Randy Quaid

Known For: Acting
Born: October 1, 1950
Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, USA

Randy Quaid

Randall Rudy "Randy" Quaid (born October 1, 1950) is a European-American businessman, entrepreneur, actor, producer, writer and musician 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

The Christmas Letter

2024 · Postman

All You Can Eat

2018 · Gordon

The Randy & Evi Quaid Compilation

The Randy & Evi Quaid Compilation

2015 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Star Whackers

2011 · Randy Quaid

Joy Behar: Say Anything!

2009 · Himself

Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach

2009 · Coach Lew Tuttle

Real Time

2008 · Reuben

Goya's Ghosts

2006 · King Carlos IV

Blade: House of Chthon

2006 · Melvin

Blade: The Series

2006

Texas Ranch House

Texas Ranch House

2006

Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up

2006 · Rockin' Rory (voice)

Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island

2006 · Captain Flint

The Ice Harvest

2005 · Bill Guerrard

Category 7: The End of the World

2005 · Tornado Tommy Dixon

Brokeback Mountain

2005 · Joe Aguirre

Once Upon a Halloween

2005 · Alameda Slim (voice) (archive sound)

Elvis

2005 · 'Colonel' Tom Parker

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

2005 · Self

Back By Midnight

2005 · Eli Rockwood

Category 6: Day of Destruction

2004 · Tornado Tommy

Category 6: Day of Destruction

2004 · Tornado Tommy Dixon

5ive Days to Midnight

2004 · Irwin Sikorski

Home on the Range

2004 · Alameda Slim (voice)

Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure

2003 · Eddie Johnson

The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire

2003

Grind

2003 · Jock Jensen

Carolina

2003 · Ted Mirabeau

Kart Racer

2003 · Vic Davies

Black Cadillac

2003 · Charlie

Milwaukee, Minnesota

2003 · Jerry James

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

2002 · Bruno

Frank McKlusky, C.I.

2002 · Madman McKlusky

Not Another Teen Movie

2001 · Mr. Briggs

The Day the World Ended

2001 · Dr. Michael McCann

Good Day Live

2001 · Self

Night Visions

2001 · Michael Doyle (segment "After Life")

The Thin Blue Lie

2000 · Phil Chadway

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

2000 · Cappy von Trapment

Mail to the Chief

2000 · President A. Thorton Osgood II

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

1999 · Jack Woods

The Debtors

1999

Last Rites

1999 · Jeremy Dillon

Purgatory

1999 · Doc Woods / Doc Holliday

P.U.N.K.S

1999 · Pat Utley

Water War

1998 · Lenny

Bug Buster

1998 · General George S. Merlin

Hard Rain

1998 · Sheriff Mike Collins

Valentine's Day

1998 · Phil

Vegas Vacation

1997 · Cousin Eddie

Get on the Bus

1996 · Tennessee State Trooper (uncredited)

Kingpin

1996 · Ishmael Boorg

Independence Day

1996 · Russell Casse

The Making of 'Independence Day'

1996 · Self (archive footage)

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

1996 · Randy Weaver

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

1996 · Randy Weaver

Moonshine Highway

1996 · Sheriff Miller

Last Dance

1996 · Sam Burns

Woman Undone

1996 · Allan Hansen

Streets of Laredo

1995 · John Wesley Hardin

Les Légendes du Grand Nord

1995

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning

1995 · Detective Steve Carella

Bye Bye Love

1995 · Vic Damico

Curse of the Starving Class

1994 · Taylor

Next Door

1994 · Lenny Benedetti

Roommates

1994 · Jim Flynn

Major League II

1994 · Johnny (ucredited)

The Paper

1994 · Michael McDougal

Frankenstein

1993 · The Monster

Freaked

1993 · Elijah C. Skuggs

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 · Self - Guest

Murder in the Heartland

1993 · Elmer Scheele

Picture This

1991 · Self

Davis Rules

1991 · Dwight Davis

Texasville

1990 · Lester Marlow

Cold Dog Soup

1990 · Jack Cloud

Quick Change

1990 · Loomis

Days of Thunder

1990 · Tim Dalander

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

1989 · Cousin Eddie

Bloodhounds of Broadway

1989 · Feet Samuels

Martians Go Home

1989 · Mark Devereaux

Out Cold

1989 · Lester

Parents

1989 · Nick Laemle

Dead Solid Perfect

1988 · Kenny Lee

American Experience

1988 · Narrator (voice)

Caddyshack II

1988 · Peter Blunt

Moving

1988 · Frank / Cornall Crawford

Evil in Clear River

1988 · Pete Suvak

No Man's Land

1987 · Lieutenant Vincent Bracey

LBJ: The Early Years

1987 · Lyndon Baines Johnson

Sweet Country

1987 · Juan

The Wraith

1986 · Sheriff Loomis

Fool for Love

1985 · Martin

The Slugger's Wife

1985 · Moose Granger

The Wild Life

1984 · Charlie

A Streetcar Named Desire

1984 · Harold "Mitch" Mitchell

National Lampoon's Vacation

1983 · Cousin Eddie

Cowboy

1983 · Evan Coleman

Inside the Third Reich

1982 · Putzi Hanfstaengel

American Playhouse

1982 · Feet Samuels

The Luck of Roaring Camp

1982 · Kentuck

Heartbeeps

1981 · Charlie

Of Mice and Men

1981 · Lenny Small

The Long Riders

1980 · Clell Miller

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

1980 · Clayton Ritchie

To Race the Wind

1980 · Chet Watson

Foxes

1980 · Jay

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

1979 · Grat Dalton

Midnight Express

1978 · Jimmy Booth

The Choirboys

1977 · Dean Proust

Three Warriors

1977 · Ranger Quentin Hammond

Bound for Glory

1976 · Luther Johnson

The Missouri Breaks

1976 · Tittle Tod

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Self - Various Characters, Paul (uncredited)

Breakout

1975 · Hawk Hawkins

The Great Niagara

1974 · Carl Grant

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

1974 · Virgil

The Last Detail

1973 · Meadows

Paper Moon

1973 · Leroy

Lolly-Madonna XXX

1973 · Finch Feather

What's Up, Doc?

1972 · Professor Hosquith

Getting Away from It All

1972 · Herbie

The Last Picture Show

1971 · Lester Marlow

Night Gallery

1970

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