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Quaid in 2012, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Jack Henry Quaid
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: April 24, 1992
Ethnicity: English, one quarter Slavic [Rusyn/Ruthenian, Polish], Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, German
Jack Quaid is an American actor, and voice actor. His roles include the shows Vinyl , The Boys , Harvey Girls Forever! , Star Trek: Lower Decks , The Ready Room , Solar Opposites , Star Trek: Lower Decks Logs , and My Adventures with Superman ; the films The Hunger Games , Just 45 Minutes from Broadway , Just Before I Go , Ithaca , Tragedy Girls , Logan Lucky , Rampage , Smallfoot , Plus One , Batman: The Long Halloween: Part One , Scream (2022), Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse , Oppenheimer (2023), Companion , Novocaine , Neighborhood Watch , and Heads of State (2025); the video games Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor , Middle-earth: Shadow of War , and God of War Sons of Sparta ; and the music video for “Have You Ever Seen the Rain?”
He is the son of actor Dennis Quaid (Dennis William Quaid) and actress, director, and producer Meg Ryan (born Margaret Mary Emily Hyra). He is the nephew of actor Randy Quaid and singer, songwriter, and musician Andrew Hyra.
His father has English, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, and German ancestry. His mother is of one quarter Rusyn/Ruthenian, one quarter Polish, five sixteenths Irish, one eighth German, and 1/16th English, descent.
During his interview on Inside the Actors Studio , 2002, Jack’s father Dennis stated that he has Irish and Cajun ancestry. It is not clear where this Cajun lineage may originate from. None of Dennis’s grandparents or great-grandparents were born in Louisiana, the state that is home to Cajun culture.
Jack’s patrilineal line can be traced to Walter Simpson Quaid, who was born, c. 1780, in Kilfinny, County Limerick, Ireland.
Jack’s paternal grandfather was William Rudy Quaid (the son of William Jessie/Jesse Quaid and Grace Dakota Corbett). Jack’s grandfather William was born in Oklahoma. Jack’s great-grandfather William was born in Texas, the son of John Thomas Quaid and Martha Louisa Lola Ozment. Grace was born in South Dakota, the daughter of Robin Corbett and Edna Greener.
Jack’s paternal grandmother was Juanita Bonniedale “Nita” Jordan (the daughter of George Waymon Jordan and Ollie Lula French). Juanita was born in Texas. George was born in Tennessee, the son of Nathan James Hezicar Henry Clay Jordan and Martha Ellen Austin. Jack’s great-grandmother Ollie was born in Texas, the daughter of Gardner Zale French and Dezzie/Dessy Octavia/Octava Cagle.
Jack’s maternal grandfather was Harry Hyra (the son of Michael Orest Hyra and Mary Helen Jackowitz). Harry was born in Connecticut. Michael was born in New York, of ethnic Rusyn/Ruthenian descent, the son of Orest J. Hyra, who was born in Zdynia, Poland; and of Anna “Annie” Durniak/Durkin, who was born in Pennsylvania, to immigrant parents, from Hańczowa, Poland. Jack’s great-grandmother Mary was born in Connecticut, to ethnic Polish parents, from Kaunas, Lithuania, Michael Jackowitz/Jackiwicz/Jackewicz and Petronella.
Jack’s maternal grandmother was Susan Duggan (the daughter of William Edwin Duggan and Margaret Mary Ryan). Susan was born in New York. William was born in New York, the son of Michael John Duggan, who was Irish, with at least partial roots in Macroom, Cork; and of Matilda Dolz, who was born in New York, to German parents. Jack’s great-grandmother Margaret was born in New York, the daughter of Thomas Timothy Ryan, who was born in Elmhurst, New York, to Irish parents, with roots in O’Briensbridge, County Clare and Clonmel, Tipperary, respectively; and of Emily Louise McManus, who herself was born in New York, to an Irish father, and to a mother who was also born in the British Isles. Emily’s sister, Lucille Ryan, had a radio show broadcast across Europe, My Gal Saturday .
Jack is a first cousin, three times removed, of performer Gene Autry, known as The Singing Cowboy. Jack’s paternal great-great-great-grandparents, Andrew Clinton Ozment and Margaret Malinda Pierce, were the maternal grandparents of Gene Autry.
Jack’s paternal great-great-great-great-great-grandparents, Silas Ebenezer Moore and Mourning Dumas Folsom, were said to have been of partially and/or fully Choctaw Native American ancestry. It is not clear if this is accurate.
Sources: Information about Jack’s possible Choctaw Native American ancestry – http://objgenealogy.com
Genealogy of Jack Quaid – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Jack’s father – https://www.wikitree.com
Genealogy of Jack’s father (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://objgenealogy.com
Genealogy of Jack’s paternal grandfather, William Rudy Quaid (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://www.findagrave.com
Jack’s paternal grandfather, William Rudy Quaid, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Jack’s paternal great-great-grandfather, John Thomas Quaid, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Jack’s paternal great-great-great-grandparents, Benjamin Walter Quaid and Martha Elizabeth Bell, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org Benjamin Walter Quaid and Martha Elizabeth Bell on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Jack’s paternal great-great-great-great-grandmother, Emily Ann Meese (Moore) Quaid, on the 1870 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Jack’s paternal great-great-great-great-great-grandparents, Silas Ebenezer Moore and Mourning Dumas Folsom, on the 1850 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Jack’s paternal grandmother, Juanita Bonniedale “Nita” Jordan, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy, and obituary, of Jack’s paternal great-grandmother, Ollie Lula (French) Jordan – http://www.findagrave.com
Jack’s paternal great-grandmother, Ollie Lula French, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Jack’s maternal great-grandfather, Michael Orest Hyra, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Jack’s maternal great-grandmother, Mary Helen Jackowitz, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Jack’s maternal grandmother, Susan Duggan, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Jack’s maternal great-grandfather, William Edwin Duggan, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Jack’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Michael John Duggan and Matilda Dolz – https://familysearch.org
Jack’s maternal great-grandmother, Margaret Mary Ryan, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org Margaret Mary Ryan on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Jack’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Thomas Timothy Ryan and Emily Louise McManus, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org