Randy Quaid

Randy Quaid

Known for
Acting
Born
October 1, 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Houston, Texas, USA

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2024
The Christmas Letter poster

The Christmas Letter

Movie · as Postman

2018
All You Can Eat poster

All You Can Eat

Movie · as Gordon

2015
The Randy & Evi Quaid Compilation

The Randy & Evi Quaid Compilation

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2011
Star Whackers poster

Star Whackers

Movie · as Randy Quaid

2009
Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach poster

Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach

Movie · as Coach Lew Tuttle

2009
Joy Behar: Say Anything! poster

Joy Behar: Say Anything!

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2008
Real Time poster

Real Time

Movie · as Reuben

2006
Goya's Ghosts poster

Goya's Ghosts

Movie · as King Carlos IV

2006
Blade: House of Chthon poster

Blade: House of Chthon

Movie · as Melvin

2006
Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island poster

Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island

Movie · as Captain Flint

2006
Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up poster

Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up

Movie · as Rockin' Rory (voice)

2006
Texas Ranch House

Texas Ranch House

TV · 8 eps

2006
Blade: The Series poster

Blade: The Series

TV · 1 ep

2005
Brokeback Mountain poster

Brokeback Mountain

Movie · as Joe Aguirre

2005
Once Upon a Halloween poster

Once Upon a Halloween

Movie · as Alameda Slim (voice) (archive sound)

2005
Back By Midnight poster

Back By Midnight

Movie · as Eli Rockwood

2005
The Ice Harvest poster

The Ice Harvest

Movie · as Bill Guerrard

2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found poster

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

Movie · as Self

2005
Elvis poster

Elvis

TV · as 'Colonel' Tom Parker · 2 eps

2005
Category 7: The End of the World poster

Category 7: The End of the World

TV · as Tornado Tommy Dixon · 2 eps

2004
Category 6: Day of Destruction poster

Category 6: Day of Destruction

Movie · as Tornado Tommy

2004
Home on the Range poster

Home on the Range

Movie · as Alameda Slim (voice)

2004
5ive Days to Midnight poster

5ive Days to Midnight

TV · as Irwin Sikorski · 5 eps

2004
Category 6: Day of Destruction poster

Category 6: Day of Destruction

TV · as Tornado Tommy Dixon · 2 eps

2003
Carolina poster

Carolina

Movie · as Ted Mirabeau

2003
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure poster

Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure

Movie · as Eddie Johnson

2003
Milwaukee, Minnesota poster

Milwaukee, Minnesota

Movie · as Jerry James

2003
Black Cadillac poster

Black Cadillac

Movie · as Charlie

2003
Kart Racer poster

Kart Racer

Movie · as Vic Davies

2003
Grind poster

Grind

Movie · as Jock Jensen

2003
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire poster

The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire

TV · as Hank Shaw · 8 eps

2002
Frank McKlusky, C.I. poster

Frank McKlusky, C.I.

Movie · as Madman McKlusky

2002
The Adventures of Pluto Nash poster

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

Movie · as Bruno

2001
The Day the World Ended poster

The Day the World Ended

Movie · as Dr. Michael McCann

2001
Not Another Teen Movie poster

Not Another Teen Movie

Movie · as Mr. Briggs

2001
Night Visions poster

Night Visions

TV · as Michael Doyle (segment "After Life") · 1 ep

2001
Good Day Live poster

Good Day Live

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2000
Mail to the Chief poster

Mail to the Chief

Movie · as President A. Thorton Osgood II

2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle poster

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

Movie · as Cappy von Trapment

2000
The Thin Blue Lie poster

The Thin Blue Lie

Movie · as Phil Chadway

1999
Purgatory poster

Purgatory

Movie · as Doc Woods / Doc Holliday

1999
P.U.N.K.S poster

P.U.N.K.S

Movie · as Pat Utley

1999
Last Rites poster

Last Rites

Movie · as Jeremy Dillon

1999
The Debtors poster

The Debtors

Movie

1999
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns poster

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

TV · as Jack Woods · 2 eps

1998
Hard Rain poster

Hard Rain

Movie · as Sheriff Mike Collins

1998
Water War poster

Water War

Movie · as Lenny

1998
Valentine's Day poster

Valentine's Day

Movie · as Phil

1998
Bug Buster poster

Bug Buster

Movie · as General George S. Merlin

1997
Vegas Vacation poster

Vegas Vacation

Movie · as Cousin Eddie

1997
Gun poster

Gun

TV · as Bill · 1 ep

1996
Independence Day poster

Independence Day

Movie · as Russell Casse

1996
Kingpin poster

Kingpin

Movie · as Ishmael Boorg

1996
Last Dance poster

Last Dance

Movie · as Sam Burns

1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge poster

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

Movie · as Randy Weaver

1996
Moonshine Highway poster

Moonshine Highway

Movie · as Sheriff Miller

1996
Woman Undone poster

Woman Undone

Movie · as Allan Hansen

1996
The Making of 'Independence Day' poster

The Making of 'Independence Day'

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1996
Get on the Bus poster

Get on the Bus

Movie · as Tennessee State Trooper (uncredited)

