Ke Huy Quan

Justice for Short Round: Ke Huy Quan wins the 2023 supporting actor Oscar for his work in "Everything Everywhere All at Once."

“For many years, I just had to be realistic. He got a new agent and soon after landed “Everything Everywhere.” To all of you out there, please keep your dreams alive.” “I think that’s why, when I got older and the road became rugged, I felt like I didn’t pay my dues. “Now we have shows on prime-time television with an entire Asian cast, and there’s ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once.’ I started questioning myself when the phone stopped ringing and the opportunities dried up.” I recently was told that if I were to win tonight, I would become the very first Asian actor to win in this category. He had to fit into multiple genres, including absurd action comedy, family drama and something like a [Wong Kar-Wai](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-apr-06-ca-westerns6-story.html) romance. “I didn’t go looking to be an actor; acting found me. Acting roles dried up for him in the mid-’90s. … There was nowhere to go but downhill,” “Mom, I just won an Oscar!”

LOS ANGELES, March 12 (Reuters) - Ke Huy Quan, the Vietnamese-born actor who as a child appeared in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," received the Academy ...

And they gave me an opportunity to try again.” "I was raised to never forget where I came from, to always remember who gave me my first opportunity," Quan said. They remembered that kid.

Ke Huy Quan took home the Academy Award for best actor in a supporting role at the Oscars on Sunday night, delivering a moving speech as he accepted the ...

Quan's historic win from the Screen Actors Guild marked the first time an Asian performer was given a distinction in the category for outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role. He previously earned the Golden Globe for supporting actor in a motion picture, and took home the corresponding titles at the Critics Choice and Screen Actors Guild Awards. He said his dream of returning to acting was reawakened with the release of "Crazy Rich Asians" in 2018. "But one of the reasons why I cried was because I wanted to be up there with them." Quan was born in Vietnam and moved with his family to Los Angeles when he was a child. This, this, is the American Dream."

LOS ANGELES, USA –Ke Huy Quan, a one-time child star who gave up acting for two decades, was named best supporting actor at the Academy Awards on Sunday, March ...

Best actor may be a toss-up between Elvis star Austin Butler and Brendan Fraser, who played a severely obese man in The Whale. “Maybe give the assailant a hug.” The 95th Academy Awards ceremony was broadcast live on Walt Disney Co’s DIS.N ABC network. A crisis response team was on hand in case of an unexpected twist. “They say stories like this only happen in the movies. A weeping Quan, who was born in Vietnam, kissed his Oscar trophy as he held it on stage.

Ke Huy Quan won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' and gave a speech thanking many and telling those ...

Thank you, thank you, thank you!” Thank you to a-24. Thank you.

My journey started on a boat. I spent a year in a refugee camp. And somehow, I ended up here on Hollywood's biggest stage,” he said in his acceptance ...

Thank you thank you thank you. Thank you to my mom for the sacrifices you made to get me here. Thank you. Thank you so much to the Academy for this honor of a lifetime. “Hollywood didn’t write roles for Asian actors.” But he continued to pay his Screen Actors Guild dues every month, as if biding his time for a return to acting. “I had to step away because the phone stopped ringing,”

Ke Huy Quan won the award for supporting actor, his first, for his role in 'Everything Everywhere All at Once.'

Thank you to my mom for the sacrifices she made to get me here. To all of you out there: please keep your dreams alive. Brendan Gleeson (“The Banshees of Inisherin”), Brian Tyree Henry (“Causeway”), Judd Hirsch (“The Fablemans”) and Barry Keoghan (“The Banshees of Inisherin”) were also nominated for the award. Dreams are something you have to believe in. Thank you so much to the Academy for this honor of a lifetime. Ngor](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-02-28-me-41133-story.html), for “ [The Killing Fields](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-killing-fields-20140130-story.html),” in 1985.

He was a child star in the 1980s, but gave up on acting when Hollywood gave up on him.

"Spielberg was the first person to put an Asian face in a Hollywood blockbuster," he said. "If you were to take 100 scripts, there was a high probability that none of them would feature any meaningful Asian characters. On paper, the film is a tough sell. Three weeks later, Quan was on his way to Sri Lanka to start shooting the film. But as the 90s wore on, the offers began to dwindle. I wanted to be up there along with my fellow Asian actors. Quan didn't intend to audition, but the casting director suggested "My journey started on a boat. They would make fun of us when we were in school. An agent friend agreed to represent him - and two weeks later Quan received a call about Everything Everywhere All at Once. Ma, I just won an Oscar!" Now he has made a remarkable comeback by winning an Oscar.

