40 Unexpected Acting Cameos By Celebrities Who Aren’t Actors
Turns out, some non-thespian celebs have real acting chops
![40 Unexpected Acting Cameos By Celebrities Who Aren’t Actors](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/7/0/819570_320x180.jpg)
Cameos are a long-standing Hollywood tradition. Pretty much every actor who has ever stepped foot in front of a camera has made a cameo at some point in their career. But they’re not the only ones. Many musicians and athletes also can’t stay away from the lure of the spotlight. To that end, here are 40 cameo appearances by people who aren’t actors… well, until they made a cameo.
![No one loves the Llanview ladies like SNOOP DOGG ONE LIFE TO LIVE CRACKED.COM Snoop has made multiple appearances on the soap. I've been a fan of One Life to Live since I was a baby because my momma always had it on. It's cool to come back and hang with the people in Llanview and rock out with them.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/1/4/819614.jpg)
![Behold the hard-core comedy of ANTHRAX MARRIED WITH CHILDREN CRACKED.COM The band got David Faustino in trouble by keeping him out all night at a Metallica concert. The trashed actor wasn't in great shape for filming the next day. It was one of the greatest weeks of my life, says drummer Charlie Benante.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/1/3/819613.jpg)
![KEITH HERNANDEZ SEINFELD CRACKED.COM Elaine Benes is seduced by the greatest athlete pickup line of all time: I'm Keith Hernandez.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/1/2/819612.jpg)
![You had it coming, JUSTIN BIEBER CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION CRACKED.COM Bieber played troubled teen Jason McCann, and was shot in the chest in the show's climax. I shouldn't be saying this but he was kind of a brat, says Marg Helgenberger. Не locked one of the producers in a closet and he put his fist through a cake on the cast's table.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/1/1/819611.jpg)
![The kids were jammin' on the one with STEVIE WONDER THE COSBY SHOW GRAGKED.COM This episode is the single most influential moment in the history of hip-hop, says Questlove. It was the first time that 99 percent of us who went on to be hip-hop producers saw what a sampler was. It's not an exaggeration to say that this was the incident that truly sucked me into hip-hop.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/1/0/819610.jpg)
![WADE BOGGS CHEERS CRACKED.COM A rival bar owner sends Boggs to Cheers as a good-will gesture, but the gang thinks he's a fake and chases him into the streets. I got pantsed in 'Bar Wars,' the number-one rated episode of Cheers all time. I'm very proud of that.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/0/9/819609.jpg)
![Carly's water bottle sickened ONE DIRECTION ICARLY CRACKED.COM The fellas perform You Don't Know You're Beautiful before Harry pretends to get Jungle Worms from Carly's thermos. It's all a ruse to get Carly to take care of him (and the same trick he used to date Olivia Wilde.)](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/0/8/819608.jpg)
![Did U happen 2 с the 1 with PRINCE NEW GIRL CRACKED.COM I got a cold email from his manager, says Zoe Deschanel. Hello, I am manager to legendary artist Prince. Не is loving the show New Girl. Не would like 2 в on the show.' I'm like, this has to be a prank! Cast and crew weren't sure His Royal Badness would actually show up, but he was awesome.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/0/4/819604.jpg)
![JIM HARBAUGH SAVED BY THE BELL: THE NEW CLASS CRACKED.COM The hard-assed Michigan coach and former NFL quarterback was cast against type as Screech's cousin. After that performance, I thought, gosh, I'm not a very good actor.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/0/7/819607.jpg)
Ed Sheeran
![Hodor hated cameo stars, especially ED SHEERAN GAME OF THRONES CRACKED.COM I was like: 'Why is Ed Sheeran here? asks Kristian (Hodor) Nairn. He's a great guy, great musician, but why is he in Game Of Thrones? I think it's stupid. I don't mind going on the record on that. I just think it takes you right out of the world.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/0/6/819606.jpg)
![Vinnie was asking to get his ass kicked by EMINEM ENTOURAGE CRACKED.COM Vinnie is drunk at Eminem's private hotel party, itching for a fight. When the rapper's security goes to throw him out, Vinnie shouts, What, are you too mainstream now to fight your own fights, Marshall? Let the ass whupping commence!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/0/5/819605.jpg)
![BARRY BONDS BEVERLY HILLS 90210 CRACKED.COM Barry plays Barry, who shows up on the golf course to talk trash Steve Sanders and his dad. You missed those opportunities to watch me trounce your old man here! Shots fired.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/0/3/819603.jpg)