1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge poster

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

TV · as Randy Weaver · 2 eps

1995
Bye Bye Love poster

Bye Bye Love

Movie · as Vic Damico

1995
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning poster

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning

Movie · as Detective Steve Carella

1995
Les Légendes du Grand Nord poster

Les Légendes du Grand Nord

Movie

1995
Streets of Laredo poster

Streets of Laredo

TV · as John Wesley Hardin · 3 eps

1994
The Paper poster

The Paper

Movie · as Michael McDougal

1994
Major League II poster

Major League II

Movie · as Johnny (ucredited)

1994
Next Door poster

Next Door

Movie · as Lenny Benedetti

1994
Curse of the Starving Class poster

Curse of the Starving Class

Movie · as Taylor

1994
Roommates poster

Roommates

Movie · as Jim Flynn

1993
Frankenstein poster

Frankenstein

Movie · as The Monster

1993
Freaked poster

Freaked

Movie · as Elijah C. Skuggs

1993
Murder in the Heartland poster

Murder in the Heartland

TV · as Elmer Scheele · 2 eps

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1991
Picture This poster

Picture This

Movie · as Self

1991
Davis Rules poster

Davis Rules

TV · as Dwight Davis · 29 eps

1990
Days of Thunder poster

Days of Thunder

Movie · as Tim Dalander

1990
Quick Change poster

Quick Change

Movie · as Loomis

1990
Texasville poster

Texasville

Movie · as Lester Marlow

1990
Cold Dog Soup poster

Cold Dog Soup

Movie · as Jack Cloud

1989
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation poster

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Movie · as Cousin Eddie

1989
Parents poster

Parents

Movie · as Nick Laemle

1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway poster

Bloodhounds of Broadway

Movie · as Feet Samuels

1989
Out Cold poster

Out Cold

Movie · as Lester

1989
Martians Go Home poster

Martians Go Home

Movie · as Mark Devereaux

1988
Dead Solid Perfect poster

Dead Solid Perfect

Movie · as Kenny Lee

1988
Moving poster

Moving

Movie · as Frank / Cornall Crawford

1988
Caddyshack II poster

Caddyshack II

Movie · as Peter Blunt

1988
Evil in Clear River poster

Evil in Clear River

Movie · as Pete Suvak

1988
American Experience poster

American Experience

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

1987
No Man's Land poster

No Man's Land

Movie · as Lieutenant Vincent Bracey

1987
LBJ: The Early Years poster

LBJ: The Early Years

Movie · as Lyndon Baines Johnson

1987
Sweet Country poster

Sweet Country

Movie · as Juan

1986
The Wraith poster

The Wraith

Movie · as Sheriff Loomis

1985
Fool for Love poster

Fool for Love

Movie · as Martin

1985
The Slugger's Wife poster

The Slugger's Wife

Movie · as Moose Granger

1984
A Streetcar Named Desire poster

A Streetcar Named Desire

Movie · as Harold "Mitch" Mitchell

1984
The Wild Life poster

The Wild Life

Movie · as Charlie

1983
National Lampoon's Vacation poster

National Lampoon's Vacation

Movie · as Cousin Eddie

1983
Cowboy poster

Cowboy

Movie · as Evan Coleman

1982
The Luck of Roaring Camp poster

The Luck of Roaring Camp

Movie · as Kentuck

1982
Inside the Third Reich poster

Inside the Third Reich

TV · as Putzi Hanfstaengel · 2 eps

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Feet Samuels · 1 ep

1981
Heartbeeps poster

Heartbeeps

Movie · as Charlie

1981
Of Mice and Men poster

Of Mice and Men

Movie · as Lenny Small

1980
The Long Riders poster

The Long Riders

Movie · as Clell Miller

1980
Foxes poster

Foxes

Movie · as Jay

1980
To Race the Wind poster

To Race the Wind

Movie · as Chet Watson

1980
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones poster

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

TV · as Clayton Ritchie · 2 eps

1979
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang poster

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

Movie · as Grat Dalton

1978
Midnight Express poster

Midnight Express

Movie · as Jimmy Booth

1977
The Choirboys poster

The Choirboys

Movie · as Dean Proust

1977
Three Warriors poster

Three Warriors

Movie · as Ranger Quentin Hammond

1976
Bound for Glory poster

Bound for Glory

Movie · as Luther Johnson

1976
The Missouri Breaks poster

The Missouri Breaks

Movie · as Tittle Tod

1975
Breakout poster

Breakout

Movie · as Hawk Hawkins

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Various Characters, Paul (uncredited) · 18 eps

1974
The Great Niagara poster

The Great Niagara

Movie · as Carl Grant

1974
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz poster

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

Movie · as Virgil

1973
The Last Detail poster

The Last Detail

Movie · as Laurence M. 'Larry' Meadows

1973
Lolly-Madonna XXX poster

Lolly-Madonna XXX

Movie · as Finch Feather

1973
Paper Moon poster

Paper Moon

Movie · as Leroy

1972
What's Up, Doc? poster

What's Up, Doc?

Movie · as Professor Hosquith

1972
Getting Away from It All poster

Getting Away from It All

Movie · as Herbie

1971
The Last Picture Show poster

The Last Picture Show

Movie · as Lester Marlow

1970
Night Gallery poster

Night Gallery

TV · 1 ep