Deaf Celebrities

1. Sean Berdy

Actor | The Society

Sean Berdy was born on June 3rd, 1993 in Boca Raton, Florida, to parents Terrie and Scott Berdy. At a young age Sean began putting on impromptu comedic shows alongside his brother, Tyler, to the delight of family and friends. Seeing the joy he brought to others while performing, he became ...

2. Marlee Matlin

Actress | CODA

Marlee Beth Matlin was born on August 24, 1965 in Morton Grove, Illinois, to Libby (Hammer) and Donald Matlin, an automobile dealer. She has two older brothers. Her family is of Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent.

Marlee lost much of her hearing at the age of eighteen months. That did not stop...

3. Nyle DiMarco

Actor | Station 19

Model, actor, and activist Nyle DiMarco, born in Queens, New York City, USA, has been breaking down barriers and winning over audiences since he burst onto the scene in 2014. As a fan favorite on cycle 22 of "America's Next Top Model," DiMarco became the second male winner and first Deaf contestant...

4. Shoshannah Stern

Actress | Jericho

Shoshannah Stern was born on July 3, 1980 in Walnut Creek, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Jericho (2006), The Hammer (2010) and This Close (2018). She has been married to Ricky Mitchell since June 3, 2012.

5. Ryan Lane

Actor | Switched at Birth

Ryan Lane was born on November 23, 1987 in Fullerton California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Switched at Birth (2011), Veronica Mars (2014) and iZombie (2015).

6. Daniel Durant

Actor | CODA

Daniel was born in Detroit, Michigan and grew up in Duluth, Minnesota. He attended mainstream schools in Duluth before transferring to the Minnesota State School for the Deaf in 8th grade. Daniel graduated from MSAD in 2008 and attended RIT in Rochester, NY and Gallaudet in Washington, DC. Daniel ...

7. Stephanie Beacham

Actress | Dynasty

Stephanie Beacham is without a doubt one of Britain's most talented, beautiful and well-known actresses. Despite becoming world famous and an icon of the 1980s due to her role as Sable Colby in the American soap operas Dynasty (1981) and The Colbys (1985) and going on to have starring roles in ...

8. Eric Sykes

Actor | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

'Eric Sykes' started as a radio scriptwriter but he soon found he could perform as well as write. The slight handicap of being very hard of hearing doesn't interfere with his wonderful comic timing. The spectacles he wears have no lenses but contain a bone conducting hearing aid.

9. Deanne Bray

Actress | Heroes

Born mostly deaf from an unknown cause. Completely deaf in right ear, some residual hearing in left ear in which she uses a hearing aid. Enjoys reading, especially with deaf children. Also enjoys attending deaf community events. Role models include Phyllis Frelich, Linda Bove, Freda Norman and Sue ...

10. Troy Kotsur

Actor | CODA

Troy Kotsur has been acting and directing for over 20 years. Deaf since birth, he was raised in Mesa, AZ. In his career he has had critically acclaimed performances in major films, a lead role in the Broadway run of a Tony Award-winning play, and numerous memorable roles on Television.

Troy has ...

11. Aryana Engineer

Actress | Resident Evil: Retribution

Aryana Engineer was born on March 6, 2001 in British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress, known for Resident Evil: Retribution (2012), Orphan (2009) and Dreaming of Peggy Lee (2015).

12. Whitney Meyer

Actress | Scream Queens

Whitney Meyer is a Deaf actress & figure skater. She was born Deaf and is fluent in American Sign Language (ASL) and English. She is also a figure skating instructor & coach; and an advocate on mental health issues & diversity inclusion. She also practices yoga daily; loves to dance; and ...

13. Gaius Lee DuPree

Actor | Bloodshed 2

Gaius Lee DuPree is a child actor. His most recent film works are: Relation Shipwreck (2015),Dead Redux (2016), A Little Different (2015), Rook (2014), ...to Ashes (2014), Insignifigance (2014), My Devil's Night, Back Where She Came From (2015), Doritos: ASL Doritos Baby - Crash the Super Bowl 2014...

14. Hollywood Lee DuPree

Actor | Santa Klawn

Newly brother of child actor, Gaius Lee DuPree and Phoenix Lee DuPree. Hollywood Lee will be following his brothers' footsteps in acting industry. He was named after Hollywood California, after he was born at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. The HPMC nurses thought Hollywood Lee was so ...

15. Jasun Hicks

Actor | Lake Windfall

Jasun Hicks is known for Lake Windfall (2013), Zombie Queen from Outer Space (2014) and This Is Normal (2013).

16. Terrylene

Actress | Natural Born Killers

Terrylene was born on February 5, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Natural Born Killers (1994), Angel (1999) and Mr. Holland's Opus (1995).

17. David Baughman

Art_department | In Security

Is well known for "Campus Nightmares" (Gallaudet Murders) as Eric Plunkett. David is a Deaf actor. He was raised in Louisiana. He moved to New York where he attended Rochester Institute of Technology/National Technical Institute of Technical college. He was member for NTID Drama Club in 2004 to ...

18. Linda Bove

Actress | Follow That Bird

Born deaf, she was a founding member of the National Theater of the Deaf in 1963. In 1974, she received the AMITA--the Italian-American Award for her work on television. Best known for playing Linda on Sesame Street (1969) for over 20 years--the longest-running role on American television for a ...

19. Phyllis French

20. John Maucere

Actor | What?

John Maucere is an internationally recognized performer who played a critical part in breaking down social stereotypes by being the very first Deaf actor to take part in ABC's Talent Development Program with Tom Hanks and Arsenio Hall. John created and portrayed the SuperDeafy character, a Deaf ...

21. Anthony Natale

Actor | Jerry Maguire

Anthony Natale was born in St Catharines, Ontario, along with his older brother and younger sister, he represent the generation of a large Italian families in White Plains, New York He attended a boarding school for the deaf in Ernest C Drury, He was transferred to a mainstreaming gifted program ...

22. Bob Hiltermann

Actor | Children of a Lesser God

Bob Hiltermann is a true success story. He was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, the 10th of 11 children. Spinal meningitis left him deaf at the age of 4, but without that knowledge, his family just assumed he was "slow". They moved to Canada when he was 5 years old, making communication even more ...