![Animal had a score to settle with DAVE GROHL THE MUPPETS CRACKED.COM Grohl: I've been waiting for this for years. Animal: Now we see who best. The epic percussion battle ends with both drum kits reduced to wreckage. Defeated, both Grohl and Animal sigh, you win.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/0/2/819602.jpg)
![Gossip Girl had an NYC connection with SONIC YOUTH GOSSIP GIRL CRACKED.COM Showrunner Stephanie Savage saw an online clip of a Sonic Youth show ... and Gossip Girl was playing in the background. And I was like, 'I hope they're not making fun of us!' And it turned out that it was tongue in cheek, but definitely with love, and that they were fans of the show.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/0/1/819601.jpg)
![TOM BRADY FAMILY GUY 54 28 12 68 GRACKED.COM Seth MacFarlane must be a Brady fan - - he cast the QB in Ted 2 in addition to numerous mentions on Family Guy. Brady guest-starred during Season 4, inviting Peter to join the Patriots after he plows through a crowd on his way to the bathroom.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/0/0/819600.jpg)
![This isn't the Disney Channel, DEMI LOVATO GREY'S ANATOMY CRACKED.COM If you ever wanted to see the former tween star stab herself in the heart with a hypodermic needle, have we got the episode for you! Spoiler alert: She's not crazy, she just has a hole in her ear.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/9/8/819598.jpg)
![Oops, she cameoed again BRITNEY SPEARS HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER CRACKED.COM As receptionist Abby, she fell in love with a clueless Ted. She ends up spending the night with Barney, who never calls her back. Brit then makes it her mission to warn women about Barney the womanizer. The guest gig went so well that HIMYM brought Spears back for an encore.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/9/6/819596.jpg)
![LEBRON JAMES ENTOURAGE SIET QS CRACKED.COM James piles on as Matt Damon shames Vincent into a charitable donation. The scene was apparently filmed during Lebron's mathlete phase.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/9/9/819599.jpg)
![Always meet your heroes when they're DAVID BOWIE EXTRAS CRACKED.COM Gervais wrote the Extras scene about meeting your hero and him not being what you thought. And then he did the show and gave us exactly what Bowie was. Later he was doing a benefit in New York and he started in with, 'Chubby little loser... Please welcome Ricky Gervais.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/9/3/819593.jpg)
![KOBE BRYANT MODERN FAMILY CRACKED.COM Bryant's brief cameo on Modern Family is notable in that he never appears in the same frame as the show's cast. Which begs the question: Were they even in the same arena?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/8/9/819589.jpg)
![Barney put the moves on KATY PERRY HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER CRACKED.COM Perry scored a People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Guest Star, proving once and for all that the People's Choice Awards still exist.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/9/0/819590.jpg)
![It's the Kimmy Gibler phase of career for NEW KIDS FULLER HOUSE CRACKED.COM After Kimmy buys counterfeit concert tix for her best pal's birthday, NKOTB show up at the house to serenade DJ instead. Added comedy: The birthday girl is whacked out on dentist pain meds. Hard to blame Donnie Wahlberg for sitting this one out.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/9/7/819597.jpg)
![JOE NAMATH MARRIED WITH CHILDREN CRACKED.COM The Jets legend plays himself as a bartender-- with no explanation as to why he's now employed as a bartender. Namath's role consists of turning to reveal his face so the audience can break into confused applause.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/9/5/819595.jpg)
![GENE SIMMONS is even creepier without demon make-up MIAMI VICE CRACKED.COM Simmons played Newton Windsor Blade, affectionately known as the Sears and Roebuck of controlled substances. Resplendent in an all-white silk kimono, bad-guy Blade actually helps Crockett and Tubb nail Columbian drug smugglers.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/9/1/819591.jpg)
![HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS GILLIGAN'S ISLAND C CRACKED.COM In this made-for-TV movie, the Clown Princes of Basketball team up with the castaways to battle super-robots to save the island from an unscrupulous ... let's just leave it at trick basketball and robots.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/8/8/819588.jpg)
![These sisters are bad to the bone! SLEATER-KINNEY THE L WORD CRACKED.COM Not much to see here --an abbreviated live version of Jumpers before cutting to a weird sex situation with Max and Billie. Seems like a missed opportunity for Carrie Brownstein to lay the groundwork for a future Portlandia episode.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/8/7/819587.jpg)
