Voters in the Screen Actors Guild are making it clear that representation matters.
During the 2022 SAG Awards, all eyes were on the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role category. With stars like Jared Leto, Bradley Cooper and Ben Affleck nominated, it's easy to see why.
But on Feb. 27, the award ultimately went to Troy Kotsur for his performance in CODA. The moment made him the first deaf actor to get an individual SAG Awards win.
"Wow! Wow!" Troy said on stage with help from an interpreter. "Thank you so much to all the members of SAG. I am so proud to be a member. I've been a member since 2001, and so now I feel like I'm finally part of the family."
The actor recalled the years where he slept in his car and in dressing rooms backstage before becoming a SAG actor. Now, he's celebrating the success of CODA, which is short for Child of Deaf Adults and also stars Marlee Matlin, Daniel Durant, Emilia Jones and Amy Forsyth.
"The producers, thank you so much for having faith in our project," he said. "They really believed in us, and they believed in our amazing director, Sian Heder, who is a fine director."
Troy continued, "I'm so grateful to Apple TV+ for all of their support and access, like closed captioning, providing ASL interpreting services and believing in us deaf actors and casting us authentically as actors who are deaf."
Before heading off stage, Troy also thanked his family and had a note for his wife, Deanne Bray, and their 16-year-old daughter, Kyra.
"Kyra, this award is not for you to hang your jewelry on, all right?" he joked. "Keep that in mind. And finally, thank you to my wife for reminding me to check my fly before walking on the red carpet. Thank you. Love you all."
Keep scrolling to see more winners from the 2022 SAG Awards.
WINNER: Helen Mirren
King Richard
Belfast
Don't Look Up
House of Gucci
WINNER: Coda
WINNER: Will Smith, King Richard
Andrew Garfield, Tick Tick Boom
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of MacBeth
WINNER: Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
Jennifer Hudson, Respect
Bradley Cooper, Licorice Pizza
WINNER: Troy Kotsur, Coda
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Ben Affleck, The Tender Bar
Jared Leto, House of Gucci
WINNER: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Cate Blanchett, Nightmare Alley
Caitriona Balfe, Belfast
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Ruth Negga, Passing
Black Widow
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
The Matrix Resurrections
Dune
WINNER: No Time to Die
WINNER: Succession
The Morning Show
The Handmaid's Tale
Squid Game
Yellowstone
Sarah Snook, Succession
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale
Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show
WINNER: Jung Ho-Yeon, Squid Game
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Brian Cox, Succession
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Jeremy Strong, Succession
WINNER: Lee Jung-Jae, Squid Game
Margaret Qualley, Maid
Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus
WINNER: Kate Winslet, Mare of Easttown
Cynthia Erivo, Genius: Aretha
Jean Smart, Mare of Easttown
Ewan McGregor, Halston
Evan Peters, Mare of Easttown
Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus
Oscar Issac, Scenes From A Marriage
WINNER: Michael Keaton, Dopesick
The Great
Hacks
Only Murders in the Building
WINNER: Ted Lasso
The Kominsky Method
Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso
WINNER: Jean Smart, Hacks
Sandra Oh, The Chair
Elle Fanning, The Great
Juno Temple, Ted Lasso
WINNER: Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Cobra Kai
WINNER: Squid Game
Mare of Easttown
Loki
The Falcon and the Winter Solider