Randy Quaid
Acting
Born: October 1, 1950 (age 75) · Houston, Texas, USA
Highest Rated
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
Independence Day
1996
Brokeback Mountain
2005
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989
Not Another Teen Movie
2001
Home on the Range
2004
Midnight Express
1978
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983
Days of Thunder
1990
Kingpin
1996
Paper Moon
1973
Hard Rain
1998
The Last Picture Show
1971
Photos (7)
Movies (98)
Independence Day
Russell Casse
Brokeback Mountain
Joe Aguirre
Days of Thunder
Tim Dalander
Not Another Teen Movie
Mr. Briggs
National Lampoon's Vacation
Cousin Eddie
Home on the Range
Alameda Slim (voice)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Cousin Eddie
Midnight Express
Jimmy Booth
The Wraith
Sheriff Loomis
Hard Rain
Sheriff Mike Collins
Quick Change
Loomis
The Last Picture Show
Lester Marlow
Kingpin
Ishmael Boorg
Vegas Vacation
Cousin Eddie
Paper Moon
Leroy
Major League II
Johnny (ucredited)
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Bruno
The Long Riders
Clell Miller
No Man's Land
Lieutenant Vincent Bracey
Last Dance
Sam Burns
The Paper
Michael McDougal
The Ice Harvest
Bill Guerrard
Freaked
Elijah C. Skuggs
What's Up, Doc?
Professor Hosquith
The Last Detail
Laurence M. 'Larry' Meadows
Goya's Ghosts
King Carlos IV
Grind
Jock Jensen
Breakout
Hawk Hawkins
Blade: House of Chthon
Melvin
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Feet Samuels
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Cappy von Trapment
The Wild Life
Charlie
Moving
Frank / Cornall Crawford
The Missouri Breaks
Tittle Tod
Bye Bye Love
Vic Damico
Caddyshack II
Peter Blunt
Frank McKlusky, C.I.
Madman McKlusky
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
Eddie Johnson
Purgatory
Doc Woods / Doc Holliday
Get on the Bus
Tennessee State Trooper (uncredited)
Lolly-Madonna XXX
Finch Feather
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Randy Weaver
Bug Buster
General George S. Merlin
Parents
Nick Laemle
Fool for Love
Martin
Woman Undone
Allan Hansen
The Choirboys
Dean Proust
Out Cold
Lester
Bound for Glory
Luther Johnson
Foxes
Jay
Mail to the Chief
President A. Thorton Osgood II
The Day the World Ended
Dr. Michael McCann
Carolina
Ted Mirabeau
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Tornado Tommy
Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach
Coach Lew Tuttle
Once Upon a Halloween
Alameda Slim (voice) (archive sound)
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning
Detective Steve Carella
Texasville
Lester Marlow
Dead Solid Perfect
Kenny Lee
Next Door
Lenny Benedetti
A Streetcar Named Desire
Harold "Mitch" Mitchell
P.U.N.K.S
Pat Utley
Curse of the Starving Class
Taylor
The Christmas Letter
Postman
Cowboy
Evan Coleman
The Slugger's Wife
Moose Granger
Black Cadillac
Charlie
Sweet Country
Juan
Valentine's Day
Phil
Heartbeeps
Charlie
Kart Racer
Vic Davies
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
Grat Dalton
Frankenstein
The Monster
Last Rites
Jeremy Dillon
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Virgil
Cold Dog Soup
Jack Cloud
Moonshine Highway
Sheriff Miller
The Debtors
1999
LBJ: The Early Years
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Roommates
Jim Flynn
The Luck of Roaring Camp
Kentuck
Martians Go Home
Mark Devereaux
Back By Midnight
Eli Rockwood
The Thin Blue Lie
Phil Chadway
All You Can Eat
Gordon
Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island
Captain Flint
Milwaukee, Minnesota
Jerry James
To Race the Wind
Chet Watson
Three Warriors
Ranger Quentin Hammond
Of Mice and Men
Lenny Small
Real Time
Reuben
Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up
Rockin' Rory (voice)
The Great Niagara
Carl Grant
Getting Away from It All
Herbie
Star Whackers
Randy Quaid
Evil in Clear River
Pete Suvak
Les Légendes du Grand Nord
1995
Water War
Lenny
TV Shows (19)
Saturday Night Live
Paul (uncredited) · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Feet Samuels · 1 eps
American Experience
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Night Gallery
1 eps
Blade: The Series
1 eps
Night Visions
Michael Doyle (segment "After Life") · 1 eps
Gun
Bill · 1 eps
Inside the Third Reich
Putzi Hanfstaengel · 2 eps
5ive Days to Midnight
Irwin Sikorski · 5 eps
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Randy Weaver · 2 eps
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
Jack Woods · 2 eps
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Clayton Ritchie · 2 eps
Davis Rules
Dwight Davis · 29 eps
Streets of Laredo
John Wesley Hardin · 3 eps
Elvis
'Colonel' Tom Parker · 2 eps
Murder in the Heartland
Elmer Scheele · 2 eps
Category 7: The End of the World
Tornado Tommy Dixon · 2 eps
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Tornado Tommy Dixon · 2 eps
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
8 eps
Self / Appearances (6)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters · 18 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
Himself · 1 eps
Picture This
Self
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Self
The Making of 'Independence Day'
Self (archive footage)