Throughout the film, many celebrities have
small cameo roles.
Eric Chase Anderson, the younger brother of Wes, is perhaps best known for
the small cameo roles in his sibling's work, as well as his gorgeous illustrations that grace the Criterion covers and inserts of all the Wes Anderson releases.
Richard Attenborough: an escaped lunatic in A Bridge Too Far (1977) John Carpenter: his longest cameo appearance was as Bennett in The Fog (1980) Terry Gilliam: directed himself in bit roles in Jabberwocky (1977), Brazil (1985), and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988); he also directed himself as a member of the Monty Python troupe in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), and The Meaning of Life (1983) Ron Howard:
small cameo roles in Night Shift (1982), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), and A Beautiful Mind (2001) Lawrence Kasdan: Devo's (River Phoenix) lawyer in I Love You To Death (1990) Elia Kazan: Mortuary Assistant in Panic in the Streets (1950) Stephen King: in his lone directorial effort Maximum Overdrive (1986) Spike Lee: cameos (and some larger roles) in many of his own films, including: She's Got ta Have It (1986), School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo» Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Malcolm X (1992), Crooklyn (1994), Clockers (1995), Girl 6 (1996), Summer of Sam (1999), and 3 A.M. (2001) Terrence Malick: an unexpected visitor at door, with blueprints, in Badlands (1973)- credited as «Caller at Rich Man's House» Robert Redford: the Narrator in A River Runs Through It (1992) Rob Reiner: a helicopter pilot in Misery (1990) M. Night Shyamalan: Dr. Hill at the hospital in The Sixth Sense (1999), a Stadium drug dealer in Unbreakable (2000), deadly driver Ray Reddy in Signs (2002), and Guard at Desk in The Village (2004) Steven Soderbergh:
small cameo roles in Schizopolis (1996), Ocean's Eleven (2001) Oliver Stone: an officer with a phone in his hand in a US base's bunker when it is blown up by a suicide bomber in Platoon (1986)
Eric Chase Anderson, the younger brother of Wes, is perhaps best known for
the small cameo roles in his sibling's work, as well as his gorgeous illustrations that grace the Criterion covers and inserts of...
During this time he would also show up in
small cameo roles in films like «Shakes the Clown» and «To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar.»
The film also has some great random casting with established stars like Paul Rudd, William Baldwin and Jonah Hill taking
small cameo roles and making their characters so quirky that they're not the stock supporting cast members you'd typically expect.
Directed by Gia Coppola (grand - daughter of Francis, niece of Sofia and Roman, cousin of Nicolas Cage and Jason Schwartzman) and starring Emma Roberts (niece of Julia) and Jack Kilmer (son of Val, who has
a small cameo role), this ensemble piece makes you wonder would it ever have gotten off the ground were it to be pitched by an unconnected newcomer.
He looks old here, made up with a gray beard and wizard robes, aside from his introductory scenes, he doesn't really get time or space to develop his Taoist Gandalf character, nor does he have much opportunity to show off his fighting skills, given the supernatural nature of the action (Lam Ching - ying gets such a chance in a too -
small cameo role as «The Purple Taoist»).
Not exact matches
Typically, the term «
cameo role» (or just
cameo) refers to a
small character part that stands out from the other minor parts.
She only made a
cameo appearance — a
small role but a marked improvement to her less than stellar acting career in the past few years.
Despite winning critical acclaim for her performance, it would be four years, save for a
cameo in the Coens» Raising Arizona (1987) and various
small roles, before she would be featured in another major film production.
After appearing in a pair of supporting
roles (Trapped in Paradise and The Road to Wellville (both 1994)-RRB- and a
cameo (1996's The Shot) shortly thereafter, Carvey disappeared almost entriely from the public eye until resurfacing in the 1999 Saturday Night Live; Presidential Bash and once again taking a
small role in Adam Sandler's Little Nicky (2000).
Full of really great and odd performances, it contains many great actors who usually take on
smaller and yet substantial
roles such as Peter Sarsgaard as a grave digging kleptomaniac, Ian Holm as Andrew's psychiatrist father, who had put his son into a lithium infused haze, and strangely enough a
cameo from rapper Method Man as a bellhop.
