Dennis William Quaid is an American actor. He is known for his starring roles in
Breaking Away (1979),
The Right Stuff (1983),
The Big Easy (1986),
Innerspace (1987),
Great Balls of Fire! (1989),
Dragonheart (1996),
The Parent Trap (1998),
Frequency (2000),
The Rookie (2002),
The Day After Tomorrow (2004),
In Good Company (2004),
Flight of the Phoenix (2004),
Yours, Mine & Ours (2005), and
Vantage Point (2008). Quaid received a Golden Globe Award nomination for
Far from Heaven (2002). In 2009,
The Guardian named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.