Dennis Quaid

Also Credited As:

Dennis William Quaid
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Biography

Often cast as a roguish charmer and Western renegade, Texan-born Dennis Quaid hit the Hollywood radar in the 1980s with rugged roles in "The Right Stuff" (1983) and "The Big Easy" (1987). Throughout his career he was also a frequent player in dramatic sports films like "Everybody's All American" (1988) but by decade's end, personal problems and drug addiction took a toll on the quality of Quaid's work. After a period of recovery, the actor …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Music

Born

Dennis William Quaid on April 9, 1954 in Houston, Texas, USA

LATEST CREDITS

Dreamscape

Alex Gardner

Horsemen

Aidan Breslin

Cold Creek Manor

Cooper Tilson

Innerspace

Lieutenant Tuck Pendelton

The Rookie

Jimmy Morris

Dinner With Friends

Gabe

Shame on You

Spade Cooley

The Flight of the Phoenix

Captain Frank Towns

The Express

Ben Schwartzwalder

Tough Enough

Art Long

The Alamo

Sam Houston

Going West in America

Agent Frank LaCrosse

Untitled (Disney/Richard Petty biopic)

Lee Petty

The Blue Angels

Host

The Big Easy

Remy McSwain

The Day After Tomorrow

Jack Hall

Flesh and Bone

Arlis Sweeney

Everything That Rises

Jim Clay

Come See the Paradise

Jack McGurn

Smart People

Lawrence Wetherhold

Yours, Mine & Ours

Frank Beardsley

Q School

Actor (has been mentioned )

Frequency

Frank Sullivan

Dragonheart

Bowen

Great Balls of Fire

Jerry Lee Lewis