Not unexpectedly, Tarantino inserts himself into Django Unchained in a part that's larger than a
cameo and
smaller than a supporting
role.
A scary Irene Pappas, a shocking hostage situation, and David Bowie's
small role are the only things I enjoyed, even with all the people (Carl Perkins, Rick Baker, etc.) who did their
cameos well.
In what feels like a surprise
cameo, John Krasinski has a
small role as an attorney representing the police, Attorney Auerbach.
The supporting characters have barely anything to do — Vince Vaughn's
role seems gratuitous and Keith David's miniscule appearance competes with Lindsay Crouse's in The Impostor for the
smallest cameo ever.
Cast: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Michael Pena, Tip «T.I.» Harris, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, Abby Ryder Fortson, Martin Donovan, Anthony Mackie, David Dastmalchian, Wood Harris
Cameo and
small role: Stan Lee, Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, John Slattery, Garrett Morris, Sebastian Stan Director: Peyton Reed Screenplay: Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Adam McKay, Paul Rudd Review published July 21, 2015
He's even managed to attract some star quality in the persons of Murdoch Mysteries star Yannick Bisson as oily villain Sydney Swallows and filmmaker Kevin Smith (Clerks) in a
cameo role as Bubba Rich, mayor of
small town Woodhaven.
There are a few interesting
cameos (beyond Julie Andrews and John Cleese as the queen and king, respectively) like Jane Lynch and Jon Hamm, who get
small supporting
roles, though you can barely tell it's them.
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Rose Byrne, Aasif Mandvi, Max Minghella, Josh Brener, Dylan O'Brien, Tiya Sircar, Tobit Raphael, Josh Gad, Jessica Szohr, Eric Andre, Harvey Guillen
Small roles and
cameos: Will Ferrell, John Goodman, Rob Riggle, B.J. Novak Director: Shawn Levy Screenplay: Vince Vaughn, Jared Stern Review published June 8, 2013
Other
smaller roles are inhabited with great effect by Poots (smoking hot intensity), Fischer (surprisingly convincing and dramatic), and Olivia Thirlby (really just a
cameo, but a good one).
You won't likely be surprised to learn that, outside of the main handful of guys, most of the cast is either a
small supporting
role or a
cameo.
Michael Caine's
role is so
small it honestly doesn't need mentioning, but it's a nice little
cameo and Caine knows how to act.
gonna be gooooood... I'm expecting a
small cameo in iron man 3 and a pretty significant
role in Thor 2 and Dr. Stange leading up to Avengers 2... the infinity gauntlet was in Odin's chamber in Thor
There have been other
small roles, a bodyguard in 1982's A Time to Die and the cab driver in The Butterfly Room; however, one of his more memorable
cameos is in the opening moments of the horror parody The Silence of the Hams, performing alongside some other famous faces as seen here:
Ever since Alfred Hitchcock popularized the director
cameo, audiences expect to see certain filmmakers pop up in
small roles within their own films; from Quentin Tarantino to Spike Lee to M. Night Shyamalan, the faces of the directors are as expected as their distinct visual styles.
For
smaller roles, such as his eight - minute
cameo in origin story Spider - Man: Homecoming, the 53 - year - old star can earn far more than the average moviegoer would expect.
Tim Roth, Kurt Russell and Michael Madsen, who all starred in Tarantino's Hateful Eight, are in talks to play
smaller or
cameo - style
roles in the film.
They include real athletes in
cameos, from Bill Buckner to Lawrence Taylor, with basketball bad boy Dennis Rodman holding a
small character
role.
Rob Corddry and Alicia Silverstone are amusing in
smaller roles, while Hugh Jackman has more or less a
cameo as Laura's ex, a man willing to help her win in not so subtle ways.
There are also good performances from supporting characters Miranda Richardson (The Bachelor, Merlin), Lisa Marie (Burton's wife, who has a habit of showing up in
small roles in his films), Michael Gough (Alfred from the Batman movies), Ian McDiarmid (Restoration), Christopher Walken (Blast From the Past, The Rose Hotel), an unbilled
cameo by Martin Landau, Jeffrey Jones (Ravenous, Stuart Little), and a surprising decent Caspar Van Dien (The Omega Code, Starship Troopers), probably because the amount of spoken time allotted to his character was kept at a minimum.
