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The 100 Best Cameos In Film History

post #1 of 125
5/9/07 at 11:05pm
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I'll start... with a lowbrow one.

1. Matt Damon, Eurotrip
While it's a goofy, barely-there teen romp, credit goes to Matt Damon, who scores the funniest moment in the movie, crooning "Scotty Doesn't Know" a song about how he's fucking the ex-girlfriend of poor, oblivious Scotty, who happens to be in attendance. Matt Damon- good guy who gives good cameo.
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post #2 of 125
5/9/07 at 11:14pm
2) Ted Danson- Saving Private Ryan
I just wasn't expecting it at all. It kind of sucks that he was pigeon holed by Cheers and Becker because I believe he could have been a pretty good serious actor.
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post #3 of 125
5/9/07 at 11:28pm
Arnold in The Rundown.
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post #4 of 125
5/9/07 at 11:30pm
Lance Armstrong, Dodgeball

Not exactly the best acting in the world, but I thought it was one of the highlights of the film.
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post #5 of 125
5/9/07 at 11:41pm
Sean Connery, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Especially if you saw it opening weekend and had no idea it was coming.
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post #6 of 125
5/9/07 at 11:47pm
I'd argue against Danson is Saving Private Ryan because it was quite a distracting cameo. Simply because it was Ted Fucking Danson, in a serious war movie. Was it his fault? No, he was fine in the small role. It's just he carries too much baggage with him and it pulled me completely out of the film.

On the subject of Spielberg...

6)Steven Spielberg- The Blues Brothers.
An argument could be made for Frank Oz's small part, because it's actually, you know, funny. Spielberg isn't one to pop up in films too often though(and not recognized by your "average joe"), so it's pretty memorable, and way better than George Lucas' cameo in Beverly Hills Cop III. The Blues Brothers is also way better than Beverly Hills Cop III. In fact, fuck Beverly Hills Cop III.
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post #7 of 125
5/9/07 at 11:52pm
Charlton Heston in Burton's POTA. I thought it was awesome to cast him in his deathbed, because that's the only way you could contain his penchant for overacting.

Also, any Bruce Campbell cameo is pure gold.

edit - I almost forgot, Pegg & Wright in LOTD.
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post #8 of 125
5/10/07 at 12:00am
Quote:
Originally Posted by CrossFire
Lance Armstrong, Dodgeball

Not exactly the best acting in the world, but I thought it was one of the highlights of the film.
The Chuck Norris cameo is also pretty great if only for the "Fuckin' Chuck Norris' line in the epilogue.
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post #9 of 125
5/10/07 at 12:15am
Frank Oz in "Trading Places".

Talking about La Boheme with Dan Aykroyd.
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post #10 of 125
5/10/07 at 12:16am
I have to go for Martin Scorsese in Taxi Driver.

Probably the most oft quoted part in the film among my circle of friends.
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post #11 of 125
5/10/07 at 12:21am
The list so far, because I'm anal:

1. Matt Damon - Eurotrip
2. Ted Danson - Saving Private Ryan
3. Arnold - The Rundown
4. Lance Armstrong - Dodgeball
5. Sean Connery - Robin Hood: The Prince of Thieves
6. Steven Spielberg - The Blues Brothers
7. Charleton Heston - Planet of the Apes
8. Frank Oz - Trading Places
9. Martin Scorsese - Taxi Driver
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post #12 of 125
5/10/07 at 12:23am
10. Bob Barker - Happy Gilmore

JS
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post #13 of 125
5/10/07 at 12:25am
Cate Blanchett
Steve Coogan
Bill Nighy
Martin Freeman - Hot Fuzz.
Jess Stevenson in Shaun of the Dead (if you know spaced)
James Earl Jones - Sneakers
Emilio Estevez - Mission: Impossible

we should probably number them after we get 100 really good ones.
Also, are we talking uncredited cameos here?
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post #14 of 125
5/10/07 at 12:28am
1. Matt Damon - Eurotrip
2. Ted Danson - Saving Private Ryan
3. Arnold - The Rundown
4. Lance Armstrong - Dodgeball
5. Sean Connery - Robin Hood: The Prince of Thieves
6. Steven Spielberg - The Blues Brothers
7. Charleton Heston - Planet of the Apes
8. Frank Oz - Trading Places
9. Martin Scorsese - Taxi Driver
10. Bob Barker - Happy Gilmore
11. Cate Blanchett - Hot Fuzz

Really shocked this isn't already up there

12. Alec Baldwin - Glengarry Glenn Ross

He owns every second he's on screen with one of the greatest monologues in film but also about being a salesman.
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post #15 of 125
5/10/07 at 12:49am
Brad Pitt in True Romance (or Val Kilmer, or Dennis Hopper, or Bronson Pichot, or-)
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post #16 of 125
5/10/07 at 12:55am
So far it seems as though there's a fine line between Cameo and Supporting Actor.

