- 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 Les enfants du silence (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.
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