Randy Quaid Filmography

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Actors: Randy Quaid, Jay Baruchel, Jayne Eastwood, Lucy Filippone, Jeff Pustil

Synopsis: Randy Quaid and Jay Baruchel star in writer/director Randall Cole's comedic drama detailing the unique relationship between a compulsive gambler, and the coolly detached hit man assigned the task of taking him out. Andy (Baruchel) is an excitable gambler who has incurred one debt too many. When Read More

Goya's Ghosts

Actors: Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgård, Randy Quaid, José Luis Gómez, Michel Lonsdale

Synopsis: The lives of a great artist, a corrupted holy man, and a beautiful woman cross paths at a crucial moment in history in this epic-scale historical drama from director Milos Forman. Near the end of the 18th century, Francisco Goya (Stellan Skarsgård) is a gifted but controversial artist whose Read More

Texas Ranch House [TV Series]

Actors: Randy Quaid, Bill Cooke, Lisa Cooke, Vienna Cooke, Lacey Cooke

Synopsis: From the producers of Colonial House, this eight-part PBS miniseries took a family of contemporary California suburbanites and transplanted them to a reasonable facsimile of a "typical" Texas cattle ranch, vintage 1867. Patriarch Bill Cooke, in real life a hospital emergency-services Read More

Brokeback Mountain

Actors: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Linda Cardellini

Synopsis: Ang Lee's adaptation of E. Annie Proulx's story Brokeback Mountain stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger as young cowboys named Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar. Each of them is hired to corral sheep on the title location and they soon bond very closely. Their platonic relationship explodes into a Read More

The Ice Harvest

Actors: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Platt, Randy Quaid

Synopsis: Two men on the run from the mob end up negotiating more than their share of obstacles along the way in this comedy drama from director Harold Ramis. Vic Cavanaugh (Billy Bob Thornton) and Charlie Arglist (John Cusack) are a pair of friends who work for Bill Gerard (Randy Quaid), a mobster with his Read More

Milwaukee, Minnesota

Actors: Troy Garity, Alison Folland, Randy Quaid, Bruce Dern, Hank Harris

Synopsis: Allan Mindel's Milwaukee, Minnesota is about con men hoping to take advantage of a fishing champion. Albert (Troy Garity) is the best ice-fisherman in Wisconsin. He is not the sharpest tack in the box, making him susceptible to the less than ethical advances of nefarious Jerry (Randy Quaid), Stan (Hank Harris Read More

Elvis

Actors: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Camryn Manheim, Randy Quaid, Rose McGowan, Robert Patrick

Synopsis: Seven years after playing the David Bowie-esque glam rocker in Velvet Goldmine, actor Jonathan Rhys-Meyers tackles the role of the biggest rock-and-roller of all time -- The King -- in this television miniseries. CBS' Elvis traces Elvis Presley's rise from being a humble, poor kid in early-'50s Read More

Category 7: The End of the World

Actors: Gina Gershon, Cameron Daddo, Shannen Doherty, Randy Quaid, James Brolin, Swoosie Kurtz

Synopsis: A series of devastating storms are leveling major cities across the globe, and it's up to discredited scientist Faith Clavell (Shannon Doherty), dedicated storm chaser Tommy Tornado (Randy Quaid), and the FEMA head Judith Carr (Gina Gerson) to journey into the eye of the storm and find out just Read More

Home on the Range

Actors: Roseanne, Judi Dench, Jennifer Tilly, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Randy Quaid

Synopsis: Disney presents the animated musical Western Home on the Range, featuring an original musical score by Alan Menken. The Little Piece of Heaven family farm is about to go under and outlaw cattle rustler Alameda Slim (voice of Randy Quaid) sets his sights on it. Three dairy cows -- tough Maggie Read More

5ive Days to Midnight

Actors: Timothy Hutton, Randy Quaid, Kari Matchett, Angus MacFadyen, Hamish Linklater

Synopsis: In the tradition of such elliptical thrillers as The Dead Zone and Memento, prolific television director Michael Watkins' tense tale of murder and intrigue is certain to have viewers firmly planted on the edge of their seats. Physics professor J.T. Neumeyer (Timothy Hutton) is well-renowned for Read More

Carolina

Actors: Julia Stiles

Synopsis: Dutch filmmaker Marleen Gorris directs the romantic comedy Carolina, written by Los Angeles-based screenwriter Katherine Fugate. Julia Stiles stars as Carolina Mirabeau, a young woman who grows up in an eccentric southern family. She and her two sisters -- Georgia (Azura Skye) and Maine (Mika Boorem Read More

Treasure Island Kids: The Pirates of Treasure Island

Actors: Randy Quaid, Niko Vella, Sasha Tilley, Beth Allen, John Callen

Synopsis: The family adventure story Treasure Island Kids: The Pirates of Treasure Island features John Callen as Conrad Dawson, a man who has failed at his dream of finding gold treasures on an island. In order to keep his dream alive, he converts the land into a summer camp. Randy Qauid co-stars as the Read More

Category 6: Day of Destruction

Actors: Thomas Gibson, Nancy McKeon, Brian Dennehy, Dianne Wiest, Randy Quaid, Andrew Jackson

Synopsis: Of all of the ways humankind can destroy the planet, none can hold a candle to the awe-inspiring and earth-shattering power of Mother Nature. As chief meteorologist for the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center, Andy Goodman (Brian Dennehy) has seen his share of storms. Now, just days Read More

Kart Racer

Actors: Randy Quaid, Will Rothhaar, Jennifer Wigmore, Amanda De Martinis, David Gallagher

Synopsis: A teenager looking to regain his self-respect and his relationship with his father finds the answer in an unexpected place -- go-kart racing -- in this family-friendly drama. Watts Davis (Will Rothhaar) is a 14-year-old boy who has been nothing but trouble since the death of his mother. Feuding Read More

Grind

Actors: Colin McKay, Mike Vogel, Vince Vieluf, Adam Brody, Joey Kern, Jennifer Morrison

Synopsis: Gaylord Films producer Casey La Scala makes his directorial debut with the teen comedy Grind. Just before entering college, young skateboarder Eric Rivers (Mike Vogel) decides to take a road trip from Chicago to California with his smart friend Dustin (Adam Brody) and his wacky friend Matt (Vince Vieluf Read More

Black Cadillac

Actors: Randy Quaid, Shane Mikael Johnson, Josh Hammond, Jason Dohring, Kiersten Warren

Synopsis: Supposedly inspired by events experienced by director John Murlowski, Black Cadillac centers on a trio of friends who are left stranded after their car malfunctions on a winding mountain roadway. Although they are fortunate enough to happen upon a deputy, they are constantly menaced by the Read More

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure

Actors: Randy Quaid, Miriam Flynn, Dana Barron, Jake Thomas

Synopsis: After four proper Vacation films, the people at National Lampoon churned out the first spin-off of the series. The direct-to-video National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure stars Randy Quaid as the lovable doofus made popular in the first and third entries in the Read More

The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire [TV Series]

Actors: John Carroll Lynch, Randy Quaid, Chris Penn, Mare Winningham, Ann Cusack

Synopsis: A typically quirky and eccentric offering from prolific TV producer David E. Kelley, the weekly drama series The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire was set in the titular fictional community, wherein virtually everything of any importance was handled by the three Shaw brothers. Oldest sibling Read More

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson, Joe Pantoliano, Jay Mohr

Synopsis: Eddie Murphy gets way, way out in this futuristic sci-fi comedy. In the year 2087, the Earth's natural resources have been largely depleted, and an increasingly large number of people have taken up residence on the moon, where the pioneering attitude of the new residents has created a culture not Read More

Frank McKlusky, C.I.

