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Dennis Quaid Divorce: A Look Back On Actor's Past Marriages

Dennis Quaid

First Posted: 03/ 9/2012 6:00 pm Updated: 03/ 9/2012 6:05 pm

Guess the third time wasn't the charm for Dennis Quaid.

After six years of marriage, Quaid and wife Kimberly Buffington-Quaid are calling it quits. TMZ reported Friday that Buffington-Quaid had filed to divorce the actor, requesting spousal support and attorney's fees. Her rep later confirmed the news.

According to the divorce filing obtained by TMZ, Buffington-Quaid states that "the marriage has become insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities ... that destroys the legitimate ends of the marriage relationship and prevents any reasonable expectation of reconciliation."

The pair, who were married in July 2004, have two children together, 4-year-old twins, Zoe Grace and Thomas Boone. They reportedly have a temporary custody agreement in place that guarantees each party time with the the kids.

Divorce is a road Quaid has traveled down before. The actor met his first wife, actress P.J. Soles, on the set of the 1978 film "Our Winning Season," in which they both had minor roles. The pair were married from 1978 to 1983.

Shortly after, Quaid was engaged to actress Lea Thompson, whom he met on the set of 1983's "Jaws 3D". The couple called off their engagement three years later.

But perhaps better to known to the public is Quaid's marriage to Meg Ryan, with whom he has a son, 19-year-old aspiring actor Jack Quaid. The pair married on Valentine's Day in 1991 after meeting on the set of the film "Innerspace." In 2000, the couple divorced amid rumors of Ryan's affair with "Proof of Life" co-star Russell Crow. But eight years later, Ryan accused Quaid of cheating on her: "Dennis was not faithful to me for a very long time, and that was very painful," the actress told InStyle magazine in September 2008. "I found out more about that after I was divorced."

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Guess the third time wasn't the charm for Dennis Quaid. After six years of marriage, Quaid and wife Kimberly Buffington-Quaid are calling it quits. TMZ reported Friday that Buffington-Quaid had fi...
Guess the third time wasn't the charm for Dennis Quaid. After six years of marriage, Quaid and wife Kimberly Buffington-Quaid are calling it quits. TMZ reported Friday that Buffington-Quaid had fi...
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Sandy248
10:49 PM on 03/16/2012
If a person can get divorced over and over and over, why can't gay people marry?
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Richbruin
We'll walk this world together through the storm
10:50 PM on 03/12/2012
What compels him to marry these women? Does he have some subconscious desire to burn a lot of money?
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MIvoter1231
I don't engage with hateful responders
12:04 AM on 03/14/2012
What makes these women marry him? Do they have some subconscious desire to waste years of their lives?

See, works the other way, too. Quit assuming it's always the fault of the woman and blame her. You aren't in the marriage. They're the only ones who have any idea what the problems were. Oh, and if I remember correctly, Meg was just as successful, if not more so, when they were married.
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Richbruin
We'll walk this world together through the storm
10:17 AM on 03/14/2012
LOL Someone is getting down on one knee and saying "will you marry me" and I don't think it was Meg or the other two.
09:59 AM on 11/14/2012
money
09:39 AM on 03/12/2012
His soon-to-be-ex looks a lot like Sharon Stone.
08:20 PM on 03/11/2012
Why would Quaid have to pay her legal fees? That just baffles me why she would expect him to do that, can't she pay for anything? She is going to get spousal support and part of their estate, which should be sizable.
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rivergirl301
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07:32 PM on 03/11/2012
I think people are addicted to drama. Let's fall in love! Let's get married! Let's have twins by a surrogate! Oh, no, there's a preemie crisis! The hospital made a mistake! Let's sue! Bored? Let's get a divorce!
09:35 AM on 03/12/2012
LOL! That was great! Thanks.
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ethelmertzrules
Repetition doesn't make it true
06:19 PM on 03/11/2012
Why do actors marry. Isn't the fondest wish of all who achieve fame to have all the sex thrown at them? Better to remain single and sample all of that if that's what you were in it for.
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Stephen Freese
Wisdom of world foolishness to God
11:53 PM on 03/10/2012
Who cares...
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ethelmertzrules
Repetition doesn't make it true
06:17 PM on 03/11/2012
You do.
08:56 PM on 03/10/2012
Thats sad.

The twins won't have a two parent family.
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jf12
When I saw her I marveled greatly.
12:50 AM on 03/11/2012
But they'll have party times.
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ethelmertzrules
Repetition doesn't make it true
06:17 PM on 03/11/2012
You are right! The government needs to interfere.
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mightytonkatruc
Armed Liberal Texanist
03:32 PM on 03/10/2012
It could be worse ... she could've been married to Randy instead.
10:40 PM on 03/09/2012
I would prefer a retrospective on his past wives' facelifts
09:44 PM on 03/09/2012
He should have divorced her in his home state of Texas where there is no alimony.
08:21 PM on 03/11/2012
He doesn't live there ... plus she filed, not him.
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columbusbuck
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09:14 PM on 03/09/2012
I guess KBQ just got tired of being an ornament (it's been alleged that Dennis is a fan of the downtown men's club).
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littlewitch
losing faith in humanity one vote at a time
04:54 PM on 03/10/2012
Slanderous and untrue
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columbusbuck
LGBT/Veteran
09:04 PM on 03/10/2012
No it isn't. While I can't prove it's true, I've read about his adventures in more than one blog (eyewitness testimony).
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Teresa Linton
06:33 PM on 03/09/2012
I like dennis quaid as an actor but he is probably a cheating cad
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probo
fear is a waste of my time
03:49 PM on 03/10/2012
Ha! Could be...