34 Movies That Feature Surprise Cameos From the First Person You’d Expect

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34 Movies That Feature Surprise Cameos From the First Person You’d Expect

Each one of these moments should’ve come with a little record-scratch sound effect. It’s pretty clear that the filmmakers didn’t intend for them to be so jarring that they took us right out of the movie, but that’s unfortunately what happened for a bunch of these. 

Maybe cameos are supposed to be little suspension-of-belief killers that wink at us as if to say, “Hey, you know this is just a fun little movie, right?” 

Hmm, are we too uptight for that nonsense? Maybe. What do you think? Did you like these cameos, or did your own brain provide the record-scratch sound effect?

Stephen King

Pet Sematary STEPHEN KING SEMATARY e DOCO - AUTO 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.

David Hasselhoff

David Hasselhoff GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 CRACKED.COM After he drunkenly berated his daughter, and after creating a reality show with the explicit goal of forcing his daughters to be famous, and despite slowly turning into the 8-foot surfboard version of himself from the SpongeBob movie, they gave him a bit part where he briefly plays Ego --Starlord's awful father.

Vanilla Ice

Vanilla Ice TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES II CRACKED.COM 30 years before he was, extremely sadly, the crown jewel of the president's New Year's Eve celebration, Ice entertained another nearly-maskless mob of cultural relics when he led the infamous Ninja Rap.

Tim Burton

There's a big-deal director playing dead in Hoffa. Danny DeVito and Tim Burton have worked together more times than most people realize. In DeVito's Jimmy Hoffa biopic, Burton had perhaps the most on-brand role of his career. Не appears momentarily as a dead body in a coffin during a funeral. Presumably, Johnny Depp was hiding nearby behind some curtains. CRACKED.COM

Steven Spielberg

The Blues Brothers featured a whole lot of cameos from musicians... .. and Steven Spielberg. The legendary director shows up as the county tax assessor Jake and Elwood must pay to keep the orphanage from being shut down. Which was pretty much the only payment he received for his contribution. 12 It was probably either that or more aliens/dinosaurs/sharks. CRACKED.COM

Monty Python

There was a Beatle in Monty Python's Life of Brian. George Harrison not only donated $3 million to get this movie made, but also founded a company to produce it. And what did he get in return? 15 seconds of screen time as a random dude who breaks the fourth wall with a Liverpudlian allo, then disappears. If only they had given him a bigger role; just imagine how famous he might have been. CRACKED COM

Peter Jackson

The stabby Santa in Hot Fuzz is a famous director. You might remember Simon Pegg getting knifed by an angry Kris Kringle at the beginning of Hot Fuzz. What you might not realize is that the assailant also directed The Lord of the Rings. Peter Jackson took no credit for his brief but memorable appearance. And the blade was forged in the fires of Mt. Doom! Probably. CRACKED COM

Jimmy Buffett

Jimmy Buffett, the Margaritaville singer, briefly appears in Jurassic World. Y NY 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-t this was Buffett's third cameo in a Marshall movie. CRACKED.COM

Kevin Spacey

Cringey Cameos The Man Who Drew God Kevin Spacey This is actually a coming appearance that travels back in time and makes us go yikes right now. Spacey will appear as a police detective investigating (get this) a man wrongly accused of molesting a child. Classy. CRACKED.COM

Michael Jackson

Cringey Cameos Men in Black 2 ANTAROTICA 2 - - - - 100 MARYLAND 5684 Michael Jackson Considering what we now know about Jackson, this cameo (pretty much the only thing we remember about the movie) comes off as super icky - but it already was back then, when the child abuse allegations were a bit too abundant and convincing. CRACKED.COM

James Woods

Cringey Cameos Dice James Woods Woods had a bafflingly boring appearance in Andrew Dice Clay's short-lived TV show. Clay's entire schtick was empty misogynistic bravado, but at least he recently appeared in A Star is Born. As for Woods, however, his spiral down the far-right rabbit hole is one for the ages-and a cautionary tale in itself. CRACKED.COM

O.J. Simpson

Cringey Cameos Roots O.J. Simpson Simpson's cameo remains a stain on the series' legacy, and it is indeed hard watching his scene without remembering... well, everything that happened afterwards. CRACKED.COM

Elon Musk

Cringey Cameos Iron Man 2 Elon Musk Musk appeared next to Tony and Pepper back when his façade as a visionary futurist was still minimally sustainable. Today we know that he would probably unban Thanos from Twitter for being a victim of intergalactic cancel culture, or something. CRACKED.COM

Lance Armstrong

Cringey Cameos Dodgeball Lance Armstrong Armstrong drops by to give Vince Vaughn some encouraging words about not quitting, so as to not regret it forever. Не didn't hook Vaughn up with his dope dealers, though. That was kinda rude, Lance. CRACKED.COM

Donald Trump

Cringey Cameos Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Donald Trump Of all of Trump's cameos, this one remains a creepy classic, perhaps because this movie is a beloved reminder of more innocent times, while Trump has gone down as, well, a slimy, racist grifter. CRACKED.COM

Francis Ford Coppola

FRANCIS FORD-COPPOLA PLAYED A DIRECTOR IN APOCALYPSE NOW. CRACKED.COM Coppola appears as a TV news director yelling at Willard to not look at the camera as he's moving through a war-torn coastal village.

Joe Russo

JOE RUSSO IS IN SEVERAL OF HIS MCU MOVIES. CRACKED.COM Russo played a doctor in The Winter Soldier, a corpse in Civil War, and one of the survivors attending Captain America's meeting group in Endgame.

