Acting · Houston, Texas, USA · Born October 1, 1950
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.
MovieThe Christmas Letter
2024
as Postman
MovieAll You Can Eat
2018
as Gordon
The Randy & Evi Quaid Compilation
2015
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieStar Whackers
2011
as Randy Quaid
TVJoy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
as Himself
MovieBalls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach
2009
as Coach Lew Tuttle
MovieReal Time
2008
as Reuben
MovieGoya's Ghosts
2006
as King Carlos IV
MovieBlade: House of Chthon
2006
as Melvin
TVBlade: The Series
2006
Texas Ranch House
2006
MovieStanley's Dinosaur Round-Up
2006
as Rockin' Rory (voice)
MovieTreasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island
2006
as Captain Flint
MovieThe Ice Harvest
2005
as Bill Guerrard
TVCategory 7: The End of the World
2005
as Tornado Tommy Dixon
MovieBrokeback Mountain
2005
as Joe Aguirre
MovieOnce Upon a Halloween
2005
as Alameda Slim (voice) (archive sound)
TVElvis
2005
as 'Colonel' Tom Parker
MovieSaturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
as Self
MovieBack By Midnight
2005
as Eli Rockwood
MovieCategory 6: Day of Destruction
2004
as Tornado Tommy
TVCategory 6: Day of Destruction
2004
as Tornado Tommy Dixon
TV5ive Days to Midnight
2004
as Irwin Sikorski
MovieHome on the Range
2004
as Alameda Slim (voice)
MovieChristmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
2003
as Eddie Johnson
TVThe Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
2003
MovieGrind
2003
as Jock Jensen
MovieCarolina
2003
as Ted Mirabeau
MovieKart Racer
2003
as Vic Davies
MovieBlack Cadillac
2003
as Charlie
MovieMilwaukee, Minnesota
2003
as Jerry James
MovieThe Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
as Bruno
MovieFrank McKlusky, C.I.
2002
as Madman McKlusky
MovieNot Another Teen Movie
2001
as Mr. Briggs
MovieThe Day the World Ended
2001
as Dr. Michael McCann
Good Day Live
2001
as Self
TVNight Visions
2001
as Michael Doyle (segment "After Life")
MovieThe Thin Blue Lie
2000
as Phil Chadway
MovieThe Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
as Cappy von Trapment
MovieMail to the Chief
2000
as President A. Thorton Osgood II
TVThe Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999
as Jack Woods
MovieThe Debtors
1999
MovieLast Rites
1999
as Jeremy Dillon
MoviePurgatory
1999
as Doc Woods / Doc Holliday
MovieP.U.N.K.S
1999
as Pat Utley
MovieWater War
1998
as Lenny
MovieBug Buster
1998
as General George S. Merlin
MovieHard Rain
1998
as Sheriff Mike Collins
MovieValentine's Day
1998
as Phil
MovieVegas Vacation
1997
as Cousin Eddie
MovieGet on the Bus
1996
as Tennessee State Trooper (uncredited)
MovieKingpin
1996
as Ishmael Boorg
MovieIndependence Day
1996
as Russell Casse
MovieThe Making of 'Independence Day'
1996
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Siege at Ruby Ridge
1996
as Randy Weaver
TVThe Siege at Ruby Ridge
1996
as Randy Weaver
MovieMoonshine Highway
1996
as Sheriff Miller
MovieLast Dance
1996
as Sam Burns
MovieWoman Undone
1996
as Allan Hansen
TVStreets of Laredo
1995
as John Wesley Hardin
MovieLes Légendes du Grand Nord
1995
MovieEd McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning
1995
as Detective Steve Carella
MovieBye Bye Love
1995
as Vic Damico
MovieCurse of the Starving Class
1994
as Taylor
MovieNext Door
1994
as Lenny Benedetti
MovieRoommates
1994
as Jim Flynn
MovieMajor League II
1994
as Johnny (ucredited)
MovieThe Paper
1994
as Michael McDougal
MovieFrankenstein
1993
as The Monster
MovieFreaked
1993
as Elijah C. Skuggs
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TVMurder in the Heartland
1993
as Elmer Scheele
MoviePicture This
1991
as Self
TVDavis Rules
1991
as Dwight Davis
MovieTexasville
1990
as Lester Marlow
MovieCold Dog Soup
1990
as Jack Cloud
MovieQuick Change
1990
as Loomis
MovieDays of Thunder
1990
as Tim Dalander
MovieNational Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989
as Cousin Eddie
MovieBloodhounds of Broadway
1989
as Feet Samuels
MovieMartians Go Home
1989
as Mark Devereaux
MovieOut Cold
1989
as Lester
MovieParents
1989
as Nick Laemle
MovieDead Solid Perfect
1988
as Kenny Lee
TVAmerican Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
MovieCaddyshack II
1988
as Peter Blunt
MovieMoving
1988
as Frank / Cornall Crawford
MovieEvil in Clear River
1988
as Pete Suvak
MovieNo Man's Land
1987
as Lieutenant Vincent Bracey
MovieLBJ: The Early Years
1987
as Lyndon Baines Johnson
MovieSweet Country
1987
as Juan
MovieThe Wraith
1986
as Sheriff Loomis
MovieFool for Love
1985
as Martin
MovieThe Slugger's Wife
1985
as Moose Granger
MovieThe Wild Life
1984
as Charlie
MovieA Streetcar Named Desire
1984
as Harold "Mitch" Mitchell
MovieNational Lampoon's Vacation
1983
as Cousin Eddie
MovieCowboy
1983
as Evan Coleman
TVInside the Third Reich
1982
as Putzi Hanfstaengel
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Feet Samuels
MovieThe Luck of Roaring Camp
1982
as Kentuck
MovieHeartbeeps
1981
as Charlie
MovieOf Mice and Men
1981
as Lenny Small
MovieThe Long Riders
1980
as Clell Miller
TVGuyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
as Clayton Ritchie
MovieTo Race the Wind
1980
as Chet Watson
MovieFoxes
1980
as Jay
MovieThe Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979
as Grat Dalton
MovieMidnight Express
1978
as Jimmy Booth
MovieThe Choirboys
1977
as Dean Proust
MovieThree Warriors
1977
as Ranger Quentin Hammond
MovieBound for Glory
1976
as Luther Johnson
MovieThe Missouri Breaks
1976
as Tittle Tod
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Various Characters
MovieBreakout
1975
as Hawk Hawkins
MovieThe Great Niagara
1974
as Carl Grant
MovieThe Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
1974
as Virgil
MovieThe Last Detail
1973
as Laurence M. 'Larry' Meadows
MoviePaper Moon
1973
as Leroy
MovieLolly-Madonna XXX
1973
as Finch Feather
MovieWhat's Up, Doc?
1972
as Professor Hosquith
MovieGetting Away from It All
1972
as Herbie
MovieThe Last Picture Show
1971
as Lester Marlow
TVNight Gallery
1970
