Ke Huy Quan

American actor
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Ke Huy Quan, also known as Jonathan Ke Quan, is an American actor. As a child actor, Quan 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 in the 1990s, he took a 19-year acting hiatus, during which he worked as a stunt choreographer and assistant director.

Quan Kế Huy was born on August 20, 1970 in Saigon, South Vietnam, into a family of Chinese descent, with eight siblings. Three years after the end of the Vietnam war in 1975, Quan fled from Vietnam with his family. He, along with his father and five siblings, fled to Hong Kong, while Quan's mother and three other siblings went to Malaysia. After staying at a refugee camp in Hong Kong, Quan's entire family was admitted to the United States as part of the Refugee Admissions Program in 1979. 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 in Alhambra.

Date of Birth20th August 1971
Age53 Years
Zodiac SignLeo
CountryUnited States of America
Current CityHo Chi Minh City
Birth PlaceHo Chi Minh City
NationalityUnited States of America
CitizenshipUnited States of America
LanguageVietnamese
ReferenceIMDB
Education
University of Southern California, USC School of Cinematic Arts
Occupationactor, taekwondo athlete, film actor
Career Start1984 (40 years ago)
Awards
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
  • Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Actors from United States of America born in 1971