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[Pastulio]

I'm not sure it does since he was in a few different scenes, but it was awesome and the first that came to my mind too.

I say it counts... If the actors name / character isn't shown in the opening credits, trailers or advertised, I consider it a cameo.

My Choice...

 

[Skab]

I say it counts... If the actors name / character isn't shown in the opening credits, trailers or advertised, I consider it a cameo.

My Choice...

Yeah that's not a cameo. Your picture or your definition.

 

[xxracerxx]

I say it counts... If the actors name / character isn't shown in the opening credits, trailers or advertised, I consider it a cameo.

My Choice...

That is by no means a cameo. At all.

 

[gutter_trash]

 

[Waddle Dee]

Bruce Campbell in the Spiderman Movies

This.

 

[Boem]

One last one and I promise I'll stop: Seeing Tom Freaking Baker again in the 50th anniversary Doctor Who special. By far the most unlikely actor from the past to show up. Apart from the dead ones, obviously. That moment before you actually see him, but you only hear his voice was a jump-from-the-couch moment for me and everyone I was watching with. Such an iconic voice, such an iconic man, and a very sweet, very silly scene. The kind of little speech that only really makes sense if you speak Tom Bakerian.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

Randolph and Mortimer in Coming To America

Holy shit, yes. I feel bad for the people that don't know the significance of that scene. Watch Trading Places folks!

Also gotta really give a major shoutout to Bill Murray's cameo in Zombieland. Easily one of the best ever examples of such a thing being done.

 

[Chojin]

Christian Slater in Star Trek VI. The 12 year old girl in me went squee.


I love Kuffs. Come at me.

 

[AndrewDean84xX]

John Madden, Little Giants

 

[Killua]

Speaking of Deadpool cameos, I loved Stan Lee's.

 

[Bronx-Man]

I hope and pray that Eddie Murphy makes a cameo in Black Panther.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

My favorite cameo is in season 2, episode 2 of the Cumberbatch version of Sherlock (The Reichenbach Fall).

In the Diogenes Club, the gentleman's club where Mycroft hangs out both in the show and in the books, you can see this gentleman right here:

That's Douglas Wilmer, perhaps the most famous actor to portray Sherlock Holmes behind Jeremy Brett. He was only the second actor to play Sherlock Holmes on the BBC. He portrayed him 13 times, starting with 1964's The Speckled Band.

A lovely tribute and a great treat to Sherlock nerds like me. He has a funny little moment as well, which was great. The man is an icon, but in my experience not enough people know about this cameo. Crazy to see him in a Sherlock Holmes production almost 50 years later.

Pretty awesome cameo that I wasn't aware of.

 

[Pinko Marx]

Randolph and Mortimer in Coming To America

Huh. I never knew that these guys were preexisting characters.

 

[jmdajr]

 

[CaviarMeths]

I rather liked Charleton Heston's cameo in Wayne's World 2.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Huh. I never knew that these guys were preexisting characters.

Trading places is a top 10 best comedy.

 

[RedSparrows]

Trading places is a top 10 best comedy.

 

[Magnus]

Rebecca Romijn's was great, too.

This one got me way more. Was perfect.

 

[Discotheque]

Bruce Campbell in the Spiderman Movies

Not the best cameos but definitely for comic book movies. Love his scenes in all 3 movies

 

[Jay Shadow]

Trading places is a top 10 best comedy.

I will never not declare Merry New Year at the start of every year.

 

[Mighty Chin]

My favorite cameo is in season 2, episode 2 of the Cumberbatch version of Sherlock (The Reichenbach Fall).

In the Diogenes Club, the gentleman's club where Mycroft hangs out both in the show and in the books, you can see this gentleman right here:

That's Douglas Wilmer, perhaps the most famous actor to portray Sherlock Holmes behind Jeremy Brett. He was only the second actor to play Sherlock Holmes on the BBC. He portrayed him 13 times, starting with 1964's The Speckled Band.

A lovely tribute and a great treat to Sherlock nerds like me. He has a funny little moment as well, which was great. The man is an icon, but in my experience not enough people know about this cameo. Crazy to see him in a Sherlock Holmes production almost 50 years later.

The Actor that played Young Sherlock Holmes played the Movie Verison of Sherlock Holmes in Ian McKellen's Holmes movie.

Quite meta

 

[Pandy]

Martin Sheen in Hot Shots Part Deux is up there.

Well up there.

"I loved you in Wall Street!"

lmao every time.

That's Douglas Wilmer, perhaps the most famous actor to portray Sherlock Holmes behind Jeremy Brett.

How old are you? Basil Rathbone is far and away the most famous Sherlock.

