Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid
Quaid in 2024
Born
Dennis William Quaid

(1954-04-09) April 9, 1954
Alma materUniversity of Houston
OccupationActor
Years active1975–present
Spouses
  • P. J. Soles
    (m. 1978; div. 1983)
  • (m. 1991; div. 2001)
  • Kimberly Buffington
    (m. 2004; div. 2018)
  • Laura Savoie
    (m. 2020)
Children3, including Jack Quaid
Relatives
  • Randy Quaid (brother)
  • Gene Autry (first cousin twice removed)

Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954)[1] is an American actor. He is known for his starring roles in Breaking Away (1979), The Right Stuff (1983), The Big Easy (1986), Innerspace (1987), Great Balls of Fire! (1989), Dragonheart (1996), The Parent Trap (1998), Frequency (2000), The Rookie (2002), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), In Good Company (2004), Flight of the Phoenix (2004), Yours, Mine & Ours (2005), and Vantage Point (2008). Quaid received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Far from Heaven (2002).

Quaid also acted in The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981), Jaws 3-D (1983), Come See the Paradise (1990), Any Given Sunday (1999), Traffic (2000), American Dreamz (2006), Footloose (2011), Playing for Keeps (2012), Truth (2015), Midway (2019), Strange World (2022), and The Substance (2024). He portrayed President Bill Clinton in the HBO film The Special Relationship (2010), earning nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He also portrayed Deputy U.S. Marshal Sherrill Lynn in the Paramount+ Western series Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023), and President Ronald Reagan in the biopic Reagan (2024).

  1. ^ UPI Staff (April 9, 2020). "Famous birthdays for April 9: Kristen Stewart, Dennis Quaid". United Press International. Retrieved December 14, 2021.