Ke Huy Quan
{{Short description|American actor (born 1971)}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ke Huy Quan
| image = Ke Huy Quan at the White House (52902390767) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Quan at the White House in 2023
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|8|20}}
| birth_place = Saigon, South Vietnam
| citizenship = U.S. (naturalized)
| alma_mater = University of Southern California
| awards = Full list
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|stunt coordinator|assistant director}}
| spouse = Echo Quan
| othername = {{hlist|Jonathan Ke Quan|Jonathan Quan}}
| yearsactive = 1984–2002; 2021–present
| module = {{infobox Chinese
| child = yes
| order = ts
| qn = Quan Kế Huy{{Cite web |date=2023-01-11 |title=Quan Kế Huy nhớ thời chật vật ở Hollywood |url=https://vtv.vn/van-hoa-giai-tri/dien-vien-goc-viet-quan-ke-huy-tu-bi-that-sung-thanh-nam-dien-vien-phu-xuat-sac-o-qua-cau-vang-20230111123336519.htm |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=VTV |language=vi |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208100030/https://vtv.vn/van-hoa-giai-tri/dien-vien-goc-viet-quan-ke-huy-tu-bi-that-sung-thanh-nam-dien-vien-phu-xuat-sac-o-qua-cau-vang-20230111123336519.htm |url-status=live }}
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| s = 关继威{{Cite news|author=Jonathan Head, Tran Vo|title=奥斯卡金像奖：越南为何不愿认可创下历史的关继威？|url=https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world-64973596|website=BBC|language=zh-Hans|access-date=2023-03-18|archive-date=March 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318172033/https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world-64973596|url-status=live}}
| p = Guān Jìwēi
| y = Gwāan Gaiwāi
}}
}}
Ke Huy Quan ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|k|iː|.|h|w|iː|.|ˈ|k|w|ɑː|n}} {{respell|KEE|hwee|KWAHN}};{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ5fQ8Vj4vY|title=Ke Huy Quan, Oscar-winning actor, on Reuniting With Harrison Ford & 'EEAAO'
Born in Vietnam, Quan immigrated to the United States as a child. As a child actor, he rose to fame playing Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and Data in The Goonies (1985). Following a few roles as a young adult in the 1990s, he took a 19-year acting hiatus, during which he worked as a stunt choreographer and assistant director.
Quan returned to acting with the family adventure film Finding ʻOhana (2021), followed by the critically acclaimed Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), a performance that won him various accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is the first Vietnam-born actor to win an Academy Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023.{{cite news |url=https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/ |title=Time 100 |magazine=Time |date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413151502/https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/ |url-status=live }} He has since starred in the second season of the Disney+ series Loki in 2023 and in the upcoming Disney film Zootopia 2.
Early life
Quan Kế Huy was born on August 20, 1971 in Saigon, South Vietnam, into a family of Chinese descent, with eight siblings.{{Cite web|first=Emiko|last=Tamagawa|title=Actor Ke Huy Quan returns in front of the camera in 'Everything, Everywhere, All at Once'|url=https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2022/04/08/ke-huy-quan-acting|website=WBUR-FM|date=April 8, 2022|access-date=March 14, 2023|archive-date=April 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424230804/https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2022/04/08/ke-huy-quan-acting|url-status=live}} Three years after the end of the Vietnam war in 1975, Quan and his family fled from Vietnam.{{Cite web|first=Ian|last=Youngs|title=Ke Huy Quan: From forgotten child star of Indiana Jones and The Goonies to Oscars hero|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64935656|website=BBC|date=March 13, 2023|access-date=March 14, 2023|archive-date=March 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313232520/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64935656|url-status=live}} He, along with his father and five siblings, went to Hong Kong, while Quan's mother and three other siblings went to Malaysia.