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  2. Ke Huy Quan - Wikipedia

    • 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 as a young adult in the 1990s, he took a 19-year acting hiatus, during which he worked as a stunt choreographer and assistant d… See more

    Early life

    Quan Kế Huy was born on August 20, 1971 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, … See more

    Career

    Quan became a child actor at age 13, starring as Harrison Ford's 12-year-old sidekick Short Round in the Steven Spielberg film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984. The casting director auditioned a number of … See more

    Personal life

    Quan is of Han Chinese ancestry from the Hoa ethnic minority group of Vietnam. He is fluent in English, Vietnamese, Cantonese, and Mandarin. Quan is married to Echo Quan, who served as the on-set translator for Everythi… See more