Portrait of Randy Quaid

Randy Quaid

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.

Born: October 1, 1950

Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, USA

Filmography

2024
2018
2011
Star Whackers

as Randy Quaid

2009
2008
Real Time

as Reuben

2006
Goya's Ghosts

as King Carlos IV

2006
Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up

as Rockin' Rory (voice)

2005
The Ice Harvest

as Bill Guerrard

2005
Category 7: The End of the World

as Tornado Tommy Dixon

2005
Brokeback Mountain

as Joe Aguirre

2005
Once Upon a Halloween

as Alameda Slim (voice) (archive sound)

2005
2005
Elvis

as 'Colonel' Tom Parker

2005
Back By Midnight

as Eli Rockwood

2004
Category 6: Day of Destruction

as Tornado Tommy Dixon

2004
2004
5ive Days to Midnight

as Irwin Sikorski

2004
Home on the Range

as Alameda Slim (voice)

2003
Grind

as Jock Jensen

2003
Carolina

as Ted Mirabeau

2003
Kart Racer

as Vic Davies

2003
Black Cadillac

as Charlie

2003
Milwaukee, Minnesota

as Jerry James

2002
Frank McKlusky, C.I.

as Madman McKlusky

2001
2001
The Day the World Ended

as Dr. Michael McCann

2001
Night Visions

as Michael Doyle (segment "After Life")

2000
The Thin Blue Lie

as Phil Chadway

2000
2000
Mail to the Chief

as President A. Thorton Osgood II

1999
Last Rites

as Jeremy Dillon

1999
Purgatory

as Doc Woods / Doc Holliday

1999
P.U.N.K.S

as Pat Utley

1998
Water War

as Lenny

1998
Bug Buster

as General George S. Merlin

1998
Hard Rain

as Sheriff Mike Collins

1998
1997
Vegas Vacation

as Cousin Eddie

1996
Get on the Bus

as Tennessee State Trooper (uncredited)

1996
Kingpin

as Ishmael Boorg

1996
The Making of 'Independence Day'

as Self (archive footage)

1996
Independence Day

as Russell Casse

1996
1996
Moonshine Highway

as Sheriff Miller

1996
Last Dance

as Sam Burns

1996
Woman Undone

as Allan Hansen

1995
Streets of Laredo

as John Wesley Hardin

1995
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning

as Detective Steve Carella

1995
Bye Bye Love

as Vic Damico

1994
Next Door

as Lenny Benedetti

1994
Roommates

as Jim Flynn

1994
Major League II

as Johnny (ucredited)

1994
The Paper

as Michael McDougal

1993
Frankenstein

as The Monster

1993
Freaked

as Elijah C. Skuggs

1993
Murder in the Heartland

as Elmer Scheele

1991
Davis Rules

as Dwight Davis

1990
Texasville

as Lester Marlow

1990
Cold Dog Soup

as Jack Cloud

1990
Quick Change

as Loomis

1990
Days of Thunder

as Tim Dalander

1989
1989
Martians Go Home

as Mark Devereaux

1989
Out Cold

as Lester

1989
Parents

as Nick Laemle

1988
Dead Solid Perfect

as Kenny Lee

1988
American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

1988
Caddyshack II

as Peter Blunt

1988
Moving

as Frank / Cornall Crawford

1988
Evil in Clear River

as Pete Suvak

1987
No Man's Land

as Lieutenant Vincent Bracey

1987
LBJ: The Early Years

as Lyndon Baines Johnson

1987
1986
The Wraith

as Sheriff Loomis

1985
Fool for Love

as Martin

1985
The Slugger's Wife

as Moose Granger

1984
The Wild Life

as Charlie

1984
A Streetcar Named Desire

as Harold "Mitch" Mitchell

1983
1983
Cowboy

as Evan Coleman

1982
Inside the Third Reich

as Putzi Hanfstaengel

1981
Heartbeeps

as Charlie

1981
Of Mice and Men

as Lenny Small

1980
The Long Riders

as Clell Miller

1980
To Race the Wind

as Chet Watson

1980
Foxes

as Jay

1978
Midnight Express

as Jimmy Booth

1977
The Choirboys

as Dean Proust

1977
Three Warriors

as Ranger Quentin Hammond

1976
Bound for Glory

as Luther Johnson

1976
The Missouri Breaks

as Tittle Tod

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Various Characters

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1975
Breakout

as Hawk Hawkins

1974
The Great Niagara

as Carl Grant

1973
The Last Detail

as Seaman Larry Meadows

1973
Paper Moon

as Leroy

1973
Lolly-Madonna XXX

as Finch Feather

1972
What's Up, Doc?

as Professor Hosquith

1971
The Last Picture Show

as Lester Marlow