Great cameos in film and tv

grohlisagod

I just wanted to show some appreciation for some of the great cameo appearances. I'm sure we can all think of films and tv shows where someone just makes the film in an 5 or 10 minute appearance.

Alec Baldwin's powerhouse display in Glengarry Glen Ross. For me that has to be one of the greatest speeches in film and it's probably the reason he's a household name today.

I absolutely loved Charlie Sheen's cameo in Ferris Beuller. There is absolutely no acting involved but his appearance is the highlight of the movie!

A shout has to go out to Lord Flasheart's brief appearances in Blackadder also. Apparently Ric Mayall said he'd only play the part if he got the best lines and more laughs than Rowan Atkinson! It's hard to believe he's only in 2 episodes if memory serves me correctly. Woof, woof!!

Anyone think of others who deserve a mention?

mikemac

Don't know if it counts as a cameo

I hadn't read up about Tropic Thunder before seeing it and didn't realize it was Tom Cruise as Les Grossman until I was told afterwards
Thought he was brilliant

Otis Driftwood

Bill Murray in Zombieland.

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Ciaran500

Otis Driftwood wrote: »

Bill Murray in Zombieland.

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Did no one else hate this? Though it felt like he completely phoned in the performance and didn't add much to the film other than some "OMG its Bill Murray moments".

Frank Black

Thought the Hugh Jackman cameo in the new x-men movie was kinda funny - only 3 words of dialogue - wonder how much he got paid?

Does Marlon Brando count as a cameo in Apocalypse Now?

Couple of cameos in Anchorman from Ben Stiller and Tim Robbins.

MagicMarker

mikemac wrote: »

Don't know if it counts as a cameo

I hadn't read up about Tropic Thunder before seeing it and didn't realize it was Tom Cruise as Les Grossman until I was told afterwards
Thought he was brilliant

How in the hell did you not notice that?

Ellian

I liked Bruce Springsteen's cameo in High Fidelity.

The Rook

Tom Hanks in Zombieland , you hardly even see him and then he's gone!

foxyboxer

Ones that spring to mind.

Martin Sheen in Hot Shots Part Deux was genius.
"I loved you in Wall Street!!!"

Robert Patrick in Wayne's World
"Have you seen this boy?" Argghhhhhh!!!!

Charlton Heston in Wayne's World 2
I once knew a girl who lived on Gordon Street, a long time ago when I was a young man. Not a day passes I don't think of her and the promise that I made which I will always keep. That one perfect day on Gordon Street. That's uh, five blocks up, two over.

humanji

I was under the impression that a cameo was where a person played themselves, so most of the above wouldn't count. But having nothing better to do, I looked it up and found that if a person is playing themselves then it's a guest appearance and not a cameo (but the two can be interchangable as no one really cares). Well that's my learning for today.

As for great cameos, I have to add Gene Hackman in Young Frankenstein. It still cracks me up every time I watch it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd91A3Qcfkw

Jagera

humanji wrote: »

As for great cameos, I have to add Gene Hackman in Young Frankenstein. It still cracks me up every time I watch it:

Great flick, have it on DVD & watch it every so often. The line "I was going to make espresso" was ad libbed.

I think Hitchcock's cameos in his movies are probably the most well known. It was always the challenge to spot him.

There was a few good cameos in Hot Fuzz. Cate Blanchett & Peter Jackson. I had no idea until I read it on imdb.

deman

The original Starsky and Hutch at the end of the remake was one of the highlights for me.

razorblunt

Chuck Norris and his thumb in Dodgeball!

Is that where the Norris facts started from??

Have to say I love Tim Robbins' cameo in Anchorman too.

The very first one I ever spotted even at a young age was Spielberg in Gremlins.

The Rook

The Rook wrote: »

Tom Hanks in Zombieland , you hardly even see him and then he's gone!

Wait … Tom Hanks was in Zombieland?

krudler

Danny Glover in Maverick, cracks me up when Mel Gibson pulls down his mask and they stare at each other as the theme from Lethal Weapon plays, great stuff :pac:

The King of Moo

Robert De Niro in Brazil, completely out of the blue and a great bizarre character.

