Randy Quaid
Acting1950Houston, Texas, USA
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
Acting History
2024
The Christmas Letter
as Postman
2018
All You Can Eat
as Gordon
2015
The Randy & Evi Quaid Compilation
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2011
Star Whackers
as Randy Quaid
2010
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
TVas Himself• 1 eps
2009
Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach
as Coach Lew Tuttle
2008
Real Time
as Reuben
2006
Goya's Ghosts
as King Carlos IV
Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island
as Captain Flint
Blade: House of Chthon
as Melvin
Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up
as Rockin' Rory (voice)
2005
The Ice Harvest
as Bill Guerrard
Brokeback Mountain
as Joe Aguirre
Back By Midnight
as Eli Rockwood
Category 7: The End of the World
as Tornado Tommy
Once Upon a Halloween
as Alameda Slim (voice) (archive sound)
Elvis
TVas 'Colonel' Tom Parker• 2 eps
Category 7: The End of the World
TVas Tornado Tommy Dixon• 2 eps
2004
Home on the Range
as Alameda Slim (voice)
Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Tornado Tommy
5ive Days to Midnight
TVas Irwin Sikorski• 5 eps
Category 6: Day of Destruction
TVas Tornado Tommy Dixon• 2 eps
2003
Carolina
as Ted Mirabeau
Black Cadillac
as Charlie
Milwaukee, Minnesota
as Jerry James
Kart Racer
as Vic Davies
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
as Eddie Johnson
Grind
as Jock Jensen
Good Day Live
TVas Self• 1 eps
2002
Frank McKlusky, C.I.
as Madman McKlusky
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
as Bruno
2001
Not Another Teen Movie
as Mr. Briggs
The Day the World Ended
as Dr. Michael McCann
Night Visions
TVas Michael Doyle (segment "After Life")• 1 eps
2000
The Thin Blue Lie
as Phil Chadway
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
as Cappy von Trapment
Mail to the Chief
as President A. Thorton Osgood II
American Experience
TVas Narrator (voice)• 2 eps
1999
P.U.N.K.S
as Pat Utley
Last Rites
as Jeremy Dillon
Purgatory
as Doc Woods / Doc Holliday
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
TVas Jack Woods• 2 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
1998
Water War
as Lenny
Hard Rain
as Sheriff Mike Collins
Valentine's Day
as Phil
Bug Buster
as General George S. Merlin
1997
Vegas Vacation
as Cousin Eddie
1996
Last Dance
as Sam Burns
Kingpin
as Ishmael Boorg
Independence Day
as Russell Casse
Moonshine Highway
as Sheriff Miller
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
as Randy Weaver
Woman Undone
as Allan Hansen
The Making of 'Independence Day'
as Self (archive footage)
Get on the Bus
as Tennessee State Trooper (uncredited)
1995
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning
as Detective Steve Carella
Bye Bye Love
as Vic Damico
Streets of Laredo
TVas John Wesley Hardin• 3 eps
1994
Major League II
as Johnny (ucredited)
Roommates
as Jim Flynn
The Paper
as Michael McDougal
Next Door
as Lenny Benedetti
Curse of the Starving Class
as Taylor
1993
Freaked
as Elijah C. Skuggs
Frankenstein
as The Monster
Murder in the Heartland
TVas Elmer Scheele• 2 eps
1991
Picture This
as Self
Davis Rules
TVas Dwight Davis• 29 eps
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Various Characters / Paul (uncredited)• 1 eps
1990
Texasville
as Lester Marlow
Days of Thunder
as Tim Dalander
Quick Change
as Loomis
Cold Dog Soup
as Jack Cloud
1989
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
as Cousin Eddie
Martians Go Home
as Mark Devereaux
Parents
as Nick Laemle
Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Feet Samuels
Out Cold
as Lester
1988
Dead Solid Perfect
as Kenny Lee
Moving
as Frank / Cornall Crawford
Caddyshack II
as Peter Blunt
Evil in Clear River
as Pete Suvak
1987
Sweet Country
as Juan
No Man's Land
as Lieutenant Vincent Bracey
LBJ: The Early Years
as Lyndon Baines Johnson
1986
The Wraith
as Sheriff Loomis
1985
The Slugger's Wife
as Moose Granger
Fool for Love
as Martin
1984
The Wild Life
as Charlie
A Streetcar Named Desire
as Harold "Mitch" Mitchell
1983
Cowboy
as Evan Coleman
National Lampoon's Vacation
as Cousin Eddie
1982
Inside the Third Reich
TVas Putzi Hanfstaengel• 2 eps
1981
Heartbeeps
as Charlie
Of Mice and Men
as Lenny Small
1980
Foxes
as Jay
The Long Riders
as Clell Miller
To Race the Wind
as Chet Watson
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
TVas Clayton Ritchie• 2 eps
1979
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
as Grat Dalton
1978
Midnight Express
as Jimmy Booth
1977
The Choirboys
as Dean Proust
Three Warriors
as Ranger Quentin Hammond
1976
Bound for Glory
as Luther Johnson
The Missouri Breaks
as Tittle Tod
1975
Breakout
as Hawk Hawkins
1974
The Great Niagara
as Carl Grant
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
as Virgil
1973
1972
1971
The Last Picture Show
as Lester Marlow