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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2015The Randy & Evi Quaid Compilation — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Joy Behar: Say Anything! — Himself
• 2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found — Self
• Good Day Live — Self
• 1996The Making of 'Independence Day' — Self (archive footage)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 1991Picture This — Self