{{Cite web|first=Mike|last=Bedigan|title=Ke Huy Quan's triumphant return to the world of mainstream acting|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ke-huy-quan-triumphant-return-044641067.html|website=Yahoo! News|date=March 13, 2023|access-date=March 14, 2023|archive-date=March 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314042328/https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ke-huy-quan-triumphant-return-044641067.html|url-status=live}} After staying at a refugee camp in Hong Kong, Quan's entire family was admitted to the United States as part of the Refugee Admissions Program in 1979.{{Cite web|first=Ann|last=Lee|title='I didn't have a single audition for a year': Goonies and Indiana Jones child star Ke Huy Quan on finding fame again|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/nov/14/ke-huy-quan-goonies-indiana-jones-asian-actors-everything-everywhere-all-at-once|website=The Guardian|date=November 14, 2022|access-date=March 14, 2023|archive-date=March 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313233527/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/nov/14/ke-huy-quan-goonies-indiana-jones-asian-actors-everything-everywhere-all-at-once|url-status=live}} In the U.S., Quan grew up in California, where he attended the Mount Gleason Junior High School in Sunland-Tujunga, Los Angeles and Alhambra High School in Alhambra.{{Cite web|title=Ke Huy Quan|url=https://www.empireonline.com/people/ke-huy-quan/|website=Empire|access-date=March 14, 2023|archive-date=December 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219224526/https://www.empireonline.com/people/ke-huy-quan/|url-status=live}}
Career
= 1984–1999: Early career =
Quan became a child actor at age 13, starring as Harrison Ford's 12-year-old sidekick Short Round in the Steven Spielberg film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984.{{cite web |author=Canby, Vincent |author-link=Vincent Canby |date=May 23, 1984 |title=Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/23/movies/screen-indiana-jones-directed-by-spielberg.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512232547/https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D06E5DF173BF930A15756C0A962948260 |archive-date=May 12, 2014 |access-date=April 18, 2020 |work=The New York Times}} The casting director auditioned a number of children at Castelar Elementary School, including Quan's younger brother.{{Cite web|first=Bilge|last=Ebiri|authorlink=Bilge Ebiri|title=In Another Life, Ke Huy Quan Was a Star|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/ke-huy-quan-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-profile.html|website=Vulture|date=March 11, 2022|access-date=March 14, 2023|archive-date=April 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424015727/https://www.vulture.com/article/ke-huy-quan-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-profile.html|url-status=live}} He described the role as "one of the happiest times of my life". For his performance, he was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor.{{Cite web |date=2009-02-11 |title=Past Saturn Awards |url=http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html |access-date=2023-03-22 |archive-date=September 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906130320/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html |url-status=dead }} 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 ({{ill|Passenjā Sugisarishi Hibi|lt=Passenjā Sugisarishi Hibi|ja|パッセンジャー 過ぎ去りし日々}}) 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. In 1991, he starred in the movie Breathing Fire, and had a small role in Encino Man the following year. He played the starring role in the 1993 Mandarin-language Taiwan TV show Eunuch & Carpenter, which ran for forty episodes.{{cite magazine |author1=Della Cai |title=Ke Huy Quan's True Hollywood Comeback |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/12/awards-insider-ke-huy-quans-true-hollywood-comeback |accessdate=2023-03-18 |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=2022-12-06 |language=en |archive-date=March 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315210245/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/12/awards-insider-ke-huy-quans-true-hollywood-comeback |url-status=live }} He also starred in the 1996 Hong Kong-Vietnam co-production Red Pirate.
