"Ke Huy Quan Is Back and Better Than Ever" in W Magazine (12 January 2023)
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My stepping away from acting was not an easy decision to make. I had to be realistic: There were not a lot of opportunities for an Asian actor at that time. I had no choice but to do something else, so I went to film school, graduated, and started working behind the camera.
— Ke Huy Quan
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About Ke Huy Quan
Ke Huy Quan (Chinese: 關繼威, Vietnamese: Quan Kế Huy) (born August 20, 1971), also known as Jonathan Ke Quan, is a Vietnamese-American actor and stunt choreographer who played Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and Data in The Goonies (1985). For his role as a naive husband navigating the multiverse in the science fiction film Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), he received acclaim and won many accolades.
About Ke Huy Quan
Ke Huy Quan (Chinese: 關繼威, Vietnamese: Quan Kế Huy) (born August 20, 1971), also known as Jonathan Ke Quan, is a Vietnamese-American actor and stunt choreographer who played Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and Data in The Goonies (1985). For his role as a naive husband navigating the multiverse in the science fiction film Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), he received acclaim and won many accolades.
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