Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954 in Houston, Texas) is an American actor.

Biography
Quaid exposed drama at Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas and later inside college. He dropped away from a University of Houston before graduating and moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue an acting career. Dennis at the start got condition choosing act however began to benefit notice after he appeared around Breaking Away (1979) and earned proficient reviews for his role in The Right Stuff (1983).

The gifted actor world health organization might vary between leading & supporting roles. Quaid has proven his chops around a kind of films world health organizatiin seems to become on the career revival in the period of the late xc. A bit of of Quaid's virtually all recent film credits include Traffic (2000) as a rotter lawyer, Far From either Heaven (2002) as a closeted hubby (a role which numbers of felt the actor was overlooked in the Oscar category), and Inside Practiced Company (2004), as an ageing ad executive whose fresh boss occurs as immature child.

Aside from either acting, Quaid is as well a musician, & plays by owning his band the Sharks. Randy Quaid, Dennis' older brother, is also an actor.

Quaid was married to actress Meg Ryan from 1991 to 2001 (divorced). It develop of these toddler together, Jack Henry (born April 24, 1992). His number one marriage, from either 1978 to 1983, was to actress P. J. Soles.

Quaid works by owning a charity "International Hospital for Children in New Orleans." He makes trips to Central America to help build medical clinics and shipping honk youngsters back to the United States for treatment it can't develop locally.

Quaid is an inspiring golfer and lends his title to the annual "Jiffy Lube/Dennis Quaid Charity Classic" within Austin, Texas. A golf game tournament attracts many celebrities using a takings split between threesome local kids's charities.

Selected filmography
Yours, Mine and Ours (2005)... Frank Beardsley In Good Company (2004)... Dan Foreman Flight of the Phoenix (2004)... Frank Towns The Day After Tomorrow (2004)... Jack Hall The Alamo (2004)... San Houston Cold Creek Manor (2003)... Cooper Tilson Far From Heaven (2002) The Rookie (2002)... Jemmy Morris Traffic (2000)... Arnie Metzger Frequency (2000)... Frank Sullivan Any Given Sunday (1999)... Jack 'Cap' Rooney Savior (1998)... Joshua Rose/Guy The Parent Trap (1998)... Nick Parker Dragonheart (1996)... Bowen Postcards from the Edge (1990)... Jack Faulkner Come See The Paradise (1990)... Jack McGurn Great Balls of Fire!... Jerry Lee Lewis The Big Easy (1987)... Det. Remy McSwain Innerspace (1987)... Lt. Tuck Pendleton Enemy Mine (1985))... Willis Davidge The Right Stuff (1983)... Gordon Cooper Jaws 3-D (1983)... Michael 'Mike' Brody The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981)... Travis Child The Long Riders (1980)... Ed Miller Breaking Away (1979)... Mike