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Randy Quaid

Randy Randall Rudy Quaid has undoubtedly lived one of the craziest lives of any Hollywood actor. He is a genuinely talented actor, his early roles were in classics like The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon, The Last Detail, and later in Vacation film series, Kingpin and Independence Day. Near the end of his film career he held a supporting role in Brokeback Mountain.

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Filmography

5ive Days to Midnight

2004
as Irwin Sikorski

A Streetcar Named Desire

1984
as Harold Mitchell

Back By Midnight

2005
as Eli Rockwood

Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story

2009
as Coach Lew Tuttle

Bangles Greatest Hits

1990
as Truck Driver

Black Cadillac

2003
as Charlie

Bloodhounds of Broadway

1989
as Feet Samuels

Bound for Glory

1976
as Luther Johnson

Breakout

1975
as Hawk Hawkins

Brokeback Mountain

2005
as Joe Aguirre

Bug Buster

1998
as General George S. Merlin

Bye Bye Love

1995
as Vic Damico

Caddyshack II

1988
as Peter Blunt

Carolina

2003
as Ted Mirabeau

Category 6: Day of Destruction

2004
as Tornado Tommy

Category 7: The End of the World

2005

Category 7: The End of the World

2005
as Tornado Tommy Dixon

Christmas Vacation

1989
as Cousin Eddie

Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure

2003
as Eddie Johnson

Cold Dog Soup

1990
as Jack Cloud

Curse of the Starving Class

1994
as Taylor

Davis Rules

1991
as Dwight Davis

Days of Thunder

1990
as Tim Dalander

Dead Solid Perfect

1988
as Kenny Lee

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning

1995
as Detective Steve Carella

Elvis (2005)

2005
as 'Colonel' Tom Parker

Evil in Clear River

1988
as Pete Suvak

Fool for Love

1985
as Martin

Foxes

1980
as Jay

Frank McKlusky, C.I.

2002
as Madman McKlusky

Frankenstein

1992
as The Monster

Freaked

1993
as Elijah C. Skuggs

George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire

2000
as Randy Quaid

Getting Away from It All

1972
as Herbie

Goya's Ghosts

2006
as King Carlos IV

Grind

2003
as Jock Jensen

Hard Rain

1998
as Sheriff Mike Collins

Heartbeeps

1981
as Charlie

Home on the Range

2004
as Alameda Slim (voice)

Independence Day

1996
as Russell Casse

Inside the Third Reich

1982
as Putzi Hanfstaengel

Kart Racer

2003
as Vic Davies

Kingpin

1996
as Ishmael Boorg

LBJ: The Early Years

1987
as Lyndon Baines Johnson

La guerre de l'eau

1998
as Lenny

Last Dance

1996
as Sam Burns

Last Rites

1999
as Jeremy Dillon

Les légendes du Grand Nord

1995
as Whip

Lolly-Madonna XXX

1973
as Finch Feather

Mail To The Chief

2000
as Präsident

Martians Go Home

1990
as Mark Devereaux

Midnight Express

1978
as Jimmy Booth

Milwaukee, Minnesota

2003
as Jerry James

Moonshine Highway

1996
as Sheriff Miller

Moving

1988
as Frank / Cornall Crawford

Murder in the Heartland

1993
as Elmer Scheele

National Lampoon's Vacation

1983
as Cousin Eddie

Next Door

1994
as Lenny Benedetti

No Man's Land

1987
as Lieutenant Vincent Bracey

Not Another Teen Movie

2001
as Mr. Briggs

Out Cold

1989
as Lester

P.U.N.K.S

1999
as Pat Utley

Paper Moon

1973
as Leroy

Parents

1989
as Nick Laemle

Purgatory

1999
as Doc Woods / Doc Holliday

Quick Change

1990
as Loomis

Real Time

2008
as Reuben

Roomates

1994
as Jim Flynn

Saturday Night Live

1975
as Randy Quaid

Star Whackers

2011
as Star Whackee

Streets of Laredo

1995
as John Wesley Hardin

Sweet Country

1987
as Juan

Texasville

1990
as Lester Marlow

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

2002
as Bruno

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

2000
as Cappy von Trapment

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

1974
as Virgil

The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire

2003

The Choirboys

1977
as Dean Proust

The Day the World Ended

2001
as Dr. Michael McCann

The Debtors

1999

The Great Niagara

1974
as Carl Grant

The Ice Harvest

2005
as Bill Guerrard

The Last Detail

1973
as Seaman Larry Meadows

The Last Picture Show

1971
as Lester Marlow

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

1979
as Grat Dalton

The Long Riders

1980
as Clell Miller

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

1999
as Jack Woods

The Making of 'Independence Day'

1996
as Randy Quaid

The Missouri Breaks

1976
as Tittle Tod

The Paper

1994
as Michael McDougal

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

1996
as Randy Weaver

The Slugger's Wife

1985
as Moose

The Thin Blue Lie

2000
as Phil Chadway

The Wild Life

1984
as Charlie

The Wraith

1986
as Sheriff Loomis

Three Warriors

1977
as Ranger Quentin Hammond

To Race The Wind

1980
as Chet Watson

Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island

2006
as Captain Flint

Tycus

1998
as Dr. Michael McCann

Vegas Vacation

1997
as Cousin Eddie

What's Up, Doc?

1972
as Professor Hosquith

Woman Undone

1996
as Allan Hansen

Writer

Movie Star Whackers 2011

Producer

Movie Star Whackers 2011
Movie The Debtors 1999

Guest Star

Episode The Ren & Stimpy Show
A Visit to Anthony 		1993
Episode 5ive Days to Midnight
Day Four 		2004
Episode Blade
Death Goes On 		2006
Episode American Experience
George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (1) 		2000
Episode American Experience
George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2) 		2000
Episode Blade
House of Chthon (1) 		2006
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Patrick Swayze, Randy Quaid, Jeff Foxworthy, Reba McEntire 		1990
Episode Night Gallery
The Late Mr. Peddington 		1972