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13 Comedian Cameos In Famous Movies & Shows

By:: Andrea Meno

November 18, 2021

13 Comedian Cameos In Famous Movies & Shows

Welcome to ComedyNerd, Cracked's new deep-dive series on funny business. (Also, you can stay up to date with the ComedyNerd newsletter -- sign up here.)

Before he became a big comedy star, Will Arnett had a pretty straightforward dramatic role as an FBI agent’s husband in The Sopranos. Here’s the full story, plus 12 others:

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COMEDY NERD Robin Williams had a role in Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Не was The King of the Moon -a disembodied head who occasionally pops up. Williams just took the job so he could work with Gilliam. CRACKED.COM — Source

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COMEDY NERD Jim Carrey showed up in The Office's Season 7 finale, Search Committee. TE E WO O CRESS D 02 EG PHYL PO O His character was only known as Finger Lakes Guy, and he was someone who'd skipped a family vacation for a chance at a promotion. CRACKED.COM — Source

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COMEDY NERD Eddie Griffin showed up in A Star Is Born as the pastor who marries Ally and Jackson. Dave Chappelle saw Griffin preaching at a funeral, and he was pretty good, so Chappelle suggested him to Bradley Cooper. CRACKED.COM — Source

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COMEDY NERD Halloween Kills has a Bob Odenkirk cameo that you'd never, ever notice. ZD BREAKING NEWS 11 COMMUNITY IN SHOCK OVER MULTIPLE MURDERS WS WCTD 11 EVENING NEWS The high school picture of Bob Simms is actually a high school photo of Bob Odenkirk - because that was basically the easiest option for that picture. CRACKED.COM — Source

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COMEDY NERD Nick Kroll played a dead Edgar Allan Poe in Season 2 of the series Dickinson. Poe, who's surprisingly horny, rides with Death in his carriage and is disappointed they're not driving around to find fans of mine to sleep with. CRACKED.COM — Source

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COMEDY NERD Jerry Seinfeld has a cameo in Chris Rock's R-rated comedy Top Five. Seinfeld warns Chris Rock's character Don't get a mistress! Whack off! Even if she finds a live vagina in your pocket, deny it! CRACKED.COM — Source

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COMEDY NERD John Cleese had a cameo in an old Doctor Who episode, back in 1979. That was during the time when Tom Baker played the Doctor, and Cleese showed up at one point as an art critic in the episode City of Death. CRACKED.COM — Source

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COMEDY NERD The actor who played King Shark on The Suicide Squad's set was comedian Steve Agee. Не had had zero motion capture experience, but James Gunn reached out to him because, as he says, he's tall and has a dad bod. CRACKED.COM — Source

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COMEDY NERD IT Crowd actor Richard Ayoade played the killer droid Zero in The Mandalorian. You'd be forgiven for not realizing that, though, since you can only hear his voice (kind of understandably, as he played a robot). CRACKED.COM — Source

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COMEDY NERD British comedian Hugh Dennis has a surprising cameo in No Time to Die. He's best known for being Outnumbered and Mock the Week, and he shows up in the movie for a one-minute cameo as a scientist. CRACKED.COM — Source

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COMEDY NERD Bill Hader has a cameo in The Force Awakens, but only in the loosest sense. To create BB-8's voice, JJ Abrams used an iPad sound effects app hooked up to a tak box. Hader operate the talk box (but didn't speak). CRACKED.COM — Source

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COMEDY NERD Will Arnett had a very small (and very obscure) role in The Sopranos. It wasn't comedic at all-for two episodes, he played the husband of an FBI agent who becomes friends with Chris' girlfriend Adriana. CRACKED.COM — Source

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COMEDY NERD You might have missed YouTube comedian Steve Love on Game of Thrones. Не was in Season 6 - he did some pretty popular Game of Thrones impressions, so they invited him to do a cameo and die horribly on the show. CRACKED.COM — Source

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