FrameThrower · Actors · Dennis Quaid
Dennis Quaid
11 films · 1,106 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1983–2024
Born 9 April 1954 · Houston, Texas, USA
Dennis William Quaid 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).
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 11 films · 1,106 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1983–2024
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,106 frames from the 11 films we hold. This is the look of the work Dennis takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 11 films we hold, 44% of their frames are day, 46% natural — the look of the work Dennis takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Reagan
2024 · Ronald Reagan
The Substance
2024 · Harvey
The Long Game
2024 · Frank Mitchell
On a Wing and a Prayer
2023 · Doug White
Legion
2010 · Bob Hanson
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005 · Frank Beardsley
Far From Heaven
2002 · Frank Whitaker
The Big Easy
1986 · Remy McSwain
The Words
2012 · Clay Hammond
Gang Related
1997 · Joe Doe / William
The Right Stuff
1983 · Gordon Cooper
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,106 frames from Dennis Quaid's 11 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.