Jack Quaid

Jack Henry Quaid (born April 24, 1992)^[2] is an American actor. He made his acting debut with a minor role in the dystopian film The Hunger Games (2012). His breakout role was as vigilante Hughie Campbell in the satirical superhero series The Boys (2019–present).

Jack Quaid
Quaid at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con
Born	Jack Henry Quaid (1992-04-24) April 24, 1992 (age 32) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2011–present
Parents	Dennis Quaid (father) Meg Ryan (mother)
Relatives	Randy Quaid (uncle) Andrew Hyra (uncle) Gene Autry (first cousin thrice removed)[1]

Quaid was part of the main cast of the drama series Vinyl (2016). He has voiced Brad Boimler in the series Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020–2024), and Superman in My Adventures with Superman (2023–present). In film, he has appeared in Logan Lucky (2017), starred as Richie Kirsch in the slasher film Scream (2022), and played theoretical physicist Richard Feynman in Oppenheimer (2023).

Early life

Quaid was born in Los Angeles on April 24, 1992,^[2] the only child from the marriage of Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid.^[3] He was president of the Bad Movie Club at Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California,^[4] and attended NYU Tisch School of the Arts for three years.^[5]

Career

In 2012, Quaid made his film debut as Marvel in the film The Hunger Games.^[6] 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.^[7] During this time, he was part of the sketch comedy troop Sasquatch Sketch, which was active from 2013 to 2017,^[8] produced dozens of comedy videos, and performed live in the Los Angeles area.^[9] Quaid also acted in other comedic webseries and shorts.

Quaid appeared in the main cast of the short-lived 2016 television series Vinyl.^[10] In 2017, he appeared in Steven Soderbergh’s heist comedy Logan Lucky, and starred as Jordan Welch in the horror comedy film Tragedy Girls.^[11][12]

Since 2019, Quaid has played Hugh "Hughie" Campbell, the lead role of The Boys.^{[13][14][15][16]} Quaid and his fellow The Boys co-star Erin Moriarty both appeared in the 2018 music video for Creedence Clearwater Revival's song "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?".^[17]

Quaid voiced the role of Ensign Brad Boimler in the CBS All Access animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020–2024).^[18] This follows his voice acting role on the animated series Harvey Girls Forever! Quaid also starred in 2019's romantic-comedy Plus One and appeared in the 2022 Scream reboot.^{[19][20][21][22]}

Quaid played a supporting role in Christopher Nolan's historical epic Oppenheimer (2023)^[23] as the physicist Richard Feynman.^[24] In 2024 he appeared as Nick Plinkett in the online series Half in the Bag as well as an episode of Best of the Worst.

In 2023, Quaid played a live action version of Ensign Brad Boimler in a crossover with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds called "Those Old Scientists."

Personal life

Quaid dated actress Lizzy McGroder from 2016 to 2021.^[25][26] In February 2024, Quaid confirmed he was dating actress and The Boys co-star Claudia Doumit.^[27]

In July 2024, Quaid addressed being labeled a "nepo baby". In a podcast interview with The Daily Beast, he acknowledged his privileged position and agreed with the label, noting that while his early access to representation gave him a significant advantage in his career, he stressed his efforts to prove his own merit. In the past, his father had also remarked that Quaid was determined to achieve success on his own, referencing his debut in The Hunger Games. Meanwhile, his mother criticized the label, describing it as dismissive of her son's work ethic, talent, and awareness of his privileged position.^[28]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference(s)
2012	The Hunger Games	Marvel		[29][30]
	The World is Watching: Making the Hunger Games	Himself	Documentary
	Just 45 Minutes from Broadway	Danny		[30]
2013	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Marvel	Cameo	[29][30]
2014	Just Before I Go	Dylan		[30]
2015	Running Wild	Eric		[30]
	Ithaca	Marcus Macauley		[29][30]
2016	Aberrant	Cole	Formerly known as Vineland	[30]
2017	Logan Lucky	Fish Bang		[29][30]
2017	Tragedy Girls	Jordan Welch		[30]
2018	Rampage	Connor		[29][30]
	Smallfoot	Pilot	Voice role	[29][30][31]
2019	Plus One	Ben King		[29][30]
2021	Batman: The Long Halloween: Part One	Alberto Falcone	Voice role, direct-to-video	[30][31][32][33]
2022	Scream	Richard "Richie" Kirsch		[30]
2023	Scream VI		Uncredited cameo
	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	Earth-65 Peter Parker / Lizard	Voice role	[30][31]
	Oppenheimer	Richard Feynman		[30]
2025	Companion †	Josh	Completed	[30][34][35][36]
	Novocaine †	Nathan Caine	Post-production	[30]
TBA	Heads of State †	TBA	Post-production	[37]

