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Randall Rudy "Randy" Quaid is an actor in film, stage and TV and a comedian. He is best known for his many comedic, non-comedic and "save the day" roles - in other words, he has always been a very flexible actor covering all genres. He is older brother to actor Dennis Quaid (Hillary Clinton HBO).
Some film roles are in the National Lampoons Vacation movies, Independence Day (1996), Kingpin (1996), Brokeback Mountain (2005), and the CBS miniseries Elvis (2005).
Quaid won the Golden Globe Award, and has been nominated for the Academy Award, Emmy Award and BAFTA Award.
Randy Quaid's career spans over 30 years, and he has appeared in over 90 movies.
Quaid's first film exposure was in The Last Picture Show.
Randy Quaid was discovered by director Peter Bogdanovich when Quaid was a student at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas.
Quaid's first major role was in the critically acclaimed seventies film The Last Detail.
Quaid starred as Bill Geurrard in The Ice Harvest. His chilling portrayal of a Kansas City mob boss was voted as one of the top ten film gangsters of all-time in a UK poll; the number one slot went to Marlon Brando.
Quaid had a pivotal supporting role in the Academy Award-winning drama Brokeback Mountain (2005), and in 2007 Quaid portrayed King Carlos IV in Goya's Ghosts, a role for which he learned to play the violin, and he starred in the comedy Ball’s Out: The Gary Houseman Story (2008).
Quaid is no stranger to television either. He received both Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for his 2005 portrayal of talent manager Colonel Tom Parker in the critically acclaimed CBS television network mini-series Elvis. Quaid's other 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 much more.
Randy Quaid Trivia: he voiced the animated Colonel Sanders character in radio and television commercials for fast-food restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken. Quaid won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of President Lyndon Johnson in LBJ: The Early Years.~ Quaid is known for his many sci-fi roles as well. Here are more sci-fi films plus roles or ties by his brother Dennis: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cannes Film Festival, Star Trek acting, Twilight, G.I.Joe, X-Men
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