Randy Quaid
Acting • Born 1950-10-01
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.
Filmography
123 credits
Brokeback Mountain
Movie • 2005
Joe Aguirre
Independence Day
Movie • 1996
Russell Casse
Days of Thunder
Movie • 1990
Tim Dalander
The Wraith
Movie • 1986
Sheriff Loomis
Frankenstein
Movie • 1993
The Monster
Quick Change
Movie • 1990
Loomis
Carolina
Movie • 2003
Ted Mirabeau
National Lampoon's Vacation
Movie • 1983
Cousin Eddie
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
Movie • 2003
Eddie Johnson
Frank McKlusky, C.I.
Movie • 2002
Madman McKlusky
Goya's Ghosts
Movie • 2006
King Carlos IV
Hard Rain
Movie • 1998
Sheriff Mike Collins
Kingpin
Movie • 1996
Ishmael Boorg
Mail to the Chief
Movie • 2000
President A. Thorton Osgood II
Bye Bye Love
Movie • 1995
Vic Damico
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Movie • 1989
Cousin Eddie
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Movie • 2002
Bruno
Vegas Vacation
Movie • 1997
Cousin Eddie
Water War
Movie • 1998
Lenny
Purgatory
Movie • 1999
Doc Woods / Doc Holliday
What's Up, Doc?
Movie • 1972
Professor Hosquith
Breakout
Movie • 1975
Hawk Hawkins
The Last Picture Show
Movie • 1971
Lester Marlow
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Movie • 2004
Tornado Tommy
The Paper
Movie • 1994
Michael McDougal
Parents
Movie • 1989
Nick Laemle
No Man's Land
Movie • 1987
Lieutenant Vincent Bracey
Dead Solid Perfect
Movie • 1988
Kenny Lee
Home on the Range
Movie • 2004
Alameda Slim (voice)
Real Time
Movie • 2008
Reuben
Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach
Movie • 2009
Coach Lew Tuttle
Moving
Movie • 1988
Frank / Cornall Crawford
Bound for Glory
Movie • 1976
Luther Johnson
The Missouri Breaks
Movie • 1976
Tittle Tod
The Long Riders
Movie • 1980
Clell Miller
Category 7: The End of the World
Movie • 2005
Tornado Tommy
The Last Detail
Movie • 1973
Meadows
Once Upon a Halloween
Movie • 2005
Alameda Slim (voice) (archive sound)
P.U.N.K.S
Movie • 1999
Pat Utley
Last Dance
Movie • 1996
Sam Burns
Milwaukee, Minnesota
Movie • 2003
Jerry James
Blade: House of Chthon
Movie • 2006
Melvin
Caddyshack II
Movie • 1988
Peter Blunt
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Movie • 2000
Cappy von Trapment
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Movie • 1996
Randy Weaver
Freaked
Movie • 1993
Elijah C. Skuggs
Back By Midnight
Movie • 2005
Eli Rockwood
Major League II
Movie • 1994
Johnny (ucredited)
The Choirboys
Movie • 1977
Dean Proust
The Day the World Ended
Movie • 2001
Dr. Michael McCann
Black Cadillac
Movie • 2003
Charlie
Picture This
Movie • 1991
Self
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Movie • 1989
Feet Samuels
Fool for Love
Movie • 1985
Martin
Texasville
Movie • 1990
Lester Marlow
Kart Racer
Movie • 2003
Vic Davies
Heartbeeps
Movie • 1981
Charlie
Valentine's Day
Movie • 1998
Phil
Bug Buster
Movie • 1998
General George S. Merlin
Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island
Movie • 2006
Captain Flint
Cold Dog Soup
Movie • 1990
Jack Cloud
The Slugger's Wife
Movie • 1985
Moose Granger
Three Warriors
Movie • 1977
Ranger Quentin Hammond
Out Cold
Movie • 1989
Lester
Next Door
Movie • 1994
Lenny Benedetti
The Thin Blue Lie
Movie • 2000
Phil Chadway
Moonshine Highway
Movie • 1996
Sheriff Miller
Lolly-Madonna XXX
Movie • 1973
Finch Feather
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning
Movie • 1995
Detective Steve Carella
A Streetcar Named Desire
Movie • 1984
Harold "Mitch" Mitchell
Martians Go Home
Movie • 1989
Mark Devereaux
Foxes
Movie • 1980
Jay
Curse of the Starving Class
Movie • 1994
Taylor
Roommates
Movie • 1994
Jim Flynn
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
Movie • 1979
Grat Dalton
LBJ: The Early Years
Movie • 1987
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Evil in Clear River
Movie • 1988
Pete Suvak
The Ice Harvest
Movie • 2005
Bill Guerrard
The Great Niagara
Movie • 1974
Carl Grant
Woman Undone
Movie • 1996
Allan Hansen
Cowboy
Movie • 1983
Evan Coleman
Of Mice and Men
Movie • 1981
Lenny Small
Star Whackers
Movie • 2011
Randy Quaid
Paper Moon
Movie • 1973
Leroy
Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up
Movie • 2006
Rockin' Rory (voice)
The Christmas Letter
Movie • 2024
Postman
Last Rites
Movie • 1999
Jeremy Dillon
Not Another Teen Movie
Movie • 2001
Mr. Briggs
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Movie • 1974
Virgil
The Debtors
Movie • 1999
Sweet Country
Movie • 1987
Juan
Grind
Movie • 2003
Jock Jensen
The Wild Life
Movie • 1984
Charlie
All You Can Eat
Movie • 2018
Gordon
Midnight Express
Movie • 1978
Jimmy Booth
To Race the Wind
Movie • 1980
Chet Watson
The Making of 'Independence Day'
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
Get on the Bus
Movie • 1996
Tennessee State Trooper (uncredited)
Getting Away from It All
Movie • 1972
Herbie
Les Légendes du Grand Nord
Movie • 1995
The Randy & Evi Quaid Compilation
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Movie • 2005
Self
Texas Ranch House
TV • 2006
Night Gallery
TV • 1970
Blade: The Series
TV • 2006
Night Visions
TV • 2001
Michael Doyle (segment "After Life")
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
TV • 2003
Elvis
TV • 2005
'Colonel' Tom Parker
5ive Days to Midnight
TV • 2004
Irwin Sikorski
Good Day Live
TV • 2001
Self
Streets of Laredo
TV • 1995
John Wesley Hardin
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Various Characters
Davis Rules
TV • 1991
Dwight Davis
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
TV • 1999
Jack Woods
American Experience
TV • 1988
Narrator (voice)
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
TV • 1980
Clayton Ritchie
Murder in the Heartland
TV • 1993
Elmer Scheele
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
TV • 2009
Himself
Category 7: The End of the World
TV • 2005
Tornado Tommy Dixon
Category 6: Day of Destruction
TV • 2004
Tornado Tommy Dixon
Inside the Third Reich
TV • 1982
Putzi Hanfstaengel
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Paul (uncredited)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest