Randy Quaid

Randy Quaid

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Randy Quaid, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975 • as Self - Various Characters

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975 • as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

TV

Good Day Live

2001 • as Self

American Experience

American Experience

1988 • as Narrator (voice)

Independence Day

Independence Day

1996 • as Russell Casse

Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain

2005 • as Joe Aguirre

Filmography

2025

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
as Self
TV - Released: 1/16/2025

2024

The Christmas Letter
The Christmas Letter
as Postman
Movie - Released: 11/9/2024

2018

All You Can Eat
All You Can Eat
as Gordon
Movie - Released: 6/19/2018

2017

Uncle Howard
Uncle Howard
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 3/10/2017

2015

Movie
The Randy & Evi Quaid Compilation
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 10/10/2015

2011

Star Whackers
Star Whackers
as Randy Quaid
Movie - Released: 4/23/2011

2009

Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach
Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach
as Coach Lew Tuttle
Movie - Released: 1/13/2009
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
as Himself
TV - Released: 9/29/2009

2008

Real Time
Real Time
as Reuben
Movie - Released: 11/7/2008

2006

Goya's Ghosts
Goya's Ghosts
as King Carlos IV
Movie - Released: 11/8/2006
Blade: House of Chthon
Blade: House of Chthon
as Melvin
Movie - Released: 6/28/2006
Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island
Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island
as Captain Flint
Movie - Released: 1/1/2006
Movie
Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up
as Rockin' Rory (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/3/2006
TV
Texas Ranch House
TV - Released: 5/1/2006
Blade: The Series
Blade: The Series
TV - Released: 6/28/2006

2005

Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain
as Joe Aguirre
Movie - Released: 10/22/2005
Category 7: The End of the World
Category 7: The End of the World
as Tornado Tommy
Movie - Released: 11/6/2005
Once Upon a Halloween
Once Upon a Halloween
as Alameda Slim
Movie - Released: 9/26/2005
Back By Midnight
Back By Midnight
as Eli Rockwood
Movie - Released: 1/25/2005
The Ice Harvest
The Ice Harvest
as Bill Guerrard
Movie - Released: 11/23/2005
Elvis
Elvis
TV - Released: 5/8/2005
Elvis
Elvis
as 'Colonel' Tom Parker
TV - Released: 5/8/2005
Category 7: The End of the World
Category 7: The End of the World
as Tornado Tommy Dixon
TV - Released: 11/6/2005

2004

Category 6: Day of Destruction
Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Tornado Tommy
Movie - Released: 11/14/2004
Home on the Range
Home on the Range
as Alameda Slim (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/2/2004
5ive Days to Midnight
5ive Days to Midnight
as Irwin Sikorski
TV - Released: 6/7/2004
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Tornado Tommy Dixon
TV - Released: 11/14/2004

2003

Carolina
Carolina
as Ted Mirabeau
Movie - Released: 7/4/2003
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie’s Island Adventure
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie’s Island Adventure
as Eddie Johnson
Movie - Released: 12/20/2003
Milwaukee, Minnesota
Milwaukee, Minnesota
as Jerry James
Movie - Released: 1/21/2003
Black Cadillac
Black Cadillac
as Charlie
Movie - Released: 5/3/2003
Kart Racer
Kart Racer
as Vic Davies
Movie - Released: 5/16/2003
Grind
Grind
as Jock Jensen
Movie - Released: 8/15/2003
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
TV - Released: 9/24/2003

2002

Frank McKlusky, C.I.
Frank McKlusky, C.I.
as Madman McKlusky
Movie - Released: 4/26/2002
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
as Bruno
Movie - Released: 8/16/2002

2001

The Day the World Ended
The Day the World Ended
as Dr. Michael McCann
Movie - Released: 11/23/2001
Not Another Teen Movie
Not Another Teen Movie
as Mr. Briggs
Movie - Released: 12/7/2001
Night Visions
Night Visions
as Michael Doyle (segment "After Life")
TV - Released: 7/12/2001
TV
Good Day Live
as Self
TV - Released: 9/17/2001

