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Randy Quaid is an American male actor, voice actor, and television and film performer. Born in Houston, Texas, in 1950, he is the brother of Dennis Quaid. Quaid began his professional career in 1971 and has worked primarily in the United States. He attended the University of Houston and speaks English.
His acting credits include work in the Western genre and the series *Ed McBain's 87th Precinct*. Quaid has received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is also recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Ed McBain's 87th Precinct
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Houston, Texas, USA
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…
Known for
- The Christmas Letter — Postman2024
- All You Can Eat — Gordon2018
- The Randy & Evi Quaid Compilation — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2015
- Star Whackers — Randy Quaid2011
- Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach — Coach Lew Tuttle2009
- Joy Behar: Say Anything! — Himself2009
- Real Time — Reuben2008
- Goya's Ghosts — King Carlos IV2006
- Blade: House of Chthon — Melvin2006
- Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island — Captain Flint2006
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1950
Member of
- Saturday Night Live1985–1986
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6,474
- Total plays
- 34,497
Tags
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Randy+Quaid">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- <i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,560x
- The Satisfaction With Life Scale
· 1985 · cited 23,421x
- <i>Phaser</i>crystallographic software
· 2007 · cited 20,195x
- An automated labeling system for subdividing the human cerebral cortex on MRI scans into gyral based regions of interest
· 2006 · cited 13,000x
- Overview of the<i>CCP</i>4 suite and current developments
· 2011 · cited 11,948x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Randy Randall Rudy Quaid , ( 1950-10-01 ) October 1, 1950 (age 75) , Houston , Texas, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1971–present
- Spouses
- Ella Jolly ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1980 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1989 ) Evi Motolanez ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1989 )
- Relatives
- Dennis Quaid (brother) Jack Quaid (nephew) Gene Autry (first cousin twice removed)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Randy Randall Rudy Quaid (born October 1, 1950) is an American actor.
He was nominated for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award for his role in The Last Detail in 1973. In 1978, he co-starred as a prisoner in Midnight Express. Quaid also won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Emmy Award for his portrayal of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson in LBJ: The Early Years (1987).
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