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i was watching The Dead Pool on tv the other day and noticed Guns n Roses (well at least Slash, Duff McKagen and Axle) in the background during a scene at a funeral. it reminded me that The Clash appeared in the background of a street scene in Scorsese's King of Comedy. can any of you think of any other famous cameos or extras in movies? by this i mean blink-and-you'll-miss-it type appearances, not ones where the stars actually had lines or anything. it doesn't have to be musicians, it's coincidental that my examples are rock groups.

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"Alfred Hitchcock made a total of 37 self-referential cameos in his films over a 50 year period (from 1926-1976)"

list of cameos

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charles bukowski in barfly. he has no lines, and is just sitting at the bar during one scene.

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Dan Marino in Bad Boys 2

"Oh [censored] its Dan Marino!, Get out of the car Dan Marino!"

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Staying with the theme of musicians appearing in cameos:

The Tragically Hip played themselves as a curling team in Men With Brooms.

Note: I don't expect anyone who isn't Canadian to have heard of either The Hip or that movie but still...

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Jon Bon Jovi's back in Young Guns II.

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Flea as a nihilist in The Big Lebowski (though he might have had a line)

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I think Tom Cruise is in one of the Young Guns movies. He's dressed up as a gunfighter and has a big fake beard so he's unrecognizable, then gets shot or something.

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Billy Crystal and Dana Carvey are the mimes in Spinal Tap at the record company party. I don't think Carvey was famous at the time, though.

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Richard Branson is getting searched at security in the airport in Casino Royale. Blink and you'd miss it.

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Flea's best line from Lebowski:

[The Dude's in the bathtub]
Nihilist (walking away): We're going to cut off your johnson Lebowski.
Flea: Yeah, then we'll stomp on it and squish it.

Also, the guy who played Mike Teevee in the original Willy Wonka is in Lebowski. Who he plays, I cannot tell you.


Keeping with Mr. Scorcese, look for Iggy Pop in The Color of Money. He's one of the players in the montaaaaaaage.

I don't remember if it was Cruise or Newman who had the audacity to drink his shot.

Why is Barfly not on DVD?

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I never heard of most of the people mentioned so far. Let's get back on track:

When Paul Newman is giving his closing argument in "The Verdict", the climax of the movie, one of the extras sitting in the courtroom audience is young, unknown Bruce Willis.

That blonde guitarist from Heart is the chick in the Corvette laughing at Judge Reinhold's pirate outfit in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (she was married to the producer, or the director, or somebody). And just about everyone already knows that Nicolas Cage was Reinhold's buddy in a few scenes (no lines).

Pool great Willie Mosconi, who served as technical advisor for "The Hustler", has a cameo in the film. Gleason orders, "Rack 'em, Willie," and Mosconi dutifully racks 'em up.

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Just thought of a good one, and even though I'm sure I've posted about this before, I like telling this story, so I'm going to post it again:

I'm watching "Cobb", where Tommy Lee Jones plays Ty Cobb. I like Tommy Lee (who doesn't?), and I liked his co-star, Robert Wuhl (this was before "Arliss", but after "Hollywood Knights"; think of the "Batman" Wuhl--in other words, he was on top of his game), so I'm watching this...

There's only one scene that takes place on the playing field (the rest of the film is old Cobb being crazy). Tommy Lee steps into the batters box, talks some trash with the catcher AND the umpire, digs in, and takes a fastball for strike one. I mean a FASTBALL. The pitch came in from off camera POP!

I sat up in my chair. "My God! That fastball was really moving! Where did they find an extra to throw like that??? They must have a pitching machine set up off camera or something..."

Cobb sneers at the pitch, like he's not impressed with it. The catcher throws the ball back to the mound...to 32-year-old Roger Clemens.

"Oh. That explains the fastball."

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Cam Neely in Dumb and Dumber as Sea Bass

Roger Clemens in Kingpin as Skidmark

Sarah Michelle Gellar in She's All That as an un-named girl who refuses pepper from Simon (a Culkin brother), who is Laney's (Rachel Leigh Cook) little brother in the cafeteria.

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David Lynch as the spice miner in Dune. (he does have some lines though)

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Tom Waits in Outsiders
Ethan Hawke in Quiz Show
John Turturro in Raging Bull
Martin Scorsese in most of his own movies

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Kurt Russell is the voice of Elvis in Forrest Gump, but he's not in the credits.

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Tom Waits in Outsiders
Ethan Hawke in Quiz Show
John Turturro in Raging Bull
Martin Scorsese in most of his own movies

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wow, you came out of the woodwork for this post.

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Lou Ferrigno in the Hulk.

http://www.cineol.net/images/noticias/Cameos/Hulk.jpg

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Isn't that Stan Lee as well?

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Cam Neely in Dumb and Dumber as Sea Bass

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neely makes a very brief appearance in my, myself and irene, as sea bass. jim carrey says 'hey sea bass' as he walks past him toward the end of the movie.

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Iggy Pop in the Color of Money. Tom Cruise beats him during a music montague scene.

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Cam Neely in Dumb and Dumber as Sea Bass

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neely makes a very brief appearance in my, myself and irene, as sea bass. jim carrey says 'hey sea bass' as he walks past him toward the end of the movie.

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According to the OP's rules, Cam Neely qualifies for Me, Myself and Irene, but not Dumb and Dumber, because he has lines in D&D.

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Isn't that Stan Lee as well?

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he's in both spider men movies as well. i'm guessing he's probably in all marvel comic movies.

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he's in both spider men movies as well. i'm guessing he's probably in all marvel comic movies.

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And mall rats.

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he's in both spider men movies as well. i'm guessing he's probably in all marvel comic movies.

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And mall rats.

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not a cameo

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This one can be debated - Matt Damon -> Eurotrip
Other Cameos - Raul/Beckham in Goal (probably some others)

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Tony Hawk in Gleaming the Cube

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Oliver Stone in Platoon and Wall Street

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NPH in Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle.

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he's in both spider men movies as well. i'm guessing he's probably in all marvel comic movies.

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And mall rats.

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Then I don't know what a cameo is.

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Eh...NPH is definitely more of a normal character role.

And Matt Damon in Eurotrip? I just saw that movie for the first time a few weeks ago, and I had no idea he was in it. Surprised the hell out of me.

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Richard Branson is getting searched at security in the airport in Casino Royale. Blink and you'd miss it.

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WOW I'M NOT CRAZY. My friends kept telling me I was wrong and I forgot to google it. I feel vindicated.

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I just watched coming to america the other day and saw cuba gooding jr as some kid getting a hair cut

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Ron Wood, and Richie Stotts of The Plasmatics, in 9 1/2 Weeks.

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Snoop Dogg in Half Baked.

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Ron Wood, and Richie Stotts of The Plasmatics, in 9 1/2 Weeks.

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Holy sh*t. This is a good one, and not for Ron Wood.

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Oliver Stone in Platoon

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In a similar vein--Francis Ford Coppola in Apocalypse Now.

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How's this one?:

Jim Garrison in JFK.

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Brett Favre as himself in There's Something About Mary.

BTW, the Cuba Gooding, Jr. part in Coming to America is not a cameo because he was not a prominent actor yet. He was just a kid who got a tiny role in a movie.