Randy Quaid
Born: 1950-10-01 in Houston, Texas, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Randall Rudy "Randy" Quaid (born October 1, 1950) is an American actor perhaps best known for his role as Cousin Eddie in the National Lampoon's Vacation movies, as well as his numerous supporting roles in films such as The Last Detail, Independence Day, Kingpin and Brokeback Mountain. He has won a Golden Globe Award, and has been nominated for an Academy Award, an Emmy Award and a BAFTA Award.
Filmography
2024
- The Christmas Letter as Postman
2018
- All You Can Eat as Gordon
2015
- The Randy & Evi Quaid Compilation as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2011
- Star Whackers as Randy Quaid
2009
- Joy Behar: Say Anything! as Himself
- Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach as Coach Lew Tuttle
2008
- Real Time as Reuben
2006
- Blade: The Series
- Goya's Ghosts as King Carlos IV
- Blade: House of Chthon as Melvin
- Texas Ranch House
- Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up as Rockin' Rory (voice)
- Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island as Captain Flint
2005
- Brokeback Mountain as Joe Aguirre
- Elvis as 'Colonel' Tom Parker
- Category 7: The End of the World as Tornado Tommy Dixon
- The Ice Harvest as Bill Guerrard
- Once Upon a Halloween as Alameda Slim (voice) (archive sound)
- Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found as Self
- Back By Midnight as Eli Rockwood
2004
- Home on the Range as Alameda Slim (voice)
- 5ive Days to Midnight as Irwin Sikorski
- Category 6: Day of Destruction as Tornado Tommy Dixon
- Category 6: Day of Destruction as Tornado Tommy
2003
- The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire as Hank Shaw
- Grind as Jock Jensen
- Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure as Eddie Johnson
- Kart Racer as Vic Davies
- Carolina as Ted Mirabeau
- Black Cadillac as Charlie
- Milwaukee, Minnesota as Jerry James
2002
- The Adventures of Pluto Nash as Bruno
- Frank McKlusky, C.I. as Madman McKlusky
2001
- Good Day Live as Self
- Night Visions as Michael Doyle (segment "After Life")
- Not Another Teen Movie as Mr. Briggs
- The Day the World Ended as Dr. Michael McCann
2000
- The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle as Cappy von Trapment
- Mail to the Chief as President A. Thorton Osgood II
- The Thin Blue Lie as Phil Chadway
1999
- The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns as Jack Woods
- Purgatory as Doc Woods / Doc Holliday
- P.U.N.K.S as Pat Utley
- The Debtors
- Last Rites as Jeremy Dillon
1998
- Hard Rain as Sheriff Mike Collins
- Bug Buster as General George S. Merlin
- Valentine's Day as Phil
- Water War as Lenny
1997
- Gun as Bill
- Vegas Vacation as Cousin Eddie
1996
- Independence Day as Russell Casse
- Kingpin as Ishmael Boorg
- The Siege at Ruby Ridge as Randy Weaver
- Get on the Bus as Tennessee State Trooper (uncredited)
- Last Dance as Sam Burns
- The Siege at Ruby Ridge as Randy Weaver
- Woman Undone as Allan Hansen
- The Making of 'Independence Day' as Self (archive footage)
- Moonshine Highway as Sheriff Miller
1995
- Streets of Laredo as John Wesley Hardin
- Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning as Detective Steve Carella
- Bye Bye Love as Vic Damico
- Les Légendes du Grand Nord
1994
- The Paper as Michael McDougal
- Major League II as Johnny (ucredited)
- Next Door as Lenny Benedetti
- Curse of the Starving Class as Taylor
- Roommates as Jim Flynn
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Freaked as Elijah C. Skuggs
- Murder in the Heartland as Elmer Scheele
- Frankenstein as The Monster
1991
- Davis Rules as Dwight Davis
- Picture This as Self
1990
- Days of Thunder as Tim Dalander
- Quick Change as Loomis
- Texasville as Lester Marlow
- Cold Dog Soup as Jack Cloud
1989
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation as Cousin Eddie
- Bloodhounds of Broadway as Feet Samuels
- Out Cold as Lester
- Parents as Nick Laemle
- Martians Go Home as Mark Devereaux
1988
- American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- Caddyshack II as Peter Blunt
- Moving as Frank / Cornall Crawford
- Dead Solid Perfect as Kenny Lee
- Evil in Clear River as Pete Suvak
1987
- No Man's Land as Lieutenant Vincent Bracey
- LBJ: The Early Years as Lyndon Baines Johnson
- Sweet Country as Juan
1986
- The Wraith as Sheriff Loomis
1985
- The Slugger's Wife as Moose Granger
- Fool for Love as Martin
1984
- The Wild Life as Charlie
- A Streetcar Named Desire as Harold "Mitch" Mitchell
1983
- National Lampoon's Vacation as Cousin Eddie
- Cowboy as Evan Coleman
1982
- American Playhouse as Feet Samuels
- Inside the Third Reich as Putzi Hanfstaengel
- The Luck of Roaring Camp as Kentuck
1981
- Of Mice and Men as Lenny Small
- Heartbeeps as Charlie
1980
- Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones as Clayton Ritchie
- The Long Riders as Clell Miller
- To Race the Wind as Chet Watson
- Foxes as Jay
1979
- The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang as Grat Dalton
1978
- Midnight Express as Jimmy Booth
1977
- The Choirboys as Dean Proust
- Three Warriors as Ranger Quentin Hammond
1976
- The Missouri Breaks as Tittle Tod
- Bound for Glory as Luther Johnson
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters
- Breakout as Hawk Hawkins
1974
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz as Virgil
- The Great Niagara as Carl Grant
1973
- Paper Moon as Leroy
- The Last Detail as Laurence M. 'Larry' Meadows
- Lolly-Madonna XXX as Finch Feather
1972
- What's Up, Doc? as Professor Hosquith
- Getting Away from It All as Herbie
1971
- The Last Picture Show as Lester Marlow