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Ke Huy Quan (Chinese: 關繼威; Vietnamese: Quan Kế Huy; born August 20, 1971), also known as Jonathan Ke Quan (/kiːˈkwɑːn/), is a Vietnam-born American actor and stunt choreographer.

Ke Huy Quan
Quan in 2018
Born	(1971-08-20) August 20, 1971 (age 51) Saigon, South Vietnam (now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
Other names	Jonathan Ke Huy Quan
Education	University of Southern California
Occupation	Actor, stunt choreographer
Years active	1984–2004, 2019–present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	關繼威
Simplified Chinese	关继威
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guān Jìwēi
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese	Quan Kế Huy

Quan played Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and Data in The Goonies (1985). In 1990 and 1991, he co-starred as Jasper Kwong in the sitcom Head of the Class over two seasons. Quan stopped acting due to a lack of opportunity in the late 1990s, when he received his film degree from USC School of Cinematic Arts. He went on to work as a stunt coordinator and assistant director. He returned to acting as Waymond Wang in the film Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), a role for which he received critical acclaim.

Early life and education

Quan was born on August 20, 1971,[1] in Saigon, South Vietnam (present-day Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)[2] to Vietnamese parents of Hoa descent.[3] He has eight siblings.[4]

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.[5][6] His whole family emigrated to the United States in 1979.[5]

Quan attended Mount Gleason Junior High School in Tujunga, California, and Alhambra High School in Alhambra, California.[7] Quan graduated from USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1999.[5] After graduation, he worked with Hong Kong fight choreographer Corey Yuen on several projects.[6]

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.[8] The casting director auditioned children at Castelar Elementary School, which also included his younger brother.[4][6]

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.[9]

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.[5][2] After graduating from USC, Quan was asked by Corey Yuen to go to Toronto, Canada, to help choreograph fighting sequences in X-Men (2000).[1][2][6] For the next decade, he worked on various productions in Asia and the United States.[6]

He again helped Yuen as a stunt choreographer for The One (2001).[10] Quan worked as assistant director on Wong Kar Wai's 2046 (2004).[6]

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 the actor for Waymond Wang, who would appear as three separate characters 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.[5] After landing the role of Waymond Wang, Quan received a supporting role in Netflix film Finding ʻOhana (2021) in September 2019.[11] Quan approached director Jude Weng after overhearing her describing the film as The Goonies meets Indiana Jones, both of which Quan had appeared in.[5]

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.

In February 2022, it was announced that he had joined the cast of the TV adaptation of American Born Chinese for Disney+.[13]

In September 2022, Quan was announced to have joined the cast for the second season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Loki for Disney+.[14]

Personal life

Quan is fluent in English, Cantonese, Vietnamese, and Mandarin. He is Vietnamese-American of Han Chinese (specifically from the Chinese Hoa minority from Vietnam) ancestry. Quan is married[5] and resides in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.[2] He remains close friends with his Goonies costar Jeff Cohen, who is also Quan's entertainment lawyer.[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Short Round
1985	The Goonies	Richard "Data" Wang
1986	It Takes a Thief (糊塗妙賊小神偸)	Little Guan (小關)	Taiwanese film
1987	Passenger (パッセンジャー 過ぎ去りし日々)	Rick	Japanese film
1991	Breathing Fire	Charlie Moore
1992	Encino Man	Kim
1996	Red Pirate (1997飛虎奇兵)	Kwan Chia Chiang (關家強)	Hong Kong film
2001	Second Time Around (無限復活)	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
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 (大太監與小木匠)	Ba Dajia (巴大家)	Main role; TV series from Taiwan, 40 episodes
TBA	American Born Chinese	Freddy Wong	Upcoming series[15]
2023	Loki	TVA employee	Season 2

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
1984	Youth in Film Awards	Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Won
1985	Saturn Awards	Best Performance by a Younger Actor		Nominated
1986	Youth in Film Awards	Best Young Actor in a New Series	Together We Stand	Won
2022	Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Everything Everywhere All At Once	Won	[16]
	Gotham Awards	Outstanding Supporting Performance		Pending	[17]
	Saturn Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Won	[18]
2023	Santa Barbara International Film Festival	Virtuosos Award		Won	[19]

References

Bibliography

• 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

На других языках

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[de] Jonathan Ke Quan

Jonathan Ke Quan (* 20. August 1971 als Ke Huy Quan in Saigon, Vietnam) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Stunt-Choreograph.

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- [en] Ke Huy Quan

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[es] Jonathan Ke Quan

Jonathan Ke Quan,[1] nacido como Ke Huy Quan (關繼威) (Saigón, Vietnam del Sur, 20 de agosto de 1971) es un actor survietnamita-estadounidense conocido por su actuación en dos famosas películas de la década de los ochenta: Indiana Jones y el templo maldito (1984) y Los Goonies (1985).

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