Ke Huy Quan
Ke Huy Quan | |||
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Born | |||
Nationality | American | ||
Other names | Jonathan Ke Huy Quan | ||
Alma mater | University of Southern California | ||
Occupations |
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Years active | 1984–2001, 2021–present | ||
Chinese name | |||
Traditional Chinese | 關繼威 [1] | ||
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Vietnamese name | |||
Vietnamese | Quan Kế Huy |
Ke Huy Quan (born August 20, 1971), also known as Jonathan Ke Quan (/kiːˈkwɑːn/), is a Vietnamese-born American actor and stunt choreographer. Quan played Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and Data in The Goonies (1985). Following roles in the sitcom Head of the Class (1991) and film Encino Man (1992), he stopped acting due to lack of opportunities, and obtained a film degree from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He went on to work as a stunt coordinator and assistant director.
Quan returned to acting with the romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians (2018). He later starred in the science-fiction film Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), and won several accolades, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Early life and education
Quan was born on August 20, 1971,[2] in Saigon, South Vietnam (present-day Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)[3] to Vietnamese parents of ethnic Chinese (Hoa) descent.[4] He has eight siblings.[5]
In 1978, his family fled Vietnam. He, his father, and five siblings arrived in a refugee camp in Hong Kong, while his mother and three other siblings fled to Malaysia.[6][7] His whole family emigrated to the United States in 1979.[6]
Quan attended Mount Gleason Junior High School in Tujunga, California, and Alhambra High School in Alhambra, California.[8] Quan graduated from USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1999.[6] After graduation, he worked with Hong Kong fight choreographer Corey Yuen on several projects.[7]
Career
Quan became a child actor at age 12, starring as Harrison Ford's sidekick Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.[9] The casting director auditioned children at Castelar Elementary School, which also included his younger brother.[5][7]
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In 1985, Quan co-starred in The Goonies as a member of the eponymous group of children, the inventor Richard "Data" Wang. He played a pickpocket orphan in the 1986 Taiwanese movie It Takes a Thief. In 1987, he appeared in the Japanese movie Passengers (Passenjā Sugisarishi Hibi) with the Japanese idol singer Honda Minako. He played Sam on the short-lived TV series Together We Stand (1986–1987) and played Jasper Kwong in the sitcom Head of the Class from 1990 to 1991.
He starred in the movie Breathing Fire (1991) and had a small role in Encino Man (1992). He played the starring role in the 1993 Mandarin-language TV show The Big Eunuch and the Little Carpenter which ran for forty episodes. He also starred in the 1996 Hong Kong/Vietnam co-production Red Pirate.
Having studied Taekwondo under Philip Tan on the set of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Quan later trained under Tao-liang Tan.[10]
1998–2018: Transition into film production
As an adult, Quan found it difficult to find acting work in the United States. He eventually quit acting and enrolled in the film program at University of Southern California.[3][6] After graduating from USC, Quan was asked by Corey Yuen to go to Toronto, Canada, to help choreograph fighting sequences in X-Men (2000).[2][3][7] For the next decade, he worked on various productions in Asia and the United States.[7]
He again helped Yuen as a stunt choreographer for The One (2001).[11] Quan worked as assistant director on Wong Kar-wai's 2046 (2004).[7]
2018–present: Return to acting
In 2018, Quan was inspired by the success of Crazy Rich Asians (2018) to return to acting. That same year, the Daniels began casting for their film Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022). They struggled to cast an actor in the role of Waymond Wang, a character who would appear in three different incarnations in the film. Co-director Daniel Kwan stumbled upon Quan on Twitter. Two weeks after getting a talent agent, Quan received a call to audition for the film.[6] In January 2020, Quan was announced as a cast member of Everything Everywhere All at Once.[12] The film was released in March 2022 to critical acclaim, with Quan's performance receiving praise and media attention. After landing the role of Waymond Wang, Quan received a supporting role in the Netflix film Finding ʻOhana (2021) in September 2019.[13] Quan approached director Jude Weng after overhearing her describing the film as The Goonies meets Indiana Jones, in both of which Quan had appeared.[6]
In February 2022, it was announced that he had joined the cast of the TV adaptation of American Born Chinese for Disney+.[14]
In September 2022, Quan was announced to have joined the cast for the second season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Loki for Disney+.[15]
Personal life
Quan is fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin. He is Vietnamese of Han Chinese (specifically from the Chinese Hoa minority from Vietnam) ancestry. Quan is married[6] and resides in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.[3] He remains close friends with his Goonies co-star Jeff Cohen, who is also Quan's entertainment lawyer.[7]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Short Round | |
1985 | The Goonies | Richard "Data" Wang | |
1986 | It Takes a Thief | Little Guan | |
1987 | Passenger | Rick | |
1991 | Breathing Fire | Charlie Moore | |
1992 | Encino Man | Kim | |
1996 | Red Pirate | Kwan Chia Chiang | |
2001 | Second Time Around | Sing Wong | |
2021 | Finding ʻOhana | George Phan | |
2022 | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Waymond Wang | |
2024 | The Electric State | TBA | Filming |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986 | Together We Stand | Sam | 19 episodes |
1991 | Head of the Class | Jasper Kwong | Main cast (seasons 4–5) |
1991 | Tales from the Crypt | Josh | Episode: "Undertaking Palor" |
1993 | The Big Eunuch and the Little Carpenter | Ba Dajia | Main role; TV series from Taiwan, 40 episodes |
2023 | Loki | TVA employee | Season 2 |
2023 | American Born Chinese | Freddy Wong | Upcoming series[16] |
Awards and nominations
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- Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 387.
External links
- Ke Huy Quan at IMDb
- Ke Huy Quan on Instagram
- Living people
- 1971 births
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors
- American male actors of Chinese descent
- American male child actors
- American male film actors
- American male taekwondo practitioners
- American male television actors
- Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe (film) winners
- Hoa people
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- People from Alhambra, California
- People from Ho Chi Minh City
- USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni
- Vietnamese emigrants to the United States
- Vietnamese people of Chinese descent
- Vietnamese refugees
- Refugees in Hong Kong