Actors: Dave Sheridan

Synopsis: David Sheridan, comic actor and star of MTV's Buzzkill, co-created this goofy comedy with debut screenwriter Mark Perez as the first in a two-picture deal with Disney. Frank McKlusky (Sheridan) is an insurance claims investigator who has been zealously safety conscious since witnessing a horrible Read More

Back By Midnight

Synopsis: In this comedy, Jake (Rodney Dangerfield) is the warden of Rockwood Prison, a private minimal security correctional facility which has fallen into disrepair. Jake has appealed to Eli (Randy Quaid), the owner of Rockwood, to give him enogh money to get the place back up to code, but Eli doesn't Read More

Not Another Teen Movie

Actors: Chyler Leigh, Chris Evans, Jaime Pressly, Eric Christian Olsen, Mia Kirshner, Eric Jungmann, Randy Quaid, Molly Ringwald

Synopsis: Former MTV executive Joel Gallen makes his feature directorial debut with this broad spoof of the popular teen comedy genre, lampooning dozens of movies including American Pie (1999), American Beauty (1999), Bring It On (2000), Clueless (1995), She's All That (1999), Road Trip (2000), Can't Hardly Read More

The Day the World Ended

Actors: Randy Quaid, Bobby Edner, Nastassja Kinski

Synopsis: A woman trying to help a disturbed child discovers his nightmarish fears are all too real in this sci-fi horror opus. Dr. Jennifer Stillman (Nastassja Kinski) is a child psychologist from New York City who takes a job working at an elementary school in a small Nevada community. Jennifer is seen as Read More

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle

Actors: Rene Russo, Jason Alexander, Piper Perabo, Randy Quaid, Robert De Niro, June Foray, Keith Scott

Synopsis: The pride of Frostbite Falls and Whatsamatta U's most famous alumni find their way onto the big screen (and the real world) in this comedy inspired by the popular cartoon series. Years after their TV show is cancelled, Rocky the Flying Squirrel (voice of June Foray) and Bullwinkle J. Moose (voice Read More

American Experience: George Wallace - Settin' The Woods On Fire

Actors: Randy Quaid

Synopsis: Daniel McCabe and Paul Steckler direct this scrupulously-balanced and exhaustively-researched documentary on reactionary Alabaman firebrand George Wallace. The film opens with the outset of Wallace's public career, when -- surprisingly -- he had a reputation of being progressive in regards to Read More

Mail to the Chief

Actors: Randy Quaid, Holland Taylor

Synopsis: The fun begins when Kenny Witowski, a typical middle school student, begins seeking out e-mail pals on the Internet. Thanks to a glitch in the system, Kenny is connected with a correspondent who signs himself "Average Joe," and who solicits our hero's opinion on practically everything. Little does Read More

The Thin Blue Lie

Actors: Rob Morrow, Randy Quaid, Paul Sorvino, Cynthia Preston, G.W. Bailey

Synopsis: Rob Morrow stars as investigating journalist Jonathan Neumann in this drama about police corruption in 1970s Philadelphia. When Neumann takes over the court beat for the Philadelphia Examiner, he quickly discovers wrongdoing at every turn, with cops beating suspects into often blatantly false Read More

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

Actors: Randy Quaid, Whoopi Goldberg, Roger Daltrey, Colm Meaney, Kieran Culkin

Synopsis: An American businessman rents a cottage in Ireland, only to find the cottage is also inhabited by leprechauns as well. Soon, the American finds himself embroiled in a fierce dispute between the leprechauns and their enemies, the fairies, that only he can help settle. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

P.U.N.K.S.

Actors: Randy Quaid, Tim Redwine, Henry Winkler

Synopsis: Randy Quaid, Tim Redwine and Henry Winkler star in this sci-fi adventure for the family about a group of outcast teenagers who run afoul of an evil scientific genius. However, they are able to get ahold of his latest invention -- a special suit that gives superpowers to whomever wears it. ~ Mark Read More

Purgatory

Actors: Randy Quaid, Eric Roberts, Sam Shepard

Synopsis: In this fantasy set in the Old West, Blackjack Britton (Eric Roberts) is an outlaw on the run from police after a bank robbery. Britton and his gang wind up in a small town called Refuge, where things are rather unusual -- outlaws are warmly welcomed and offered free food and lodging but warned Read More

Hard Rain

Actors: Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, Ed Asner

Synopsis: A natural disaster breeds man-made treachery in this suspense thriller. Severe flooding threatens an Indiana town after a massive rainstorm taxes dams to the breaking point. As part of an emergency evacuation effort, armored car driver Tom (Christian Slater) and his uncle Charlie (Edward Asner) Read More

Last Rites

Actors: Randy Quaid, Embeth Davidtz, A. Martinez, Clarence Williams III, Tracey Ellis

