Dennis Quaid

Acting · Born 1954-04-09 in Houston, Texas, USA

Biography

Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954) is an American actor. He became known during the 1980s after appearing in several successful films, including as Mike Brody in Jaws 3-D (1983), Alex Gardner in Dreamscape (1984), Remy McSwain in The Big Easy (1987), Tuck Pendleton in Innerspace (1987), Jefferson "Jeff" Blue in Undercover Blues (1993), Bowen in Dragonheart (1996), Joe Doe/William in Gang Related (1997), Frank Towns in Flight of the Phoenix (2004), Jack Hall in The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and Reverend Shaw Moore in Footloose (2011).

Filmography

• Frequency as Frank Sullivan
• Traffic as Arnie Metzger
• Far from Heaven as Frank Whitaker
• Breaking Away as Mike
• Enemy Mine as Willis Davidge
• The Right Stuff as Gordon Cooper
• The Parent Trap as Nick Parker
• The Express as Ben Schwartzwalder
• Soul Surfer as Tom Hamilton
• The Substance as Harvey

TV

• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
• The Daily Show as Self
• Today as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark
• The View as Self
• Baretta
• Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno