Jack Henry Quaid (born April 24, 1992) is an American actor. The son of actors Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid, he is also the nephew of character actor Randy Quaid. He made his acting debut with a minor role in the dystopian film The Hunger Games (2012). Quaid was part of the main cast of the drama series Vinyl (2016) and had a supporting role in the film Logan Lucky (2017). His breakout role was as vigilante Hughie Campbell in the satirical superhero series The Boys (2019–2026).
Quaid has voiced Bradward "Brad" Boimler in the series Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020–2024) and Superman in My Adventures with Superman (2023–present). He played Richie Kirsch in the slasher film Scream (2022) and physicist Richard Feynman in Oppenheimer (2023) and has since taken on starring roles in the films Companion and Novocaine (both 2025).
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Early life
Quaid was born in Los Angeles on April 24, 1992, the only child of Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid. He was president of the Bad Movie Club at Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences in Santa Monica, California, and attended New York University Tisch School of the Arts for three years.
Career
In 2012, Quaid made his film debut as Marvel in the film The Hunger Games. In 2013, he reprised Marvel for a flashback scene in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire in a cameo appearance. Following his involvement with the Hunger Games franchise, Quaid took part in a series of independent films, including his own film Roadies, which was funded through donations on the crowdsourcing website Indiegogo. During this time, he was part of the sketch comedy troop Sasquatch Sketch, which was active from 2013 to 2017, produced dozens of comedy videos, and performed live in the Los Angeles area. Quaid also acted in other comedic webseries and shorts.
