become a hero to the Deaf community, widely celebrated for his acclaimed performance in the family drama “CODA.” It was easy to admire the tenacity and talent that had brought Kotsur, in his early 50s, to the movies'

After making Oscar history, Troy Kotsur pays tribute to his father in new short film

NEW YORK — When Troy Kotsur made history as the first Deaf male actor win an Oscar at the 2022 Academy Awards, he was thinking about his father. By then, Kotsur had already become a hero to the Deaf community, widely celebrated for his acclaimed performance in the family drama

After making Oscar history, Troy Kotsur pays tribute to his father in new short film

NEW YORK (AP) — When Troy Kotsur made history as the first Deaf male actor win an Oscar at the 2022 Academy Awards, he was thinking about his father.

After making Oscar history, Troy Kotsur pays tribute to his father in new short film

NEW YORK (AP) — When Troy Kotsur made history as the first Deaf male actor win an Oscar at the 2022 Academy Awards, he was thinking about his father.

After making Oscar history, Troy Kotsur pays tribute to his father in new short film

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Troy Kotsur made history as the first Deaf male actor win an Oscar at the Academy Awards, he was thinking about his father. To Kotsur, his persistence comes directly from his father. At the Oscar podium, Kotsur called his dad his hero. In “To My Father,” a short film premiering this week at the Tribeca Film Festival, Kotsur extends and deepens that tribute to explain his father’s story and how it…