![Do you realize 90210 featured FLAMING UPS BEVERLY HILLS 90210 CRACKED.COM Once something is popular, it has the potential to grow and grow and grow, says frontman Wayne Coyne. When Beverly Hills, 90210 called us, if this would have been a year earlier, we would have thought, 'No, we're too cool.' But it occurred to us that would be ridiculous and absurd and funny.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/8/6/819586.jpg)
![DETLEF SCHREMPF PARKS AND REC CRACKED.COM Producer Mike Schur's first choice for a basketball cameo was Larry Bird. But is there any funnier name in NBA history than Detlef Schrempf? The three-time All-Star practically became a recurring character, appearing in three seasons.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/8/5/819585.jpg)
![There are better paying gigs, BRUNO MARS JANE THE VIRGIN CRACKED.COM Yet another episode where a music superstar shows up to sing at someone's wedding reception. So why do all the weddings we go to seem to feature bad cover bands singing Can't Feel My Face?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/8/4/819584.jpg)
![The kids wanted to get down with DEVO SQUARE PEGS CRACKED.COM The young cast was out of control-they were doing drugs and they were making out and they were coming on to us in a big way, says Devo's Gerald Casale. They might have been 15 or 16, but in their heads they were already 40. I don't think there was a virgin on the set.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/8/1/819581.jpg)
![CHASE UTLEY ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA UTLEY 20 GRACKED.COM Mac writes a letter to hero Chase Utley: 'I would love to meet you someday. I know I can't throw as fast as you, but I think you would be impressed with my speed. I love your hair. You run fast.' Years later, Utley threw the first pitch to actor Rob McElhenney before an actual game.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/8/0/819580.jpg)
![No one can dance to AVRIL LAVIGNE WB SABRINA THE TEENAGED WITCH - CRACKED.COM Avril and her punk-ish band thrash around on stage while the teen witch and her friends sit at cocktail tables and politely bob their heads. Shouldn't somebody be throwing a chair through a window or something? Rock and roll is dead.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/8/2/819582.jpg)
![Does the A-Team really want to hurt BOY GEORGE THE A TEAM CRACKED.COM Just another day in the life for the Culture Club as they perform for a crowd of testy oil workers. Boy George's crooning wins over the blue-collar crowd before they leave to kill the A-Team, who have been framed for killing the sheriff. Another plot ripped right out of Shakespeare.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/8/3/819583.jpg)
![BILL BUCKNER CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM CRACKED.COM Buckner will live in sports infamy for allowing a ball to go through his legs in Game 6 of the '86 Series. Curb redeems Buckner when he passes a burning building and lays out to snag a baby tossed from an apartment window. Larry applauds: Nice catch!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/7/9/819579.jpg)
![Eric feared Donna would dump him for ALICE COOPER THAT 70S SHOW CRACKED.COM It wasn't completely out of the question, but she would have had to find a way to get past the snake.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/7/7/819577.jpg)
![Dharma auditioned to drum for BOB DYLAN PG L DHARMA AND GREG CRACKED.COM One of the shows writers was pals with the Voice of a Generation, leading to the unlikely cameo. Did Dharma get the gig as Dylan's new percussionist? The answer, my friends, is no way in hell, no matter which way the wind blew.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/7/8/819578.jpg)
![MLB ALL-STARS THE SIMPSONS CITY CHAMPS CRACKED.COM Mr. Burns assembles a pantheon of all-time baseball greats for the company softball team. See Ken Griffey Jr. develop gigantism on an episode deservedly enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/7/6/819576.jpg)
![America Ferrera made the world safe for ADELE UGLY BETTY CRACKED.COM We made Adele famous, joked Ferrera after the singer's appearance on Ugly Betty. Adele had already won the Grammy for Best New Artist by the time she made her cameo, so check yourself, America.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/7/3/819573.jpg)
![A soap opera kinda makes sense for THE B-52S THE GUIDING LIGHT CRACKED COM A blow-dried MC at the Guiding Light's single music venue does the honors: Introducing one of the most innovative rock groups who are now riding the crest of the new wave! Let's have a big hand for the fabulous B-52s! Well, he wasn't wrong.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/7/4/819574.jpg)
![Не was no goody two-shoes ADAM ANT THE EQUALIZER CRACKED.COM No, not the Queen Latifah one. Ant was only one 80s music icon to guest-villain on the show. Others include Buster Poindexter, Stewart Copeland from the Police, and Adrock from the freaking Beastie Boys.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/7/5/819575.jpg)