Ke Huy Quan was overcome with emotion on Sunday night when he won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his performance in 'Everything Everywhere ...

Quan thanked his mother for the "sacrifices" she made to get him to this point. "To all of your out there, please keep your dreams alive." This is the American dream."

"Dreams are something you have to believe in," an emotional Quan said. Read his full speech here.

[Emily Burack](https://www.emilyburack.com/) (she/her) is the news writer for Town & Country, where she covers entertainment, culture, the royals, and a range of other subjects. Thank you, thank you, thank you! This—this is the American dream! "Stories like this only happen in the movies," Quan said, while crying. [Ke Huy Quan](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/fashion-trends/a43030181/ke-huy-quan-brooch-oscars-2023-suit-photos/) took home the Oscar tonight for Best Supporting Actor. Quan won for his role as Weymond Wang in [Everything Everywhere All at Once](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a41429058/how-to-watch-stream-everything-everywhere-all-at-once/), the husband of [Michelle Yeoh's](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/g42419556/michelle-yeoh-best-red-carpet-outfits-photos/) Evelyn.

Ke Huy Quan has won the supporting actor Oscar to complete an inspiring Hollywood comeback story. The Vietnam-born actor was honored for his role in ...

Ke Huy Quan, Ruth Carter and Darren Aronofsky were among the stars and filmmakers celebrating at the academy's big post-Oscars party.

“It shows what the power of film can do for something that we’re all living through,” she said on her way through the ballroom to meet her filmmakers. Darren Aronofsky was in a celebratory mood because his drama “The Whale” landed two Oscars, for lead actor Brendan Fraser and for hair and makeup. It was the sentiment echoed by the academy chief executive Bill Kramer. Celebrating along with the “Everything Everywhere” crowd was Ke Huy Quan, the film’s supporting-actor winner, and his brother David. That was fine by the winners from “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” who swarmed the second queue and were jubilant after picking up seven Academy Awards at the ceremony earlier in the evening. Then with a wink, he added laughing, “I mean Brendan, I’ll never see that guy again.”

LOS ANGELES: In one of the night's first awards of the 95th Oscars on Sunday (Monday in Manila), former child star Ke Huy Quan capped his extraordinary ...

"This is the American dream." "They say stories like this only happen in the movies. The audience — including his "Temple of Doom" director, Steven Spielberg — gave Quan a standing ovation as he fought back tears.

The "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" actors reunited on the Oscars stage and shared an emotional hug.

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” won a total of seven Oscars, including best director. “As I get closer, he turns and points his finger at me, and he has that classic, famous, grumpy Harrison Ford look,” Quan said. I’m so happy for him. [Ke Huy Quan](https://variety.com/t/ke-huy-quan/) ended an emotional [Oscars](https://variety.com/t/oscars/) night by reuniting with his “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” co-star [Harrison Ford](https://variety.com/t/harrison-ford/) on stage. Ford was at the event to promote “Indiana Jones 5,” while Quan was in attendance as a cast member of “Loki” Season 2. I’m very happy for him.”

Ke Huy Quan says his fellow “Goonies” readily congratulated him on his Oscar win for best supporting actor.

Every single one of them was so happy ... “I love all of them so much. Jeff Cohen, who played Chunk in the film, represented him during his contract negotiations for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

Hearing his name announced at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday was “a really special moment” for newly minted Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan — who was advised ...

“My younger self would not know all the struggles that I went through to be here because he was just having the time of his life being a kid, being on a set ... “I love all of them so much, and every single one of them was so happy. who is the reason why I am in America, was the reason why I have a better life. I would try a different name — not the name that was given to me — but it can only show you how desperate I was to try and try and try to make things different.” “Wow, wow, wow!” he exclaimed. Now he’s back in ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once.’ “When I decided to get back into acting ... [winning the Oscar for best supporting actor](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2023-03-12/ke-huy-quan-full-acceptance-speech-oscars-2023), a triumphant Quan stopped by the press room adjacent to the Dolby Theatre and recalled his manager once encouraging him to adopt a stage name. “You are the most beautiful-looking group of people I have ever seen. “I was so desperate for a job that I would do anything. Throughout the 2023 awards season, Quan [has been vocal about](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2022-11-07/ke-huy-quan-can-again-embrace-his-dream-of-acting) getting shunned by Hollywood after breaking into the entertainment industry as a child actor. I was so emotional.

