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