Well, I thought he largely left the industry as an actor. IMDB has two acting credits in a nearly 30 year span before 2021.
The Temple of Doom and Goonies star has returned to the big screen with an acclaimed new film after a 20-year acting hiatus
people.com
"It was tough," he says. "I was waiting for the phone to ring, and it rarely did." In the early 2000s, Quan says he made the "very difficult decision" to step away from acting. After graduating from film school at USC, he turned his attention behind the scenes, becoming a successful assistant director and stunt coordinator.
Twenty years later, after watching 2018's
Crazy Rich Asians, Quan decided it might be time to return to his first love, acting.
"I was happy working behind the camera but I had serious FOMO," he says with a laugh. "I wanted to be up there with my fellow Asian actors!"
Similar to his beginnings in the business, Quan booked the first role he auditioned for, in the critically acclaimed genre-bending fantasy
Everything Everywhere All at Once opposite
Michelle Yeoh, in which he plays three versions of one character.
Speaking of which, Quan is still close friends with several members of the
Goonies cast like
Sean Astin and
Corey Feldman, but primarily Jeff Cohen, who fans know as "Chunk." Cohen is now a successful entertainment lawyer who represents Quan, and was of course involved in his contract for
Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Chunk is a lawyer!!!!!!!!!