Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid is an American actor and director who has appeared in films such as The Express, The Alamo and Smart People. In March 2009, he and Julianne Moore portrayed Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton in The Special Relationship.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/filmoyear He will also appear in the remake of Footloose (2011) with Kenny Wormald and Julianne Hough.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068242/ He has played alongside AnnaSophia Robb, Helen Hunt, Rob Brown, and Sienna Miller.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046173/

Dennis Quaid has been married three times. He was married to P.J. Soles from 1978-1983 and Meg Ryan from 1991-2001. He later married to Kimberly Buffington. He was three children, a son, Jack, by Meg Ryan, and twins with Buffington through a surrogate mother.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/bio He is the founder of the band "Dennis Quaid and the Sharks" in which he sings the lead vocals and plays rhythm guitar.http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/dennis-quaid/bio/147107

Quaid was nominated for a 2011 Golden Globe Award for best performance by an actor in a made-for TV movie.http://www.goldenglobes.org/blog/2010/12/the-68th-annual-golden-globe-awards-nominations/ He was nominated for his role in The Special Relationship. Other actors being considered are Indris Elba, Ian McShane, Al Pacino, and Edgar Ramirez.http://www.goldenglobes.org/blog/2010/12/the-68th-annual-golden-globe-awards-nominations/

Dennis Quaid began his career as a stand up comedian in nightclubs before moving into acting in the 1970s. He started out with small roles in movies such as Crazy Mama (uncredited) and I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977).http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/filmoyear He worked to earn his pilots license in 1983 to play the role of an astronaut in The Right Stuff.http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/dennis-quaid/bio/147107He made his directorial debut in 1998 with Everything that Rises, a made-for-TV movie.http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/dennis-quaid/bio/147107

Quaid and wife Kimberly Buffington welcomed twins, Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace, on November 8, 2007, via surrogacy. Ten days after their birth, a nurse at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles accidentally gave the twins an overdose of Heparin.http://www.tmz.com/2007/11/20/dennis-quaids-twins-in-medical-nightmare/ On December 15, 2008, TMZ.com reported that Quaid had reached a settlement in the case and was awarded $750,000.http://www.tmz.com/2008/12/15/dennis-quaid-settles-with-ceders/ The court papers stated, "The settlement is the result of extensive negotiations between the parties and their respective legal representatives, and is intended to avoid the time, expense and uncertainty of litigation."http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20246981,00.html

In March 2009, Quaid returned to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles with a camera crew from The Oprah Winfrey Show to investigate whether measures had been taken to prevent medical mistakes like the one he encountered.http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20263275,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines

"These mistakes that occurred to us are not unique. And they're not unique even to Cedars. They happen in every hospital, in every state in this country. And 100,000 people, that I've come to find out, there's 100,000 people a year are killed every year in hospitals by a medical mistakes."—Dennis Quaid when talking about his twins medical emergency.http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/13/60minutes/main3936412_page2.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody

"I had a really good time playing Gordo Cooper, and I did hang out with him, actually. He was my favorite, because he was my hero when I was a kid."—Dennis Quaidhttp://www.cinemablend.com/new/Interview-Dennis-Quaid-7925.html

"I always wanted to be an astronaut. I actually got my pilot’s license from that [The Right Stuff]. "—Dennis Quaidhttp://www.cinemablend.com/new/Interview-Dennis-Quaid-7925.html

1977: I Never Promised You a Rose Gardenhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/filmoyear

1978: Our Winning Seasonhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/filmoyear

1980: The Long Ridershttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/filmoyear

1981: The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgiahttp://www.imdb.com /name/nm0000598/filmoyear

1982: Johnny Belindahttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/filmoyear

1983: Jaws 3-Dhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/filmoyear

1987: The Big Easyhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/filmoyear

1987: Innerspacehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/filmoyear

1988: D.O.A.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/filmoyear

1989: Great Balls of Firehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/filmoyear

1993: Undercover Blueshttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/filmoyear

1996: Dragonhearthttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/filmoyear

1998: The Parent Traphttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/filmoyear

2000: Frequencyhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/filmoyear

2004: The Alamohttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/filmoyear

2004: The Day After Tomorrowhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598 /filmoyear

2004: Flight of the Phoenixhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598 /filmoyear

2005: Yours Mine And Ourshttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598 /filmoyear

2006: American Dream]http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/filmoyear

2008: Vantage Pointhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/filmoyear

2008: The Expresshttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/filmoyear

2009: The Horsemenhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/filmoyear

2009: G.I. Joehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000598 /filmoyear