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7 | ->''"Dreams are something you have to believe in. I almost gave up on mine. To all of you out there, please keep your dreams alive."'' |
8 | -->-- From his acceptance speech for the [[MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestActorInASupportingRole Oscar for Best Supporting Actor]] for his role in ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce'' |
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10 | Ke Huy Quan[[note]]Sometimes credited as Jonathan Ke Quan. "Huy" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqxVXjGu5BQ also essentially rhymes with "Louie"]] when pronounced correctly.[[/note]] (born August 20, 1971 in Saigon, nowadays' Ho Chi Minh City) is a Vietnamese-born American actor and stunt choreographer. |
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12 | After his family fled UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}} as refugees following the end of [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar the war]], he became a successful child actor in The80s, playing Short Round in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' and Data in ''Film/TheGoonies''. |
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14 | Following several roles in TheNineties, Quan retired from acting in the early 2000s due to the lack of roles for Asian actors in Hollywood, working as a stunt choreographer for ''Film/XMen1'' and an assistant director for ''Film/TheOne'' and ''Film/TwoThousandFortySix''. |
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16 | However, Quan returned to acting in 2019, being inspired to do so following the success of ''Film/CrazyRichAsians''. His career experienced a major resurgence because of his widely acclaimed performance in 2022's ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce'', for which he won multiple awards, including the [[MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestActorInASupportingRole Oscar for Best Supporting Actor]]. The win made Quan the second of two actors of Asian descent to win an Oscar in that category[[note]]the other being Creator/HaingSNgor in 1985 for ''Film/TheKillingFields''[[/note]] and the first Vietnam-born actor to win an Oscar. |
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18 | Since then, Quan appeared in the Creator/DisneyPlus series ''Series/{{American Born Chinese|2023}}'' and joined the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse as Ouroboros in the second season of ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}''. In June 2023, it was announced that he had been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as an actor. |
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20 | !!Film Roles |
21 | * 1984 -- ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' as Wan Li aka "Short Round" |
22 | * 1985 -- ''Film/TheGoonies'' as Richard "Data" Wang |
23 | * 1986 -- ''Film/ItTakesAThief'' as Little Guan |
24 | * 1991 -- ''Film/BreathingFire'' as Charlie Moore |
25 | * 1992 -- ''Film/EncinoMan'' as Kim |
26 | * 1996 -- ''Film/RedPirate'' as Kwan Chia Chiang |
27 | * 2002 -- ''Film/SecondTimeAround'' as Sing Wong |
28 | * 2021 -- ''Film/FindingOhana'' as George Phan |
29 | * 2022 -- ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce'' as Waymond Wang - Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor |
30 | * 2024 -- ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda4'' as Han (voice role) |
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32 | !!Television Roles |
33 | * 1986 -- ''Series/TogetherWeStand'' as Sam |
34 | * 1991 -- ''Series/HeadOfTheClass'' as Jasper Kwong (1991) |
35 | * 1991 -- ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' as Josh (1 episode) |
36 | * 1993 -- ''Series/TheBigEunuchAndTheLittleCarpenter'' as Ba Dajia |
37 | * 2023 -- ''Series/{{American Born Chinese|2023}}'' as Freddy Wong |
38 | * 2023 -- ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}'' as Ouroboros (Season 2) |
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40 | !!Stunts |
41 | * 2000 -- ''Film/XMen1'' (Stunt Rigger, uncredited) |
42 | * 2001 -- ''Film/TheOne'' |
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