Ke Huy Quan
Academy Award-winning Vietnamese-American actor whose remarkable comeback captivated the world with Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Ke Huy Quan - Personal Information
- Name: Ke Huy Quan
- Date of Birth: August 20, 1971
- Place of Birth: Saigon, Vietnam [now Ho Chi Minh City]
- Gender: Male
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Stunts, Fight Choreographer, Assistant Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Biography
Ke Huy Quan (/ˌkiː.hwiː.ˈkwɑːn/ KEE-hwee-KWAHN; Vietnamese: Quan Kế Huy; born August 20, 1971), also known as Jonathan Ke Quan, is an American actor. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award.
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. He has since starred in the second season of the Disney+ series Loki in 2023 and in the Disney animated film Zootopia 2 in 2025.
Selected Filmography
A look at Ke Huy Quan's most recent screen appearances across film and television.
- The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender (2026) as (voice)
- The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular (2025) as Self
- Zootopia 2 (2025) as Gary De'Snake (voice)
- The Electric State (2025) as Dr. Amherst / P.C (voice)
- Love Hurts (2025) as Marvin Gable
- Music by John Williams (2024) as Self - Actor
- Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) as Han (voice)
- Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford (2023) as Self
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Loki Season 2 (2023) as Self - 'O.B.'
- The New Face of Hollywood – A Soul of a Nation Presentation (2023) as Self
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