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{{Short description|American actor (born 1970/1971)}}<!--Please do NOT change his year of birth or nationality without new consensus on the talk page.-->
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{{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         = 1970 or 1971 (age {{#expr: {{CURRENTYEAR}}-1971-1}}–{{#expr: {{CURRENTYEAR}}-1970}})<!--Please do NOT change without new consensus on the talk page.-->
| birth_place        = [[Saigon]], South Vietnam
| citizenship        = United States
| alma_mater         = [[University of Southern California]]
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Ke Huy Quan|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
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| s = 关继威<ref name=BBC>{{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}}</ref>
| p = Guān Jìwēi
| y = Gwāan Gaiwāi
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'''Ke Huy Quan''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|k|iː|.|h|w|iː|.|ˈ|k|w|ɑː|n}} {{respell|KEE|hwee|KWAHN}};<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ5fQ8Vj4vY|title=Ke Huy Quan, Oscar-winning actor, on Reuniting With Harrison Ford & 'EEAAO' {{pipe}} W Magazine|date=13 March 2023|website=YouTube|publisher=W Magazine|access-date=August 21, 2024|quote=My name is Ke Huy Quan.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Gqh0oJ_Mo|title=Ke Huy Quan Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions {{pipe}} WIRED|date=13 March 2025|website=YouTube|publisher=WIRED|quote=Hi! I am Ke Huy Quan, and this is WIRED's Auto Complete Interview.}}</ref> {{langx|vi|Quan Kế Huy}};<ref name=SVform/>{{efn|The [[Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary|Sino-Vietnamese]] rendition of the Chinese {{lang|zh|關繼威}}, and the basis for the Anglicized form. However Huy is an incorrect reading of Sino-Vietnamese Uy 威.}} born 1970<!--Please do NOT change without new consensus on the talk page.--><ref name="PodcastBirthYear" /> or 1971<!--Please do NOT change without new consensus on the talk page.--><ref name="BBCBirthYear" />), also known as '''Jonathan Ke Quan''', is an <!--don't add Vietnamese without a consensus-->American actor. [[List of awards and nominations received by Ke Huy Quan|His accolades]] include an [[Academy Award]], a [[Golden Globe Award]], and a [[Saturn Award]], in addition to a [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA]] nomination.

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)|Time]]'' magazine named him one of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people in the world]] in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/ |title=Time 100 |magazine=[[Time (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 }}</ref> He has since starred in the second season of the [[Disney+]] series ''[[Loki (TV series)|Loki]]'' in 2023 and in the Disney animated film ''[[Zootopia 2]]'' in 2025.

==Early life==
Quan Kế Huy was born in 1970<!--Please do NOT change without new consensus on the talk page.--><ref name="PodcastBirthYear">{{cite podcast |title=Ke Huy Quan |url=https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/ke-huy-quan |website=[[Armchair Expert]] |host1=[[Dax Shepard]] |host2=[[Monica Padman]] |date=July 15, 2024 |quote=Actually, I was born in 1970. It's wrong on IMDB. |time=3:59}}</ref> or 1971,<!--Please do NOT change without new consensus on the talk page.--><ref name="BBCBirthYear" /> in [[Saigon]], South Vietnam,<ref name="BBCBirthYear">{{cite news |last1=Head |first1=Jonathan |last2=Vo |first2=Tran |title=Why Vietnam doesn't want to claim Ke Huy Quan |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64963161 |access-date=18 July 2024 |date=15 March 2023}}</ref> into a family [[Hoa people|of Chinese descent]], with eight siblings.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Three years after the [[Fall of Saigon|end of the Vietnam war]] in 1975, Quan and his family [[Vietnamese boat people|fled from Vietnam]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> He, along with his father and five siblings, went to [[Hong Kong]], while Quan's mother and three other siblings went to [[Malaysia]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> After staying at a refugee camp in Hong Kong, Quan's entire family was admitted to the United States as part of the [[United States Refugee Admissions Program|Refugee Admissions Program]] in 1979.<ref name="Lee-2022">{{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}}</ref> 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 (Alhambra, California)|Alhambra High School]] in [[Alhambra, California|Alhambra]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ke Huy Quan|url=https://www.empireonline.com/people/ke-huy-quan/|website=[[Empire (magazine)|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}}</ref>

