Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom star Ke Huy Quan who, after several decades of being away from the spotlight, has now received his first Academy Award nomination for his performance in the hugely successful absurdist science fiction flick, Everything Everywhere All at Once. The actor is up for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Waymond Wang, the optimistic (if a little meek) husband of Michelle Yeoh’s main character, Evelyn.

Ke Huy Quan is up against the likes of Brendan Gleeson for The Banshees of Inisherin, Brian Tyree Henry for Causeway, Judd Hirsch for The Fabelmans, and Barry Keoghan, also for The Banshees of Inisherin. It’s certainly a stacked category, but following Ke Huy Quan’s recent Golden Globe victory, he is in with an excellent chance of walking away with the coveted golden statue.

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The overwhelmingly positive response to Ke Huy Quan’s return has had a big impact on the actor, who has barely been seen on screen since his childhood performances in the likes of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Goonies. “To have this as my comeback movie and to get this recognition and warm embrace? I’ve cried so much in the last six months from reading the comments or from people coming up to me,” Quan said of the response from critics, audiences, and Hollywood alike.

“How often does a man in his 50s get a chance like this? How often do actors get a second act?” he continued. “I really hope that if people are reading my story, it gives them hope, it gives them courage to give voice to that dream they once had. It’s so difficult to be an actor in this business, and I want those people who are doubting themselves or have dreams fading away because they think it’s not going to happen…”

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Everything Everywhere All at Once Has Received 11 Nominations at the 95th Acacemy Awards

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Written and directed by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, collectively known as The Daniels, Everything Everywhere All at Once stars martial arts legend Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn Wang, a dissatisfied and overwhelmed laundromat owner who simply wants to get her taxes in order. But before she can even organize her paperwork, Evelyn must first face a threat even bigger than the Internal Revenue Service. She is suddenly dragged into a battle for multiverse, a battle that only she can win, when an interdimensional rupture unravels reality. Evelyn becomes the unlikeliest of heroes as she must connect to alternate versions of herself, channel her newfound powers, and fight bizarre and bewildering dangers from the multiverse as the fate of the world hangs in the balance.

Everything Everywhere All at Once was met with universal acclaim from both critics and audiences alike upon release, and his since been showered with award nominations and wins, as well as becoming the highest grossing release ever for influential studio A24.

The success of the multiverse-hopping action/drama/comedy/adventure continues, and then some, with the movie having now been nominated for a total of 11 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Schienert, and Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh. The 95th Academy Awards 2023 is scheduled to take place on Sunday, March 12, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.