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| relations = Randy Quaid (brother) | children = Jack Henry Quaid Thomas Boone Quaid Zoe Grace Quaid }} Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954) is an American actor known for a wide variety of dramatic and comedic roles. First gaining widespread attention in the 1980s, his career rebounded in the 1990s after he overcame an addiction to drugs and an eating disorder. Some of his notable credits include ''Breaking Away'', ''The Right Stuff'', ''Wyatt Earp'', ''The Rookie'', ''The Day After Tomorrow'', ''Traffic,'' ''Vantage Point'', ''Footloose'', ''Frequency'', ''The Parent Trap'', ''Yours, Mine & Ours'' and ''Soul Surfer''. For his role in ''Far from Heaven'' (2002) he won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. ==Early life== Quaid was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Juanita Bonniedale "Nita" (née Jordan), a real estate agent, and William Rudy Quaid (November 21, 1923 – February 8, 1987), an electrician.〔 He is the younger brother of actor Randy Quaid. Quaid has English, Scots-Irish, and Cajun (French) ancestry.〔 Through his father, Quaid is a first cousin, twice removed, of cowboy performer Gene Autry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Public Cowboy No. 1 : The Life and Times of Gene Autry )〕 The Quaid brothers grew up in Bellaire, Texas, which is a small city surrounded by Houston, and in southwest Houston. He attended Paul W. Horn Elementary School in Bellaire, and Pershing Middle School in Houston. He studied Mandarin and dance at Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas, and later in college, at the University of Houston, under drama coach Cecil Pickett, who had previously taught at Bellaire High and whose daughter is actress Cindy Pickett. It was during his time at Bellaire High School that he developed the nickname 'Dennis Quand', (a combination of 'Quaid' and 'Bond') in relation to his obsession with the 007 film character and was regularly referred to by this name. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dennis Quaid」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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