Dennis Quaid
Birthplace: Houston
Born: 1954-04-09
Occupations recorded in source
actor; aircraft pilot; composer; executive producer; film actor; film director; film producer; screenwriter; television actor; voice actor
Biography from Wikipedia
Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his starring roles in many successful films, including Breaking Away (1979), Jaws 3-D (1983), Innerspace (1987), Great Balls of Fire! (1989), Dragonheart (1996), The Parent Trap (1998), Frequency (2000), The Rookie (2002), The Alamo (2004), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), In Good Company (2004), Flight of the Phoenix (2004), Yours, Mine & Ours (2005), and Vantage Point (2008). In 2003, Quaid received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Far from Heaven (2002).
Quaid 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).
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- All Night Long (1981) — Freddie Dupler
- Caveman (1981) — Lar
- The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981) — Travis Child
- Gorp (1980) — Mad Grossman
- The Long Riders (1980) — Ed Miller
- Breaking Away (1979) — Mike
- Are You in the House Alone? (1978) — Phil Lawver
- Our Winning Season (1978) — Paul Morelli
- September 30, 1955 (1977)
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.
