Randy Quaid Biography

Birthday: 1950-10-01
Place of Birth: Houston, Texas USA
Height: 6' 5" (1.96 m)
Wiki Biography: Hollywood's most extreme character star.... Randy Quaid has never been timelier. Randy, a man who took a bus to Hollywood with nothing but raw talent, is now a proven and current vast and varied star with that one other sustaining asset - he is a great and much admired actor on the world's stage and television and feature film screens and an actor that has been recognized by Hollywood and the worlds finest directors.
Randy, who earned a Golden Globe portraying Lyndon Johnson, received a nomination in this years race for incarnating another memorable real life character, "Colonel" Tom Parker. The portrait of Colonel Parker, a former carnival barker with a murky past, is dark. The New York Times said "Mr. Quaid is riveting as the bully of Graceland", when he has Elvis firmly under his thumb, he is the L.B.J. of rock 'n' roll - a towering, wheedling, tirelessly self-promoting Southern fox in the rare instances when Elvis defies him, Colonel Parker shrinks into a hand-wringing phony, cajoling his only client in the overly ornate language of Professor Marvel in "The Wizard of Oz".
Quaid stars in and Was nominated for a SAG award for his work in Brokeback Mountain (2005), directed by Ang Lee from a script written by Larry McMurtry, who also wrote The Last Picture Show (1971) in which Randy had his first feature film role. Working with McMurtry and supporting his material has become a Randy Quaid career tradition. Quaid's performance in Brokeback Mountain (2005) was listed as one of the New York Observer's 2005 Noteworthy male performances.
Randy's upcoming roles on the big screen continue his bold appetite for challenges. He most recently finished filming Goya's Ghosts (2006) for director Milos Forman. Forman cast Randy as "King Carlos IV of Spain" after seeing his Golden globe nominated performance as The Colonel. In Last Flag Flying (2010), to be directed by Richard Linklater, he will reprise his Academy award nominated performance in the sequel to The Last Detail (1973).
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Filmography
TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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Davis Rules | Dwight Davis | 1991 | Comedy |
The Paper | Michael McDougal | 1994 | Comedy |
The Siege at Ruby Ridge | 1996 | Drama | |
Gun | Bill Johnson | 1997 - 1997 | |
Kingpin | 2003 | Comedy | |
The Brotherhood of Poland, N.H. | Chief Hank Shaw | 2003 - 2003 | |
Category 7: The End of the World | Tornado Tommy Dixon | 2005 | Action |
Texas Ranch House | 2006 | ||
Mondenii | Joe Aguirre | 2008 | Comedy |
Vacation, Vacation, Vacation | Cousin Eddie | 2011 | Family |
The Rok Adventure | Cappy von Trapment | 2011 |
Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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The Last Picture Show | Lester Marlow | 1971 | |
The Last Detail | 1973 | ||
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | 1974 | Comedy, Drama | |
Breakout | Hawk Hawkins | 1975 | |
The Missouri Breaks | 1976 | 0 | |
Bound for Glory | 1976 | Drama, Music | |
Midnight Express | Jimmy Booth | 1978 | Crime, Drama |
The Long Riders | Clell Miller | 1980 | Fantasy |
Foxes | 1980 | Drama | |
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | 1980 | Drama | |
Heartbeeps | 1981 | Sci Fi, Comedy | |
Inside the Third Reich | Putzi Hanfstaengel | 1982 | Drama, History |
Fool for Love | 1985 | 0 | |
The Slugger's Wife | Moose Granger | 1985 | Comedy, Music, Romance |
No Man's Land | Lieutenant Vincent Bracey | 1987 | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
Moving | 1988 | Comedy | |
Caddyshack II | 1988 | Comedy, Sport | |
Dead Solid Perfect | 1988 | Drama, Sport | |
Cold Dog Soup | Jack Cloud | 1989 | Comedy |
Bloodhounds of Broadway | Feet Samuels | 1989 | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Martians Go Home | Mark Devereaux | 1990 | Comedy, Sci Fi |
Days of Thunder | Tim Daland | 1990 | Action, Drama, Romance |
Quick Change | 1990 | Comedy, Crime | |
Texasville | Lester Marlow | 1990 | Drama |
Murder in the Heartland | 1993 | Drama, Thriller | |
The Paper | Michael McDougal | 1994 | 0 |
Bye Bye, Love | Vic DeMico | 1995 | |
Bye Bye Love | Vic DeMico | 1995 | |
Curse of the Starving Class | Taylor | 1995 | Drama |
Freaked | Elijah C. Skuggs | 1995 | Comedy, Sci Fi |
Last Dance | Sam Burns | 1996 | |
Kingpin | 1996 | ||
Independence Day | Russell Casse | 1996 | Action, Adventure, Sci Fi |
Vegas Vacation | Cousin Eddie | 1997 | |
Hard Rain | Sheriff | 1998 | Game Show, 0, Comedy |
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns | 1999 | Adventure, Comedy, Family | |
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | Cappy von Trapment | 2000 | Adventure, Comedy |
The Thin Blue Lie | 2000 | Drama | |
The Day the World Ended | 2001 | Sci Fi, Horror | |
The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Bruno | 2002 | Sport, 0, 0 |
Frank McKlusky, C.I. | Madman McKlusky | 2002 | Game Show, 0 |
Black Cadillac | 2003 | ||
Milwaukee, Minnesota | Jerry James | 2003 | 0 |
Carolina | 2003 | Romance, Comedy | |
Kart Racer | 2004 | Comedy, Drama, Family | |
Category 6: Day of Destruction | Tornado Tommy Dixon | 2004 | Drama, Action |
Brokeback Mountain | Joe Aguirre | 2005 | Biography |
Back by Midnight | 2005 | ||
Category 7: The End of the World | Tornado Tommy Dixon | 2005 | Action, Thriller |
Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island | Captain Flint | 2006 | Adventure, Family |
Real Time | Reuban | 2008 | Comedy, Drama |
Purgatory | Doc Holliday | 2014 | Reality Tv |
Vacation | Cousin Eddie | 2015 | 0 |
Sweet Country | Juan | 2018 | Fantasy, 0, 0, Game Show |