He studied Taekwondo under Philip Tan on the set of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and later trained under Tao-liang Tan.{{cite web|url=http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/10_reasons_we_still_love_1|title=10 reasons we still love The Goonies 25 years later|author=Nick Mamatas|date=December 14, 2012|publisher=Syfy Wire|access-date=December 10, 2017|archive-date=January 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109145022/http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/10_reasons_we_still_love_1|url-status=dead}}
= 2000–2020: Acting sabbatical and other work =
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.{{Cite news|first=Robert|last=Ito|title=Ke Huy Quan: From Short Round to Romantic Lead in Just Four Long Decades|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/05/movies/ke-huy-quan-everything-everywhere.html|website=The New York Times|date=April 5, 2022|access-date=March 14, 2023|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503085047/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/05/movies/ke-huy-quan-everything-everywhere.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Collis |first=Clark |date=February 24, 2022 |title=What Short Round did next: The strange journeys of Ke Huy Quan |url=https://ew.com/movies/short-round-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-ke-huy-quan/ |access-date=March 14, 2023 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411184131/https://ew.com/movies/short-round-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-ke-huy-quan/ |url-status=live }} During his time there, he edited a comedy horror short film titled Voodoo alongside his friend and fellow student Gregg Bishop, who directed the film. Voodoo won the Audience Award at the 2000 Slamdance Film Festival, and continues to be shown to USC students to this day.{{Cite web |last=Wampler |first=Scott |date=March 13, 2023 |title=Wanna See Oscar-Winner Ke Huy Quan's Award-Winning Horror Short, VOODOO? |url=https://www.fangoria.com/original/wanna-see-oscar-winner-ke-huy-quans-award-winning-horror-short-voodoo/ |access-date=March 14, 2023 |website=Fangoria |archive-date=March 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313210947/https://www.fangoria.com/original/wanna-see-oscar-winner-ke-huy-quans-award-winning-horror-short-voodoo/ |url-status=live }} After graduating from USC, Quan was asked by Corey Yuen to go to Toronto, Ontario, to help choreograph fighting sequences in X-Men (2000). For the next decade, he worked behind the scenes on various productions in Asia and the United States. He again helped Yuen as a stunt choreographer for The One (2001).{{cite web |date=August 8, 2015 |title=The kid from Indiana Jones: What does he look like now? |url=http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/whatever-happened-to-the-kid-short-round-from-indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-doom-301453 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810070744/http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/whatever-happened-to-the-kid-short-round-from-indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-doom-301453 |archive-date=August 10, 2015 |access-date=December 10, 2017 |website=Now |publisher=}} Quan worked as assistant director on Wong Kar-wai's 2046 (2004).
= 2021–present: Return to acting =
File:Goonies 01 (48686292972).jpg, Quan, and Corey Feldman at The Goonies panel, 2019 Fan Expo Toronto]]
Quan was inspired to return to acting following the success of Crazy Rich Asians in 2018.{{cite news |last=McEvoy |first=Colin |title=Oscar Frontrunner Ke Huy Quan Had Quit Acting for Good. Crazy Rich Asians Brought Him Back. |work=Biography.com |date=March 8, 2023 |url=https://www.biography.com/actors/a43236892/how-crazy-rich-asians-inspired-ken-huy-quan-return-to-acting |accessdate=March 8, 2023 |archive-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308192844/https://www.biography.com/actors/a43236892/how-crazy-rich-asians-inspired-ken-huy-quan-return-to-acting |url-status=live }} In 2019, he was cast in a supporting role in the Netflix film Finding ʻOhana, released in 2021.{{Cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=September 30, 2019|title='Young Sheldon' Director's Feature Debut 'Finding Ohana' Lands at Netflix (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/young-sheldon-director-jude-weng-finding-ohana-netflix-1203353669/|access-date=June 24, 2020|website=Variety|language=en|archive-date=February 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205090025/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/young-sheldon-director-jude-weng-finding-ohana-netflix-1203353669/|url-status=live}} Quan approached director Jude Weng after overhearing her describing the film as The Goonies meets Indiana Jones, in both of which Quan had appeared. That same year, the filmmaking duo Daniels began casting for their film Everything Everywhere All at Once. They struggled to cast an actor in the role of Waymond Wang, a character who would appear in three different incarnations of 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. In January 2020, Quan was announced as a cast member of Everything Everywhere All at Once.