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Dennis Quaid

Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954) is an American actor. He became known during the 1980s after appearing in several successful films, including as Mike Brody in Jaws 3-D (1983), Alex Gardner in Dreamscape (1984), Remy McSwain in The Big Easy (1987), Tuck Pendleton in Innerspace (1987), Jefferson "Jeff" Blue in Undercover Blues (1993), Bo... more

Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954) is an American actor. He became known during the 1980s after appearing in several successful films, including as Mike Brody in Jaws 3-D (1983), Alex Gardner in Dreamscape (1984), Remy McSwain in The Big Easy (1987), Tuck Pendleton in Innerspace (1987), Jefferson "Jeff" Blue in Undercover Blues (1993), Bowen in Dragonheart (1996), Joe Doe/William in Gang Related (1997), Frank Towns in Flight of the Phoenix (2004), Jack Hall in The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and Reverend Shaw Moore in Footloose (2011).

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Traffic
(2000)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to tes...
Runtime:
147 min
Director:
Steven Soderbergh
Cast:
Michael Douglas, Benicio del Toro, Jacob Vargas, Tomas Milian, Russell G. Jones
7.6
92%
86
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The Right Stuff
(1983)
Drama, History
A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; John Glenn, the straight-arrow 'boy scout' of the bunch who was the first American to orbit the earth; and the remaining pilo...
Runtime:
193 min
Director:
Philip Kaufman
Cast:
Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, Fred Ward
7.8
96%
91
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Frequency
(2000)
Science Fiction, Thriller
When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal murders he and his father must find a way to fix the consequences of altering time.
Runtime:
118 min
Director:
Gregory Hoblit
Cast:
Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, Shawn Doyle, Elizabeth Mitchell, Elizabeth Mitchell
7.3
70%
67
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Any Given Sunday
(1999)
Drama
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the ageing coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove herself in a male dominated world.
Runtime:
162 min
Director:
Oliver Stone
Cast:
Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, James Woods, Jamie Foxx
6.9
52%
52
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Pandorum
(2009)
Action, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Christian Alvart
Cast:
Ben Foster, Dennis Quaid, Cam Gigandet, Antje Traue, Cung Le
6.7
30%
28
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The Day After Tomorrow
(2004)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also shepherding to safety his son, trapped in New York after the city is overwhelmed by the...
Runtime:
124 min
Director:
Roland Emmerich
Cast:
Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders
6.4
45%
47
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Far from Heaven
(2002)
Drama, Romance
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Todd Haynes
Cast:
Julianne Moore, Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson
7.4
87%
84
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Vantage Point
(2008)
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
The attempted assassination of the American president is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Pete Travis
Cast:
Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt
6.6
34%
40
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The Parent Trap
(1998)
Comedy, Family
Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins separated at a young age because of their parents' divorce. Unknowingly to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp where they meet, discover the truth about themselves, and then plot with each other to switch places.
Runtime:
128 min
Director:
Nancy Meyers
Cast:
Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Elaine Hendrix, Lisa Ann Walter
6.6
87%
64
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Stripes
(1981)
Action, Comedy
John Winger, an indolent sad sack in his 30s, impulsively joins the U.S. Army after losing his job, his girlfriend and his apartment.
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Ivan Reitman
Cast:
Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P.J. Soles, Sean Young
6.9
88%
68
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A Dog's Purpose
(2017)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.
Runtime:
100 min
Cast:
Josh Gad, Кей Джей Апа, Britt Robertson, Dennis Quaid, Peggy Lipton
7.0
35%
43
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DragonHeart
(1996)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In an ancient time when majestic fire-breathers soared through the skies, a knight named Bowen comes face to face and heart to heart with the last dragon on Earth, Draco. Taking up arms to suppress a tyrant king, Bowen soon realizes his task will be harder than he'd imagined: If he kills the king, Draco will die as well.
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Rob Cohen
Cast:
Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Dina Meyer, Julie Christie
6.5
50%
49
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Innerspace
(1987)
Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac, Jack Putter, Tuck must convince Jack to find his ex-girlfriend, Lydia Maxwell, to help him extract Tuck and his ship and re-enlarge them before his oxygen runs out.
