List of cameo appearances
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This is a list of cameo appearances.
In film
One of the earliest cameo appearances in film history is that of Erik Satie and his artist friends in the silent movie Entr'acte (1924, see below).It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World included cameos by Jim Backus, Jack Benny, Sterling Holloway, Buster Keaton, Don Knotts, Jerry Lewis, and the Three Stooges.
The following is a partial list of other cameo appearances in film:
- Frank Abagnale, Jr., Catch Me If You Can
- Lance Armstrong,
- Chuck Norris,
- Dan Aykroyd, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, She's Having a Baby
- Bob Barker, Happy Gilmore
- Flea, Back to the Future Part II and Back to the Future Part III
- Peter Benchley, Jaws
- Jason Biggs, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
- Larry Bird, Blue Chips
- David Bowie, Zoolander
- Jeremy Bulloch,
- Arthur C. Clarke,
- Sean Connery,
- Bob Cousy, Blue Chips
- Bing Crosby, The Princess and the Pirate
- Tom Cruise, Austin Powers in Goldmember
- Ann Druyan (Carl Sagan's widow), Contact
- Missy Elliott, Honey
- Lou Ferrigno, Hulk
- Larry Flynt, The People vs. Larry Flynt
- Harrison Ford, E.T. - 2002 edition
- Topher Grace, Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Twelve
- Jerry Goldsmith, Gremlins 2
- Oscar Goodman, Casino
- David Hasselhoff, ' and '
- Charlton Heston, Wayne's World 2
- Paris Hilton, The Cat in the Hat
- Dustin Hoffman, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Bob Hope, Spies Like Us
- Miguel de Icaza, Antitrust
- Jesse Jackson, Medium Cool
- Joshua Jackson, Ocean's Eleven
- Michael Jackson, Men in Black II
- Peter Jackson, in each of the Lord of the Rings movies
- Simon Jones, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Jason Kidd, Like Mike
- Val Kilmer, The Missing
- Stephen King has had cameos in several of his films and TV shows.
- Wladimir Klitschko, Ocean's Eleven
- Anna Kournikova, Me, Myself and Irene
- Stanley Kubrick, Eyes Wide Shut
- Stan Lee, in many Marvel Comics adaptations (Hulk, Spider-Man, X-Men, Daredevil) and Mallrats
- Huey Lewis, Back to the Future
- Lennox Lewis, Ocean's Eleven
- Jim Lovell, Apollo 13
- George Lucas, ,Beverly Hills Cop III
- Dan Marino, ''Bad Boys II
- Terrence Malick, Badlands
- Scott McNealy, Antitrust
- Dirk Nowitzki, Like Mike
- Hugh O'Brian, In Harm's Way
- Ozzy Osbourne, Little Nicky
- Gwyneth Paltrow, Austin Powers in Goldmember
- Gregory Peck, Cape Fear (1991 remake)
- Brad Pitt, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
- Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood and Phil Selway, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Rex Reed,
- Molly Ringwald, Not Another Teen Movie
- Jason Robards, Enemy of the State
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dave, The Rundown, Around the World in 80 Days (2004 film).
- Al Sharpton, Malcolm X
- Phil Spector, Easy Rider
- M. Night Shyamalan, in each of his films (except Wide Awake)
- Kevin Spacey, Austin Powers in Goldmember
- Britney Spears, Austin Powers in Goldmember
- Michael Spinks, Cannonball Run 2
- Steven Spielberg, The Blues Brothers, Vanilla Sky, Austin Powers in Goldmember
- Jon Stewart, Barenaked in America, Half Baked
- Patrick Stewart,
- Ben Stiller, Happy Gilmore, Anchorman, Orange County
- Mr. T, Not Another Teen Movie
- Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- John Travolta, Austin Powers in Goldmember
- Donald Trump, , Zoolander, Two Weeks Notice,Little Rascals
- James Van Der Beek, Scary Movie, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
- Bruce Willis, Ocean's Twelve
- Louis Armstrong, Paris Blues
- Chuck Yeager, The Right Stuff
- ZZTop, Back to the Future Part III
- Primus, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
- The Stone Roses' Ian Brown, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- "Weird Al" Yankovic, The Naked Gun Series
- Frank Zappa, Head
- Alice Cooper, ''Wayne's World
- Sylvester Stallone, ''Taxi 3
- Lori Beth Denberg, ''
In television
Patrick Stewart, Ben Stiller, Kate Winslet, Samuel L. Jackson, amongst others, make cameo appearances in Extras. Other examples include:- Scott Adams, Babylon 5 (episode "Moments of Transition"), NewsRadio (episode "Review")
- Neil Patrick Harris, Roseanne (episode "Less is More")
- Gary Hart, Cheers (episode "Strange Bedfellows")
- Bob Hope, Get Smart (episode "99 Loses Control")
- DeForest Kelley, (episode "Encounter at Farpoint")
- J. Michael Straczynski, Babylon 5 (series finale "Sleeping in Light")
- Alex Trebek, Cheers (episode "What is... Cliff Clavin?")
- Gregg Allman, Family Guy (episode "Let's Go to the Hop")
- Donald P. Bellisario's Hollywood star, JAG (episode "Trojan Horse")
- Senator John McCain (Arizona), makes a cameo appearance in Season 5 of 24. He was a reported fan of the show.
In video games
Even video games have cameo appearances:
- Higgins from the Adventure Island series, Milon from Milon's Secret Castle, and Bonk from the Bonk series all appear in the battle mode of Saturn Bomberman
- Sonic appears as the umpire in Tennis for the Sega Game Gear
- The Magic Kingdom appears as the background of the Cosmic Casino level in Sonic Advance
- Flicky from the Genesis game Flicky appeared several times in the Sonic the Hedgehog series
- Ash Ketchum from the Pokémon anime series makes a cameo in the intro in Super Smash Bros. (N64)
- Mario appears on a picture on one of the walls in '. Similarly, Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Yoshi appear in pictures in '
- In SimCity for SNES, Bowser is a natural disaster, you can get Mario Statues for accomplishing some goals and the Freeland landscape is in the shape of Mario's face.
- A large portrait of fellow platformers Jak and Daxter can be found in Clank's apartment in
- Mario and Yoshi appear as small statuettes on top of a computer in the computer room in
- Smoke and Jade can be seen in the forest level, and can also be fought against in Mortal Kombat II, though they both become official characters only in later installments in the game series.
- Gordon Freeman appears in both of the official expansions for Half-Life: and ''
- In where Dante From Devil May Cry make a cameo as an enemy and unlockable party member.
See also
External link
- [Entr'acte] in RealPlayer format (size: 2MB approx.)
- redirect
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