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Dennis Quaid
Dennis William Quaid 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 &…
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Born 9 April 1954 · Q200768
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... this is the first science fiction film I know of that's based on character rather than hardware. I read the story on a plane from New York to LA and, at a critical point, I had to throw the script down. I was in tears... it touched me that much. It's such a wonderful story. Here's two guys who are enemies. One happens to be an alien. They could easily be an American and a Russian.
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2026· 3 entries
The Guardian: Signal One review – Dennis Quaid and David Thewlis ballast high-concept, low-risk first contact yarn
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Public attention spiked: 20,040 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.8× the usual 5,311, with 0 article edits.
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2024· 1 entry
Spoke at Trump's rally in Coachella, California
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2023· 2 entries
Released album “Fallen: A Gospel Record for Sinners”.
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Quaid starred in the sports drama The Hill (2023)
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2022· 1 entry
Voiced a leading role in the Walt Disney Animated film Strange World
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2020· 1 entry
Starting The Pet Show with Dennis Quaid and Jimmy Jellinek
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2019· 2 entries
Quaid confirmed his engagement to Laura Savoie
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Quaid portrayed Vice Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey in the war drama Midway
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2017· 2 entries
And Wade Blackwood in the Amazon Prime legal series Goliath in 2019
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Quaid starred in A Dog's Purpose as Ethan Montgomery, billed as "a celebration of the special connection between humans and their dogs
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2016· 1 entry
The couple announced in a joint statement that they were divorcing, citing "irreconcilable differences" as the reason, with Buffington asking for full physical custody and joint legal custody
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2015· 1 entry
Made guest appearances playing Lucky Luciano in Drunk History and a chief and a judge in Inside Amy Schumer
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2012· 2 entries
Asking for joint legal and physical custody of the children and offering to pay spousal support to Buffington
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And 2013, Quaid played Sheriff Ralph Lamb in the CBS TV drama series Vegas
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2010· 1 entry
And the second documentary, Surfing the Healthcare Tsunami: Bring Your Best Board, aired on the Discovery Channel in 2012
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2009· 1 entry
Quaid portrayed General Clayton M
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2008· 1 entry
Quaid starred in the political action thriller Vantage Point (2008) alongside Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, and Forest Whitaker
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2007· 1 entry
Hospital staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center mistakenly gave Quaid's 10-day-old twins a dosage of heparin (a blood thinner) that was 1,000 times the common dosage for infants
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2005· 1 entry
Was named the top golfer among the "Hollywood set" by Golf Digest magazine
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2004· 1 entry
At his ranch in Paradise Valley, Montana
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2003· 1 entry
Quaid received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Far from Heaven (2002)
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2002· 1 entry
Quaid portrayed former baseball pitcher Jim Morris in the Walt Disney sports drama The Rookie (2002)
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2000· 2 entries
Saying they had been separated six weeks by then
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Quaid acted in Steven Soderbergh's critically acclaimed crime drama Traffic
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1998· 1 entry
Quaid made his debut as a film director with Everything That Rises, a television movie Western in which Quaid also starred
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1994· 2 entries
“... this is the first science fiction film I know of that's based on character rather than hardware. I read the story on a plane from New York to LA and, at a critical point, I had to throw the script down. I was in tears... it touched me that much. It's such a wonderful story. Here's two guys who are enemies. One happens to be an alien. They could easily be an American and a Russian.”
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“The way I look at it, I am the alien! I'm the one devoid of human values. Drac has them. Not me. Not Davidge, the spaceman. For me, the film is the discovering of the human side of myself. You know – How to be human!”
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1991· 1 entry
Quaid married actress Meg Ryan
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1989· 1 entry
Quaid also appeared throughout the Bonnie Raitt music video for the song "Thing Called Love
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1987· 2 entries
Quaid starred in the neo-noir romance thriller The Big Easy (1987) opposite Ellen Barkin
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About Innerspace from Texas Archive of the Moving Image
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1954· 1 entry
Born 1954-04-09.
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