Runtime:
120 min
Director:
Joe Dante
Cast:
Martin Short, Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, Fiona Lewis
6.8
82%
66
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Enemy Mine
(1985)
Drama, Science Fiction
A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world. In the end the human finds himself caring for his enemy in a completely unexpected way.
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Wolfgang Petersen
Cast:
Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James, Richard Marcus, Carolyn McCormick
6.9
63%
59
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Breaking Away
(1979)
Comedy, Drama
Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his 3 friends, The comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends and parents annoyance.
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Peter Yates
Cast:
Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Dennis Christopher, Barbara Barrie
7.7
95%
91
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Wyatt Earp
(1994)
Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Covering the life and times of one of the West's most iconic heroes Wyatt Earp weaves an intricate tale of Earp and his friends and family. With a star studded cast, sweeping cinematography and authentic costumes Wyatt Earp led the way during the Western revival in the 90's.
Runtime:
191 min
Director:
Lawrence Kasdan
Cast:
Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, David Andrews, Linden Ashby
6.7
32%
47
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The Rookie
(2002)
Drama, Family
Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, Jim will try out with a major-league organization. The bet...
Runtime:
127 min
Director:
John Lee Hancock
Cast:
Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Beth Grant, Angus T. Jones, Brian Cox
6.9
84%
72
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In Good Company
(2004)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naive supervisor Carter Duryea, who is half his age. Matters are made worse when Dan's new supervisor becomes romantically involved with his daughter an 18 year-old college student Alex.
Runtime:
109 min
Director:
Paul Weitz
Cast:
Topher Grace, Scarlett Johansson, Dennis Quaid, Marg Helgenberger, David Paymer
6.4
83%
66
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
(2009)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos.
Runtime:
118 min
Director:
Stephen Sommers
Cast:
Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Sienna Miller, Sienna Miller
5.8
33%
32
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The Express
(2008)
Drama
Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Runtime:
130 min
Director:
Gary Fleder
Cast:
Rob Brown, Dennis Quaid, Darrin Henson, Charles S. Dutton, Nelsan Ellis
7.3
62%
58
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Flight of the Phoenix
(2004)
Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down. However, on their way to Beijing, a major dust storm forces them to crash their C-119 Flying Boxcar in an uncharted area of the desert.
Runtime:
113 min
Director:
John Moore
Cast:
Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson, Giovanni Ribisi, Miranda Otto, Hugh Laurie
6.1
30%
47
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Playing by Heart
(1998)
Drama
Eleven articulate people work through affairs of the heart in L.A. Paul produces Hannah's TV cooking show. Mark is dying of AIDS. Men have scalded Meredith so she rebuffs Trent's charm, but he persists. The trendy, prolix Joan tries to pull the solitary Keenan into her orbit. An adulterous couple meet at hotels for evening sex. Hugh te...
Runtime:
121 min
Director:
Willard Carroll
Cast:
Dennis Quaid, April Grace, Patricia Clarkson, Gena Rowlands, Sean Connery
7.0
60%
55
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What to Expect When You're Expecting
(2012)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities are unprepared for the surprise demands of pregnancy; hormones wreak havoc on a baby-crazy author, while her husband tries not to be outdone by his father, who's expecting twins with his young trophy wife; a photographer's husband isn't sure ...
Runtime:
110 min
5.7
22%
41
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Footloose
(2011)
Drama, Music, Romance
Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister’s troubled daughter Ariel in the process.
Runtime:
113 min
Director:
Craig Brewer
Cast:
Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid, Andie MacDowell, Miles Teller
5.9
69%
58
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Postcards From the Edge
(1990)
Comedy, Drama
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother, herself once a star and now a champion drinker. Such a set-up is bad news for Suzanne who has struggled for years to get out of her mother...
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Mike Nichols
Cast:
Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss
6.7
84%
71
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Truth
(2015)
Drama
As a renowned producer and close associate of Dan Rather, Mary Mapes believes she’s broken the biggest story of the 2004 election: revelations of a sitting U.S. President’s military service. But when allegations come pouring in, sources change their stories, document authenticity is questioned, and the casualties begin to mount.
