Randy Quaid

  • Name: Randy Quaid
  • Date of Birth: October 01, 1950
  • Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, USA
Mini-bio: 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 ...( read more)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 Baines 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", directed by Ang Lee from a script written by Larry McMurtry, who also wrote "The Last Picture Show" 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" 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 Ghost" for director Milos Forman. Forman cast Randy as King Carlos IV of Spain after seeing his Golden globe nominated performance as The Colonel. In "The Last Flag Flying," to be directed by Richard Linklater, he will reprise his Academy award nominated performance in the sequel to "The Last Detail."
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Randy Quaid mini-bio: 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 Baines 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", directed by Ang Lee from a script written by Larry McMurtry, who also wrote "The Last Picture Show" 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" 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 Ghost" for director Milos Forman. Forman cast Randy as King Carlos IV of Spain after seeing his Golden globe nominated performance as The Colonel. In "The Last Flag Flying," to be directed by Richard Linklater, he will reprise his Academy award nominated performance in the sequel to "The Last Detail."

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Randy Quaid Information:
Eye color:green
Height: 6' 4½" (1.94 m)
Nickname(s):randy
Notable feature(s):
Education: Pershing Middle School and Bellaire High School.
Family: parents Juanita & William, brother Dennis
wife Evi Quaid (1989-present)
Two daughters and one son-Amanda Marie Quaid, Charlotte Quaid & Son Kaki
Resides in:los angeles
Religious affiliations:
Political affiliation:
Personal interests/hobbies:enjoys painting
Charities/Causes:
Other:Arrived in Hollywood, worked on Hollywood Boulevard as a janitor and within one year was nominated for an Oscar for The Last Detail (1973).
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 7, 2003, at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard. At a Screen Actors Guild awards show, he revealed that the star was near the site of the Roosevelt Hotel, where the promising actor first arrived off a bus from Houston three decades before.

Banned for life from Actors' Equity Association for behavior that caused Lone Star Love to close during its pre-Broadway run. All 26 cast members filed charges against Quaid with the governing union, resulting in his banishment and fines of more than $81,000.



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  • AussieJenni
    AussieJenni


    52 Videos for Randy Quaid

    http://www.videodetective.com/actor/RANDY_QUAID/video/P00006725.htm

    Goya's Ghosts (2006)
    Woman Undone (1996)
    Parents (1989)
    Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    Bye Bye, Love (1995)
    Caddyshack II (1988)
    Category 7: The End of the World (2005)
    Legends of the North (1995)
    Moving (1988)
    Elvis (2005)
    Streets of Laredo (1995)
    Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)
    The Ice Harvest (2005)
    Curse of the Starving Class (1994)
    No Man's Land (1987)
    Kart Racer (2003)
    Major League II (1994)
    Sweet Country (1987)
    The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
    Next Door (1994)
    Fool for Love (1985)
    Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
    The Paper (1994)
    The Wild Life (1984)
    The Day the World Ended (2001)
    Frankenstein (1993)
    National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
    The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)
    Freaked (1993)
    The Long Riders (1980)
    P.U.N.K.S. (1999)
    Days of Thunder (1990)
    Midnight Express (1978)
    The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999)
    Martians Go Home! (1990)
    The Choirboys (1977)
    Bug Buster (1998)
    Quick Change (1990)
    Bound for Glory (1976)
    Hard Rain (1998)
    Texasville (1990)
    Paper Moon (1973)
    Protector (1998)
    Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
    The Last Detail (1973)
    Vegas Vacation (1997)
    National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
    What's Up, Doc? (1972)
    Independence Day (1996)
    Out Cold (1989)
    The Last Picture Show (1971)
    Kingpin (1996)
    posted 459 days ago
  • sweethorse924
    sweethorse924
    U r such a great actor i love u as cousin Eddie in christmas vacation 2 and vegas vacation lol those were great
    posted 475 days ago
  • krustykirkyackles
    krustykirkyackles
    luv him in catergory 7 and independence day
    posted 649 days ago
  • madcat612
    madcat612
    I love all your work and I especially love the work that you did in Streets of Laredo because I felt that it was a very different type of character from the ones that I had seen you portray.
    posted 863 days ago
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