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! 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. In their most basic terms, they are merely functional, helping to identify players, though history has helped to build a mystique around certain numbers. What I know now is that all of the lessons I learned from being a part of Project Children are still with me today. He portrayed President Bill Clinton in the HBO film The Special Relationship (2010) for which he earned nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award.

Denis was one of the founders of Project Children in 1975 and was also instrumental in founding the Greenwood Lake Gaelic Society, and serving as its first President, in the same year.

His 3rd wicket stand of 424 with Bill Edrich versus Somerset at Lord's in 1948 remains the county record for any wicket partnership. Quaid earned a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture along with the ensemble.

The charity aims to reduce instances of youth crime and anti-social behaviour; promote health and wellbeing and encourage inclusivity through sport, physical activity and creative endeavour [70] collaborating on community projects like Scotland's first Cruyff Court in Aberdeen.He was also nominated for two consecutive years for the very prestigious Nobel Peace Prize for all his work for the children of Northern Ireland and was runner up to Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa. He was made an Inaugural Inductee of the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002 in recognition of his impact on the English game. The first documentary, Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm, aired on the Discovery Channel in 2010, [31] [32] and the second documentary, Surfing the Healthcare Tsunami: Bring Your Best Board, aired on the Discovery Channel in 2012. They have eight grandchildren, Tara-Lynne, Denise, Seana, Kaitlyn, Denis III, Lindsay, Sean, and Jake.

He married Texas real-estate agent Kimberly Buffington on July 4, 2004, at his ranch in Paradise Valley, Montana. Dennis William Quaid was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Juanita Bonnie Dale "Nita" ( née Jordan), a real estate agent, and William Rudy Quaid (1923–1987), an electrician. Although he had thought about leaving, [13] he was playing well and in 1961 Law scored an incredible six goals in an FA Cup tie against Luton Town.

He went barefoot until he was 12 years old and wore handed-down shoes throughout his adolescence; his first pair of football boots came as a second-hand birthday present from a neighbour, which he received as a teenager.

His obsession with football led to him turning down a place at Aberdeen Grammar School, because he would have had to play rugby there; instead, he attended Powis Academy in Aberdeen. Despite having a serious squint, he showed great promise once he was moved from full back to inside-left, and was selected for Scotland Schoolboys. In 2017, Quaid starred in A Dog's Purpose as Ethan Montgomery, billed as "a celebration of the special connection between humans and their dogs". Follow the captivating narratives of the top contenders and witness the extraordinary talent that graces the courts of the Australian Open 2024.The following season, Law injured his right knee while playing for Scotland against Poland on 21 October 1965. versus North-Eastern Transvaal at Benoni in 1948/49, he took 622 wickets with a best of 7 for 36 with his spinners and he held 416 catches. His last professional game was the 2–1 victory against Oldham Athletic at Maine Road on 10 August 1974.