Deaf Celebrities in Hollywood Movies
Deaf Celebrities in Hollywood Movies
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Emilio Insolera, an accomplished deaf actor, is widely acknowledged for his diverse career, advocacy work, and innovative contributions to sign language within the film industry. He is acclaimed for his roles in writing, producing, directing, and starring in Sign Gene: The First Deaf Superheroes (2017). Additionally, Emilio made headlines when he joined the cast of Universal Pictures' spy film The 355 (2022) by Simon Kinberg. In this project, he starred alongside Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Édgar Ramírez and Sebastian Stan. Emilio has also lent his voice to Disney's Limbo (2022) and has worked as ASL consultant for Robert Salerno's thriller film Here After.
Insolera was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Italian deaf parents, Alfio Insolera and Maria Cristina Drovetta. He also has an older brother named Humberto. Growing up in a large deaf family and living in various countries, including Argentina, Italy, and the United States, he is fluent in Italian, Spanish, English, American Sign Language (ASL), Italian Sign Language (LIS), and Argentine Sign Language (LSA). At a later stage in his life, he worked and lived in Japan, which allowed him to acquire basic Japanese language skills and proficiency in Japanese Sign Language (JSL).
Emilio is in a relationship with Norwegian fashion model Carola Insolera, and together, they have two deaf daughters, Ana Insolera and Liv Insolera.- Russell Harvard was born April 16, 1981 in Pasadena, Texas to Kay and Henry Harvard. Russell and his brother, Renny, were born deaf. When the boys were old enough to start school, the family moved to Austin, Texas so they could attend the Texas School for the Deaf (TSD). Russell attended TSD from kindergarten through the twelfth grade and graduated in 1999 always being evolved in his favorite arts of music and acting. After graduation, he enrolled at Gallaudet University, a deaf college, in Washington D.C. where also played in performances of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" and Tennessee Williams's "A Streetcar Named Desire". He had left and returned to the university several times when one of life's distractions beckons him to try other things. One of those distractions was moving to Alaska with his mother and working in a deaf school. He returned to Gallaudet, graduated in 2008 while also went on as a theater teacher and director of plays at Texas School for the Deaf.
Praised stage productions like Nina Raine's "Tribes", William Shakespeare's "King Lear" (as the Duke of Cornwall) with Glenda Jackson in the title role and Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" (as Link Deas and Boo Radley) express, among others, his excellent theater work in a wide range of wonderful roles vividly inspired by his exquisite acting subtlety. His applauded performances in "King Lear" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" also marked an historic milestone for deaf actors on Broadway in roles who are not defined by their deafness. His sublime qualities of profoundness, charisma and insights as one of the best actors of his generation are also expressed through his superb screen work of memorable tour-de-force interpretations in film and TV masterpieces such as Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood (2007), Oren Kaplan's The Hammer (2010) and Noah Hawley's Fargo (2014).