Synopsis: Not at all sorry for committing a heinous crime, a convicted killer awaits his execution. By some miracle he survives the execution and demonstrates some profound changes. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Bug Buster

Actors: James Doohan, Katherine Heigl, Randy Quaid, Meredith Salenger, George Takei

Synopsis: When a typical teenager discovers her family is moving from a large city to a small town in the country, there are plenty of changes she's planning on ... but battling swarms of murderous insects isn't one of them. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

Protector

Actors: Rae Dawn Chong, Ben Gazzara, Mario Van Peebles, Randy Quaid

Synopsis: A police detective gets in over his head after he falls in love with the moll of a recently murdered gangster. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Vegas Vacation

Actors: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Ethan Embry, Wayne Newton, Marisol Nichols

Synopsis: This is the fourth in a series of movies that began with National Lampoon's Vacation in 1983 and feature the family headed by Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) going on wacky vacations. This time, the Griswolds visit Las Vegas. Clark immediately goes to the blackjack table and starts blowing all his Read More

Gun: All the President's Women

Actors: Daryl Hannah, Sally Kellerman, Tina Lifford, Randy Quaid, Jennifer Tilly, Sean Young

Synopsis: Bill (Randy Quaid), a wealthy Texan, is fooling around on his wife (Sally Kellerman) with two different women (Jennifer Tilly and Daryl Hannah). But Bill begins realize that he's gotten himself into hot water when all three women in his life begin receiving parts of the same gun in the mail. Gun Read More

Moonshine Highway

Actors: Kyle MacLachlan, Randy Quaid, Jeremy Ratchford, Gary Farmer, Maria Del Mar

Synopsis: In this rip-roaring actioner, a moonshiner comes to a crossroads in his life when he must decide whether he should spend the rest of his days running illegal corn squeezin's and eluding the vengeful and corrupt sheriff, or follow the advice of his lover (the same sheriff's estranged wife) and head Read More

Independence Day

Actors: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch

Synopsis: A group of intrepid humans attempts to save the Earth from vicious extraterrestrials in this extremely popular science-fiction adventure. Borrowing liberally from War of the Worlds, Aliens, and every sci-fi invasion film inbetween, director Roland Emmerich and producer and co-writer Dean Devlin Read More

Woman Undone

Actors: Mary McDonnell, Randy Quaid, Sam Elliott, Benjamin Bratt, Charles Noland

Synopsis: A woman accused of brutally murdering her husband denies the allegations, but only her attorney believes her. Teri Hansen's ordeal with the law begin when police discover her hiding in a desert gully near the car where her husband's charred, bullet-ridden corpse smolders accusingly. Frightened to Read More

Last Dance

Actors: Sharon Stone, Rob Morrow, Randy Quaid, Peter Gallagher, Jack Thompson

Synopsis: The relationship between an unproven lawyer and the female convict he attempts to save from execution is detailed in this death-row drama. Sharon Stone plays against type as Cindy Liggett, convicted of murder at the age of 19, who has spent over a decade in prison awaiting execution. Having Read More

Kingpin

Actors: Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, Bill Murray, Chris Elliott

Synopsis: In the '70s, Roy Munsen (Woody Harrelson) was a bowling phenomenon. He was none too sharp about picking friends, though, and the champion he had to beat, "Big Ern," takes him under his supposedly friendly wing. Big Ern (Bill Murray) shows him the high-living lifestyle, and induces him to go on the Read More

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

Actors: Randy Quaid, Laura Dern, Kirsten Dunst, Darren E. Burrows

Synopsis: The tragic story of the Ruby Ridge "massacre" has been so thoroughly covered and disseminated by the mainstream press that to add anything here would be pointless. Suffice to say that the two-part TV movie The Siege at Ruby Ridge uses the facts at hand to show how the tragedy occurred, and how but Read More

Legends of the North

Actors: Randy Quaid, Georges Corraface, Macha Grenon

Synopsis: A grizzled frontiersman, a snooty Frenchman, and a plucky young lass search for Esperanza, the famed lake of gold up in a remote corner of the Yukon. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide Read More

