Randy Quaid
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Randall Rudy "Randy" Quaid (born October 1, 1950) is an American actor 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
Filmography
The Christmas Letter
2024
as Postman
All You Can Eat
2018
as Gordon
The Randy & Evi Quaid Compilation
2015
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Star Whackers
2011
as Randy Quaid
Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach
2009
as Coach Lew Tuttle
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
as Himself
Real Time
2008
as Reuben
Goya's Ghosts
2006
as King Carlos IV
Blade: House of Chthon
2006
as Melvin
Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island
2006
as Captain Flint
Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up
2006
as Rockin' Rory (voice)
Texas Ranch House
2006
Blade: The Series
2006
Brokeback Mountain
2005
as Joe Aguirre
Once Upon a Halloween
2005
as Alameda Slim (voice) (archive sound)
Back By Midnight
2005
as Eli Rockwood
The Ice Harvest
2005
as Bill Guerrard
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
as Self
Elvis
2005
as 'Colonel' Tom Parker
Category 7: The End of the World
2005
as Tornado Tommy Dixon
Category 6: Day of Destruction
2004
as Tornado Tommy
Home on the Range
2004
as Alameda Slim (voice)
5ive Days to Midnight
2004
as Irwin Sikorski
Category 6: Day of Destruction
2004
as Tornado Tommy Dixon
Carolina
2003
as Ted Mirabeau
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
2003
as Eddie Johnson
Milwaukee, Minnesota
2003
as Jerry James
Black Cadillac
2003
as Charlie
Kart Racer
2003
as Vic Davies
Grind
2003
as Jock Jensen
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
2003
Frank McKlusky, C.I.
2002
as Madman McKlusky
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
as Bruno
The Day the World Ended
2001
as Dr. Michael McCann
Not Another Teen Movie
2001
as Mr. Briggs
Night Visions
2001
as Michael Doyle (segment "After Life")
Good Day Live
2001
as Self
Mail to the Chief
2000
as President A. Thorton Osgood II
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
as Cappy von Trapment
The Thin Blue Lie
2000
as Phil Chadway
Purgatory
1999
as Doc Woods / Doc Holliday
P.U.N.K.S
1999
as Pat Utley
Last Rites
1999
as Jeremy Dillon
The Debtors
1999
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999
as Jack Woods
Hard Rain
1998
as Sheriff Mike Collins
Water War
1998
as Lenny
Valentine's Day
1998
as Phil
Bug Buster
1998
as General George S. Merlin
Vegas Vacation
1997
as Cousin Eddie
Gun
1997
as Bill
Independence Day
1996
as Russell Casse
Kingpin
1996
as Ishmael Boorg
Last Dance
1996
as Sam Burns
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
1996
as Randy Weaver
Moonshine Highway
1996
as Sheriff Miller
Woman Undone
1996
as Allan Hansen
The Making of 'Independence Day'
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Get on the Bus
1996
as Tennessee State Trooper (uncredited)
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
1996
as Randy Weaver
Bye Bye Love
1995
as Vic Damico
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning
1995
as Detective Steve Carella
Les Légendes du Grand Nord
1995
Streets of Laredo
1995
as John Wesley Hardin
The Paper
1994
as Michael McDougal
Major League II
1994
as Johnny (ucredited)
Next Door
1994
as Lenny Benedetti
Curse of the Starving Class
1994
as Taylor
Roommates
1994
as Jim Flynn
Frankenstein
1993
as The Monster
Freaked
1993
as Elijah C. Skuggs
Murder in the Heartland
1993
as Elmer Scheele
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Picture This
1991
as Self
Davis Rules
1991
as Dwight Davis
Days of Thunder
1990
as Tim Dalander
Quick Change
1990
as Loomis
Texasville
1990
as Lester Marlow
Cold Dog Soup
1990
as Jack Cloud
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989
as Cousin Eddie
Parents
1989
as Nick Laemle
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989
as Feet Samuels
Out Cold
1989
as Lester
Martians Go Home
1989
as Mark Devereaux
Dead Solid Perfect
1988
as Kenny Lee
Moving
1988
as Frank / Cornall Crawford
Caddyshack II
1988
as Peter Blunt
Evil in Clear River
1988
as Pete Suvak
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
No Man's Land
1987
as Lieutenant Vincent Bracey
LBJ: The Early Years
1987
as Lyndon Baines Johnson
Sweet Country
1987
as Juan
The Wraith
1986
as Sheriff Loomis
Fool for Love
1985
as Martin
The Slugger's Wife
1985
as Moose Granger
A Streetcar Named Desire
1984
as Harold "Mitch" Mitchell
The Wild Life
1984
as Charlie
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983
as Cousin Eddie
Cowboy
1983
as Evan Coleman
The Luck of Roaring Camp
1982
as Kentuck
Inside the Third Reich
1982
as Putzi Hanfstaengel
American Playhouse
1982
as Feet Samuels
Heartbeeps
1981
as Charlie
Of Mice and Men
1981
as Lenny Small
The Long Riders
1980
as Clell Miller
Foxes
1980
as Jay
To Race the Wind
1980
as Chet Watson
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
as Clayton Ritchie
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979
as Grat Dalton
Midnight Express
1978
as Jimmy Booth
The Choirboys
1977
as Dean Proust
Three Warriors
1977
as Ranger Quentin Hammond
Bound for Glory
1976
as Luther Johnson
The Missouri Breaks
1976
as Tittle Tod
Breakout
1975
as Hawk Hawkins
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Various Characters
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Paul (uncredited)
The Great Niagara
1974
as Carl Grant
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
1974
as Virgil
The Last Detail
1973
as Laurence M. 'Larry' Meadows
Lolly-Madonna XXX
1973
as Finch Feather
Paper Moon
1973
as Leroy
What's Up, Doc?
1972
as Professor Hosquith
Getting Away from It All
1972
as Herbie
The Last Picture Show
1971
as Lester Marlow
Night Gallery
1970