Claim: Dennis Quaid is a person.

Dennis William Quaid -LRB- born April 9 , 1954 -RRB- 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 -LRB- 2002 -RRB- he won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor and several other accolades .