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference(s)
2013	Mrs.	Jack	Episode: "The Blind Date"
2016	Vinyl	Clark Morelle	10 episodes; Main role	[30]
2017	Workaholics	Clark	Episode: "Party Gawds"	[30]
	The Tap	Warren Michaels	Episode: "Pilot"	[30]
2019–present	The Boys	Hugh "Hughie" Campbell	32 episodes, Main role	[30]
2019–2020	Harvey Girls Forever!	Richie Rich	Voice, main role (27 episodes)	[30][31]
2020–2024	Star Trek: Lower Decks	Brad Boimler	Voice, main role (50 episodes)	[30][31]
	The Ready Room	Himself	6 episodes; Aftershow
2020	Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun	Clyde Whittings	Episode: "'Lympics"	[30]
2021	Solos	Zen	Voice, episode: "SASHA"	[30]
2021–2024	Solar Opposites	Tanner, Travis, Tomblr Crundle	Voice, 3 episodes	[30][38]
2023–present	My Adventures with Superman	Clark Kent / Kal-El / Superman	Voice, main role	[30][31][39]
2023	Star Trek: Strange New Worlds	Ensign Bradward "Brad" Boimler	Episode: "Those Old Scientists"	[30][40]
2024	Family Guy	Cool Kid #2	Voice, episode: "Teacher's Heavy Pet"	[30]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference(s)
2014	Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor	Dirhael	Voice role and motion capture performance
2017	Middle-earth: Shadow of War

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference(s)
2021	Vought News Network: Seven on 7 with Cameron Coleman	Hughie Campbell	Episode: "January 2022"
2021–2022	Star Trek: Lower Decks Logs	Ensign Bradward "Brad" Boimler	Voice, 3 episodes
2022–2024	Best of the Worst	Himself	2 episodes	[41][42]
2023	5-Second Films		4 episodes
2024	The Re-Slayer's Take	Sweeny	Voice, episode: "The Timberblight of Dead Man's Table"	[43]
	Half in the Bag	Nick Plinkett	Top 10 Horror Movies (2024) Part 1	[44]

Music video

Year	Title	Band	Reference(s)
2018	"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"	Creedence Clearwater Revival

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Reference(s)
2019	IGN Summer Movie Awards	Best TV Ensemble Shared with Karl Urban, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Dominique McElligott, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Nathan Mitchell and Elisabeth Shue	The Boys	Nominated
2020		Best TV Ensemble Shared with Karl Urban, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Dominique McElligott, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Nathan Mitchell and Colby Minifie		Nominated
2021	Critics' Choice Super Awards	Best Voice Actor in an Animated Series	Star Trek: Lower Decks	Nominated
	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best Hero	The Boys	Nominated
	Pena de Prata	Best Ensemble in a Limited Series or Anthology Series or TV Special Shared with Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway, Uzo Aduba, Anthony Mackie, Dan Stevens, Helen Mirren, Constance Wu, Nicole Beharie and Sanaa Lathan	Solos	Nominated

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External links

• Jack Quaid at IMDb
• Jack Quaid at the TCM Movie Database