== Career ==
=== 1984–1999: Early career ===
Quan became a child actor at age 13, starring as [[Harrison Ford]]'s 12-year-old sidekick [[List of Indiana Jones characters#Short Round|Short Round]] in the [[Steven Spielberg]] film ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'' in 1984.<ref>{{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]]}}</ref> The casting director auditioned a number of children at Castelar Elementary School, including Quan's younger brother.<ref name="Ebiri-2022">{{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 (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}}</ref> He described the role as "one of the happiest times of my life".<ref name="Lee-2022" /> For his performance, he was nominated for the [[Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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 [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]]-language Taiwan TV show ''[[Eunuch & Carpenter]],'' which ran for forty episodes.<ref name="vf221206">{{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 }}</ref><ref name="ETToday" /> 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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

=== 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]].<ref name="Ito-2022">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Collis-2022">{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="Collis-2022" /> ''Voodoo'' won the Audience Award at the 2000 [[Slamdance Film Festival]], and continues to be shown to USC students to this day.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> After graduating from USC, Quan was asked by [[Corey Yuen]] to go to [[Toronto]], Ontario, to help choreograph fighting sequences in ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'' (2000).<ref name="Ito-2022" /><ref name="Ebiri-2022" /> For the next decade, he worked behind the scenes on various productions in Asia and the United States.<ref name="Ebiri-2022" /> He again helped Yuen as a stunt choreographer for ''[[The One (2001 film)|The One]]'' (2001).<ref name="nowmagazine.co.uk">{{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 (1996–2019 magazine)|Now]] |publisher=}}</ref> Quan worked as assistant director on [[Wong Kar-wai]]'s ''[[2046 (film)|2046]]'' (2004).<ref name="Ebiri-2022" />

=== 2021–present: Return to acting ===
[[File:Goonies 01 (48686292972).jpg|thumb|left|[[Sean Astin]], 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.<ref>{{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 (TV program)|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 }}</ref> In 2019, he was cast in a supporting role in the Netflix film ''[[Finding ʻOhana]]'', released in 2021.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Quan approached director [[Jude Weng]] after overhearing her describing the film as ''[[The Goonies]]'' meets ''[[Indiana Jones]]'', in both of which Quan had appeared.<ref name="Collis-2022"/> That same year, the filmmaking duo [[Daniels (directors)|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.<ref name="Collis-2022" /> In January 2020, Quan was announced as a cast member of ''Everything Everywhere All at Once''.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> The film was released in March 2022 to overwhelming acclaim, becoming the most-awarded film of all time,<ref>{{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 }}</ref> with Quan's performance receiving near unanimous praise and media attention, eventually leading to him winning a Golden Globe, a [[Screen Actors Guild Awards|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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 [[57th Academy Awards|1985]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> and is the first Vietnamese-born actor to win an Academy Award.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

[[File:AAPI Month (2023-05-09) 02.jpg|thumb|President [[Joe Biden]] and Quan at the [[White House]] in 2023]]

In February 2022, it was announced that he had joined the cast of [[American Born Chinese (TV series)|the TV adaptation]] of ''[[American Born Chinese (graphic novel)|American Born Chinese]]'' for [[Disney+]], which was subsequently released in May 2023.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> In September 2022, Quan was announced to have joined the cast for the [[Loki season 2|second season]] of the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] series ''[[Loki (TV 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> In June 2023, it was announced that he had been invited to join the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] as an actor.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> He had a voice role in ''[[Kung Fu Panda 4]]'' (2024).<ref name="casting:independent">{{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]]}}</ref> Quan has later then starred in a leading role in ''[[Love Hurts (2025 film)|Love Hurts]]'' (2025), and starred in ''[[The Electric State (film)|The Electric State]]'', along side [[Millie Bobby Brown]] and [[Chris Pratt]]. He voiced Gary De'Snake in ''[[Zootopia 2]]''.

