March 17, 2023

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Today's featured celebrity is a favorite from my childhood. And how could he not be with roles in classic 1980s flicks The Goonies and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom? It's Ke Huy Quan! And now he's an Oscar Winner!

Let's see what this iconic child actor and Academy Award Winner for Everything Everywhere All at Once is doing these days!

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Ke Huy Quan

Learn More About Ke Huy Quan, see Then & Now pictures, and find out What He's Been Up To on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: August 20, 1971 in Saigon, Vietnam

BIRTH NAME: Ke Huy Quan/Jonathan Luke Ke Huy Quan

CLAIM TO FAME: Ke Huy Quan is a Vietnamese actor and stunt choreographer, best known for his film appearances in the 1980s, portraying Data in The Goonies and Indiana Jones' sidekick Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

FAMILY LIFE: Quan never married and has no children.

INFO: Parents of Chinese descent.

His family was forced to leave Vietnam when the Army of the Republic of Vietnam was defeated during the Fall of Saigon. Quan and his family were selected for political asylum and emigrated to the United States as refugees.

He attended Mount Gleason Jr. High in Tujunga, California, and Alhambra High School in Alhambra, California.

Graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinema Television.

He later attended the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom.

Quan has eight siblings.

He is fluent in Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin, and English.

TRIVIA: Quan became a child actor at age 12, starring as Harrison Ford's sidekick Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). His brother was the one actually auditioning for the role, he was just followed his brother along, but the casting people decided to pick him instead. After being cast, his family changed his name to Ke Huy, the name by which he is credited in the film.

When phoning his mother during the Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) movie shoot, he referred to George Lucas and Steven Spielberg as bearded man 1 and bearded man 2.

Studied Tae Kwon Do under Philip Tan in 1983 on the set of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), and has also trained in the art under Tao-Liang Tan.

In 1985, Ke Quan co-starred in The Goonies as a member of the eponymous group of children, the inventor Richard "Data" Wang.

In the scene in The Goonies (1985), where rocks are falling from the cave ceiling, he screams "Holy S-H-I-T", spelling the expletive rather than saying it. He did this because his mother made him promise not to use any bad language in the movie.

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 worked as a stunt choreographer for X-Men (2000) and The One (2002) as the assistant of renowned Hong Kong fight choreographer Corey Yuen.

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW: Last year, Ke Huy Quan returned to acting as Waymond Wang in the film Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022). The sci-fi, action, fantasy comedy has received critical acclaim, along with numerous awards.

His performance won him many accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Quan is one of two actors of Asian descent to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Quan also became the first Vietnam-born actor in history to win an Oscar. With his win at the 2023 Screen Actors' Guild Awards, he became the first Asian man to win in the category of supporting actor for film.

Later on in 2023, Quan will appear is the TV adaptation of American Born Chinese and the second season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Loki for Disney+. He's also lending his voice to the action-adventure drama The Electric State, which is currently in post-production.

CREDITS:

2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once...Waymond Wang

2021 Finding 'Ohana...George Phan

2002 Second Time Around...Sing Wong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)

1997 Red Pirate (as Ko-Wei Kuan)

1992 Encino Man...Kim (as Jonathan Quan)

1991 Tales from the Crypt (TV Series)...Josh
- Undertaking Palor (1991) ... Josh (as Jonathan Quan)

1990-1991 Head of the Class (TV Series)...Jasper Kwong
- It Couldn't Last Forever: Part 2 (1991) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- It Couldn't Last Forever: Part 1 (1991) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- The Phantom of the Glee Club (1991) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- My Dinner with Darlene (1991) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- The Strange Case of Randy McNally (1991) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- Most Likely to Be Forgotten (1991) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- The Last Waltz (1991) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- Viki's Torn Genes (1990) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- The Importance of Being Alex (1990) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- My Son the Primate (1990) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- Dancing Fools (1990) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- Be My Baby... Sitter (1990) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- Fillmore vs. Billy Jeans (1990) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- Dead Men Don't Wear Pocket Protectors: Part 2 (1990) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- Dead Men Don't Wear Pocket Protectors: Part 1 (1990) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- Billy's Big One (1990) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- Napoleon Blown Apart (1990) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- Getting Personal (1990) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- And Then There Were None (1990) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- The Heartbreak Nerd (1990) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- Twelve Angry Nerds (1990) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- Where's Charlie (1990) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- Cement Hi-Tops (1990) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- Politics of Love (1990) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- Queen, Queen, Queen for a Day (1990) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- Simone Goes Overboard (1990) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)
- The Quiet Kid (1990) ... Jasper Kwong (as Jonathan Ke Quan)

1991 Breathing Fire...Charlie Moore (as Jonathan Ke Quan)

1986-1987 Nothing Is Easy (Together We Stand) (TV Series)...Sam
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1987 Passenger: Sugisarishi hibi...Rick

1985 Cyndi Lauper: The Goonies 'R' Good Enough (Video short)...Data (uncredited)

1985 Cyndi Lauper: The Goonies 'R' Good Enough (Part 2) (Video short)...Data (uncredited)

1985 The Goonies...Data

1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom...Short Round

To see Then & Now pictures of Ke Huy Quan, visit: Celebrity Nooz