Dennis Quaid

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-04-09 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Houston, Texas, USA

Dennis Quaid

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).

Acting

2004

1998

Savior

as Joshua Rose

1998

2000

Frequency

as Frank Sullivan

2004

2000

Traffic

as Arnie Metzger

1987

Innerspace

as Lt. Tuck Pendleton

2023

2002

Far from Heaven

as Frank Whitaker

2004

The Alamo

as Sam Houston

2024

The Long Game

as Frank Mitchell

1997

Switchback

as FBI Special Agent Frank LaCrosse

1979

2010

Legion

as Bob Hanson

1980

Gorp

as Mad Grossman

2008

Vantage Point

as Thomas Barnes

1990

Postcards from the Edge

as Jack Faulkner

2025

Broke

as George Brandywine

1984

Dreamscape

as Alex Gardner

1989

Great Balls of Fire!

as Jerry Lee Lewis

2019

1985

Enemy Mine

as Willis Davidge

2004

Flight of the Phoenix

as Frank Towns

1996

DragonHeart

as Bowen

1994

Wyatt Earp

as Doc Holliday

2003

Cold Creek Manor

as Cooper Tilson

1988

D.O.A.

as Dexter Cornell

1983

The Right Stuff

as Gordon Cooper

1987

Suspect

as Eddie Sanger

2006

American Dreamz

as President Staton

1999

Any Given Sunday

as Jack "Cap" Rooney

2008

Smart People

as Lawrence Wetherhold

1988

1993

Undercover Blues

as Jeff Blue

1998

The Parent Trap

as Nick Parker

2005

Yours, Mine & Ours

as Frank Beardsley

1997

Gang Related

as Joe Doe / William

1981

Bill

as Barry Morrow

2008

The Express

as Ben Schwartzwalder

2002

The Rookie

as Jimmy Morris

1980

The Long Riders

as Ed Miller

2009

1978

Our Winning Season

as Paul Morelli

-

American Pride

as “Cowboy” Jack Clement

2011

Soul Surfer

as Tom Hamilton

2024

The Substance

as Harvey

2010

1983

Tough Enough

as Art Long

2007

Battle for Terra

as Roven (voice)

2009

Horsemen

as Aidan Breslin

1983

Jaws 3-D

as Mike Brody

1993

Flesh and Bone

as Arlis Sweeney

1995

1981

Caveman

as Lar

2011

Footloose

as Rev. Shaw Moore

1978

The Seniors

as Alan Darby

1977

2009

Pandorum

as Payton

2025

Sovereign

as John Bouchart

1993

Wilder Napalm

as Wallace

1978

2012

The Words

as Clay Hammond

1990

Come See the Paradise

as Jack McGurn

2013

Movie 43

as Charlie Wessler (segment "The Pitch")

2012

At Any Price

as Henry Whipple

1981

All Night Long

as Freddie Dupler

2023

Strays

as Birdwatcher

2022

Strange World

as Jaeger Clade (voice)

2017

Mad Families

as Head Ranger

2015

Miracles on the Plains

as Narrator (voice)

2015

Truth

as Lt. Colonel Roger Charles

2022

2017

A Dog's Purpose

as Adult Ethan

2018

Kin

as Hal Solinski

1998

2018

2019

The Intruder

as Charlie Peck

1981

Stripes

as Extra at Graduation Ceremony

2019

Midway

as Vice Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey

2019

A Dog's Journey

as Ethan Montgomery

2024

Reagan

as Ronald Reagan

1983

Bill: On His Own

as Barry Morrow

1977

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

as Shark, Baseball Pitcher

2020

John Bronco

as Narrator

2021

1982

Johnny Belinda

as Kyle Hager

2003

Remember the Alamo

as Himself/Host

2021

2022

The Tiger Rising

as Beauchamp

1975

Crazy Mama

as Bellhop

-

Saurus City

as Rind - Shrouded Knight (voice)

2021

American Underdog

as Dick Vermeil

2023

The Hill

as James Hill

1986

The Big Easy

as Remy McSwain

1980

The Hearse

as Repairman (uncredited)

-

The Florist

as Carl Rikker

Production

1998

Everything That Rises

as Executive Producer

2024

The Long Game

as Producer

1998

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