{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=January 23, 2020 |title=A24 Reunites With 'Swiss Army Man' Directors; Finance & Distribute AGBO's 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' |url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/a24-reunites-dan-kwan-daniel-scheinert-agbo-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-swiss-army-man-1202838566/ |access-date=April 24, 2022 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=September 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914222528/https://deadline.com/2020/01/a24-reunites-dan-kwan-daniel-scheinert-agbo-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-swiss-army-man-1202838566/ |url-status=live }} The film was released in March 2022 to overwhelming acclaim, becoming the most-awarded film of all time,{{Cite web |date=2023-03-12 |title='Everything Everywhere All at Once' Makes History as the Most-Awarded Film Ever |url=https://hypebeast.com/2023/3/a24-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-most-awarded-film-ever |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=Hypebeast |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321020717/https://hypebeast.com/2023/3/a24-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-most-awarded-film-ever |url-status=live }} with Quan's performance receiving near unanimous praise and media attention, eventually leading to him winning a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Academy Award for his role. The Screen Actors Guild Award win made him the first Asian man to win any individual category at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, with his win of the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. He was the first Vietnamese-American actor to be nominated in that category.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-sag-award-best-cast-1235334970/ |title="Look At Us Now": 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Cast Celebrates Asian Talent with SAG Awards win |first=Hilton |last=Dresden |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=February 26, 2023 |access-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227142839/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-sag-award-best-cast-1235334970/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/michelle-yeoh-first-asian-woman-best-actress-sag-award-1235334082/ |title=Michelle Yeoh Makes History with SAG Awards win: "This is for Every Single Girl That Looks Like Me" |first=Carly |last=Thomas |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=February 26, 2023 |access-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227142836/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/michelle-yeoh-first-asian-woman-best-actress-sag-award-1235334082/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2023-sag-awards-ke-huy-quan-wins-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-1235334969/ |title=Ke Huy Quan Makes History with SAG Award win: "This Moment Belongs to Everyone Who Has Asked for Change" |first=Hilton |last=Dresden |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=February 26, 2023 |access-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227040739/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2023-sag-awards-ke-huy-quan-wins-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-1235334969/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/26/entertainment/ke-huy-quan-sag-award-2023/index.html|title=Ke Huy Quan makes history with SAG award win for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'|first=Alli|last=Rosenbloom|date=February 27, 2023|website=CNN|access-date=March 1, 2023|archive-date=March 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301124923/https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/26/entertainment/ke-huy-quan-sag-award-2023/index.html|url-status=live}} Quan is one of two actors of Asian descent to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the other being Haing S. Ngor in 1985,{{cite news|last1=Ordaña|first1=Michael|last2=Phillips|first2=Jevon|title=Here are the 2023 Oscar nominees|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2023-01-24/oscars-nominations-2023-full-list|access-date=January 24, 2023|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=January 24, 2023|archive-date=January 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124114217/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2023-01-24/oscars-nominations-2023-full-list|url-status=live}} and is the first Vietnamese-born actor to win an Academy Award.{{Cite web|url=https://abc13.com/ke-huy-quan-oscar-speech-best-supporting-actor-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-nominations-first-vietnam-born-in-history-to-win-an/12950364/|title='We're very proud': Ke Huy Quan's Oscar win is huge for Asian community, his family in Houston says|date=March 13, 2023|website=ABC13 Houston|access-date=March 20, 2023|archive-date=March 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320151424/https://abc13.com/ke-huy-quan-oscar-speech-best-supporting-actor-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-nominations-first-vietnam-born-in-history-to-win-an/12950364/|url-status=live}}
File:AAPI Month (2023-05-09) 02.jpg and Quan at the White House in 2023]]
