Ke Huy Quan had an early taste of success in Hollywood. He was Harrison Ford’s childcare worker Indiana Jones and the time of damnation, but since then he has not had much of a presence in the film industry. Everything changed with his role in Everything everywhere at oncerole for which he won an Oscar in the best supporting actor category.

Quan began his speech with a message to his mother, who was watching at home: “Mom, I just won an Oscar!” exclaimed the Vietnam-born actor.

“My journey started on a boat, I spent a year in a refugee camp, and now I somehow ended up on the biggest stage in Hollywood.”

“They say stories like this only happen in movies. I can’t believe it’s happening to me. This is the American dream,” said the 51-year-old actor.

The actor continued his speech by thanking his wife, Echo, and emphasizing to the audience not to give up chasing their dreams. “Dreams are something you have to believe in,” he exclaimed. “I almost gave up looking for mine… for all of you, please keep your dreams alive.”

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It is the second prize of the evening that the film lasts Everything everywhere at once. Jamie Lee Curtis won the Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in the same film.

His story is worthy of Hollywood: Ke Huy Quan was discovered as a child by Steven Spielberg and eventually built a career off screen, until, almost four decades later, his amazing comeback awarded him the Oscar for best supporting actor this Sunday.

This American of Vietnamese descent was 12 years old when he went to a casting with his brother, competing for the role of Stopper, the boy from ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom’. But it was Quan who was chosen to join Harrison Ford in the successful 1984 sequel.

The following year, Quan returned to big screen fame with the 1980s adventure classic ‘The Goonies’. But when he couldn’t capitalize on his childhood fame, he worked behind the scenes as a stunt coordinator.

The actor, who has already won a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, a Critics Choice Award and a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) award for this role, was the favorite in the category, which also had Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan nominated. for “The Banshees of Inisherin”), Brian Tyree Henry (“Causeway”) and Judd Hirsch (“The Fabelmans”).

His win is a turning point for Asian actors who feel they are finally more represented on screen.

“When I stopped acting, it was because there were so few opportunities,” he said in an emotional acceptance speech at the SAG Awards two weeks ago.

“The picture looks very different now,” he said.

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The film tells the story of Evelyn (Yeoh) and Waymond (Quan), who are on the brink of divorce, face a tax audit when they become embroiled in an epic multiverse battle to save humanity from a powerful villain, who she is too. his daughter (Hsu).

By addressing gender issues and even featuring Yeoh and Quan in fight scenes, the plot allows the characters to reassess their lives and decide what’s important.

The film, which has already grossed more than $100 million worldwide, won the highest honor at the SAG Awards: Best Cast.

“Every rejection, every disappointment has led you to this moment. Don’t let anything distract you,” Quan’s character Waymond tells Evelyn in the film, a perfect example of life-inspiring art.