# Jack Quaid
**Jack Quaid** is an American actor best known as [Hughie Campbell](https://www.edgepedia.org/hughie-campbell) in the Prime Video superhero satire *The Boys* (2019–2026) and for a parallel voice-acting career as Brad Boimler in *Star Trek: Lower Decks* and Clark Kent/Superman in *My Adventures with Superman*[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4425051/). Born in 1992 in Los Angeles, he is the son of actors [Meg Ryan](https://www.edgepedia.org/meg-ryan) and [Dennis Quaid](https://www.edgepedia.org/dennis-quaid)[2](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/jack-quaid/).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1992, Los Angeles, California[2](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/jack-quaid/) |
| Family | Son of actors Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid[2](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/jack-quaid/) |
| Breakout role | Hughie Campbell in *The Boys*, all five seasons, 40 episodes, 2019–2026[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4425051/) • [3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/articles/the-boys-jack-quaid) |
| First film role | Marvel in *The Hunger Games* (2012), at age 19; reprised in a flashback in *The Hunger Games: Catching Fire* (2013)[4](https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/jack-quaid-backstage-5-interview-68585/) • [5](https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/jack-quaid/52731/) |
| Voice roles | Brad Boimler in *Star Trek: Lower Decks* (2020); Clark Kent/Superman in *My Adventures with Superman* (2023–2026)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4425051/) |
| 2025 films | Nathan Cain in *Novocaine* and Josh in *Companion*[6](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jack-quaid-transformed-rare-condition-into-superpower-novocaine/) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4425051/) |
| Award | 2025 Astra TV Award, Best Supporting Voice-Over Performance (winner)[7](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jack-quaid/bio/3030736294/) |
## Early life and first roles
Quaid spent his childhood in Los Angeles and studied drama at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts before landing his first acting role[2](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/jack-quaid/). His first professional movie role came at 19, as the tribute Marvel in *The Hunger Games* (2012), a part he did not expect: "I expected to be the best friend in a rom-com, but instead I was a child murderer in a dystopian future," he told *Backstage*[4](https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/jack-quaid-backstage-5-interview-68585/). The film earned him his SAG card, and he arrived on his first day of shooting with a swollen nose after a weighted training ball ricocheted into his face during a solo workout[4](https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/jack-quaid-backstage-5-interview-68585/). His character is killed by Katniss's arrow early in the film, and he reprised the role in a flashback in the 2013 sequel *The Hunger Games: Catching Fire*[5](https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/jack-quaid/52731/).
**Pre-*The Boys* work.** He was part of the main cast of HBO's 2016 music-industry drama *Vinyl*, which did not get a second season, and appeared in [Steven Soderbergh](https://www.edgepedia.org/steven-soderbergh)'s heist film *Logan Lucky* (2017), *Rampage* (2018), and the romantic comedy *Plus One* (2019)[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/articles/the-boys-jack-quaid) • [8](https://www.newedgetimes.com/with-companion-and-novocaine-jack-quaid-makes-comedy-painless/). He described that stretch to the Television Academy's *emmy* magazine: "I hadn't broken out in any way. No one really knew who I was"[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/articles/the-boys-jack-quaid).
## The Boys
*The Boys*, adapted from a 2006–12 comic-book series that satirizes the Marvel and DC universes, premiered on Prime Video in 2019 with Quaid as Hughie Campbell, the most empathetic member of a vigilante group fighting corrupt superheroes[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/articles/the-boys-jack-quaid). He auditioned repeatedly for showrunner [Eric Kripke](https://www.edgepedia.org/eric-kripke) and, after landing the part, went to Golden Apple Comics in Los Angeles to buy "every single volume" of the source material[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/articles/the-boys-jack-quaid). The show shot all five seasons in Toronto, and Quaid has said the role "has done everything for me"[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/articles/the-boys-jack-quaid).
The fifth and final season premiered on April 8, 2026, with production having wrapped the previous July[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/articles/the-boys-jack-quaid). Quaid described Hughie and [Billy Butcher](https://www.edgepedia.org/billy-butcher) ([Karl Urban](https://www.edgepedia.org/karl-urban)) as "the most at odds as they've ever been" going into the final episodes, and teased that "absolutely no character is safe"[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/articles/the-boys-jack-quaid). Among the practical effects he singled out from the run was season 2's beached whale set piece, a full exterior and interior build with a slowly dying beating heart that Hughie enters alongside Butcher and Mother's Milk[9](https://www.cinemablend.com/interviews/we-asked-the-boys-cast-favorite-practical-effects-on-set-responses-disgusting-ridiculous-whale-penis).