2000

Mail to the Chief
Mail to the Chief
as President A. Thorton Osgood II
Movie - Released: 4/2/2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
as Cappy von Trapment
Movie - Released: 6/30/2000
The Thin Blue Lie
The Thin Blue Lie
as Phil Chadway
Movie - Released: 8/13/2000

1999

Purgatory
Purgatory
as Doc Woods / Doc Holliday
Movie - Released: 1/10/1999
P.U.N.K.S
P.U.N.K.S
as Pat Utley
Movie - Released: 1/5/1999
Last Rites
Last Rites
as Jeremy Dillon
Movie - Released: 5/20/1999
The Debtors
The Debtors
Movie - Released: 9/20/1999
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
as Jack Woods
TV - Released: 11/7/1999

1998

Hard Rain
Hard Rain
as Sheriff Mike Collins
Movie - Released: 1/16/1998
Water War
Water War
as Lenny
Movie - Released: 4/18/1998
Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day
as Phil
Movie - Released: 1/1/1998
Bug Buster
Bug Buster
as General George S. Merlin
Movie - Released: 1/18/1998

1997

Vegas Vacation
Vegas Vacation
as Cousin Eddie
Movie - Released: 2/13/1997
Gun
Gun
as Bill Johnson
Movie - Released: 4/12/1997

1996

Independence Day
Independence Day
as Russell Casse
Movie - Released: 6/25/1996
Kingpin
Kingpin
as Ishmael Boorg
Movie - Released: 7/4/1996
Last Dance
Last Dance
as Sam Burns
Movie - Released: 5/2/1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
as Randy Weaver
Movie - Released: 5/19/1996
Moonshine Highway
Moonshine Highway
as Sheriff Miller
Movie - Released: 5/5/1996
Woman Undone
Woman Undone
as Allan Hansen
Movie - Released: 2/4/1996
The Making of 'Independence Day'
The Making of 'Independence Day'
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 6/29/1996
Get on the Bus
Get on the Bus
as Tennessee State Trooper (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 10/16/1996

1995

Bye Bye Love
Bye Bye Love
as Vic Damico
Movie - Released: 3/16/1995
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning
as Detective Steve Carella
Movie - Released: 3/19/1995
Les Légendes du Grand Nord
Les Légendes du Grand Nord
Movie - Released: 3/25/1995
Streets of Laredo
Streets of Laredo
as John Wesley Hardin
TV - Released: 11/12/1995

1994

The Paper
The Paper
as Michael McDougal
Movie - Released: 3/18/1994
Major League II
Major League II
as Johnny (ucredited)
Movie - Released: 3/30/1994
Next Door
Next Door
as Lenny Benedetti
Movie - Released: 9/4/1994
Curse of the Starving Class
Curse of the Starving Class
as Taylor
Movie - Released: 9/13/1994
Roommates
Roommates
as Jim Flynn
Movie - Released: 5/30/1994

1993

Frankenstein
Frankenstein
as The Monster
Movie - Released: 12/2/1993
Freaked
Freaked
as Elijah C. Skuggs
Movie - Released: 9/11/1993
Murder in the Heartland
Murder in the Heartland
as Elmer Scheele
TV - Released: 5/3/1993

1991

Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/6/1991
Davis Rules
Davis Rules
as Dwight Davis
TV - Released: 1/27/1991

1990

Days of Thunder
Days of Thunder
as Tim Dalander
Movie - Released: 6/27/1990
Quick Change
Quick Change
as Loomis
Movie - Released: 7/13/1990
Texasville
Texasville
as Lester Marlow
Movie - Released: 9/28/1990
Cold Dog Soup
Cold Dog Soup
as Jack Cloud
Movie - Released: 9/6/1990

1989

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
as Cousin Eddie
Movie - Released: 11/30/1989
Parents
Parents
as Nick Laemle
Movie - Released: 1/27/1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Feet Samuels
Movie - Released: 11/3/1989
Out Cold
Out Cold
as Lester
Movie - Released: 3/3/1989
Martians Go Home
Martians Go Home
as Mark Devereaux
Movie - Released: 10/1/1989

