Jonathan Ke Quan (born August 20, 1971) is a Vietnamese American actor and stunt choreographer. August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... A Vietnamese American is a resident of the United States who is of ethnic Vietnamese descent. ...

Biography

He was born Ke Huy Quan in Saigon, South Vietnam, but was forced to leave his country when the Army of the Republic of Vietnam is defeated (ARVN) during the Fall of Saigon. His family was selected for political asylum and emigrated to the United States. Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành Chí Minh) is the largest city in Vietnam, located near the delta of the Mekong River. ... Official language Vietnamese Capital Saigon Last President Duong Van Minh Last Prime Minister Vu Van Mau Area  - Total  - % water 173,809 km² N/A Population  - Total  - Density 19,370,000 (1973 est. ... The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was a military component of the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam (commonly known as South Vietnam). ... The Fall of Saigon (in Vietnamese: 30 tháng tÆ°, or April 30th), was the capture of the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon by the Vietnam Peoples Army (NVA) on April 30, 1975. ... Power lines leading to a trash dump hover just overhead in El Carpio, a Nicaraguan refugee camp in Costa Rica Under international law, a refugee is a person who is outside his/her country of nationality or habitual residence; has a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her...

He attended Alhambra High School in Alhambra, California. After high school, he graduated from the University of Southern California (USC), School of Cinematic Arts. He is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin. Alhambra High School is a secondary school located at 101 South Second Street in Alhambra, California, USA with ZIP Code 91801. ... Location of Alhambra within Los Angeles County, California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly as Southern Cal[1]), located in the University Park neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, USA, was founded in 1880, making it Californias oldest private research university. ... The USC School of Cinematic Arts, formerly named the School of Cinema-Television (CNTV), is a film school within the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Cantonese is a major dialect group or language of the Chinese language a member of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. ... Mandarin, or Beifanghua (Chinese: 北方話; Pinyin: BÄ›ifānghuà; literally Northern Dialect(s)), or Guanhua (Traditional Chinese: 官話; Simplified Chinese: 官话; Pinyin: Guānhuà; literally official speech) is a category of related Chinese dialects spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. ...

Quan appeared as a child actor in two popular films in the 1980s: as Data in The Goonies, and as Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The term child actor is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion the latter is also called a former child actor. ... The Goonies was a mondo tubular movie of awesomeness in 1985, produced by Steven Spielberg, and directed by Richard Donner, with the screenplay written by Chris Columbus from Spielbergs story. ... Short Round or Shorty was Indiana Joness kid sidekick in the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. ... Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a 1984 action/adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. ...

He then played Sam on the short-lived TV series Together We Stand (1986–1987) and played Jasper Kwong in the sitcom Head of the Class from 1989 to 1991. He also starred in the movie Breathing Fire and had a cameo in the film California Man. Since then he has not appeared in any films. He has worked as a stunt choreographer for X-Men and The One. Together We Stand, also known as Nothing Is Easy, was an American television series on the CBS network from 1986 to 1987. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Head of the Class was an American sitcom that ran from 1986 to 1991 on the ABC television network. ... Breathing Fire is a 1991 martial_arts movie starring Jonathan Ke Quan, Eddie Saavedra, Ed Neil, Jerry Trimble, and Bolo Yeung. ... Encino Man is a 1992 comedy, which was released in the UK as California Man, featuring actors Brendan Fraser, Sean Astin and Pauly Shore. ... X-Men is a 2000 American action movie, featuring a group of comic book superheroes called the X-Men. ... Promotional poster for The One The One was an action movie released in 2001, starring Jet Li and Carla Gugino. ...

Jonathan Ke Quan (far left) with the Goonies Cast 2001 Reunion

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External links

• Where Are They Now? article on Jonathan Ke Quan
• Jonathan Ke Quan fansite (warning: pop-ups)
• Jonathan Ke Quan at the Internet Movie Database
• Jonathan Ke Quan photos
• Dear Jonathan,