Nick Parker

Nick Parker is one of the deuteragonists in the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap (the other being his ex-wife, Elizabeth James). He is the divorced father of Annie James and Hallie Parker. The latter lives with him and his housekeeper, Chessy, in Napa, California, where he owns a vineyard. He is engaged to the film's villain, Meredith Blake. He was portrayed by Dennis Quaid.

Role in the film
In the beginning of the film, Nick meets Elizabeth on the QE2 in 1986 and they fall in love and got married quickly. On October 11th, 1986, Elizabeth gives birth to twin girls named Annie and Hallie but a year later she and Nick divorce and he gets custody of Hallie while she does so of Annie. Nick raises Hallie in Napa, California with the help of his housekeeper, Chessy, where he owns a vineyard while Elizabeth raises Annie in London, England. In the summer of 1998 Nick sends Hallie to Camp Walden. Unbeknownst to him Elizabeth sends Annie there too where the twins decide to switch places. Annie returns to California and meets her father for the first time but Nick doesn't know this. He thinks she is Hallie, takes her home, and introduces her to his girlfriend, Meredith Blake, a 26-year-old publicist from San Francisco. The next day he takes Annie horseback riding and is about to tell her that he asked Meredith to marry him but she rides back to the house. When he catches up with her he asks her what she thinks about making Meredith a part of the family to which she says she likes it because he is going to adopt Meredith and give her a big sister to which he corrects her by saying that he is going to marry Meredith to which Annie flips out and starts yelling in French to which he is surprised because he never knew that Hallie could do so and tries to calm her, still thinking she is Hallie, but she runs out upset. Then Meredith shows up.