News Updates:
11/08/2007: Dennis and Kimberly's twins, Thomas Boone Quaid and Zoe Grace Quaid, were born in Santa Monica, CA on 11/08/2007.5/23/2007: Dennis and Kimberly are expecting twins, a boy and a girl, around Thanksgiving 2007. Although Dennis and Kimberly are the twins' biological parents, they are using a surrogate mother.
Dennis William Quaid: April 9, 1954 in Houston, Texas.
Kimberly Buffington:Austin, Texas.
How Dennis and Kimberly Met:
Dennis and Kimberly met in 2003 in Austin, Texas, when a mutual friend introduced them at a dinner.Dennis was 50, and Kimberly was 32.
Wedding Date and Ceremony:
Dennis and Kimberly were wed at sunset on July 4, 2004 in Montana at Dennis' 500-acre ranch. Dennis' son Jack was best man. Kimberly's brother was her attendant.Kimberly had a small bouquet of wildflowers that were gathered by Dennis. She wore a simple white lace dress.
The rings for Dennis and Kimberly were designed by Anthony Nak. They include a 3-carat trilliant-cut canary yellow diamond set on a band of 254 white micropave diamonds, with matching wedding band.
The triangular-shaped diamond was bought by Dennis while he was in Africa working on a movie. "Dennis' wedding band is matte-finished platinum, with a small reproduction of Kimberly's diamond as a hidden detail that only he can see."
Source: Austin Chronicle
Dennis is an actor and a musician.
Kimberly, a real estate agent. She had the real estate listing for the $6.5 million home in Brentwood that Dennis and Meg Ryan shared together.
Residence:
Dennis and Kimberly have a $8 million, 8,400 square foot, Pacific Palisades home. Their home is said to have a casual, down-home look. Dennis also owns property in Montana.Dennis and Kimberly have two children and Dennis has a son.
- Jack Henry Quaid: Jack was born in 1992. Jack's mother is Meg Ryan.
- Thomas Boone Quaid: Thomas was born in Santa Monica, California 11/08/2007. His mother is Kimberly Buffington.
- Zoe Grace Quaid: Zoe was born in Santa Monica, California 11/08/2007. Her mother is Kimberly Buffington.
Dennis has two previous marriages:
- Pamela Jayne Hardon was born on July 17, 1950 in Frankfurt, Germany. She was previously married in 1971 to J. Stephen Soles. They divorced in 1975. She is an actress and producer. P.J. Soles and Dennis were married on November 25, 1978 on a dude ranch. They divorced on January 23, 1983. She married stunt pilot Skip Holm. They have two children, son Sky born in 1983, and daughter Ashley born in 1988. She and Skip divorced in 1998.
- Dennis was engaged to actress Lea Thompson for three years. They met on the movie set of "Jaws 3-D" in 1983.
- Meg (Margaret Mary Emily Ann Hyra) Ryan was born on November 19, 1962 in Fairfield, Connecticut. Meg and Dennis were married on February 14, 1991. They have one child. Meg and Dennis separated on June 28, 2000 and were divorced on July 16, 2001.
- Their Brentwood home was built in 1917 and had 6 bedrooms, 5 1/2 bathrooms, 6,300 square feet, private balconies, front porch, family/media room, gym, hardwood floors, and crown moldings.
Interests:
Dennis loves golf. He is also a licensed private pilot with single and multiengine instrument ratings.
Pets:
Dennis and Kimberly have five dogs.Dennis Quaid picks holidays for his wedding days.
- He married P.J. Soles on Thanksgiving Day.
- He married Meg Ryan on Valentine's Day.
- He married Kimberly Buffington on the Fourth of July.
Quotes about Marriage:
Dennis, concerning his marriage to Kimberly: "The secret is keeping intimacy. It's tough to do. My wife is not in the business, so she can come with me [to movie locations]. This is going to be the marriage that works."Source:USA Weekend
Dennis, on his breakup with Meg, March, 2002: "In the process of being good parents, I think we forgot about us."
Source: WENN