Peter Jackson

PETER JACKSON CAMEOS IN ALL OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS MOVIES. CRACKED.COM Jackson appeared as a villager in The Fellowship of the Ring, a Rohirrim Warrior in The Two Towers, and a Corsair killed by Legolas in Return of the King.

Michael Bay

MICHAEL BAY PLAYED A SCIENTIST IN ARMAGGEDON. CRACKED.COM Bay makes an appearance as a background NASA scientist that's helping Bruce Willis destroy a meteor.

Stephen King

STEPHEN KING GETS INSULTED BY AN ATM IN MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE. IAN II ANK Or CRACKED GOM.G - King cameos at the beginning of the film as the guy that gets called an as*hole by an inanimate ATM machine.

Todd Phillips

TODD PHILLIPS ATTENDS AN ORGY IN OLD SCHOOL. CRACKED.COM The future Academy Award-nominated director appears as the guy looking for a gangbang at the beginning of his breakout movie.

Wes Craven

WES CRAVEN MAKES A TONGUE-IN-CHEEK APPEARANCE IN SCREAM. 0333 CRACKED.COM Craven appears as a highschool janitor dressed like Freddy Kruger- the villain of his other horror classic, A Nightmare on Elm Street.

Martin Scorsese

MARTIN SCORSESE GETS A RIDE FROM TRAVIS IN TAXI DRIVER. CRACKED.COM Scorsese plays the disturbed passenger who plans on killing his wife with a .44 Magnum-the same weapon Travis buys later in the movie.

Jordan Belfort

In The Wolf of Wall Street, the real Jordan Belfort gives a cameo performance at a conference... elco S ... ultimately introducing his new and improved self. At the end of the film, Belfort introduces his character (played by Leonardo DiCaprio), by saying: This guy, my good friend Mr. Jordan Belfort, is the single, baddest motherf*cker I have ever met. CRACKED.COM

Woody Harrelson

While Woody Harrelson plays Hustler creator Larry Flynt in The People vs. Larry Flynt ... WISH MORRISSEY WAS СК ... the real Flynt plays the judge who sentenced him to prison. Larry Flynt was challenged in many a court by anti-pornography activists and, in 1977, Cincinnati Judge W.M. Morrissey handed him a 7-25-year sentence. After serving only six days, Flynt's sentence was overturned. CRACKED.COM

Jim Garrison

In Oliver Stone's 1991 thriller JFK, the real District Attorney and conspiracist Jim Garrison ... ...plays Chief Justice Earl Warren, the man who publicly rebuked Garrison's theory. The film centers on Garrison's (Kevin Costner) belief that Lee Harvey Oswald did not kill JFK, as the Warren Commission (led by Chief Justice Warren) concluded. Garrison claimed the assassination was a CIA cover-up to fuel the Cold War. CRACKED.COM

Frank Abagnale

In Catch Me If You Can, real con artist Frank Abagnale Jr. plays a French сор... ...arresting his fictional self in a twist of irony. The biopic chronicles the cons of Abagnale Jr. (played by Leonardo DiCaprio), who accumulated millions of dollars in check fraud by posing as a pilot, a doctor, and a parish prosecutor. After his extradition, he was recruited into the FBI's fraud department. CRACKED.COM

Erin Brockovich

In Erin Brockovich, the title character is played by Julia Roberts ... ... while the real Erin Brockovich makes a cameo appearance as a waitress named Julia. In the film, Roberts' character, unemployed and recovering from a traffic accident, takes her three children out for dinner at a steakhouse restaurant. The real Brockovich plays the friendly waitress who takes their order. CRACKED.COM

Hunter S. Thompson

In Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Johnny Depp plays Raoul Duke, aka Hunter S. Thompson, and during a flashback scene at a Jefferson Airplane show, he sees himself... or rather, he sees the real Hunter S. Thompson. During the scene at the club, Duke walks through the crowd, high as a kite, when he spots Thompson sitting in the crowd. Не then narrates: There I was ... mother of God, there I am! Holy f*ck! CRACKED.COM

Leonard Nimoy

STAR TREK Leonard Nimoy CRACKED.COM ORIGINAL REMAKE 2009: Future 1979: Spock, the Spock, who iconic encourages human-Vulcan himself to do hybrid mind yourself a favor, melder. put aside logic.

Marc McClure

FREAKY FRIDAY Marc McClure CRACKED.COM ORIGINAL REMAKE 2003: Boris, 1976: Boris, some postman. Annabel's This dude's got neighbor. range!

Bill Murray

GHOSTBUSTERS Bill Murray GRACKED.COM ORIGINAL REMAKE 2016: Dr. Martin Heiss, chairman 1984: Dr. Peter of the Council Venkman, para- of Logic and psychologist Data, debunker and head of de 'buster. Ghostbusters.

Charlton Heston

PLANET OF THE APES Charlton Heston GRACKED GOM ORIGINAL REMAKE 1968: George 2001: Zaius; Taylor; ape, father to astronaut, Thade, guy who protagonist, guy yells Damn who yells Damn you! God damn them! Damn you all to hell! them all to hell!

Dan Aykroyd

GHOSTBUSTERS Dan Aykroyd CRACKED.COM ORIGINAL REMAKE 2016: Brusk 1984: Dr. cabbie who tells Raymond Kristin Wiig I Stantz, don't go to enthusiastic Chinatown, and paranormal I ain't afraid of historian. no ghosts.

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