Jack Quaidwas almost guaranteed to have a pretty special childhood.
Growing up withMeg RyanandDennis Quaidas parents, the actor spent a lot of time on film sets when he wasn’t watching movies and cartoons at home.
“I grew up with friends who also had parents in the industry, so it didn’t really feel different,”The Boysstar tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “But then you grow up, and you realize that’s a pretty unique thing, that not one buttwoof your parents are actors. You don’t realize that things are slightly abnormal until later.”
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Jack, 31, later went to Crossroads School in Santa Monica — a high school with alumni includingKate Hudson,Gwyneth Paltrow,Zooey DeschanelandJack Black— where he was president of the Bad Movie Club. He attended NYU Tisch School of the Arts before dropping out after three years.
In the years since, Jack has made a name for himself, starring in Prime Video’sThe Boys,as affable boyfriend-turned-renegade supe Hughie Campbell, Paramount+’sStar Trek: Lower Decksas ambitious Ensign Brad Boimler, and more recently, as Clark Kent in the animated showMy Adventures with Superman,which premiered on Adult Swim and Max this week.
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Through it all, Jack’s actor parents — who were married from 1991 until 2001 — have taken a hands-off approach when it comes to his career.“They don’t really give me advice. I’ve never asked them, ‘How should I perform this scene?'" Jack told PEOPLE in January 2022, adding that the way Hollywood works now is “so much different that it worked back then for them.”
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Still, Jack remains grateful to them for a childhood that allowed him to explore his passions as a “gigantic superhero nerd” and embraceStar TrekandSuperman.
“I will thank them for that until the day I die,” he says in this week’s issue of parents Dennis, 69, and Meg, 61. “Now I get to actually live in these worlds, and that’s just been such a joy.”
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My Adventures with Supermanairs on Thursdays on Adult Swim and Fridays on Max.
source: people.com
