Randy Quaid is an American television and film actor
Randy Quaid
@Film & Theater Personalities, Career and Family
Oct 1, 1950
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: October 1, 1950
- Nationality: American
- Famous: University Of Houston, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors
- City/State: Texas
- Spouses: Evi Quaid (m. 1989), Ella Jolly (m. 1980–1989)
- Siblings: Dennis Quaid
- Known as: Randy Randall Rudy Quaid
Randy Quaid born at
Houston, Texas, United States
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Birth Place
In 1980, he married Ella Marie Jolly and they had a daughter, Amanda Marie. The couple divorced on August 24, 1989.
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Personal Life
On October 5, 1989, he married Evi Motolanez at ‘The San Ysidro Ranch’ resort, California. The couple adopted two children together.
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Personal Life
Randy Quaid was born as Randall Randy Quaid in Houston, Texas, to William Rudy Quaid and Juanita Bonniedale Quaid.
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Childhood & Early Life
He attended Pershing Middle School and Bellaire High School after which he graduated from University of Houston, with a major in drama.
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Childhood & Early Life
He got his first break while studying at the University of Houston, when he was spotted by director Peter Bogdanovich, who cast him in his film, ‘The Last Picture Show’.
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Career
In 1973, he bagged the role of ‘Larry Meadows’, a young sailor in ‘The Last Detail’. In 1978, he appeared in the American-British film, ‘Midnight Express’, which was directed by Alan Parker. The film was based on Billy Hayes’s book of the same title.
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Career
From 1985 to 1986, he was a regular on ‘Saturday Night Live’ and played a number of recurring characters including, ‘the floating head’, and ‘Rudy Randolph.’
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Career
He also appeared as the loathsome ‘Cousin Eddie’ in the National Lampoon’s Vacation’ films- ‘Vacation’, ‘Christmas Vacation’, ‘Vegas Vacation’ and the television film, ‘Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie’s Island Adventure’.
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Career
In 1987, he was awarded a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of President Lyndon B. Johnson on NBC’s television mini-series, ‘LBJ: The Early Years’.
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In 1973, he appeared in the Academy Award-nominated film, ‘The Last Detail’, which was screened at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. The movie won numerous awards and received positive reviews from the National Society of Film Critics and the New York Film Critics Circle.
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Major Works
In 2005, he appeared in ‘Brokeback Mountain’, a movie that occupies 11th spot on the list of ‘Highest-grossing romance films of all time’. It also received the prestigious ‘Golden Lion Award’ at the Venice Film Festival. It was the highest grossing film in the U.S. that year, earning $178.06 million at the box-office.
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Major Works