Dennis Quaid Reveals the Star His and Meg Ryan’s Son Is Named After

Heeeee is it Johnny? More like here Jack Nicholson-And Jack Quaid.

After all, Dennis Quaid revealed that his and Meg RyanThe 31-year-old son was named the legendary actor. That is, with a little help from his older brother Randy Quaid.

“I just came to LA and my brother had a role in a movie called Missouri Breaks,” Dennis told E! News’ Francesca Amiker in an exclusive interview. “So I drove my brother’s car up to Montana. My very first movie set, watching these actors, my real heroes. We hung out at Jack Nicholson’s house every night. He and Randy were good friends.”

They encouraged me a lot,” said the Parental trap » the elder continued. “And it’s a true story that we named him Jack after that.”

So it’s no surprise that Jack followed in his namesake’s footsteps.

“No one pushed him to become an actor,” Dennis said. “He was 4 years old and he carried around a video camera to make little films and he still does.”