A cameo role is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, typically unnamed or appearing as themselves because of some special significance. Who has made the best cameos in their career?
This director made 39 sneaky cameo appearances in the 50+ films that he directed. He also made an appearance in Richard Franklin's Psycho II and once in his own T.V. series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Tarantino has acted in small roles in nearly all the films that he himself has directed including another in Planet Terror which was part of his collaboration Grindhouse.
Walken makes a few strange appearances like a man who fantasizes about car crashes in Annie Hall and Captain Koons explaining the story of his watch in Pulp Fiction.
This famous theoretical physicist has made cameo appearances in multiple T.V. shows like The Big Bang Theory, The Simpsons, Futurama, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Has made multiple appearances in films and T.V. series based on his works. Some include Creepshow, Creepshow 2, The Stand, Pet Cemetary, Under the Dome and Sons of Anarchy.
Scorsese appears in a number of his own films with the most memorable probably being a passenger speaking of killing his unfaithful wife in Taxi Driver.
Peter Jackson has made almost missable appearances in many of his own films like The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and another in Hot Fuzz as a violent criminal dressed as Father Christmas.
The famous game show host made his most memorable cameo in Happy Gilmore by beating the crap out of his golfing partner played by Adam Sandler. He also voiced himself in a few episodes of Family Guy.
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