But my vote for #14 goes to Werner Herzog in What Dreams May Come.
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post #17 of 125
5/10/07 at 1:04am
15. Michael Keaton - OUT OF SIGHT.
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post #18 of 125
5/10/07 at 1:33am
David Bowie in ZOOLANDER. And while I'm at it, Billy Zane in ZOOLANDER.
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post #19 of 125
5/10/07 at 1:33am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew Collins
So far it seems as though there's a fine line between Cameo and Supporting Actor.
Yeah, I'd really, really have to argue with the idea that Alec Baldwin in Glengarry is a cameo.

My pick: Marcel Marceau, world-famous mime, who speaks the only word of dialogue in Mel Brooks' Silent Movie.
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post #20 of 125
5/10/07 at 1:38am
Martin Scorcese/Joe Dante in Cannonball.
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post #21 of 125
5/10/07 at 1:51am
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Originally Posted by JacknifeJohnny
I have to go for Martin Scorsese in Taxi Driver.

Probably the most oft quoted part in the film among my circle of friends.
Not being a jerk -- just can't remember -- when does Scorsese speak in Taxi Driver? I remember the shot of him watching Betsy walk by, but the voiceover is Deniro.

My votes:
Christopher Merloni (from Law & Order: SVU) as FREAKSHOW in Harold & Kumar.

Also, I didn't know Will Ferrell was in Wedding Crashers until he appeared late in the film. But I'm not sure that's really a cameo.

I also would like to vote no on Alec Baldwin's appearance in Glengarry, Glenross (Glen Ross? i forget) as a cameo. It seems borderline. he's onscreen for about 10 minutes, which seems too long. (which is why I hesitate on my two choices now!)

ADDED:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cameo
According to dictionary.com, a cameo is "a minor part played by a prominent performer in a single scene of a motion picture or a television play."

So, I would now say that Baldwin is a cameo. 1 scene. Minor part. Minor? well, he's necessary to the story. maybe that's why it feels wrong.
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post #22 of 125
5/10/07 at 1:56am
"Ever seen what a .45 will do to a woman's pussy? That you should see." That's Scorsese.

Also, yeah, I have to say that's a big no on Baldwin in GGR.
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post #23 of 125
5/10/07 at 2:00am
Kevin McCarthy= in Invasion of the Body Snatchers remake ('78) and Looney Tunes: Back in Action.

Michael Keaton isn't the only person to play the same role in 2 different non-sequel films.

EDIT: That reminds me... John Hurt in Spaceballs.
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post #24 of 125
5/10/07 at 2:13am
Marcel Marceau, Silent Movie
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post #25 of 125
5/10/07 at 2:30am
Quote:
Originally Posted by lurgee
Not being a jerk -- just can't remember -- when does Scorsese speak in Taxi Driver? I remember the shot of him watching Betsy walk by, but the voiceover is Deniro.
He's has a scene in Travis' cab, watching his wife up in some apartment they're parked in front of. She's cheating on him, he's following her, and he's babbling about what a gun would do to a woman's face/pussy. "Now that, you should see."
As I recall, they had someone else cast, and Scorsese had already done his cameo, but something happened and he ended up playing that role himself(and doing a great job, too). Or something along those lines, anyway. Someone feel free to correct me.


Where was Blanchett in Hot Fuzz? I must be getting slow in my old age.

*edit- I have to stop keeping my reply windows open for extended periods of time without writing anything. Rath beat me to the Scorsese thing. Tabbed browsing has made me slack.
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post #26 of 125
5/10/07 at 3:07am
Seriously, with A.Collins, I hate to be the neg-bomb, but some of these aren't cameos. Baldwin in Glengarry is too large a role. He is a supporting character. And it's Meloni, not Merloni.

