Dennis Quaid

The golf tournament attracts numerous celebrities with the proceeds split between three local children's charities. He was appointed CBE in 1956 and became a Companion of Honour in 2001. Quaid is an avid golfer and lends his name to the annual "Jiffy Lube/Dennis Quaid Charity Classic" in Austin, Texas. Scofield played Mark Van Doren, father of Charles Van Doren, the man at the center of the scandal, and received a nomination for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Quaid works with the charity "International Hospital for Children in New Orleans." He makes trips to Central America to help build medical clinics and transport sick children back to the United States for treatment they cannot get locally. In 1994 he starred in Quiz Show, a film directed by Robert Redford about the quiz show scandal in the United States in the 1950s. J. Soles. He has won several awards for his stage appearances, including a Tony for the original stage version of A Man for All Seasons, and was Salieri in the original stage production of Amadeus in 1979.

His first marriage, from 1978 to 1983, was to actress P. Although his range is considerable, he has tended to be selective, preferring classical roles to those which might have won him more popular acclaim. They have one child together, Jack Henry (born April 24, 1992). In 2004, he married real estate agent Kimberly Buffington. He began his stage career in 1940, and was soon being compared with Laurence Olivier. Quaid was married to actress Meg Ryan from 1991 to 2001 (divorced). Scofield is not well-known to cinema-goers, despite having won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in A Man for All Seasons (1966). Randy Quaid, Dennis' older brother, is also an actor. David Paul Scofield (born January 21, 1922) is an English actor who was born in Sussex.

Aside from acting, Quaid is also a musician, and plays with his band the Sharks. Dennis initially had trouble finding work but began to gain notice when he appeared in Breaking Away (1979) and earned good reviews for his role in The Right Stuff (1983). He dropped out of college before graduating and moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue an acting career. Quaid studied drama at Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas and later in college.

Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954 in Houston, Texas) is an American actor. 21, 2004. Retrieved Sep. The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000598/).

"Dennis Quaid". Breaking Away (1979). The Right Stuff (1983). Innerspace (1987).

The Big Easy (1987). Postcards From the Edge (1990). Dragonheart (1996). The Parent Trap (1998).

Savior (1998). Any Given Sunday (1999). Frequency (2000). Traffic (2000).

Cold Creek Manor (2003). The Alamo (2004). The Day After Tomorrow (2004). Flight of the Phoenix (2004).