Summer 2024 is shaping up to be a defining few months for Star Trek: Lower Decks‘ Jack Quaid, who is set to reprise three career-defining roles that span multiple fandoms and genres. Though he’s the son of notable actors Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan and grew up acting, Jack Quaid didn’t gain media attention until appearing as Marvel in The Hunger Games and performing in several independent projects. Quaid has become a household name in the last five years after landing roles in three major TV shows, all of which are set to grow in popularity this summer.

Along with voicing Lt. Brad Boimler in season 5 of Star Trek: Lower Decks this fall, Quaid is currently lending his voice acting skills to the animated version of Clark Kent in My Adventures With Superman season 2. With such a rich history of voicing lovable characters, Quaid might have been stuck in animation had it not been for his role as Hughie Campbell in The Boys, and his work alongside The Boys‘ impressive cast is definitely a testament to Quaid’s live-action skills. He’s been keeping busy both in and out of animation, but Jack Quaid is just getting started.

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Jack Quaid Is Hughie Campbell In The Boys Season 4

The Boys has been renewed for its 5th and final season

Jack Quaid is currently reprising his fan-favorite role as Hughie Campbell in the highly anticipated season 4 of The Boys, with new jaw-dropping episodes streaming on Amazon Prime Video every week. The long-awaited return of The Boys ensures continued support for an anxiety-ridden Hughie, who helps the show tackle complex themes of ambiguous morality. As the battle against Vought escalates, Hughie struggles to accept his role in the fight and attempts to maintain his relationship with Starlight (Erin Moriarty). Quaid’s acting chops are highlighted in the new season, with Hughie often getting covered in blood and ending up in shockingly gruesome situations.

The Boys is renewed for its final season, and Jack Quaid’s continued portrayal of Hughie will ground the show’s sometimes unhinged spectacles and plots. By providing the character with humanity, Quaid balances out The Boys‘ other super-powered characters and their actions, such as when Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) brutally kills many of the show’s Supes. Quaid uses his signature blend of vulnerability and palpable determination to make sure Hughie remains the group’s moral compass while also fighting to sustain his own integrity, rekindling the show’s attempt to highlight the struggles of morality.

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Jack Quaid Is Clark Kent & The Man Of Steel In My Adventures With Superman Season 2

Quaid will continue to reprise his role as Superman for season 3

Jack Quaid returns as Clark Kent in My Adventures With Superman season 2, and his openness and ability to showcase duality through voice acting brings fresh energy and depth to the beloved superhero. With callbacks like the show’s continued use of Clark Kent’s ridiculous disguise, Quaid plays a classic version of Superman while modernizing old characters and overdone comic book tropes. Quaid’s nuanced vocal portrayal juxtaposes Clark’s humbleness while still exhibiting the power of his alien alter ego, providing the nostalgic feeling of a classic character while making him sound new and exciting.

The recent My Adventures With Superman season 3 renewal update ensures an exciting future for Jack Quaid’s Superman, solidifying his role in the DC universe and providing the opportunity for more crossover events within the DC animated universe. Quaid’s growing popularity has already made the show popular for different age groups, and the show being renewed for another season while its current season is still airing is a promising sign for its future. With his previous live-action portrayal of his animated Star Trek character, the possibility of Quaid appearing as an on-screen Man of Steel certainly isn’t out of the question.

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Jack Quaid Is Lt. Brad Boimler In Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5

Quaid will reprise his role as Lt. Boimler in the animated show’s final season

In 2020, Jack Quaid showed off his comedic skills and began doing voice work for Ensign Brad Boimler in Star Trek: Lower Decks, helping to usher in the franchise’s first animated hit since the 1960s. The instant success of Lower Decks provided space for other animated shows to add to the franchise’s already extensive canon, eventually paving the way for Star Trek: Prodigy‘s characters to inspire a younger audience than previous Star Trek projects. Quaid’s work with Boimler also enables a look into the lives of Starfleet’s lower ranks, redirecting the usual focus on Star Trek‘s timeline of legacy characters.

Quaid also adds humor to Lower Decks through Boimler’s tendency to get into funny situations and hijinks with fellow Ensign and troublemaker Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome). Quaid is known for his comical ability and comedic timing, and he imbues Lower Decks with a lightheartedness that Star Trek—whose 20th-century beginnings were embedded with humor—always needs more of. Although its 5th season will be its last, Star Trek needs to keep Quaid even after Lower Decks ends to maximize his rapidly growing popularity and ensure his contributions to the franchise can continue to enrich Star Trek canon.

Including a live-action Boimler and Mariner in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds introduced the possibility of Boimler’s future as a great Starfleet captain, establishing him as a staple in the future of Star Trek lore. Jack Quaid’s hand in shaping this future can’t be understated, since it was partially his characterization of Boimler that led to the success of Lower Decks and, subsequently, the future of live-action shows and movies as well as animated Star Trek projects.

The mixture of live-action performances and the intricacies of voice work prove Jack Quaid’s ability to provide both seriousness and humor to any character he portrays. With exciting new reprisals of his roles as Boimler, Hughie, and Superman in their respective mega-hit shows all happening this year, Star Trek: Lower Decks‘ Jack Quaid is about to have a very busy few months.