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Quan became a child actor at age 12, starring as Harrison Ford's sidekick Short Round in the Steven Spielberg film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984. The casting director auditioned a number of children at Castelar Elementary School, including Quan's younger brother. [12]
Mar 13, 2023 · Ke Huy Quan was a child star in two of the biggest movies of the 1980s, but gave up on acting when Hollywood gave up on him. Now he has made a remarkable comeback by winning an Oscar.
Mar 13, 2023 · Quan was a child star in two huge movies in the 1980s but gave up on acting as Hollywood did not come knocking for him. Luckily, it wasn’t the end of his story. He was overcome with emotion at the...
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Feb 9, 2023 · Quan was 12 years old when he began his acting journey a few years after arriving in California.
Nov 7, 2022 · I didn’t know how the audience would react to seeing that child actor, now as a middle-aged man. I was 50 years old when I decided to get back into acting, and it wasn’t a decision I made...
Mar 8, 2023 · Born in Vietnam in 1971, the future child star fled the war-torn country with his family when he was only 7 years old. Quan escaped to Hong Kong with his father and six siblings, while his...
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Feb 20, 2024 · After a 20-year break from acting, the former child actor returned to the big screen in Everything Everywhere All at Once—and won a Golden Globe.
