42 Surprising Cameos in Your Favorite Movies and TV Shows

Our screens had some welcome — and unwelcome — guests
42 Surprising Cameos in Your Favorite Movies and TV Shows

This probably hasn’t happened to any of you youngins, but back in our day, people used to just show up at your house. Can you believe that? No call or nothin’! Just a “pop-in.” 

They weren’t all bad, though. They were a lot like cameos in a movie or TV show. Some were a pleasant little surprise, and some made you want to hide behind the couch. How did you feel about these?

The Exorcist

The Exorcist THE EXORCIST WILLIAM PETER BLATTY CRACKED.COM William Peter Blatty plays a movie producer who echoes the same complaint Blatty frequently had on set: is this scene really essential?

Star Trek

Tom Morello from Rage Against The Machine was in Star Trek: Insurrection. He's a big Trekkie, and asked to have a cameo as one of the Son'a aliens. TOM MORELLO Sona CRACKED.COM

Hannibal

Gary Oldman played one of Hannibal Lecter's victims in Hannibal. Не was the guy who was barely left alive, with his face messed up beyond all recognition. CRACKED.COM

Saving Private Ryan

Ted Danson mows down Nazis in Saving Private Ryan. Не was still best known as Sam from Cheers, so it was pretty jarring to see him as a tough G.I. in WWII. CRACKED.COM

Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg was a blobfish-like alien in Star Wars. Unkar Plutt from The Force Awakens was Simon Pegg under a ton of prosthetics. CRACKED.COM

Prometheus

In Prometheus, Guy Pearce showed up under heavy old-guy makeup. The only reason they cast Pearce and put him under makeup was so they could film a dream sequence with Pearce's character when he was younger ... but it got scrapped early on. CRACKED.COM

Get Out

Jordan Peele's longtime writing partner Keegan-Michael Key has a Get Out cameo. He's one of the search results Rose gets for Top NCAA prospects. - - - - - - - - - 5 x 8 7 50 O IF A F . J J . - O - - A + e - 7 - ... + Y C 2 © - ، и H - CRACKED.COM de

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42 Surprising Cameos in Your Favorite Movies and TV Shows

Jurassic World

Jimmy Buffett, the Margaritaville singer, briefly appears in Jurassic World. As dinosaurs run wild through the resort and people flee, Buffett tries to save two margaritas. Jurassic World producer Frank Marshall often gives Buffett, his longtime friend and collaborator, cameo roles in his movies-this was Buffett's third cameo in a Marshall movie. CRACKED.COM

Coyote Ugly

In Coyote Ugly, Michael Bay is a photographer for The Village Voice. Не tries to take photos of the Coyotes during a stage performance, but he's stopped by a bouncer who says, Hey, no pictures, man! CRACKED.COM

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Slowen Lo, the Last Jedi alien who reports Rose and Finn, is voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The character is the same species as The Force Awakens' Ello Asty (a reference to the Beastie Boys' album Hello Nasty), and Slowen Lo is another Beastie Boys reference - to their song Slow and Low. Rian Johnson apparently just decided to turn J.J. Abrams' one-off Easter egg into a running gag. CRACKED.COM

Hot Fuzz

Cate Blanchett plays Simon Pegg's ex-girlfriend in Hot Fuzz. 1274 She appears in one scene, wearing goggles and a surgical mask. Edgar Wright thought it would be funny to get an Oscar winner in there but not see her face, and he offered Blanchett the cameo. She loved the idea so much that she was happy to do it for free-she donated her fee to charity. CRACKED.COM

Spider-Man

Lucy Lawless plays a punk rock girl in Spider-Man. As part of a news program about Spider-Man, a reporter asks what she thinks about him. Guy with eight hands. Sounds hot, she says. CRACKED.COM

Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Thomas Brodie-Sangster, AKA Jojen Reed from Game of Thrones, plays a First Order officer in The Force Awakens. Не jumped at the role, even though it has only one line, as Star Wars was a big childhood thing to tick off the list to him. Plus, he's always wanted to play a bad guy, and that counts. CRACKED.COM

Zootopia

In Zootopia, Kristen Bell voices Priscilla, the female sloth at the DMV. The crew wanted her for the role once they saw the viral Ellen clip about her love of sloths. She accepted their offer of a two-word sloth cameo in two to three minutes. CRACKED.COM

The Bank Job

In The Bank Job, Mick Jagger has a cameo as a bank employee. It shows him as he might look if the Rolling Stones didn't pan out t - he was a finance and accounting student at the London School of Economics. CRACKED.COM

Miley Cyrus

In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Miley Cyrus voices Mainframe, a Ravager on Stakar's team. James Gunn had the idea to cast Miley as the voice of the disembodied robot head after seeing her on The Voice. She came across to him as a judge who cared about the contestants, and was funny and likable and sweet - so he wanted her to voice a character in his movie. CRACKED.COM

Minority Report

42 Surprising Cameos in Your Favorite Movies and TV Shows

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World SCOTT PILGRIMO PRECIOUS LITTLE LIFE UDL 1 БРУНГ LEE D'EALLEY CRACKED.COM Bryan Lee O'Malley is hanging out with his now ex-wife, Hope Larson, in Lee's Palace just after Sex Bob-Omb's first gig.

Pet Semetary

Pet Sematary STEPHEN KING SEMATARY THE COOK IN . 20ml - CRACKED.COM Stephen King has made a ton of cameos, but there's something about this calm, soothing priest that sticks out in stark contrast to coke-addled creator we've heard so much about.

Barfly

Barfly MICKEY ROURKE FAYE DUNAWAY BARFLY SEE NOT G-CANNON CRACKED.COM Charles Bukowski made a quick appearance in his own semi-autobiographical film as a guy crushing a Miller High Life at the Kenmore. Не seems particularly interested in Henry's first encounter with Wanda.

Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars SEVER TRUST WITH .. VOLK SECRET Lians SARA SHEPARD News 9 Analyst SARA SHEPARD NATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF PLANLESS CRACKED.COM Sarah Shepard plays a substitute teacher in The Homecoming Hangover, and a news reporter in I'm a Good Girl, I Am.

The Incredible Hulk

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Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes FANNIE FLAGG FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAFE ACAFE it STREAM TOPER RELT FREISH CRACKED.COM When her protagonist attends a self-help workshop for women, it's lead by author Fannie Flagg.

Glenn Close

Glenn Close was a pirate in Hook. She's totally unrecognizable as the bearded guy who gets thrown in the boo box by Captain Hook. While she was at the set with her daughter, visiting Robin Williams (who they were both friends with), Steven Spielberg asked her Do you want to be a pirate? CRACKED.COM

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Hunter S.Thompson author of Hell's Angeli Fear AND LOATHING in LAS VEGAS A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream Latators by Rob Seadman CRACKED.COM Hunter S. Thompson plays his natural street freak self: Johnny Depp as Thompson sees himself in a crowd during an acid trip.

Mother Night

Mother Night 30 KURT VONNEGUT, JR. - CANARY IN CIT HOUNE & THE OF TITAN An American trainer's autonishing confession- marstre, diebolically with unnotural centur in a foreign death cell MOTHER NGW CRACKED.COM Kurt Vonnegut prefaced his novel by saying we are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. In the film, he pretends to be Sad Man On Street.