It's obviously been his own career choice to not go the big Hollywood movie route, but it's a little sad to only see him in
small roles /
cameos and hear about him in Australian movies you never get to see.
Though she turned down a
small (nude)
role in Breathless, she was soon cast in Godard's next film, Le petit soldat (1961), at age twenty, and would go on to appear in six more of his films during the sixties, including the iconic Vivre sa vie and Band of Outsiders (she and Godard would also
cameo together in Agnès Varda's Cléo from 5 to 7).
We also heard rumours Hugh Jackman was in talks to reprise his adamantium - clawed
role as angry Logan (who, coincidentally, will star in the James Mangold - directed spin - off THE WOLVERINE, next year), whose
small cameo in Vaughn's comic - book prequel was an awesome standout.
Cast: Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, Kaley Cuoco - Sweeting, Ken Howard, Olivia Thirlby, Dan Gill, Affion Crockett, Jorge Garcia, Aaron Takahashi, Alan Ritchson, Corey Holcomb, Colin Kane, Ignacio Serricchio, Jenifer Lewis, Mimi Rogers, Cloris Leachman, Whitney Cummings, Nicky Whelan
Small roles and
cameos: Joe Namath, Ed «Too Tall» Jones, John Riggins Director: Jeremy Garelick Screenplay: Jeremy Garelick, Jay Lavender Review published January 19, 2015
The directors cast the rest of players wisely, with the aforementioned actors all very good (Mulligan is perfectly acidic and bitter) and even
smaller parts for John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund (nearly dialogue free), Adam Driver (who was part of one of the biggest laughs at the Cannes screening) and Alex Karpovsky, aren't just cast for
cameo purposes, but really enliven what would otherwise be throwaway
roles, creating a rich world for this movie to take place in, and for Llewyn to interact with.
The
role was so
small that it was almost a
cameo, but Dench ate up every second she was on screen.
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak, James Marshall, J.T. Walsh, Christopher Guest
Small role and
cameo: Xander Berkeley, Noah Wyle, Cuba Gooding Jr., Aaron Sorkin Director: Rob Reiner Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin (based on his play) Review published February 11, 2001
The Franco brothers» show - business friendships come in handy in the supporting cast, with
cameos from Sharon Stone, Judd Apatow, and Bob Odenkirk as Hollywood movers and shakers and fine actors like Jacki Weaver and Alison Brie giving substance even to
small roles.
Cast: Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, William Atherton
Small roles and
cameos: Larry King, Joe Franklin, Casey Kasem, Reginald VelJohnson, Jean Kasem, Ron Jeremy, Ivan Reitman (voice), Bill Walton Director: Ivan Reitman Screenplay: Dan Aykroy, Harold Ramis Review published October 28, 2013
Besides talking about working with Jason Reitman and making Men, Women & Children, we talked about his career, the way he likes to work, playing a
small but key
role in Paul Verhoeven's Total Recall, Breaking Bad, his thoughts on Better Call Saul and if he'd like to
cameo on it, getting to work with Christopher Plummer on Atom Egoyan's Remember, and so much more.
Even
small cameos by Heather Graham (who has not lit up the screen since her
role in «Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer «-RRB- and Melissa McCarthy (who should stop starring in drudge like «Identity Thief «-RRB- does nothing for this picture.
Julia Roberts shines in a great
small role as a sultry spy, and Matt Damon and Brad Pitt turn up in hilarious
cameos as «Dating Game» losers.
Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Sebastian Stan, Chadwick Boseman, Daniel Bruhl, Scarlett Johansson, Anthony Mackie, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Don Cheadle, William Hurt, Paul Rudd, Jeremy Renner, Tom Holland, Emily VanCamp, Martin Freeman, Marisa Tomei, John Slattery, Hope Davis
Small role and
cameo: Alfre Woodard, Frank Grillo, Stan Lee Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Screenplay: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely Review published May 6, 2016
There are many great
cameos and
smaller roles along the way from the likes of Jean Dujardin, Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner, and Matthew McConaughey.
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia, William Hickey
Small role and
cameo: Stanley Tucci Director: John Huston Screenplay: Richard Condon, Janet Roach (Based on Condon's novel) Review published December 24, 1996