Randy Quaid

Randy Quaid garnered national attention a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1985 until 1991. He went on to star in numerous television and film projects, including Davis Rules, The Ice Harvest and The Paper. In 1973, he was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on The Last Detail. Quaid frequently collaborates with his brother Dennis Quaid.

• Larry Meadows in The Last Detail (1973)
• Grat Dalton in The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979)
• Eddie Johnson in Christmas Vacation (1989)
• Lester Marlow in Texasville (1990)
• Dwight Davis in Davis Rules (1991-1992)
• Russell Casse in Independence Day (1996)
• Jeremy Dillion in Last Rites (1998)
• Jerry James in Milwaukee, Minnesota (2003)
• Bill Guerrard in The Ice Harvest (2005)
• Joe Aguirre in Brokeback Mountain (2005)

"I love playing characters that are bigger than life and maybe have a darker side they present to the world. Those are good characters."IMDb: Randy Quaid Biography

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• 1950: Born on October 1 in Houston, Texas.

• 1971: The Last Picture Show - IMDb Listing - Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1973: Lolly Madonna XXX - IMDb Listing

• 1973: The Last Detail - IMDb Listing - Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1979: Last Ride of the Dalton Gang - IMDb Listing - Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1986: The Wraith - IMDb Listing - Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1988: Caddyshack 2 - IMDb Listing - Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1989: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - IMDb Listing - Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 1985-1991: Saturday Night Live - IMDb Listing

• 1991-1992: Davis Rules - IMDb Listing

• 1996: Independence Day - IMDb Listing - Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 2000: Mail to the Chief - IMDb Listing - Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 2005: Brokeback Mountain - IMDb Listing - Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 2005: The Ice Harvest - IMDb Listing - Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 2006: Goya's Ghosts - IMDb Listing - Rotten Tomatoes Reviews