28 Celebrity Cameos in Media Both Obvious and Surprising
![28 Celebrity Cameos in Media Both Obvious and Surprising](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/9/802059_320x180.jpg)
Celebrity cameos! They are always fun to spot, whether they're entirely obvious or so secret that you don't hear about it until you're browsing a list while on the toilet. Sure, Bill Murray may make a fun appearance in Ghostbusters (2016), but did you also catch him in Dumb and Dumber To?
Celebrity cameos span that entire range from iconic to cringy, like Stan Lee getting drunk in Age of Ultron to Stan Lee needing a shoe in one of those Thor movies (was it even a Thor movie?). But they also range from obvious to surprising (hey that’s the title of this article!), like Peter Jackson in The Two Towers to Peter Jackson in Hot Fuzz. What’s that? You didn’t know Peter Jackson was in Hot Fuzz? That’s okay, neither did we until putting this list together. So here’s the question we’ll leave you with – are celebrity cameos “better” when they’re clear and obvious, or sneaky and hidden?
In the end the best guest appearance is you, reading this article…
![David Beckham is hiding in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. The famous soccer player took a break from retirement for an easy-to-miss cameo as a projectionist in Guy Ritchie's adaptation of the '60s spy series. Apparently, a funny mustache and glasses were all that was needed to make him pretty much invisible Props to the wardrobe department for covering up his dopey-looking (and highly recognizable) tattoos. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/7/802057.jpg)
![You probably missed Bill Murray in Dumb and Dumber To. His character is hard not to notice, but since he never removes the mask, few have realized he's Harry's meth-cooking roommate, Ice Pick. Which turned out to be the least dumb decision in that film, in retrospect. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/4/802054.jpg)
![George Romero was an FBI agent in Silence of the Lambs. After the conversation in which Clarice tells Hannibal Lecter about the lambs screaming in her nightmares, she's hauled away by a group of FBI agents. The agent with the beard is legendary zombie movie director George Romero. Fortunately, he resisted the temptation to reanimate Buffalo Bill's bathtub buddy. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/5/802055.jpg)
![Judd Apatow went full frontal in Popstar: Never Stop Never stopping. The Lonely Island's second movie crams in a bunch of different celebrity guest stars, but only one showed US their junk instead of their face: Judd Apatow. You'll know the scene when you see it, believe us. Perhaps it was a special treat for anyone who's complained about having to look at his face. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/3/802053.jpg)
![Trevor Noah was the voice of Griot in Black Panther. If that talking A.I. sounded familiar, it's almost certainly because you've seen an episode of The Daily Show. Considering a griot is an African storyteller, Noah (who grew up in Apartheid-era South Africa) was an appropriate choice. And he was able to understand Xhosa without subtitles, too. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/2/802052.jpg)
![THE MIRACLE WORKER Patty Duke CRACKED.CO COM ORIGINAL REMAKE 1962: 1979: Oscar-winning Emmy-winning portrayal of portrayal of Helen Keller, Annie Sullivan, blind and deaf blind tutor. student.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/9/802049.jpg)
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![An Oscar-nominated actor went undercover in Kingdom of Heaven. King Baldwin IV was the most famous king to have leprosy. In this 2005 Ridley Scott movie, he's played by Edward Norton in a mask. During shooting, that mask never came off, SO nobody knew it was him. None of the cast knew they were working with the guy who had just been in Death to Smoochy. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/6/802056.jpg)
![FREAKY FRIDAY Marc McClure CRACKEDo .COM ORIGINAL REMAKE 1976: Boris, 2003: Boris, Annabel's some postman. This dude's got neighbor. range!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/0/802040.jpg)
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![STARSKY AND HUTCH Paul Michael Glaser / David Soul CRACKEDO COM ORIGINAL REMAKE 2004: David 1970s: David Starsky and Ken Starsky and Ken Hutchinson, two Hutchinson, guys who sell So-Cal cops. Huggy Bear a Gran Torino.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/3/8/802038.jpg)
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![Nathan Fillion played a big blue creep in Guardians of the Galaxy. When Peter Quill and the gang arrive at the Kyln, they're threatened by a big alien (who gets lifted in the air by his nostrils by Groot). The voice of that alien? Fillion, who did it as a favor for James Gunn. He did so well that he got to appear in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2, in a scene that was ultimately deleted. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/0/802050.jpg)