In February 2022, it was announced that he had joined the cast of the TV adaptation of American Born Chinese for Disney+, which was subsequently released in May 2023.{{Cite web|last=Otterson|first=Joe|date=February 7, 2022|title=Michelle Yeoh Among Eight Cast in Disney Plus Series 'American Born Chinese'|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/michelle-yeoh-american-born-chinese-disney-plus-1235173619/|access-date=February 10, 2022|website=Variety|language=en-US|archive-date=February 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210043500/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/michelle-yeoh-american-born-chinese-disney-plus-1235173619/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2023-02-18 |title='American Born Chinese': Release Date, Cast, Plot, and Everything You Need to Know |url=https://collider.com/american-born-chinese-release-window-cast-plot/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Collider |language=en |archive-date=June 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621182523/https://collider.com/american-born-chinese-release-window-cast-plot/ |url-status=live }} In September 2022, Quan was announced to have joined the cast for the second season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Loki for Disney+, which premiered on October 6, 2023. For his performance he received a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series nomination.{{Cite web|last=White|first=Peter|date=September 10, 2022|title='Loki': Ke Huy Quan Joins Season 2 of Marvel Series - Deadline|url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/loki-ke-huy-quan-joins-season-2-marvel-series-1235114371/|access-date=September 11, 2022|website=Deadline|language=en-US|archive-date=September 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910193631/https://deadline.com/2022/09/loki-ke-huy-quan-joins-season-2-marvel-series-1235114371/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last1=Vary |first1=Adam B. |last2=Maas |first2=Jennifer |date=2023-05-16 |title=Marvel Sets Premiere Dates for 'Loki' Season 2, 'Echo' on Disney+ |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/loki-season-2-premiere-date-disney-plus-echo-1235615224/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Variety |archive-date=May 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516224443/https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/loki-season-2-premiere-date-disney-plus-echo-1235615224/ |url-status=live }} In June 2023, it was announced that he had been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as an actor.{{Cite web |last=Sciences |first=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and |title=The Academy Invites 398 New Members for 2023: See the Full List |url=https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/the-academy-new-members-2023-full-list |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=A.frame |language=en |archive-date=June 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628183044/https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/the-academy-new-members-2023-full-list |url-status=live }} He had a voice role in Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024).{{Cite web |last=Sachdeva |first=Maanya |date=December 13, 2023 |title=Kung Fu Panda fans praise 'legendary' new villain as trailer for fourth film released |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/kung-fu-panda-4-trailer-cast-b2463500.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213201421/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/kung-fu-panda-4-trailer-cast-b2463500.html |archive-date=December 13, 2023 |access-date=December 13, 2023 |website=The Independent}} Quan has later then starred in his first leading role in Love Hurts (2025), and starred in The Electric State, along side Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt. He will be a voice in Zootopia 2 as a new character, Gary the Snake.
Personal life
Quan is of Han Chinese ancestry from the Hoa ethnic minority group of Vietnam. He speaks English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=_NX65SaOHj2FIuSD&v=V9Gqh0oJ_Mo&feature=youtu.be |title=Ke Huy Quan Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions {{!}} WIRED |date=2025-03-13 |last=WIRED |access-date=2025-03-15 |via=YouTube}} Quan is married to Echo Quan,{{cite web | url=https://people.com/who-is-echo-quan-ke-huy-quan-wife-7967380 | title=Who is Ke Huy Quan's Wife? All About Echo Quan }} who served as the on-set translator for Everything Everywhere All at Once,{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Daniels/status/1527693092622520320 |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 15, 2023 |archive-date=March 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315181633/https://twitter.com/Daniels/status/1527693092622520320 |url-status=live }} and resides in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. Quan holds a second-degree black belt in taekwondo; he started taking classes after learning from a taekwondo instructor for his role in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. He remains close friends with his Goonies co-star Jeff Cohen, who is also Quan's entertainment lawyer and helped Quan negotiate his contract to star in Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Filmography
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=Film=
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! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{refh}} |
| 1984
! scope="row" | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | | align="center"| |
| 1985
! scope="row" | The Goonies | Richard "Data" Wang | | align="center"| |