## Voice acting
Voice work has become a second career. Quaid has voiced Brad Boimler in the animated comedy *Star Trek: Lower Decks* since 2020 and Clark Kent/Superman in [Adult Swim](https://www.edgepedia.org/adult-swim)'s *My Adventures with Superman* since 2023[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4425051/) • [3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/articles/the-boys-jack-quaid). He has also done voice work on *Family Guy*[2](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/jack-quaid/). His voice-over work earned him the 2025 Astra TV Award for Best Supporting Voice-Over Performance, along with earlier nominations including the 2021 CCA Super Award for Best Voice Actor in an Animated Series and the 2021 MTV Movie + TV Award for Best Hero[7](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jack-quaid/bio/3030736294/).
## Film work in the 2020s
Quaid played Richie Kirsch, the boyfriend of [Melissa Barrera](https://www.edgepedia.org/melissa-barrera)'s character Sam and a toxic fanboy of the fictional horror franchise Stab, in the slasher *Scream* (2022)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4425051/) • [10](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/jack-quaid-the-boys-interview-2022). To research the role he created a fake Reddit account, u/stabhead, attacking *The Last Jedi* so he could experience the mindset of his character's fandom; a Twitter user later unearthed the posts[10](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/jack-quaid-the-boys-interview-2022). He also appeared in [Christopher Nolan](https://www.edgepedia.org/christopher-nolan)'s *Oppenheimer* (2023)[2](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/jack-quaid/).
In 2025 he starred in two films. In *[Novocaine](https://www.edgepedia.org/novocaine-2025-film)* he played Nathan Cain, a man with a real but rare medical condition that prevents him from feeling pain, who turns the condition into an asset when his love interest is kidnapped; Quaid called it the most physically demanding role of his career and said he had "to do a lot of stunt training, a lot of working out"[6](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jack-quaid-transformed-rare-condition-into-superpower-novocaine/). In the thriller *[Companion](https://www.edgepedia.org/companion-film)* he played Josh, a controlling boyfriend, opposite [Sophie Thatcher](https://www.edgepedia.org/sophie-thatcher) and Lukas Gage[2](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/jack-quaid/). He appeared in four films that year in total[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/articles/the-boys-jack-quaid).
## Recognition and current projects
Quaid was named to the 2025 TIME100 Next list, with the accompanying profile noting that his own body of work, including *Novocaine*, had rapidly eclipsed his standing as the child of two very famous actors[11](https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318887/jack-quaid/). His upcoming projects include the comedy *Close Personal Friends*, alongside [Brie Larson](https://www.edgepedia.org/brie-larson) and [Lily Collins](https://www.edgepedia.org/lily-collins), and the video game *God of War: Laufey* (2027)[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/articles/the-boys-jack-quaid) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4425051/). He has also written a screenplay with a friend[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/articles/the-boys-jack-quaid).
He has long campaigned for a role in Netflix's in-development *BioShock* film adaptation, telling Collider in April 2026, "I would kill to be in a BioShock adaptation... Just to be involved in the slightest. That game was probably one of the first horror games that I ever played"[12](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/superhero-shows/the-boys-star-jack-quaid-would-kill-to-be-in-a-bioshock-adaptation-just-to-be-involved-even-in-the-slightest/). He is dating his *The Boys* co-star Claudia Doumit[2](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/jack-quaid/).
## References
1. [Jack Quaid, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4425051/)
2. [Jack Quaid, Us Weekly](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/jack-quaid/)
3. [Jack Quaid on The Boys' Final Season: 'No Character Is Safe', Television Academy / emmy Magazine](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/articles/the-boys-jack-quaid)
4. [Jack Quaid Remembers That Time He Almost Broke His Nose Filming 'The Hunger Games', Backstage](https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/jack-quaid-backstage-5-interview-68585/)
5. [Jack Quaid Biography and Filmography, Tribute.ca](https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/jack-quaid/52731/)
6. [Jack Quaid on how he transformed a rare condition into a superpower in new film, "Novocaine", CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jack-quaid-transformed-rare-condition-into-superpower-novocaine/)
7. [Jack Quaid Biography, Celebrity Facts and Awards, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jack-quaid/bio/3030736294/)
8. [With 'Companion' and 'Novocaine,' Jack Quaid Makes Comedy Painless, New Edge Times](https://www.newedgetimes.com/with-companion-and-novocaine-jack-quaid-makes-comedy-painless/)
9. [We Asked The Boys Cast About Their Favorite Practical Effects On Set, CinemaBlend](https://www.cinemablend.com/interviews/we-asked-the-boys-cast-favorite-practical-effects-on-set-responses-disgusting-ridiculous-whale-penis)
10. [Jack Quaid on toxic fandom, his fake Reddit account and naked teleporting in The Boys, British GQ](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/jack-quaid-the-boys-interview-2022)
11. [Jack Quaid: TIME100 Next 2025, TIME](https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318887/jack-quaid/)
12. [The Boys star Jack Quaid would "kill" to be in a BioShock adaptation, GamesRadar+](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/superhero-shows/the-boys-star-jack-quaid-would-kill-to-be-in-a-bioshock-adaptation-just-to-be-involved-even-in-the-slightest/)
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