![21 JUMP STREET Johnny Depp CRACKED.CO .COM ORIGINAL REMAKE 2012: Tears off 1980s: Tom his prosthetic Hanson, nose to reveal that he's... undercover Tom Hanson, officer. undercover officer.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/1/802041.jpg)
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![The voice of Beavis and tt-Head was in the South Park movie. One of the most memorable moments in Bigger, Longer & Uncut is when Kenny shows his face and speaks without the muffle for the first time. And it just SO happens that it was Mike Judge who voiced him. For three whole lines that were sped up to hide his identity. T AO <DC Unfortunately the rumors of an upcoming Boomhauer movie with puppets are unfounded. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/1/802051.jpg)
![POINT BREAK James LeGros I Bojesse Christopher CRACKEDO ORIGINAL REMAKE 1991: Roach 2015: FBI and Grommet, Deputy ill-fated Directors #1 surfer- robbers. and #2.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/4/802044.jpg)
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![One of Kurt Russell's most successful movies was one nobody knows he was in. R.J. MacReady was in Forrest Gump? Yup! Even though YOU didn't see him, YOU definitely heard him. When things didn't work out with the original Elvis impersonator, Russell was brought in to do the voice of The King as a favor to director Robert Zemeckis. Which surely was the less questionable solution than if they had brought in Nicolas Cage. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/8/802048.jpg)
![STAR TREK Leonard Nimoy CRACKED COM ORIGINAL REMAKE 2009: Future 1979: Spock, the Spock, who iconic human-Vulcar encourages himself to do hybrid mind yourself a favor, melder. put aside logic.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/2/802042.jpg)
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![HAIRSPRAY Jerry Stiller CRACKED COM ORIGINAL REMAKE 1988: Wilbur 2007: Mr. Pinky, Turnblad, owner of integrated supportive clothing boutique father of the Mr. Pinky's Hefty main character, Hideaway. Also Tracy. supportive of Tracy.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/7/802047.jpg)
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![GHOSTBUSTERS Bill Murray CRACKED COM ORIGINAL REMAKE 2016: Dr. Martin 1984: Dr. Peter Heiss, chairman Venkman, of the Council para- psychologist of Logic and and head Data, debunker 'buster. of de Ghostbusters.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/3/6/802036.jpg)
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![WAR OF THE WORLDS Gene Barry / Ann Robinson CRACKEDG COM ORIGINAL REMAKE 1953: Dr. 2005: Forrester and Grandfather and Sylvia Van Grandmother, Buren, scientists protagonal and original parents. protagonists.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/3/5/802035.jpg)
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![SUPERMAN Kirk Allyn, Noel Neill RMAN CRACKED.CO .COM ORIGINAL REMAKE 1978: Lois 1948: Clark Lane's parents. Kent and Probably the Lois Lane. first ever remake cameo!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/3/3/802033.jpg)
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![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. He appears momentarily as a dead body in a coffin during a funeral. Presumably, Johnny Depp was hiding nearby behind some curtains. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/6/802046.jpg)
![OCEAN'S ELEVEN Angie Dickinson I Henry Silva CRACKED .COM ORIGINAL REMAKE 1960: Beatrice 2001: Basically Ocean, Danny the only original Ocean's wife, cast members and Roger left alive, they Corneal, one- appear briefly eleventh of the during the Eleven. robbery.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/3/7/802037.jpg)
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![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](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/3/4/802034.jpg)
![THE IT CROWD Richard Ayoade NO! CRACKED.ee .COM ORIGINAL REMAKE US: UK: Maurice Maurice Moss again, Moss, just... hardworking, surrounded by capable Joel McHale and Jessica St. Clair doormat. this time.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/3/2/802032.jpg)
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![PLANET OF THE APES Charlton Heston CRACKED COM 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!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/3/802043.jpg)
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![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](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/5/802045.jpg)
![INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS Kevin McCarthy ODY SNATO ARTISTS clutt CRACKED .COM VETUIL WINHT ORIGINAL REMAKE 1978: Dr. Miles 1993: Running Bennell, who ends Man, who starts the movie by the movie by running maniacally running maniacally through the streets through the streets of San Francisco. in Alabama.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/3/9/802039.jpg)
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