I don't have a vote for best cameo. They're all trite.
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post #27 of 125
5/10/07 at 3:07am
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Originally Posted by Nexus-7
Where was Blanchett in Hot Fuzz? I must be getting slow in my old age.
I believe she was Pegg's girlfriend who was all covered up (so you wouldn't have even been able to recognize her) at the crime scene.
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post #28 of 125
5/10/07 at 3:09am
Quote:
Originally Posted by WayDen
I believe she was Pegg's girlfriend who was all covered up (so you wouldn't have even been able to recognize her) at the crime scene.
Yes.
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post #29 of 125
5/10/07 at 3:33am
Harold Ramis and Steve Carrell in Knocked Up

Alice Cooper in Wayne's World
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post #30 of 125
5/10/07 at 3:37am
Merv Griffin -- The Man With Two Brains.

Julia Roberts & Bruce Willis -- The Player
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post #31 of 125
5/10/07 at 4:26am
Quote:
Originally Posted by WayDen
I believe she was Pegg's girlfriend who was all covered up (so you wouldn't have even been able to recognize her) at the crime scene.
Oh cool, thanks.
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post #32 of 125
5/10/07 at 9:48am
Robbie The Robot - Gremlins
Leonard Maltin - Gremlins 2
Mel Gibson - Casper
David Cronenberg - The Fly
Hulk Hogan - Rocky III
Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck - Cape Fear
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post #33 of 125
5/10/07 at 9:53am
David Hasselhoff - The Spongebob Squarepants Movie
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post #34 of 125
5/10/07 at 10:41am
Van Damme, Last Action Hero
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post #35 of 125
5/10/07 at 11:05am
Sting - 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen'
Patrick Stewart - 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights'
Kurt Vonnegut - 'Back to School'
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post #36 of 125
5/10/07 at 11:12am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Moltisanti
15. Michael Keaton - OUT OF SIGHT.
Sam Jackson's cameo in Out Of Sight was the first that came to mind.
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post #37 of 125
5/10/07 at 11:12am
Tom Waits as desert....God? in Domino. In a movie full of what the fuck moments, that tops it.
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post #38 of 125
5/10/07 at 4:00pm
Gwen Stefani as Jean Harlow in "The Aviator".
Mostly because she's ridiculously good looking in her brief appearance.
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post #39 of 125
5/10/07 at 4:02pm
Ned Beatty in NETOWRK with one helluva of a speech
Chris Meloni in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Sven the Hotel Clerk
Jeff Goldblume in Annie Hall
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post #40 of 125
5/10/07 at 4:04pm
Steve Martin in "The Muppet Movie"
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post #41 of 125
5/10/07 at 4:16pm
Justin Long - Idiocracy
Topher Grace - Ocean's 12
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post #42 of 125
5/10/07 at 5:44pm
Bob Hope - Spies Like Us

JS
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post #43 of 125
5/10/07 at 5:48pm
Bob Saget - Half Baked

The best cameo in a movie full of them.
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post #44 of 125
5/10/07 at 5:52pm
I don't know if it's a legitimate cameo, but Neil Patrick Harris (as himself) in Harold & Kumar had me in tears.
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post #45 of 125
5/10/07 at 5:53pm
And Jeff Goldblum wasn't even a name back then, so it wasn't a cameo it was a one-line role.
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post #46 of 125
5/10/07 at 6:09pm
Sure, there's plenty of Mike Myers hate to be found, but Danny DeVito as Mini-Me absolutely killed. Pretty much the entire "Austinpussy" cast was funnier than anything else in the franchise.
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post #47 of 125
5/10/07 at 6:31pm
Rammstein in XXX.
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post #48 of 125
5/10/07 at 8:14pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Martianman
Steve Martin in "The Muppet Movie"
I was gonna follow up with this, but couldn't decide on him, Mel Brooks, Orson Welles, or Big Bird.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Donald & Daffy Ducks, Bugs, Mickey Mouse, Droopy, Tweety
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post #49 of 125
5/10/07 at 11:52pm
- Harry Knowles in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (kidding!)
- John Wayne in The Greatest Story Ever Told
- Danny Glover in Maverick
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post #50 of 125
5/11/07 at 2:24am
Abe Lincoln in Gremlins 2 and Happy Gilmore.
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