Dennis Quaid is an American actor and the brother of Randy Quaid. He is known for his leading man roles in film and television. The Guardian named Quaid one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.
Quaid 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 his role in Far from Heaven (2002). Quaid also acted in The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981), Jaws 3-D (1983), Come See the Paradise (1990), Any Given Sunday (1999), Traffic (2000), American Dreamz (2006), Footloose (2011), Playing for Keeps (2012), Truth (2015), Midway (2019), Strange World (2022), and The Substance (2024). He portrayed President Bill Clinton in the HBO film The Special Relationship (2010), for which Quaid earned nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award. He also portrayed Deputy US Marshal Sherrill Lynn in the Paramount+ Western series Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023).
Penelope Ann Miller is an American actress. She began her career on Broadway in the original run of Biloxi Blues (1985–1986), later appearing in the 1988 film adaptation of the same name. After playing small roles in the comedies Adventures in Babysitting (1987) and Big Top Pee-wee (1988), and receiving a Tony Award nomination for her leading role in the Broadway revival of Our Town (1988–1989), Miller came to prominence with a succession of major parts in films such as The Freshman, Awakenings, Kindergarten Cop (all 1990), Other People’s Money (1991), Chaplin (1992), The Shadow (1994), and The Relic (1997).
For her portrayal of exotic dancer Gail in Carlito’s Way (1993), she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Other film credits include Along Came a Spider (2001), The Messengers (2007), The Artist (2011), and The Birth of a Nation (2016). On television, Miller starred as Molly Hooper on the Fox sitcom A Minute with Stan Hooper (2003–2004), played recurring roles on Men of a Certain Age (2009–2011) and Mistresses (2013–2014), starred as Eve Carlin on the first season of ABC’s American Crime (2015), and co-starred as Joyce Dahmer in the Netflix series Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022).
Reagan : From dusty small-town roots, to the glitter of Hollywood, and then on to commanding the world stage, REAGAN is a cinematic journey of overcoming the odds. Told through the voice of Viktor Petrovich, a former KGB agent whose life becomes inextricably linked with Ronald Reagan’s when Reagan first caught the Soviets’ attention as an actor in Hollywood, this film offers a perspective as unique as it is captivating. Dennis Quaid brings to life a story that transcends the boundaries of a traditional biopic, offering a profound exploration of the enduring impact of the power of one man who overcame the odds, sustained by the love of a woman who supported him in his journey.
Director : Sean McNamara
Producer : Mark Joseph
Screenwriter : Howard Klausner, Jonas Cord
Distributor :ShowBiz Direct
Production Co : MJM Entertainment Group, Rawhide Pictures
Rating : PG-13 (Violent Content and Smoking)
Genre : Biography, Drama
Original Language : English
Release Date (Theaters) : Aug 30, 2024, Wide
Runtime : 2h 15m
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