| 1986
! scope="row" | It Takes a Thief | Little Guan | | align="center"| |
| 1987
! scope="row" | Passenger | Rick | | align="center"| |
| 1991
! scope="row" | Breathing Fire | Charlie Moore | | align="center"| |
| 1992
! scope="row" | Encino Man | Kim | | align="center"| |
| 1996
! scope="row" | Red Pirate | Kwan Chia Chiang | | align="center"| |
| 2002
! scope="row" | Second Time Around | Sing Wong | | align="center"| |
| 2021
! scope="row" | Finding ʻOhana | George Phan | | align="center"| |
| 2022
! scope="row" | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Waymond Wang | | align="center"| |
| 2024
! scope="row" | Kung Fu Panda 4 | Han (voice) | |
| rowspan="3"| 2025
! scope="row" |Love Hurts | Marvin Gable | |
| scope="row" | The Electric State
| Dr. Clark Amherst / P.C. (voice) | | align="center"| |
|---|
| scope="row" {{Pending film|Zootopia 2}}
| Gary De'snake (voice) | In-production | align="center"| {{Cite web |last=Campione |first=Katie |date=August 9, 2024 |title='Zootopia 2': Ke Huy Quan Joins Cast Of Upcoming Animated Sequel |url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/zootopia-2-ke-huy-quan-cast-d23-1236036458/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810070740/https://deadline.com/2024/08/zootopia-2-ke-huy-quan-cast-d23-1236036458/ |archive-date=August 10, 2024 |access-date=August 10, 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} |
=Other credits=
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| scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{refh}} |
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| 2000
! scope="row" | X-Men |Assistant fight choreographer, translator | align="center"| |
| 2001
! scope="row" | The One |Assistant action choreography director | align="center"| |
| 2004
! scope="row" | 2046 |Assistant director | align="center"| |
=Television=
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| scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title !scope="col"| Role !scope="col"| Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{refh}} |
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| 1986–1987
! scope="row" | Together We Stand | Sam Randall | 19 episodes | align="center"| |
| 1990–1991
! scope="row" | Head of the Class | Jasper Kwong | Main cast (seasons 4–5) | align="center"| |
| 1991
! scope="row" | Tales from the Crypt | Josh | Episode: "Undertaking Palor" | align="center"| |
| 1993
! scope="row" | Eunuch & Carpenter | Ba Dajia | Main role; 40 episodes | align="center"| |
| rowspan="2"| 2023
! scope="row" | American Born Chinese | Jamie Yao / Freddy Wong | Main role |
| scope="row" | Loki
| Ouroboros "OB" / A.D. Doug | Season 2; Main role | align="center"| |
| 2025
! scope="row" | The White Lotus | Kenneth "Kenny" Nguyen | Episode: "Special Treatments"; voice only, uncredited | align="center"| {{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/feature/kenny-nguyen-voice-white-lotus-season-3-episode-2-1236297956/|title=Who Is The Mysterious Caller In 'The White Lotus' Season 3 Episode 2?|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Dessi|last=Gomez|date=February 23, 2025|access-date=February 27, 2025|archive-date=February 27, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250227185052/https://deadline.com/feature/kenny-nguyen-voice-white-lotus-season-3-episode-2-1236297956/|url-status=live}} |
Accolades
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In 2023, Quan won a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award, for Best Supporting Actor, for his role in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022).{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/ke-huy-quan|title=Ke Huy Quan Golden Globes|website=Golden Globe Awards|first=Golden|last=Globes|date=December 12, 2022|access-date=December 12, 2022|archive-date=December 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212141144/https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/ke-huy-quan|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2023-01-24/oscars-nominations-2023-full-list|title=Here are the 2023 Oscar nominees: live updates|website=Los Angeles Times|first1=Michael|last1=Ordoña|first2=Jevon|last2=Phillips|date=January 24, 2023|access-date=January 24, 2023|archive-date=January 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124114217/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2023-01-24/oscars-nominations-2023-full-list|url-status=live}} He was the first Asian man to win any individual category at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for the same role, as well as the first Vietnamese-American actor to be nominated in the supporting category.
In 2023, Quan was an honoree of the Carnegie Corporation of New York's Great Immigrant Award.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-28 |title=Pedro Pascal and World Bank's Ajay Banga among those named to Carnegie's 2023 Great Immigrants list |url=https://apnews.com/article/pedro-pascal-ajay-banga-carnegie-great-immigrants-f28abf588332dd3bf2fe089100efb279 |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=AP News |language=en}}
See also
Notes
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References
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Bibliography
- Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 387.
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