Randy Quaid

Actor Oct 1 (age 75) Houston, Texas, USA 1970–2024 (54 year career)

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Biography

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.

Known For

Film

Brokeback Mountain

Joe Aguirre

Film

Independence Day

Russell Casse

Film

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Cousin Eddie

Film

Midnight Express

Jimmy Booth

Film

Paper Moon

Leroy

Film

National Lampoon's Vacation

Cousin Eddie

Film

The Last Picture Show

Lester Marlow

Film

Days of Thunder

Tim Dalander

Filmography

Acting (124)

Movies (103)

The Christmas Letter

as Postman

All You Can Eat

as Gordon

The Randy & Evi Quaid Compilation

2015

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Star Whackers

2011

as Randy Quaid

5.8

Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach

as Coach Lew Tuttle

Real Time

as Reuben

Blade: House of Chthon

as Melvin

Goya's Ghosts

as King Carlos IV

Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up

2006

as Rockin' Rory (voice)

3.2

Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island

as Captain Flint

Brokeback Mountain

as Joe Aguirre

Back By Midnight

as Eli Rockwood

Category 7: The End of the World

as Tornado Tommy

The Ice Harvest

as Bill Guerrard

Once Upon a Halloween

2005

as Alameda Slim (voice) (archive sound)

6.2

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

2005

as Self

Home on the Range

2004

as Alameda Slim (voice)

6.1

Category 6: Day of Destruction

as Tornado Tommy

Grind

as Jock Jensen

Black Cadillac

as Charlie

Carolina

as Ted Mirabeau

Milwaukee, Minnesota

as Jerry James

Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure

as Eddie Johnson

Kart Racer

as Vic Davies

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

as Bruno

Frank McKlusky, C.I.

as Madman McKlusky

Not Another Teen Movie

2001

as Mr. Briggs

5.8

The Day the World Ended

2001

as Dr. Michael McCann

4.2

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

2000

as Cappy von Trapment

4.3

Mail to the Chief

2000

as President A. Thorton Osgood II

The Thin Blue Lie

as Phil Chadway

Last Rites

as Jeremy Dillon

The Debtors

Purgatory

as Doc Woods / Doc Holliday

P.U.N.K.S

as Pat Utley

Hard Rain

as Sheriff Mike Collins

5.9

Bug Buster

1998

as General George S. Merlin

Valentine's Day

as Phil

Water War

as Lenny

Vegas Vacation

as Cousin Eddie

Independence Day

as Russell Casse

Kingpin

as Ishmael Boorg

Woman Undone

as Allan Hansen

Get on the Bus

as Tennessee State Trooper (uncredited)

Last Dance

as Sam Burns

Moonshine Highway

as Sheriff Miller

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

1996

as Randy Weaver

5.1

The Making of 'Independence Day'

1996

as Self (archive footage)

5.9

Les Légendes du Grand Nord

1995

Bye Bye Love

1995

as Vic Damico

5.9

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning

1995

as Detective Steve Carella

The Paper

as Michael McDougal

Major League II

as Johnny (ucredited)

Roommates

as Jim Flynn

Next Door

as Lenny Benedetti

Curse of the Starving Class

as Taylor

Freaked

as Elijah C. Skuggs

Frankenstein

as The Monster

Picture This

as Self

Cold Dog Soup

as Jack Cloud

Days of Thunder

as Tim Dalander

Quick Change

as Loomis

Texasville

as Lester Marlow

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

as Cousin Eddie

Parents

as Nick Laemle

Bloodhounds of Broadway

as Feet Samuels

Out Cold

as Lester

Martians Go Home

as Mark Devereaux

Caddyshack II

as Peter Blunt

Moving

as Frank / Cornall Crawford

Dead Solid Perfect

as Kenny Lee

Evil in Clear River

as Pete Suvak

No Man's Land

as Lieutenant Vincent Bracey

Sweet Country

as Juan

LBJ: The Early Years

as Lyndon Baines Johnson

The Wraith

as Sheriff Loomis

Fool for Love

as Martin

The Slugger's Wife

as Moose Granger

The Wild Life

as Charlie

A Streetcar Named Desire

1984

as Harold "Mitch" Mitchell

5.4

National Lampoon's Vacation

1983

as Cousin Eddie

7.1

Cowboy

1983

as Evan Coleman

Heartbeeps

as Charlie

Of Mice and Men

as Lenny Small

The Long Riders

as Clell Miller

Foxes

as Jay

To Race the Wind

as Chet Watson

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

as Grat Dalton

Midnight Express

as Jimmy Booth

The Choirboys

as Dean Proust

Three Warriors

as Ranger Quentin Hammond

Bound for Glory

as Luther Johnson

The Missouri Breaks

as Tittle Tod

Breakout

as Hawk Hawkins

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

as Virgil

The Great Niagara

as Carl Grant

Paper Moon

as Leroy

The Last Detail

as Meadows

Lolly-Madonna XXX

as Finch Feather

What's Up, Doc?

as Professor Hosquith

7.4

Getting Away from It All

1972

as Herbie

The Last Picture Show

1971

as Lester Marlow

7.6

The Luck of Roaring Camp

as Kentuck

Television (21)

Joy Behar: Say Anything!

2009

as Himself

Blade: The Series

Texas Ranch House

Elvis

as 'Colonel' Tom Parker

6.3

Category 7: The End of the World

2005

as Tornado Tommy Dixon

6.5

5ive Days to Midnight

2004

as Irwin Sikorski

6.4

Category 6: Day of Destruction

2004

as Tornado Tommy Dixon

9.2

The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire

Good Day Live

as Self

Night Visions

as Michael Doyle (segment "After Life")

7.2

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

1999

as Jack Woods

6.9

Streets of Laredo

1995

as John Wesley Hardin

6.3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

as Self - Guest

7.2

Murder in the Heartland

as Elmer Scheele

Davis Rules

as Dwight Davis

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

Inside the Third Reich

1982

as Putzi Hanfstaengel

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

1980

as Clayton Ritchie

7.2

Saturday Night Live

1975

as Self - Various Characters

Saturday Night Live

as Paul (uncredited)

Night Gallery