Randy Quaid
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.
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Acting History
2024
The Christmas Letter as Postman
2018All You Can Eat as Gordon
2015The Randy & Evi Quaid Compilation as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2011Star Whackers as Randy Quaid
2009Joy Behar: Say Anything! as Himself
2009Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach as Coach Lew Tuttle
2008Real Time as Reuben
2006Goya's Ghosts as King Carlos IV
2006Blade: The Series
2006Blade: House of Chthon as Melvin
2006Texas Ranch House
2006Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up as Rockin' Rory (voice)
2006Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island as Captain Flint
2005The Ice Harvest as Bill Guerrard
2005Category 7: The End of the World as Tornado Tommy Dixon
2005Category 7: The End of the World as Tornado Tommy
2005Brokeback Mountain as Joe Aguirre
2005Once Upon a Halloween as Alameda Slim (voice) (archive sound)
2005Elvis as 'Colonel' Tom Parker
2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found as Self
2005Back By Midnight as Eli Rockwood
2004Category 6: Day of Destruction as Tornado Tommy
2004Category 6: Day of Destruction as Tornado Tommy Dixon
20045ive Days to Midnight as Irwin Sikorski
2004Home on the Range as Alameda Slim (voice)
2003Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure as Eddie Johnson
2003The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
2003Grind as Jock Jensen
2003Carolina as Ted Mirabeau
2003Kart Racer as Vic Davies
2003Black Cadillac as Charlie
2003Milwaukee, Minnesota as Jerry James
2002The Adventures of Pluto Nash as Bruno
2002Frank McKlusky, C.I. as Madman McKlusky
2001Not Another Teen Movie as Mr. Briggs
2001The Day the World Ended as Dr. Michael McCann
2001Good Day Live as Self
2001Night Visions as Michael Doyle (segment "After Life")
2000The Thin Blue Lie as Phil Chadway
2000The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle as Cappy von Trapment
2000Mail to the Chief as President A. Thorton Osgood II
1999The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns as Jack Woods
1999The Debtors
1999Last Rites as Jeremy Dillon
1999Purgatory as Doc Woods / Doc Holliday
1999P.U.N.K.S as Pat Utley
1998Water War as Lenny
1998Bug Buster as General George S. Merlin
1998Hard Rain as Sheriff Mike Collins
1998Valentine's Day as Phil
1997Vegas Vacation as Cousin Eddie
1996Get on the Bus as Tennessee State Trooper (uncredited)
1996Kingpin as Ishmael Boorg
1996The Making of 'Independence Day' as Self (archive footage)
1996Independence Day as Russell Casse
1996The Siege at Ruby Ridge as Randy Weaver
1996Moonshine Highway as Sheriff Miller
1996Last Dance as Sam Burns
1996Woman Undone as Allan Hansen
1995Streets of Laredo as John Wesley Hardin
1995Les Légendes du Grand Nord
1995Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning as Detective Steve Carella
1995Bye Bye Love as Vic Damico
1994Curse of the Starving Class as Taylor
1994Next Door as Lenny Benedetti
1994Roommates as Jim Flynn
1994Major League II as Johnny (ucredited)
1994The Paper as Michael McDougal
1993Frankenstein as The Monster
1993Freaked as Elijah C. Skuggs
1993Murder in the Heartland as Elmer Scheele
1991Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas as Self
1991Davis Rules as Dwight Davis
1990Texasville as Lester Marlow
1990Cold Dog Soup as Jack Cloud
1990Quick Change as Loomis
1990Days of Thunder as Tim Dalander
1989National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation as Cousin Eddie
1989Bloodhounds of Broadway as Feet Samuels
1989Martians Go Home as Mark Devereaux
1989Out Cold as Lester
1989Parents as Nick Laemle
1988Dead Solid Perfect as Kenny Lee
1988American Experience as Narrator (voice)
1988Caddyshack II as Peter Blunt
1988Moving as Frank / Cornall Crawford
1988Evil in Clear River as Pete Suvak
1987No Man's Land as Lieutenant Vincent Bracey
1987LBJ: The Early Years as Lyndon Baines Johnson
1987Sweet Country as Juan
1986The Wraith as Sheriff Loomis
1985Fool for Love as Martin
1985The Slugger's Wife as Moose Granger
1984The Wild Life as Charlie
1984A Streetcar Named Desire as Harold "Mitch" Mitchell
1983National Lampoon's Vacation as Cousin Eddie
1983Cowboy as Evan Coleman
1982Inside the Third Reich as Putzi Hanfstaengel
1981Heartbeeps as Charlie
1981Of Mice and Men as Lenny Small
1980The Long Riders as Clell Miller
1980Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones as Clayton Ritchie
1980To Race the Wind as Chet Watson
1980Foxes as Jay
1979The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang as Grat Dalton
1978Midnight Express as Jimmy Booth
1977The Choirboys as Dean Proust
1977Three Warriors as Ranger Quentin Hammond
1976Bound for Glory as Luther Johnson
1976The Missouri Breaks as Tittle Tod
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975Breakout as Hawk Hawkins
1974The Great Niagara as Carl Grant
1974The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz as Virgil
1973The Last Detail as Seaman Larry Meadows
1973Paper Moon as Leroy
1973Lolly-Madonna XXX as Finch Feather
1972What's Up, Doc? as Professor Hosquith
1972Getting Away from It All as Herbie
1971The Last Picture Show as Lester Marlow
1970Night Gallery