Randy Quaid

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

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

American Experience

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Independence Day

Night Gallery

Brokeback Mountain

Blade: The Series

All Movies (102)

• The Christmas Letter2024 · as Postman
• All You Can Eat2018 · as Gordon
• The Randy & Evi Quaid Compilation2015 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Star Whackers2011 · as Randy Quaid
• Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach2009 · as Coach Lew Tuttle
• Real Time2008 · as Reuben
• Goya's Ghosts2006 · as King Carlos IV
• Blade: House of Chthon2006 · as Melvin
• Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up2006 · as Rockin' Rory (voice)
• Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island2006 · as Captain Flint
• The Ice Harvest2005 · as Bill Guerrard
• Brokeback Mountain2005 · as Joe Aguirre
• Once Upon a Halloween2005 · as Alameda Slim (voice) (archive sound)
• Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found2005 · as Self
• Back By Midnight2005 · as Eli Rockwood
• Category 6: Day of Destruction2004 · as Tornado Tommy
• Home on the Range2004 · as Alameda Slim (voice)
• Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure2003 · as Eddie Johnson
• Grind2003 · as Jock Jensen
• Carolina2003 · as Ted Mirabeau
• Kart Racer2003 · as Vic Davies
• Black Cadillac2003 · as Charlie
• Milwaukee, Minnesota2003 · as Jerry James
• The Adventures of Pluto Nash2002 · as Bruno
• Frank McKlusky, C.I.2002 · as Madman McKlusky
• Not Another Teen Movie2001 · as Mr. Briggs
• The Day the World Ended2001 · as Dr. Michael McCann
• The Thin Blue Lie2000 · as Phil Chadway
• The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle2000 · as Cappy von Trapment
• Mail to the Chief2000 · as President A. Thorton Osgood II
• The Debtors1999
• Last Rites1999 · as Jeremy Dillon
• Purgatory1999 · as Doc Woods / Doc Holliday
• P.U.N.K.S1999 · as Pat Utley
• Water War1998 · as Lenny
• Bug Buster1998 · as General George S. Merlin
• Hard Rain1998 · as Sheriff Mike Collins
• Valentine's Day1998 · as Phil
• Vegas Vacation1997 · as Cousin Eddie
• Get on the Bus1996 · as Tennessee State Trooper (uncredited)
• Kingpin1996 · as Ishmael Boorg
• The Making of 'Independence Day'1996 · as Self (archive footage)
• Independence Day1996 · as Russell Casse
• The Siege at Ruby Ridge1996 · as Randy Weaver
• Moonshine Highway1996 · as Sheriff Miller
• Last Dance1996 · as Sam Burns
• Woman Undone1996 · as Allan Hansen
• Les Légendes du Grand Nord1995
• Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning1995 · as Detective Steve Carella
• Bye Bye Love1995 · as Vic Damico
• Curse of the Starving Class1994 · as Taylor
• Next Door1994 · as Lenny Benedetti
• Roommates1994 · as Jim Flynn
• Major League II1994 · as Johnny (ucredited)
• The Paper1994 · as Michael McDougal
• Frankenstein1993 · as The Monster
• Freaked1993 · as Elijah C. Skuggs
• Picture This1991 · as Self
• Texasville1990 · as Lester Marlow
• Cold Dog Soup1990 · as Jack Cloud
• Quick Change1990 · as Loomis
• Days of Thunder1990 · as Tim Dalander
• National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation1989 · as Cousin Eddie
• Bloodhounds of Broadway1989 · as Feet Samuels
• Martians Go Home1989 · as Mark Devereaux
• Out Cold1989 · as Lester
• Parents1989 · as Nick Laemle
• Dead Solid Perfect1988 · as Kenny Lee
• Caddyshack II1988 · as Peter Blunt
• Moving1988 · as Frank / Cornall Crawford
• Evil in Clear River1988 · as Pete Suvak
• No Man's Land1987 · as Lieutenant Vincent Bracey
• LBJ: The Early Years1987 · as Lyndon Baines Johnson
• Sweet Country1987 · as Juan
• The Wraith1986 · as Sheriff Loomis
• Fool for Love1985 · as Martin
• The Slugger's Wife1985 · as Moose Granger
• The Wild Life1984 · as Charlie
• A Streetcar Named Desire1984 · as Harold "Mitch" Mitchell
• National Lampoon's Vacation1983 · as Cousin Eddie
• Cowboy1983 · as Evan Coleman
• The Luck of Roaring Camp1982 · as Kentuck
• Heartbeeps1981 · as Charlie
• Of Mice and Men1981 · as Lenny Small
• The Long Riders1980 · as Clell Miller
• To Race the Wind1980 · as Chet Watson
• Foxes1980 · as Jay
• The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang1979 · as Grat Dalton
• Midnight Express1978 · as Jimmy Booth
• The Choirboys1977 · as Dean Proust
• Three Warriors1977 · as Ranger Quentin Hammond
• Bound for Glory1976 · as Luther Johnson
• The Missouri Breaks1976 · as Tittle Tod
• Breakout1975 · as Hawk Hawkins
• The Great Niagara1974 · as Carl Grant
• The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz1974 · as Virgil
• The Last Detail1973 · as Meadows
• Paper Moon1973 · as Leroy
• Lolly-Madonna XXX1973 · as Finch Feather
• What's Up, Doc?1972 · as Professor Hosquith
• Getting Away from It All1972 · as Herbie
• The Last Picture Show1971 · as Lester Marlow

All TV Shows (22)

• Joy Behar: Say Anything!2009 · as Himself
• Blade: The Series2006
• Texas Ranch House2006
• Category 7: The End of the World2005 · as Tornado Tommy Dixon
• Elvis2005 · as 'Colonel' Tom Parker
• Category 6: Day of Destruction2004 · as Tornado Tommy Dixon
• 5ive Days to Midnight2004 · as Irwin Sikorski
• The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire2003
• Good Day Live2001 · as Self
• Night Visions2001 · as Michael Doyle (segment "After Life")
• The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns1999 · as Jack Woods
• The Siege at Ruby Ridge1996 · as Randy Weaver
• Streets of Laredo1995 · as John Wesley Hardin
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Murder in the Heartland1993 · as Elmer Scheele
• Davis Rules1991 · as Dwight Davis
• American Experience1988 · as Narrator (voice)
• Inside the Third Reich1982 · as Putzi Hanfstaengel
• Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones1980 · as Clayton Ritchie
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Various Characters
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Paul (uncredited)
• Night Gallery1970