Heres all about the remarkable story of a comeback star Ke Huy Quan who ruled this years Oscars and became the first Asian actor to win the award for Best ...

In his childhood, Quan moved to Hong Kong from Vietnam as a refugee, after some time he then settled in the US in 1978. The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). [Huy Quan](/topic/huy-quan)said, people think stories like his “only happen in the movies.” "I can’t believe it's happening to me. This is the American dream." Quan concluded his victory speech by referring to dreams: "Dreams are something you have to believe in. To everyone out there, keep your dreams alive.”

Newly crowned Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan had a joyous 'Indiana Jones' reunion when his old pal Harrison Ford presented the Best Picture award to 'Everything ...

[producing an adorable Instagram photo](https://ew.com/movies/harrison-ford-ke-huy-quan-indiana-jones-reunion-d23/). Ford wasn't the only Oscars attendee who's had a front-row seat to Quan's whole career. As it happens, when the film went on to win Best Picture as well at the end of the night, the award was presented by none other than Indiana Jones himself, [Harrison Ford](http://www.ew.com/people/harrison-ford). I mean, wow." But as soon as Quan approached Ford, he recalled, "He looks and points at me and says, 'Are you Short Round?' Immediately, I was transported back to 1984, when I was a little kid, and I said, 'Yes, Indy.' And he said, 'Come here,' and gave me a big hug." He brought with him EEAO co-director Daniel Kwan, who excitedly shook Ford's hand.

Quan, 51, got his start as a child actor. His debut was in a little film called Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984, where he played Short Round, and a ...

The embrace mirrored a cinematic moment from Quan’s debut in Indiana Jones and was almost instantly posted with side-by-side comparisons online. They hugged and Quan kissed Ford on the cheek, jumping in excitement. He told the crowd, “dreams are something you have to believe in. His debut was in a little film called Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984, where he played Short Round, and a year later, he was Data in The Goonies. Fraser won for his starring role in The Whale. “Thirty-one years ago in 1992, Brendan Fraser and Ke Huy Quan were in Encino Man together,” Kimmel said. Quan regularly thanked Spielberg, who was nominated for Ford was presenting the winner for best picture, which went to Everything Everywhere All at Once. He’s Quan’s lawyer and handled his contract for Everything Everywhere All at Once. He shifted to stuntwork, studied film in college, and suppressed his acting dreams. Here are our top five moments from his emotional speech and win. Quan’s role as Waymond in best picture winner Everything Everywhere All at Once marked his big comeback.

Ke Huy Quan won more than Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars last night as he also won the hearts of everyone who watched his acceptance speech.

[In our 10/10 review of the film](/articles/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-review), IGN said: "Everything Everywhere All at Once changes the game for what cinematic multiverses can be, with thrilling action, excellent performances, and a world of possibilities." So ride along as we go through all of the biggest video game releases you’ll be able to play on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC in March 2023.Also, you can browse the IGN Playlist of all the biggest titles launching in March. [Everything Everywhere All At Once took home a total of seven Oscars over the course of the night](/articles/oscar-winners-2023-the-full-list-of-winners), also winning Best Picture, Writing (Original Screenplay), Editing, and Music for its original song This is a Life. [The Biggest Game Releases of March 2023The mad dash of February games is finally behind us, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some great games still on the horizon for March. It was also a night of reunions for Quan, who spoke with Temple of Doom director Steven Spielberg and star Harrison Ford. This is the American dream."

The 51-year-old actor played Data in 1985 adventure film "The Goonies."

Just a year later, he played Data in "The Goonies." NOT JUST 4 A FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE IN EEAAO BUT 4 THE PERSEVERANCE OF FOLLOWING HIS DREAM & NEVER GIVING UP!" Goonies never say die!" He then posted a photo of Quan in the 1992 film "Encino Man," with the caption reading, "Never a doubt..." "We are always bonded. [Ke Huy Quan's best supporting actor win](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oscars-2023-ke-huy-quan-best-supporting-actor-speech-everything-everywhere-all-at-once/) at the [Academy Awards](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oscars-2023-winners-list-nominees/) for his role as Waymond Wang in the [best picture-winning](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oscars-2023-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-most-awards/) "Everything Everywhere All at Once," Quan went to the press room and [gushed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRwB__lGbd0) about his "'Goonies' brothers," who called him before his big night to wish him luck.