Randy Quaid
Department: Acting
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
Brokeback Mountain
2005
Independence Day
1996
Days of Thunder
1990
The Wraith
1986
Frankenstein
1993
Quick Change
1990
Carolina
2003
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
2003
Frank McKlusky, C.I.
2002
Goya's Ghosts
2006
Hard Rain
1998
Kingpin
1996
Mail to the Chief
2000
Bye Bye Love
1995
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
Vegas Vacation
1997
Water War
1998
Purgatory
1999
What's Up, Doc?
1972
Breakout
1975
The Last Picture Show
1971
Category 6: Day of Destruction
2004
The Paper
1994
Parents
1989
No Man's Land
1987
Dead Solid Perfect
1988
Home on the Range
2004
Real Time
2008
Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach
2009
Bound for Glory
1976
Moving
1988
The Missouri Breaks
1976
The Long Riders
1980
The Last Detail
1973
Once Upon a Halloween
2005
P.U.N.K.S
1999
Last Dance
1996
Milwaukee, Minnesota
2003
Blade: House of Chthon
2006
Caddyshack II
1988
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
1996
Freaked
1993
Back By Midnight
2005
Major League II
1994
The Choirboys
1977
The Day the World Ended
2001
Black Cadillac
2003
Picture This
1991
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989
Fool for Love
1985
Texasville
1990
Kart Racer
2003
Heartbeeps
1981
Valentine's Day
1998
Bug Buster
1998
Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island
2006
Cold Dog Soup
1990
The Slugger's Wife
1985
Three Warriors
1977
Out Cold
1989
Next Door
1994
The Thin Blue Lie
2000
Moonshine Highway
1996
Lolly-Madonna XXX
1973
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning
1995
A Streetcar Named Desire
1984
Martians Go Home
1989
Foxes
1980
Curse of the Starving Class
1994
Roommates
1994
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979
LBJ: The Early Years
1987
Evil in Clear River
1988
The Ice Harvest
2005
The Great Niagara
1974
Woman Undone
1996
Cowboy
1983
Of Mice and Men
1981
Star Whackers
2011
Paper Moon
1973
Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up
2006
The Christmas Letter
2024
Last Rites
1999
Not Another Teen Movie
2001
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
1974
The Debtors
1999
Sweet Country
1987
Grind
2003
The Wild Life
1984
All You Can Eat
2018
Midnight Express
1978
To Race the Wind
1980
The Making of 'Independence Day'
1996
Get on the Bus
1996
Getting Away from It All
1972
Les Légendes du Grand Nord
1995
The Randy & Evi Quaid Compilation
2015
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
The Luck of Roaring Camp
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Texas Ranch House
2006
Night Gallery
1970
Blade: The Series
2006
Night Visions
2001
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
2003
Elvis
2005
5ive Days to Midnight
2004
Good Day Live
2001
Streets of Laredo
1995
Saturday Night Live
1975
Davis Rules
1991
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999
American Experience
1988
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
Murder in the Heartland
1993
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
Category 7: The End of the World
2005
Category 6: Day of Destruction
2004
Inside the Third Reich
1982
Saturday Night Live
1975
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993