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TIL Ke Huy Quan, a prominent child actor who played Short Round in Indiana Jones, left acting in his 20s because he couldn’t find any work as an Asian actor. After a 19 year hiatus, he came back into the industry and won an Oscar for his supporting role in Everything Everywhere All at Once in 2023.

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