lindalove

In movies. Cameo can mean, in this case, a small role in a film played by a relatively big star.

Just to get the ball rolling...

Hank Azaria - Along Came Polly
Will Ferrell - Starsky And Hutch
Tom Cruise, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, Steven Spieldberg - Austin Powers In Goldmember
Hank Azaria - Dodgeball
Tim Robbins, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson - Anchorman
Jason Statham - Collateral
Cameron Diaz, Christina Ricci, Gary Busey, Flea, Tobey Maguire - Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
Flea - Back To The Future I and II
Patrick Swayze - Donnie Darko (extended cameo?)
David Hasselhoff - The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie
Jason Biggs - Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back

Johnny Pyro

Also David Hasselhoff in "Dodgeball."

Neil Patrick Harris aka Doogie Howser in "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle." Awsome part!

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Bruce Campbell in both Spider-Man movies.

Nikilidstrom

Arnold Schwartzeneggar in The Rundown, assumingly passing on the action movie torch to The Rock.

aberkok

It's difficult in artistic endeavours to rate things objectively against one another, but if anyone can beat Sean Connery's cameo at the end of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, I'll eat my own head!

And don't say the movie sucked. That proves the point even further, because Connery's cameo is that much better because it elevated the end of a mediocre movie!

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Tom Cruise, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, Steven Spieldberg - Austin Powers In Goldmember

I also liked that one. That was awesome.

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spongy

How about Lance Armstrong in Dodgeball?
For an obcusre one, marcel Marceau in Silent Movie.

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djflish

Damn, you beat me to it!

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zVp

Actually, lindalove beat us both to it. Look at the first post of the thread :P Hehe.

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djflish

DOH! Didn't notice that one!

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Lee Trevino - "Happy Gilmore"
Patrick Stewart - "Robin Hood: Men in Tights"
Mel Brooks - "Spaceballs"

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Fremen

His roles weren't cameos.

There were a whole slew of cameos in "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" back in the 60's.
To name a few...
Jack Benny, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Jerry Lewis, Don Knotts, the Three Stooges, Buster Keaton, Sterling Holloway, Leo Gorcey, and Carl Reiner.
There's plenty more, too.

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bob barker - happy gilmore

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micah67

I laughed out loud when the camera slowly paned past Brad Pitt and Matt Damon to focus on the total dweeb doing all the talking and winning the heart of the girl during a taping of The Dating Game in “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind”.

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Topher Grace in "Ocean's Eleven". Great little side scene!

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FngKestrel

Some great ones listed here, but there's one that's fresh in my mind.

David Bowie in Zoolander.

lindalove

Where was he in Spiderman one?

Johnny Pyro

He was the ring announcer when Spiderman wrestled "Macho Man" Randy Savage, before Uncle Ben died.

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Matt Damon in Eurotrip. Although it's a stupid teen flick, I loved it; it had some funny parts in it.

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El Pollo

Yeah, I can't wait to see what bit part he gets in Spider-Man 3.

spectre

Ozzy Osbourne in Little Nicky and Lemmy Killmeister in Airheads.

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Xiangsu

Charlton Heston in Wayne's world 2 was always a good one.

lindalove

Oh yea. You are correct.

MiSo

rob schnieder in any adam sandler movie... and visa versa.

tecoyah

Steve buscemi-pretty much anywhere....but awesome in Billy Madison

Derwood

Hate to say it, but by my definition of "cameo", very few of the ones listed actually qualify. A cameo is a very small part (ie one scene, often not even speaking) that is usually uncredited.

For instance:

Robin Williams as the mime instructor in "Shakes the Clown"
Most Albert Hitchcock cameos (he would often just be in the background somewhere)
Peter Jackson as a hobbit in Fellowship of the Ring.

etc.

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ShaniFaye

I have to agree....this was the cameo of all cameos!!!!!

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God of Thunder

The cameos in Anchorman were the best. That fight scene had me laughing harder than anything else.

One of my other favorites is Jay & Silent Bob showing up in Scream 3.

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aberkok

Dana Carvey in This is Spinal Tap. This might not qualify, as I don't suspect he was famous at the time. Think of it as a retro-active cameo.

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Derwood

No, but Billy Crystal was in there too.

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spongy

Paul Schaffer was too.

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Grasshopper Green

Dwight Yoakam in The Wedding Crashers. I didn't recognize him at first, since he wasn't wearing a cowboy hat

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Derwood

Yes, but again, I wouldn't call Schaffer's role a "cameo". He was in more than one scene and had a good deal of dialogue. To me, a cameo is very brief and usually uncredited. The opening scene to Goldmember is what I'm talking about.

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Nikilidstrom

The examples given by everyone here seem to fit in with the ones given by lindalove, who started this thread. So please stop trying to tell everyone what your definition of a cameo is, and just join in the fun. If this topic doesn't cut it for you, there are plenty of alternatives on this board, one of which I'm sure would meet your standards.

JStrider

ron jeremy in boondock saints

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Reese

Stan Lee has some good cameos

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Derwood

(Rude Comment Removed) People, you can disagree without being rude. -lebell

I'm as entitled to my opinion as anyone else. If you don't like, YOU can go elsewhere.

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aberkok

While I believe that rude comment edited out is the wrong choice of words on this board, Derwood wasn't trying to impose his definition on anyone else. Besides, I think a little discussion of what a cameo appearance is fits well into this thread.

A cameo isn't really an integral part of the cast anyway, so he was right.

Dictionary.com - A brief appearance of a prominent actor, as in a single scene of a motion picture.

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ShaniFaye

in kikilidstroms defense I think what they were getting out was the repeating of "his" definition and that the first time he said it was good enuff.

(and I cant find any definition that includes the fact that a cameo is uncredited, maybe Im just not looking in the right place)

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I enjoyed John McEnroe in Mr. Deebs.