Silent stars Buster Keaton, Anna Q. Nilsson and H.B Warner in Sunset Boulevard, quite poignant. And Erich von Stroheim as a former bigshot director and now Norma Desmond's butler, mirroring his own career a little (though it's more than a cameo).

Neil Patrick Harris in Harold and Kumar. Basically restarted his career.

irishh_bob

razorblunt wrote: »

Chuck Norris and his thumb in Dodgeball!

Is that where the Norris facts started from??

Have to say I love Tim Robbins' cameo in Anchorman too.

The very first one I ever spotted even at a young age was Spielberg in Gremlins.

what about spielberg in the blues brothers

John Landis' movies are packed full of cameos from other famous directors. Can't think of any off the top of my head.

The King of Moo

Deleted User wrote: »

John Landis' movies are packed full of cameos from other famous directors. Can't think of any off the top of my head.

Ah that reminds me Spies Like Us! Frank Oz plays the exam supervisor at the start, and Terry Gilliam plays one of the doctors in the desert. I'm pretty sure Cost Gavras is in there as well, maybe as one of the other doctors in the desert, and I think it has a few more cameos as well.

MagicMarker

Kareem Abdul Jabbar in Airplane



Steve Buscemi in Pulp Fiction

tricky D

The King of Moo wrote: »

Ah that reminds me Spies Like Us! Frank Oz plays the exam supervisor at the start, and Terry Gilliam plays one of the doctors in the desert. I'm pretty sure Cost Gavras is in there as well, maybe as one of the other doctors in the desert, and I think it has a few more cameos as well.

The very brief cameo from Bob Hope in Spies Like Us is one of my faves:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHwdWCAmO3o

foxyboxer wrote: »

Robert Patrick in Wayne's World
"Have you seen this boy?" Argghhhhhh!!!!

Also appears as T-1000 in Last Action Hero which has a ton of cameos.

Funglegunk

Was Ben Affleck credited in Boiler Room? Enjoyed that scene.

Hank_Jones

Personally, this is my favourite.

This one is up there also.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw1cHykOxqg

johnny_ultimate

Everytime I watch Toy Story 3 I become distracted attempting to spot all the appearances of plush Totoro.

Sad Professor

A few of the examples in this thread are far too significant to be considered cameos. Unless the appearance is very brief and uncredited, it's not a cameo IMO.

Dodge

Funglegunk wrote: »

Was Ben Affleck credited in Boiler Room? Enjoyed that scene.

Was OK but tried a little too hard to be Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross, and fares poorly compared to that (although so do most scenes)

I like the 'alternative' crew led by Jessica Stevenson in Shaun of the Dead.


PS I don't consider Baldwin or Affleck to be a cameo in either film

Davyhal

Everyone in "I'm F**king Ben Affleck" by Sarah Silverman, but especially Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt! But if that is not you're definition of Cameo, then either +1 Martin Sheen in "Hot Shots: Part Deux" or Zsa Zsa Gabor at the start of "Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear"

Horseylady

the cameo James Van Der Beek did in Criminal Minds was absolutely epic...he was brilliant dnt like anything from him jus the 2 eps of CM he was in..

Corkfeen

Can't find the clip but Bill Murray in the opening of the Darjeeling Limited was rather brilliant. Anderson made it look like Murray would be the lead as you follow Murray to the Train Station, he chases after the train but misses it. You don't actually see him for the remainder of the film . :P

Andre80Johnson

Bill Murray in Coffee and Cigarettes.

grohlisagod

foxyboxer wrote: »

Ones that spring to mind.

Martin Sheen in Hot Shots Part Deux was genius.
"I loved you in Wall Street!!!"

I was tempted to put that one in myself but was worried that it might look a little too list like!

Bill Crystal in Spinal Tap as the mime as well.

Bill G

The Cylon that appears in the opening credits of The A-Team (tv series, not the film)

bnt

I thought Woody Allen getting Marshall McLuhan to play himself in Annie Hall was a stroke of genius:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBtXfBdEXEs

At another point Allen says "Oh, there's the winner of the Truman Capote Look-Alike Contest" ...as Truman Capote walks past. :pac:

Also: in Erin Brockovich, there's a scene in a diner, where the waitress is played by ... Erin Brockovich.

tony1kenobi

Val Kilmer in True Romance.

flanree

I doubt many have heard of it but 'How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate' had an amazing cameo by Chris DeBurgh. He played a mechanic in a garage in Athlone and it completely changed my opinion of the man.

