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, 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 and which launched his career in Feature Films. 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 NewYork Observers 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" And "The Last Flag Flying" where he will reprise his Academy award nominated performance in the sequel to "The last Detail" to be Directed by Richard Linklater.


Goya's Ghosts (2006): $1,000,000
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002): $1,250,000
Kingpin (1996): $2,250,000
Christmas Vacation (1989): $1,000,000 and 5% Gross

Older brother of Dennis Quaid. Sings in the animated movie Home on the Range (2004). Played the character of Doc Holliday in the movie Purgatory (1999) (TV). His brother, Dennis Quaid, played the same character in the movie Wyatt Earp (1994). He ties with Chevy Chase and Kevin Nealon as the tallest cast member to date on "Saturday Night Live" (1975). 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. Third cousin of Gene Autry. Enjoys painting in his spare time. Attended the 43rd Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic. [July 2008] 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. Colored his hair red and rented a fake full length fur coat from Universal for the "Slam Dance" opening night for his film Real Time (2008), the second film to be featured at "Slam Dance" starring Randy Quaid. Nominated for an Oscar at the age of 21 for his work with Jack Nicholson in The Last Detail (1973). Cast in The Ice Harvest (2005) when Harold Ramis called him and asked him to do it, just as he did when he asked him to do the first "Vacation" film for him that he also directed. An arrest warrant was issued for Randy and his wife, Evi Quaid, for failure to show up at a Santa Barbara, California court for an unpaid hotel bill [April 14, 2010].