Anvengers: Endgame

Thanos' creator was in Avengers: Endgame. Jim Starlin shows up in the group therapy scene, and it was a total surprise to him. Не visited the set, expecting he'd just be sitting around - but the Russo brothers, the directors, gave him a small role. CRACKED.COM

Dazed and Confused

Renee Zellweger shows up in Dazed and Confused. She's the girl passing by when Wooderson delivers the famous line about high school girls staying the same age. CRACKED.COM

Superman

An actor from 1978's Superman shows up in Man of Steel. Aaron Smolinski, who played Clark Kent as a baby in Superman, was a communications officer in Man of Steel. CRACKED.COM

Harry Potter

Oliver Wood fights in the Battle of Hogwarts. Actor Sean Biggerstaff, who played Oliver Wood in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, had a super short uncredited cameo as Wood in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. CRACKED.COM

Freaked

In the 1993 comedy Freaked, Keanu Reeves plays, uh, Ortiz the Dog Boy. The movie was directed by Alex Winter, AKA Bill in Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure. Keanu was uncredited, but the movie was greenlit because Winter said Keanu would be in it -- the studio thought it'd be like Bill and Ted (it wasn't). CRACKED.COM

Star Wars

Karl Urban is in The Rise of Skywalker. Following in the footsteps of Daniel Craig and other great actors, Urban played a stormtrooper. Не visited J.J. Abrams on set and got put in a stormtrooper costume, because why not. It's been one of my life-long goals to be a stormtrooper, so I can tick that off now, he said. One of these two is Urban CRACKED.COM

Michael Papjohn

Michael Papajohn is the only person who was in both Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man. In Spider-Man, he's the guy who kills Uncle Ben. In The Amazing Spider-Man, he has a small part as a limo driver who's the victim of The Lizard's attack on Williamsburg Bridge. CRACKED.COM

Spike Jonze

Spike Jonze taught Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street. Jonze is the guy that explains the world of penny stocks to DiCaprio. It happened because Wolf's casting director, Ellen Lewis, was also the casting director for Jonze's movie Her, and saw him read with the people they were auditioning for her. She remembered him as actually on okay actor, so she called him up for Wolf. CRACKED.COM

Hellboy II

IN HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY, HELLBOY DISPOSES OF MONSTERS INSIDE AN AUCTION HOUSE. ISR The reporter interviewing Tom Manning outside the auction house is Ron Perlman's daughter, Blake Perlman. CRACKED.COM

Maleficent

IN MALEFICENT, YOUNG AURORA WAS PLAYED BY ANGELINA JOLIE'S DAUGHTER VIVIENNE. According to Jolie, the role OF EVIL Disa went to her daughter because they needed a child actor who wouldn't be scared of her intimidating costume. CRACKED.COM

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

HAVING TWO SARAH CONNORS ONSCREEN IN TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY WAS WAY SIMPLER THAN YOU THINK. Instead of doing intricate visual effects, the production just used Leslie Hamilton, Linda Hamilton's identical twin sister. CRACKED.COM

Underworld: Evolution

IN UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION, WE SEE A YOUNG SELENE DURING A FLASHBACK TO HER CHILDHOOD. Young Selene was played by Lily Mo Sheen, the daughter of Kate Beckinsale and Michael Sheen, both stars of the Underworld series. CRACKED.COM

Thor: Ragnarok

IN THOR: RAGNAROK, THOR AND LOKI GET STOPPED BY SOME FANS WHILE SEARCHING FOR ODIN. LA HDR - L One of the girls asking Thor for a selfie is Chris Hemsworth's cousin, Taylor Hemsworth... as if there weren't enough Hemsworths in Hollywood. CRACKED.COM

Orange Is the New Black

SEASON 1 EPISODE 3 OF ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK EXPLORES SOPHIA BURSET'S LIFE BEFORE SHE TRANSITIONED. To achieve her pre-transition appearance during the flashbacks, the show got Laverne Cox's twin brother, M. Lamar, to play her character. CRACKED.COM

The Hunger Games

AT THE END OF THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 2, KATNISS AND PEETA ENJOY THEIR LIFE TOGETHER WITH THEIR TWO KIDS. Living up to the cool aunt stereotype, Jennifer Lawrence gave the roles to her two nephews, Bear and Theodore. CRACKED.COM

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