1988

Dead Solid Perfect
Dead Solid Perfect
as Kenny Lee
Movie - Released: 12/18/1988
Moving
Moving
as Frank / Cornall Crawford
Movie - Released: 3/4/1988
Caddyshack II
Caddyshack II
as Peter Blunt
Movie - Released: 7/22/1988
Evil in Clear River
Evil in Clear River
as Pete Suvak
Movie - Released: 1/11/1988
American Experience
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 10/4/1988

1987

No Man's Land
No Man's Land
as Lieutenant Vincent Bracey
Movie - Released: 10/23/1987
LBJ: The Early Years
LBJ: The Early Years
as Lyndon Baines Johnson
Movie - Released: 2/1/1987
Sweet Country
Sweet Country
as Juan
Movie - Released: 1/23/1987

1986

The Wraith
The Wraith
as Sheriff Loomis
Movie - Released: 10/1/1986

1985

Fool for Love
Fool for Love
as Martin
Movie - Released: 12/6/1985
The Slugger's Wife
The Slugger's Wife
as Moose Granger
Movie - Released: 3/29/1985

1984

A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire
as Harold "Mitch" Mitchell
Movie - Released: 3/4/1984
The Wild Life
The Wild Life
as Charlie
Movie - Released: 9/28/1984

1983

National Lampoon's Vacation
National Lampoon's Vacation
as Cousin Eddie
Movie - Released: 7/29/1983
Cowboy
Cowboy
as Evan Coleman
Movie - Released: 4/30/1983

1982

Inside the Third Reich
Inside the Third Reich
as Putzi Hanfstaengel
Movie - Released: 5/9/1982

1981

Heartbeeps
Heartbeeps
as Charlie
Movie - Released: 12/18/1981
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
as Lenny Small
Movie - Released: 11/29/1981

1980

The Long Riders
The Long Riders
as Clell Miller
Movie - Released: 5/16/1980
Foxes
Foxes
as Jay
Movie - Released: 2/29/1980
To Race the Wind
To Race the Wind
as Chet Watson
Movie - Released: 3/12/1980
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
as Clayton Ritchie
TV - Released: 4/15/1980

1979

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
as Grat Dalton
Movie - Released: 11/20/1979

1978

Midnight Express
Midnight Express
as Jimmy Booth
Movie - Released: 8/31/1978

1977

The Choirboys
The Choirboys
as Dean Proust
Movie - Released: 12/23/1977
Movie
Three Warriors
Movie - Released: 10/1/1977

1976

Bound for Glory
Bound for Glory
as Luther Johnson
Movie - Released: 12/5/1976
The Missouri Breaks
The Missouri Breaks
as Tittle Tod
Movie - Released: 5/19/1976

1975

Breakout
Breakout
as Hawk Hawkins
Movie - Released: 5/21/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Various Characters
TV - Released: 10/11/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
TV - Released: 10/11/1975

1974

The Great Niagara
The Great Niagara
as Carl Grant
Movie - Released: 9/24/1974
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
as Virgil
Movie - Released: 4/11/1974

1973

The Last Detail
The Last Detail
as Seaman Larry Meadows
Movie - Released: 12/11/1973
Lolly-Madonna xxx
Lolly-Madonna xxx
as Finch Feather
Movie - Released: 2/21/1973
Paper Moon
Paper Moon
as Leroy
Movie - Released: 5/9/1973

1972

What's Up, Doc?
What's Up, Doc?
as Professor Hosquith
Movie - Released: 3/9/1972
Getting Away from It All
Getting Away from It All
as Herbie
Movie - Released: 1/18/1972

1971

The Last Picture Show
The Last Picture Show
as Lester Marlow
Movie - Released: 10/3/1971

1970

Night Gallery
Night Gallery
TV - Released: 12/16/1970