 

[Pandy]

Sorry, double post.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

how about every goddamn body at the end of DoFP

 

[Boem]

How old are you? Basil Rathbone is far and away the most famous Sherlock.

Considering I posted about an actor who played him in 1964, I don't think my problem is that I'm too young . Unless you're over 80 and experienced the Rathbone adaptions when they came out, in which case you definitely have the jump on me.

The contest about who the most famous Sherlock actor was is always going to lead to disagreement, but that wasn't really the point of my post. But yeah, Rathbone is up there as well. My mind was thinking in the realm of tv adaptions while writing that post, considering the context. I wasn't trying to create a definitive top 5 of Sherlock Holmes actors or anything, I was simply providing context for who Douglas Wilmer was for people who didn't know.

 

[Melfice7]

Randolph and Mortimer in Coming To America

This was amazing

 

[Oersted]

Jim Carrey in Liar, Liar

A cameo in your own movie is a whole different level of cameo


Edit:

And Lance Armstrong in Dodgeball for all the wrong reasons

 

[PR_rambo]

The greatest cameo ever in the greatest comedy ever.

no lies detected, damn i think were old when people are bringing up coming to america.



Also, Sam Jackson is my favorite Superhero cameo. I remember seeing Iron Man and then finding out from other people that Sam showed up as Nick Fury and mentioned the avengers. Freaked the hell out.

 

[Megalosaro]

Tom Brady in Ted 2 was pretty great.

 

[EYEL1NER]

Jackie Chan's cameo in King of Comedy is pretty good. I almost said that I love his cameo in the airport in Tom Yum Goong/The Protector, but I was just reading about it while searching for a video clip and it turns out that was a Jackie Chan double and not the man himself. Huh.

 

[Melfice7]

no lies detected, damn i think were old when people are bringing up coming to america.



Also, Sam Jackson is my favorite Superhero cameo. I remember seeing Iron Man and then finding out from other people that Sam showed up as Nick Fury and mentioned the avengers. Freaked the hell out.

Having no knowledge of who nick fury was i went this this

 

[brinstar]

That zombieland cameo was literally the only funny and decent part of that movie.

Funny you say that, I remember loving that movie when it came out so I picked up the bluray recently and I was shocked at how much worse it came off to me now. I don't know if my tastes changed or what but yeah.

 

[VAD]

Alice Cooper in Wayne's World was hilarious. I actually learned something about Milwaukee because of him.

 

[Mr.Shrugglesツ]

Macy Gray

 

[WarLox]

No can one top the king of cameos.

 

[AuthenticM]

No can one top the king of cameos.

I need to rewatch this movie. It was so great. Much better than the original Spider-Man 1.

 

[jblank83]

Does Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder count?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr9_GfeoCjk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dROwEc4VyJA

Look, I don't like Tom Cruise. But his performance in Tropic Thunder was incredible.

Anyway, it's not really a cameo. So I'm going with Bill Murray in Zombieland.

 

[Shaanyboi]

I need to rewatch this movie. It was so great. Much better than the original Spider-Man 1.

Nahhh

 

[Mama Robotnik]

Scotty in Loaded Weapon 1. It came out of nowhere and I just roared with laughter.

 

[Marty Chinn]

I'm going to throw this one into the ring:

 

[ghostmind]

How about Wolverine in HPC:

https://youtu.be/Nzq1IFUlV8s

 

[Grisby]

I'm going to throw this one into the ring:

Yeah, these are some great ones.

For Hot Shots, it's awesome because their inner monologues just start going over each other. Man, so good.

 

[hoverboarder]

Doc Brown in A Million Ways To Die in the West had me jumping out of my seat!

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

I'm going to throw this one into the ring:

I can't help but smile every time at that one

 

[ascii42]

And Lance Armstrong in Dodgeball for all the wrong reasons

Yeah, that one was pretty great when the movie came out. Later revelations kind of twisted it.

 

[Dictator93]

Yeah, these are some great ones.

For Hot Shots, it's awesome because their inner monologues just start going over each other. Man, so good.

Yeah, this one is just amazing.

 

[Bronx-Man]

I need to rewatch this movie. It was so great. Much better than the original Spider-Man 1.

Stop

 

[VAD]

I can't help but smile every time at that one

Is that Mel Gibson in Django? It's weird I don't remember seeing him.
Edit: thanks Marty, I was confused because I thought the masked man was Jamie Foxx

 

[Marty Chinn]

Is that Mel Gibson in Django? It's weird I don't remember seeing him.

What? No. That's Mel Gibson in Maverick. Excellent movie and Mel Gibson isn't even the cameo.

 

[tattooed_dwarf]

What? No. That's Mel Gibson in Maverick. Excellent movie and Mel Gibson isn't even the cameo.

Is that Murtaugh?