The academy’s board of governors met Wednesday to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the actor for violations against the group’s standards of conduct.

Renowned for films like ‘Die Hard,’ ‘Pulp Fiction’ and ‘The Sixth Sense,’ the 67-year-old Hollywood star has a disease that causes loss of the ability to understand or express speech.

‘CODA,’ a tender, coming-of-age tale about the only hearing member in a deaf family, became a crowd-pleaser and earned widespread critical acclaim to become the first film with a largely deaf cast to win best picture.