Runtime:
125 min
Director:
James Vanderbilt
Cast:
Robert Redford, Cate Blanchett, Elisabeth Moss, Topher Grace, Dennis Quaid
6.8
61%
66
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Savior
(1998)
Drama, History, War
A hardened mercenary in the Foreign Legion begins to find his own humanity when confronted with atrocities during the fighting in Bosnia.
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Predrag Antonijević
Cast:
Dennis Quaid, Pascal Rollin, Catlin Foster, Stellan Skarsgård, John Maclaren
7.3
56%
N/A
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Smart People
(2008)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant -- but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he's as downright flummoxed as the next guy.
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Noam Murro
Cast:
Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Elliot Page, Thomas Haden Church, Ashton Holmes
6.1
50%
57
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Legion
(2010)
Action, Fantasy, Horror
When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope for survival lies in a group of strangers trapped in an out-of-the-way, desert diner with the Archangel Michael.
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Scott Stewart
Cast:
Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Kevin Durand, Kate Walsh, Doug Jones
5.3
19%
32
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The Long Riders
(1980)
Action, Crime, Western
The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
Walter Hill
Cast:
David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, James Keach, Stacy Keach
7.0
81%
64
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Dreamscape
(1984)
Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction
A government funded project looks into using psychics to enter people's dreams, with some mechanical help. When a subject dies in their sleep from a heart attack, Alex Gardner becomes suspicious that another of the psychics is killing people in the dreams somehow and that is causing them to die in real life. He must find a way to stop ...
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
Joseph Ruben
Cast:
Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Eddie Albert, Kate Capshaw
6.3
78%
63
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Great Balls of Fire!
(1989)
Drama, History, Music
The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s. His arrogance, remarkable talent, and unconventional lifestyle often brought him into conflict with others in the industry, and even earned him the scorn and condemnation of the public.
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Jim McBride
Cast:
Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, John Doe, Stephen Tobolowsky, Alec Baldwin
6.2
63%
49
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The Alamo
(2004)
History, War, Western
Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.
Runtime:
137 min
Director:
John Lee Hancock
Cast:
Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric, Patrick Wilson, Emilio Echevarría
6.0
N/A
47
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Switchback
(1997)
Thriller
FBI agent Dennis Quaid tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son.
Runtime:
118 min
Director:
Jeb Stuart
Cast:
Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Claudia Stedelin, Jared Leto
6.4
32%
N/A
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The Big Easy
(1986)
Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow members of the police force may be involved.
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Jim McBride
Cast:
Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty, John Goodman, Lisa Jane Persky
6.5
89%
77
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Playing for Keeps
(2012)
Comedy, Romance
A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's soccer team in an attempt to get his life together.
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Gabriele Muccino
Cast:
Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Iqbal Theba
5.7
3%
27
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Battle for Terra
(2007)
Action, Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction
A peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on Terra. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, will do everything she can to stop it.
Runtime:
85 min
Director:
Aristomenis Tsirbas
Cast:
Evan Rachel Wood, Evan Rachel Wood, Brian Cox, Brian Cox, James Garner
6.5
48%
54
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Suspect
(1987)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson (Liam Neeson), a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley (Cher) is assigned to his case, she begins to believe that Anderson may actually be innocent. Juror Eddie Sanger (Dennis Quaid)...
Runtime:
121 min
Director:
Peter Yates
Cast:
Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney, Joe Mantegna
6.6
67%
53
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Yours, Mine & Ours
(2005)
Comedy, Family, Romance
Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and salutes. The kids long for a permanent home. Helen North is a free spirit, a designer whose ten children live in lovin...
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Raja Gosnell
Cast:
Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Sean Faris, Katija Pevec, Dean Collins
5.5
6%
38
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Horsemen
(2009)
Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing spree linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Jonas Åkerlund
Cast:
Dennis Quaid, Zhang Ziyi, Lou Taylor Pucci, Clifton Collins Jr., Barry Shabaka Henley
5.6
33%
N/A