CODA is history in the making.
The cast of CODA won Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 2022 SAG Awards on Sunday, Feb. 27, while star Tony Kotsur made history as the first deaf actor to win a solo SAG Award.
Troy joined co-stars, Emilia Jones, Eugenio Derbez, Marlee Matlin and Daniel Durant when speaking to E! News about their trailblazing win.
As Marlee shared, "From the very first day working with all of them... I knew this was gold."
The film follows Ruby, a CODA—Child of Deaf Adults—living in Gloucester, Mass., who wants to pursue her love for music at the Berklee College of Music but is afraid to leave her parents alone to run the family fishing business.
"Throughout the 30 days of shooting with the great rest of the cast, and crew, and Gloucester, Massachusetts community and everybody, I knew that this was gonna be something that people would really fall in love with," Marlee continued. "So here we are. Many more to come."
Tony, who played Frank Rossi in the film, won against stars Jared Leto, Bradley Cooper, Ben Affleck and Kodi Smit-McPhee in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role category. After taking the stage to accept his award, he got emotional recalling what it took to get him to the monumental moment.
"When they said my name I just broke down," he told E! News. "Everybody stood up and started cheering, and I felt the opposite. I was just kind of slumping into my chair thinking like, 'Wow.'"
He said that the award meant so much to him and the cast because of the message the Screen Actors Guild was sending.
He continued, "I'm so grateful for SAG to recognize us actors, not looking at us deaf actors, but actors who happen to be deaf."
CODA is also nominated for three awards in the upcoming 2022 Oscars: the team for Best Picture, screenwriter Siân Heder for Adapted Screenplay and Tony for Actor in a Supporting Role.
See all the 2022 SAG Award winners below.
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