Bye Bye, Love

Actors: Matthew Modine, Randy Quaid, Paul Reiser, Janeane Garofalo, Rob Reiner

Synopsis: Three divorced fathers, played by Paul Reiser, Matthew Modine, and Randy Quaid, experience the joys and hardships of their former marriages, their relationships with their kids, and getting back into the dating scene in this whimsical comedy. Dave (Modine) is diligently playing the field, while Read More

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct

Synopsis: This made-for-TV drama, based on a series of popular novels by Ed McBain, stars Randy Quaid as Steve Carella, a police detective investigating a series of grisly murders. A serial killer is targeting women who compete in track and field events, and Carella and his team have to find the perpetrator Read More

Streets of Laredo

Actors: James Garner, Alexis Cruz, Sam Shepard, Sissy Spacek

Synopsis: This miniseries follows the original Lonesome Dove miniseries, and both are based on the characters created by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry. Although much of the cast has changed from the original, the compelling saga is as satisfying as ever. The Western tale continues with the Read More

Roommates

Curse of the Starving Class

Actors: James Woods, Kathy Bates, Henry Thomas, Kristin Fiorella, Louis Gossett, Jr.

Synopsis: Based on the award-winning play by Sam Shepard, this drama offers an unblinking look at a family desperately clinging to the last threads of the American dream. Weston Tate (James Woods) is an alcoholic Viet Nam veteran struggling to hold on to the family's farm; he often brags about his grand Read More

Major League II

Actors: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Corbin Bernsen, Dennis Haysbert, James Gammon

Synopsis: This follow-up to 1989's unexpected comedy hit Major League continues the broadly humorous adventures of the misfit Cleveland Indians. No longer the scrappy survivors who pulled off an upset championship victory, the Indians have let success go to their heads, accepting movie roles and hefty Read More

Next Door

Synopsis: This black comedy about "keeping up with the Joneses" pits a sophisticated college professor and his schoolteacher wife against their next-door neighbors, a loutish beer-drinking butcher, his wife and their son. As each family's pranks against the other escalate, they also start to get crueler and Read More

The Paper

Actors: Michael Keaton, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei, Randy Quaid

Synopsis: Director Ron Howard's drama follows a beleaguered reporter during a hectic 24 hours at a New York City tabloid. Michael Keaton stars as Henry Hackett, a metro editor for the struggling New York Sun. Hackett is being wooed by the Sentinel, a more upscale paper, but he's addicted to the Read More

Frankenstein

Actors: Patrick Bergin, Randy Quaid, John Mills

Synopsis: Filmed in Eastern Europe, this direct-to-cable adaptation of Mary Shelley's iconographic monster tale features Patrick Bergin as Victor Frankenstein, a medical genius obsessed with the secret of creating life, who uses a bizarre cloning apparatus to grow a complete human being (Randy Quaid) from Read More

Freaked

Actors: Alex Winter, Megan Ward, Michael Stoyanov, Randy Quaid

Synopsis: The manic writing-directing comedy team of Tom Stern and Alex Winter (the latter of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey) followed up their deranged short-film collaborations and the short-lived MTV series The Idiot Box with this comic fantasy, which amounts to a virtual Read More

Murder in the Heartland

Actors: Tim Roth, Fairuza Balk, Brian Dennehy, Randy Quaid, Milo O'Shea

Synopsis: The miserable life and long-overdue death of thrill killer Charles Starkweather is the basis of the two-part TV movie Murder in the Heartland. Over a bloody few months in 1958, Starkweather (Tim Roth), a 19-year-old high school dropout, embarked on a killing spree, snuffing out 11 victims. Along Read More

Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas

Synopsis: This video offers a profile of filmmaker Bogdanovich's first great movie, The Last Picture Show, as Cybill Shepherd, Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms and Sam Bottoms, Polly Platt, Randy Quaid and others reveal the impacts that the film had on their lives. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Texasville

Actors: Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Annie Potts, Timothy Bottoms, Cloris Leachman

Synopsis: Texasville is Peter Bogdanovich's much-delayed sequel to The Last Picture Show. Adapted from Larry McMurtry's novel and told as a series of episodes, Texasville follows the characters from The Last Picture Show as they reunite in a small Texas town nearly 30 years after the end of the last movie Read More