Name: Dennis Quaid
Nationality: American
Date: April 9, 1954
Birth Place: Houston, Texas, USA
Occupation: actor, singer, songwriter
Education: University of Houston in Houston, TX (dropped out)
Bellaire High School in Bellaire, TX
Wife: Meg Ryan (actress; met in 1987 when they were co-starring in Innerspace; married on February 14, 1991; divorced on June 29, 2000), PJ Soles (aka Pamela Soles; actress; married in 1978; divorced in 1983)
Relationships: Lea Thompson (actress; together for four years)

Facts about Dennis Quaid:

Quaid is in final negotiations to star in a remake of the 1965 action drama THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX for director John Moore, 20th Century Fox and studio-based producer John Davis. (July 29, 2003)

Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid were voted the best actress and supporting actor Wednesday at the 15th annual Chicago Film Critics Awards for their performances in FAR FROM HEAVEN, which was singled out the best picture of 2002 – the director, Todd Haynes, also nabbed director kudos. (January 10, 2003)

The New York Film Critics Circle honored Dennis Quaid and Patricia Clarkson the Best Supporting Actor and the Best Supporting Actress Monday for their role in FAR FROM HEAVEN, which was also named the Best Picture. (December 17, 2002)

Quaid will play Texan hero Sam Houston for his ROOKIE director, John Lee Hancock in Disney's ALAMO which starts filming next year. (November 20, 2002)

Quaid avoided a huge bust-up with Russel Crowe when they stayed at the same hotel, thanks to the Hollywood pair's efficient staff -- Crowe had an affair with Meg Ryan on the set of PROOF OF LIFE in 2000, while Ryan was still married to Quaid. (November 13, 2002)

Quaid has his first screen kiss with a man -- playing a 1950s suburban husband who's discovering he's gay in FAR FROM HEAVEN, the macho actor was asked to do a love scene with another man for the first time in his career. (November 9, 2002)

He is also a musician and occasionally performs with his band, Dennis Quaid and the Sharks.

He is left handed.

His favorite director of all time is David Lean.

Lived with and was engaged to Lea Thompson for three years. The couple met on the set of Jaws 3-D.
Scheduled to appear in the David Lean-directed NOSTROMO in 1991, before Lean died, and the production came to a halt.

He loves golf, and his handicap is 6.

When singing with his band, Dennis Quaid and the Sharks, he always plays with bare feet in order to feel comfortable as if playing in his living room.

Wrote songs for three of his films: THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN GEORGIA (1981), TOUGH ENOUGH (1983), and THE BIG EASY (1987).

He received 16 stitches just above his hairline after being injured in the stunt where he slides down the construction funnels during the warehouse fire in FREQUENCY (2000).

Filming of EVERYBODY'S ALL-AMERICAN (1988) was stopped for weeks when Quaid had his collarbone broken by Tim Fox of the New England Patriots during filming. Footage of Quaid rolling in pain on the sidelines of the snow game appears in the finished film.

Was the original choice of producers to play the lead role of firefighter 'Bull' McCaffrey in BACKDRAFT(1991). The role eventually went to Kurt Russell.

Won best male supporting lead at the 2003 Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday for his work in FAR FROM HEAVEN.

Voted the best supporting actor at the 15th annual Chicago Film Critics Awards for his performance in FAR FROM HEAVEN.

FREQUENCY (2000) is the second movie where Quaid trips the fire alarms in a building. The first was SUSPECT (1987).
He lost over 30 pounds to play Doc Holliday, who suffered from tuberculosis in WYATT EARP (1994).

In THE RIGHT STUFF (1983), on the way to his tests, Gordon Cooper (Dennis Quaid) listens to Jerry Lee Lewis on the radio. Dennis Quaid would later play the part of Jerry Lee Lewis in GREAT BALLS OF FIRE! (1989)
Her younger half-sister is Brandy.

Personal quotes
On how Hollywood has changed: "It used to be that you would never see somebody like De Niro or Pacino do press junkets. Now they have to sell their movies. It used to be sort of not cool to even show up at the Golden Globes to accept an award."

" What, like I want to look like Dick Clark? No. I think I look great with liver spots."