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Nomination: Best Supporting Actor, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Early Role: Quan was just 12 years old when he made his silver screen debut in 1984's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom as Short Round, the spunky sidekick to Harrison Ford's titular hero. Though the part led him to find success in late '80s and '90s, appearing in works like The Goonies and Head of the Class, Quan stopped acting in the early aughts due to a lack of roles for Asian Americans. In fact, Quan said he lost his health insurance before the release of Everything Everywhere All at Once because "nobody wants to hire me."
"I called my agent and I said, 'Can you please get me anything? It doesn't matter, I just need one job to make the minimum requirement so I can qualify for health insurance the following year,'" he recalled. "And I could not get one single job."