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Randall Rudy Quaid (born October 1, 1950 in Houston, Texas), commonly known as Randy Quaid, is an actor and the elder brother of fellow actor Dennis Quaid.

Biography

In a career that spans over 30 years, he has appeared in over 90 movies. Peter Bogdanovich discovered him when Quaid was a student at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas. He got his first exposure (in more ways than one) in The Last Picture Show
, when escorting Jacy Farrow (played by Cybill Shepherd) to late-night indoor skinny dipping at a swimming pool. It was the first of several roles he has had which were directed by Bogdanovich and/or based on the writings of Larry McMurtry.

Quaid appeared in several National Lampoon's Vacation movies where he proved an impressionable scene stealer as the dim relative of Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase). He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in The Last Detail
(1973) and won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of President Lyndon Johnson in LBJ: The Early Years (1987) He was featured (with Margaret Colin) in two science fiction movies, the unsuccessful Martians Go Home and very successful Independence Day. Other movies include Kingpin, where he played the lovable Amish bowler Ishmael, alongside Woody Harrelson, a loser father in Not Another Teen Movie
and an obnoxious neighbor to Richard Pryor's character in Moving
. Quaid is often considered to be at his best when portraying either drunks or rednecks.

More recently, he had a minor supporting role in Brokeback Mountain
(2005) in which he played a homophobic rancher who caught his two male employees having sexual relations while they were supposed to be herding his sheep.

On March 23, 2006, Quaid filed a lawsuit against Focus Features
(LLC), Del Mar Productions (LLC), James Schamus, David Linde, and Does 1-10 (i.e. "John Doe" and "Jane Doe") alleging that they both intentionally and negligently misrepresented Brokeback Mountain as being, "a low-budget, art house film with no prospect of making any money," in order to secure Quaid's professional acting services at below-market rates. The film has since grossed over $160 million as of the date of his lawsuit. He is suing for $10 million plus punitive damages even though his perfomance was unremarkable (three other actors were nominated for Academy Awards, while Quaid was not), and despite the fact that virtually one in America even knew he was in the film until after they went to see it.

His television appearances include a season as a Saturday Night Live
cast member (1985-1986), the role of real-life gunslinger John Wesley Hardin in the miniseries Streets of Laredo, and a starring role in The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire (2003). He recently featured in the highly-rated TV movies Category 6: Day of Destruction
and Category 7: The End of the World
.

He also provided the voice of an animated Colonel Sanders character in a series of commercials for fried chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Filmography

Targets
(1968)
The Last Picture Show
(1971)
What's Up, Doc?
(1972)
Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973)
Paper Moon
(1973)
The Last Detail
(1973)
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
(1974)
Breakout (1975)
The Missouri Breaks
(1976)
Bound for Glory
(1976)
The Choirboys
(1977)
Three Warriors (1978)
Midnight Express
(1978)
Foxes
(1980)
The Long Riders
(1980)
Heartbeeps
(1981)
National Lampoon's Vacation
(1983)
The Wild Life (1984)
The Slugger's Wife (1985)
Fool for Love (1985)
The Wraith
(1986)
Sweet Country (1987)
No Man's Land
(1987)
Moving
(1988)
Caddyshack II
(1988)
Parents (1989)
Out Cold (1989)
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
(1989)
Cold Dog Soup (1990)
Martians Go Home (1990)
Days of Thunder
(1990)
Quick Change
(1990)
Texasville (1990)
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991) (documentary)
Freaked
(1993)
The Paper
(1994)
Major League II
(1994)
Curse of the Starving Class (1994)
Bye Bye Love (1995)
Last Dance
(1996)
Independence Day
(1996)
Kingpin
(1996)
Get on the Bus (1996)
Vegas Vacation
(1997)
Bug Buster (1998)
Hard Rain
(1998)
P.U.N.K.S. (1999)
The Debtors (1999)
George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2000) (documentary) (narrator)
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
(2000)
Not Another Teen Movie
(2001)
Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002)
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
(2002)
Milwaukee, Minnesota (2003)
Kart Racer
(2003)
Carolina
(2003)
Grind
(2003)
Black Cadillac (2003)
Home on the Range
(2004) (voice)
Brokeback Mountain
(2005)
The Ice Harvest
(2005)

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