GAAman

The end scene of The Persuit of Happiness with Will Smith and his son walking off having finally made it, and the guy the film is based on walks past them. Will Smith gives him a little knod and looks back at the guy as he passes. A great cameo because it is easy to forget through the emotional rollercoaster that it is based on a true story

Go to 4:10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsYl63dAZHA

phasers

billy zane in zoolander is a personal favourite of mine, purely for this line.


'put a cork in it, Zane!'

mikeyboy

Rob Reiner's mother, Estelle "I'll have what she's having", When Harry Met Sally
Catherine Scorcese feeding Tommy and his henchmen in Goodfellas
Although do those count as cameos or nepotism?

flanree

Another cracker... Lou Reed as the corporate sellout music producer in 'One Trick Pony'. Maybe a bit too much screen time (plus 2 scenes) for a cameo but well worth looking up!

Frank Black

tony1kenobi wrote: »

Val Kilmer in True Romance.

Brad Pitt in True Romance for that matter.

Skerries

Stan Lee in nearly every Marvel movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO0NsKFJ6gE

Norma_Desmond

The King of Moo wrote: »

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Silent stars Buster Keaton, Anna Q. Nilsson and H.B Warner in Sunset Boulevard, quite poignant. And Erich von Stroheim as a former bigshot director and now Norma Desmond's butler, mirroring his own career a little (though it's more than a cameo).
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I love Buster Keaton's cameo in Charlie Chaplin's Limelight.
The two silent greats together on the one stage, brilliant scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPRW1VQxmTs

jaykhunter

i get the impression the internet absolutely hated it, but I LOVED Schwarzenegger's 'cameo' in Terminator 4. Flipped out when I saw it

tvercetti

Vin Diesel in Tokyo Drift, cheesey and predictable but from then there was no doubting he would be reprising his role

just watched 24 hour party people last night, some good cameos

Matt Damon in Eurotrip singing was awesome

Mickeroo

Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche's cameo in Coming to America reprising their roles as the Duke brothers from Trading Places is pretty funny.

Bruce Campbells numerous cameos in Sam Raimi's movies are worth a mention too, best part of Spiderman 3.

Oh and Brett from Flight of the Conchords in Lord of the Rings!!

Glico Man

Another Arnie one from The Rundown/Welcome to the Jungle. Arnie passes The Rock in a corridor and simply says "have fun" - like a passing of a torch for action movies. Pity the resultant action movies stink but thats an argument for another day.

ziedth

^ I actually liked welcome to the jungle but I agree that was good cameo.

I have mentioned it on here before but my all time fav is Charlton Heston in Waynes World 2. Even the gag around the cameo is right out of the top drawer, I'm on the mob site so I can't link to it but check it out.

Dman001

Not sure if you can consider this a cameo, but Will Ferrell's brief appearance in Wedding Crashers was hilarious. Probably the funniest thing he's done since Anchorman.

As for TV, Arrested Development has loads of cameos from, what could now be considered, mainstream actors/comedians.

tricky D

ziedth wrote: »

^ I actually liked welcome to the jungle but I agree that was good cameo.

I have mentioned it on here before but my all time fav is Charlton Heston in Waynes World 2. Even the gag around the cameo is right out of the top drawer, I'm on the mob site so I can't link to it but check it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjcgKGSAOQI

ImpossibleDuck

MagicMarker wrote: »

Steve Buscemi in Pulp Fiction

Holy jesus! I didn't know that was Steve Buscemi :eek: :eek: :eek:

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Personally, this is my favourite.

Most certainly NOT a cameo.

As for my favourites, it's gotta be Hitchcock in his movies.

Mickeroo

aaronh007 wrote: »

Another Arnie one from The Rundown/Welcome to the Jungle. Arnie passes The Rock in a corridor and simply says "have fun" - like a passing of a torch for action movies. Pity the resultant action movies stink but thats an argument for another day.

Aw, The Rundown is about the only good movie The Rock has done imo