“I still have my original love for acting. That's why I feel so lucky. I think that's what sustains me in the sort of leaner times.”

American actor

Dennis Quaid is an American actor whose career spans from the late 1970s into the 2000s. Born Dennis William Quaid, he is known for leading roles in a string of commercially successful films. His best-known work includes Breaking Away, Jaws 3-D, Innerspace, Great Balls of Fire!, Dragonheart, The Parent Trap, Frequency, The Rookie, The Alamo, The Day After Tomorrow, In Good Company, Flight of the Phoenix, Yours, Mine & Ours, and Vantage Point. In 2003, he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Far from Heaven.