Cameo appearance

A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief and uncredited appearance in a play, or by extension, to works in other performing arts such as films and television. Such a role need not be played by an actor: short appearances by film directors, politicians, athletes, and other celebrities are not unusual.

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

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Erik Satie - Entr'acte - 1924 - Below - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

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Jim Backus, Jack Benny,

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Jim Backus - Jack Benny

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Sterling Holloway, Buster Keaton,

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Sterling Holloway - Buster Keaton

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Don Knotts, Jerry Lewis, and

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the Three Stooges.

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The following is a partial list of other cameo appearances in film:

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• Dan Aykroyd, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
• Bob Barker, Happy Gilmore
• Jason Biggs, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
• Larry Bird, Blue Chips
• Sean Connery, '
• Bob Cousy, Blue Chips
• Tom Cruise, Austin Powers in Goldmember
• Missy Elliott, Honey
• Harrison Ford, E.T. - 2002 edition
• Jerry Goldsmith, Gremlins 2
• Oscar Goodman, Casino
• Charlton Heston, Wayne's World 2
• Dustin Hoffman, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Bob Hope, Spies Like Us
• Miguel de Icaza, Antitrust
• Ja Rule, Scary Movie 3
• 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
• Samuel L. Jackson, Kill Bill Volume 2
• 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
• Spike Lee, in all his films
• Stan Lee, in many Marvel Comics adaptations (Hulk, Spider-Man, X-Men) and Mallrats

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• Lennox Lewis, Ocean's Eleven
• George Lucas, '
• Terrence Malick, Badlands (director cameo)
• Scott McNealy, Antitrust
• Alanis Morissette, Dogma
• Dirk Nowitzki, Like Mike
• Ozzy Osbourne, Little Nicky
• Gwyneth Paltrow, Austin Powers in Goldmember
• Gregory Peck, Cape Fear (1991 remake)
• Brad Pitt, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
• Molly Ringwald, Not Another Teen Movie
• Jason Robards, Enemy of the State
• Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Rundown
• Al Sharpton, Coming to America
• Phil Spector, Easy Rider
• M. Night Shyamalan, in each of his films (except Wide Awake).
• Snoop Dogg, Training Day
• Britney Spears, Austin Powers in Goldmember
• Michael Spinks, Cannonball Run 2
• Steven Spielberg, The Blues Brothers, Austin Powers in Goldmember
• Jon Stewart, Barenaked in America Half Baked
• Patrick Stewart, '
• Ben Stiller, Happy Gilmore
• Mr. T, Not Another Teen Movie
• John Travolta, Austin Powers in Goldmember
• James Van Der Beek, Scary Movie, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
• Bruce Willis, Ocean's Twelve
• Chuck Yeager, The Right Stuff

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