Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid
Quaid in 2024
Born	Dennis William Quaid (1954-04-09) April 9, 1954 (age 70) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Houston
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–present
Spouses	P. J. Soles ​ ​ (m. 1978; div. 1983)​ Meg Ryan ​ ​ (m. 1991; div. 2001)​ Kimberly Buffington ​ ​ (m. 2004; div. 2018)​ Laura Savoie ​ (m. 2020)​
Children	3, 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 his role in Far from Heaven (2002). In 2009, The Guardian named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.^[2]

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 biographical film Reagan (2024).