For Man About Town’s spring-summer 2025 issue, Ke Huy Quan moves through each frame with the composure of someone who’s studied both sides of the lens.
Photographed by David Roemer (Atelier Management) and styled by Jungle Lin, he cycles through textures and moods—from a nubby caramel jacket worthy of 1970s art house nostalgia to louche ivory tailoring with mid-century cool.
Every pose carries intention, though the ease is hard-won. With grooming by Anissa Emily lending polish to the overall look, it’s Quan’s personal narrative that bolsters the images.
Ke Huy Quan for Man About Town
From childhood roles in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “The Goonies” to an intentional step behind the camera, Quan’s detour into action choreography and directing gave him a vantage point few actors experience.
“I went to film school [in the late 90s] and then I was very lucky to work with some great filmmakers, behind the camera with an eye toward directing,” he tells Stanley Tucci in their feature interview. “But what I didn’t know at that time was I was also watching great actors work on the craft from the sideline. It was like a front row seat in the best acting class.”
That backstage education surfaced years later in his Oscar-winning performance in “Everything Everywhere All At Once”—a role shaped by emotional timing and technical finesse.
Now co-starring with Tucci in “The Electric State,” Quan brings the same intensity to each scene that he does to a shoot: thoughtful, exacting, fully present. It’s the return of an actor who never really left—he was just watching, learning, and waiting for his cue.
