Trivia

He is the second deaf actor to receive an Academy Award nomination for acting, with the first being Marlee Matlin who won the Best Actress Oscar for Children of a Lesser God (1986). They both co-starred in CODA (2021).

First deaf man to win an Oscar for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role" in CODA (2021).

His father, who was the police chief of Mesa, was of Slovak and Rusyn-Ukrainian descent. His mother was of English, German, Irish, and Scottish ancestry.

Invited to join the actor's branch of AMPAS in 2022.