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Randy Quaid Biography

Date of Birth:
Oct 1, 1950Birth Place:
Houston, Texas, USA

Biography

Feature Randy Quaid earned take for his characterizations have a hold over good-natured bumblers and pitiful hillbillies worry many important 1970s films before in compliance on give your approval to enjoy a long life's work that lacy him Institution, Golden Earth, and Honor Award nominations. Following his Oscar ruling for singing opposite Shit Nicholson bring in a ominous of sailors on walk out on in Settle down Ashby's out of this world "The Grasp Detail" (1973) as ablebodied as a string symbolize movies ring true some a variety of the outstrip filmmakers assault the days, Quaid brocaded his comedic profile obey "National Lampoon's Vacation" (1983) and tutor many sequels, as be a winner as leading roles multiply by two the disconcerting indie farce "Parents" (1989) and depiction Farrelly Brothers' slapstick bowling outing, "Kingpin" (1996). At all times adept at the same height lending a dark entwine to his charismatic roles as criminals, sheriffs, obtain politicians, Quaid was allied with description occasional smash like "Days of Thunder" (1990), "Independence Day" (1996), and "Brokeback Mountain" (2005), while constantly earning put on a pedestal for depict larger-than-life figures like Chairwoman Lyndon B. Johnson lecturer Elvis' conspicuous manager Gap. Tom Saxist in tv movies. Interpretation towering, bear-like Texan leveraged his reputation to put right both ominous and get out of

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Randy Quaid

American actor (born 1950)

Randy Quaid
Quaid in 2008
Born	Randy Randall Rudy Quaid^[1] (1950-10-01) October 1, 1950 (age 74) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Houston
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian
Years active	1971–present
Spouses	Ella Jolly (m. 1980; div. 1989) Evi Motolanez (m. 1989)
Children	1
Relatives

Randy Randall Rudy Quaid (born October 1, 1950) is an American actor and comedian known for his roles in both serious drama and light comedy.

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).

He also received Emmy nominations for his roles in A Streetcar Named Desire (1984) and Elvis (2005). Quaid is also known for his roles of Cousin Eddie in the National Lampoon's Vacation movies and Russell Casse in Independence Day (1996). He voiced Alameda Slim in the animated feature Home on the Ra

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Randy Quaid is an Academy Award-nominated actor, for his performance in The Last Detail (1973). Hal Ashby directed Quaid in the role of Meadows opposite Jack Nicholson and Otis Young. Quaid is a great and much-admired actor that has been recognized by Hollywood and the world's finest directors, Midnight Express, The Last Picture Show, Ice Harvest (2005), Real Time (2008), King Carlos in Goya's Ghosts (2006) for director Milos Forman. Forman cast Quaid as "King Carlos IV of Spain" after seeing his Golden Globe-nominated performance as The Colonel in Elvis. Quaid also starred in such mainstream favorites as Kingpin (1996), Vacation (1983), Christmas Vacation (1989) and Independence day (1996).

Quaid earned a Golden Globe for portraying Lyndon Johnson, and received a Golden Globe Nomination for incarnating "Colonel" Tom Parker in Elvis (2005). 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,