==Personal life==
Quan is of [[Han Chinese]] ancestry from the [[Hoa people|Hoa]] [[List of ethnic groups in Vietnam|ethnic minority group]] of Vietnam. He speaks English, [[Cantonese]], and [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> Quan is married to Echo Quan,<ref>{{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 }}</ref> who served as the on-set interpreter for ''Everything Everywhere All at Once'',<ref>{{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 }}</ref> and resides in [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles]].<ref name="Collis-2022"/><ref name="Ito-2022"/> Quan holds a [[Dan (rank)#Korean martial arts|second-degree]] [[Black belt (martial arts)|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''.<ref name="Collis-2022" /> He remains close friends with his ''Goonies'' co-star [[Jeff Cohen (actor)|Jeff Cohen]], who is also Quan's [[entertainment lawyer]] and helped Quan negotiate his contract to star in ''Everything Everywhere All at Once''.<ref name="Ebiri-2022" />

==Filmography==
{{Pending films key}}
===Film===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! 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]]''
| [[Short Round]]
|
| 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 (film)|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)
|
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Gearan |first=Hannah |date=2023-12-12 |title=Kung Fu Panda 4 Synopsis Revealed As Two Oscar-Winners Join Voice Cast |url=https://screenrant.com/kung-fu-panda-4-synopsis-cast-update/ |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=ScreenRant |language=en |archive-date=December 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213201420/https://screenrant.com/kung-fu-panda-4-synopsis-cast-update/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2025
! scope="row" |''[[Love Hurts (2025 film)|Love Hurts]]''
| Marvin Gable
|
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2024-01-04 |title=Ke Huy Quan Set For Uni Actioner 'With Love' From 87North |url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/ke-huy-quan-with-love-movie-universal-1235695293/ |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=Deadline |language=en |archive-date=January 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105133942/https://deadline.com/2024/01/ke-huy-quan-with-love-movie-universal-1235695293/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Electric State (film)|The Electric State]]''
| Dr. Clark Amherst / P.C. (voice)
|
| align="center"|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Zootopia 2]]''
| Gary De'Snake (voice)
| 
| align="center"| <ref>{{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]]}}</ref>
|-
|2026
! scope="row"  style="background:#ffc;"| ''[[The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender]]'' {{dagger}}
|TBA (voice)
|
| align="center"| <ref name="CastDec2025">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/legend-of-aang-the-last-airbender-will-skip-theaters-1236457907/|title=‘Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender’ Will Skip Theaters and Debut on Paramount+ Alongside New ‘Safe Havens’ Series (Exclusive)|last=McClintock|first=Pamela|date=December 23, 2025|access-date=December 23, 2025}}</ref>

|}

===Other credits===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Title
! scope="col"| Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{refh}}
|-
|2000
! scope="row" | ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]''
|Assistant fight choreographer, translator
| align="center"|
|-
|2001
! scope="row" | ''[[The One (2001 film)|The One]]''
|Assistant action choreography director
| align="center"|
|-
|2004
! scope="row" | ''[[2046 (film)|2046]]''
|Assistant director
| align="center"|
|}
===Television===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Role
!scope="col"| Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{refh}}
|-
| 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 (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]''
| Josh
| Episode: "[[List of Tales from the Crypt episodes#ep33|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 (TV series)|American Born Chinese]]''
| Jamie Yao / Freddy Wong
| Main role
| align="center"| <ref name="Feb22">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/shang-chi-michelle-yeoh-destin-daniel-cretton-american-born-chinese-disney-plus-series-chin-han-yeo-yann-yann-daniel-wu-also-star-1234927624/|title='Shang-Chi's Michelle Yeoh & Destin Daniel Cretton Reunite For Disney+ Series 'American Born Chinese;' Chin Han, Yeo Yann Yann & Daniel Wu Also Star|first=Mike Jr.|last=Fleming|date=February 7, 2022|access-date=February 7, 2022|archive-date=December 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212180418/https://deadline.com/2022/02/shang-chi-michelle-yeoh-destin-daniel-cretton-american-born-chinese-disney-plus-series-chin-han-yeo-yann-yann-daniel-wu-also-star-1234927624/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Loki (TV series)|Loki]]''
| Ouroboros "OB" / A.D. Doug
| [[Loki season 2|Season 2]]; Main role
| align="center"|
|-
| 2025
! scope="row" | ''[[The White Lotus]]''
| Kenneth "Kenny" Nguyen
| Episode: "[[Special Treatments (The White Lotus)|Special Treatments]]"; voice only, uncredited
| align="center"| <ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Accolades==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Ke Huy Quan}}
In 2023, Quan won a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Golden Globe Award]] and an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Academy Award]], for Best Supporting Actor, for his role in ''[[Everything Everywhere All at Once]]'' (2022).<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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 Immigrants Award|Great Immigrant Award]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Asian Americans in arts and entertainment]]
*[[List of Academy Award winners and nominees of Asian descent]]
==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.&nbsp;387.
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