15 of the best ever celebrity cameos in movies

“No, it’s Julia who’s this?”
This is kind of a double cameo whammy as Julia Roberts’ character Beatrice is pretending to be Julia Roberts but ends up in an awkward situation with the real Bruce Willis before speaking to the real Julia Roberts on the phone. So meta.

“Don’t touch my bum bum, bitch.”

Everyone was playing themselves in this film but have to shout out to Rihanna for giving Michael Cera an absolute slam of slap after he touched her inappropriately. Alas, she didn’t last that long in the movie but her death was followed by the bellowing cry of her name by Martin Starr. RIP, Badgalriri. And Martin.

“F**k! F**king s**t!”
This might be Pamela Anderson’s finest performance as she reacts to Sacha Baron Cohen’s Kazakh journalist’s kidnap attempt of her. She and her team were in on it but the rest of the store, like most of the people in the movie, weren’t. A for effort, Pammy.

“You’re in the big leagues now, kid!”
This film is filled with meta references to Reynolds own career but it gets truly explicit during a post-credit scene where Deadpool shoots Ryan Reynolds after he’s just agreed to star in Green Lantern. Hopefully, that’s the last time they bring up the failed DC movie in the Deadpool franchise.

“You call, you ask them how they are and see if they forgive you.”
Who better to get some real talk relationship advice than the Boss himself? Bruce plays John Cusack’s character Rob Gordon’s conscience while plucking some strings on a guitar. If only, Springsteen could solve all our romantic problems.

“Yeah, well… the world is a bit like that, I guess, in a lot of ways.”
In the vignette cousins, Cate plays herself as a sweet starlet meeting up with her edgy, less successful cousin, Shelly, also played by Cate. It’s a great scene that highlights the perks and peeves of being a celeb, which the actress delivers perfectly through each cousin.

“MALKOVICH!”
In this Spike Jonze-Charlie Kaufman movie, there is a portal that a person can enter that gives them fifteen minutes of access inside the head of John Malkovich before it tosses them onto the New Jersey Turnpike. But what happens when the real guy goes into his own mind? A whole lot of Malkovich. Definitely more than a cameo but still one of John’s finest performances.

“The US government has lost its credibility so it is borrowing some of mine.”

Tom Hanks pops up in a government commercial, selling a “new Grand Canyon” where the town of Springfield happens to be. Needless to say, the Simpson family were not impressed. Thanks, Hanks.

“There’s a martian right behind me!”
Tom Jones is performing at Las Vegas when the aliens attack his show but he manages to escape with Barbara (Annette Bening) and Cindy (Janice Rivera) after flying a jet to Lake Tahoe to safety. Hero.

“Non!”

Mel Brooks’ silent movie featured the famous mime artist who hilariously has the only line of dialogue in the movie. Nice touch, Mel.

“If nobody has any objections, I believe I might be of service.”
Who better to judge a male model walk-off than the Let’s Dance and Fashion singer David Bowie? He’s the official adjudicator when Derek takes on Hansel in but he ends up disqualifying the titular hero because he fails to remove his undies without taking his pants off. Ground control to major ball-ache, amirite?

“Take a picture of that, vultures!”
The only silver lining in this abysmal sequel to Zoolander is Susan Boyle’s cameo. The film is filled with celebrity faces but the one with the Britain’s Got Talent singer is the best. Hansel and Derek are at the airport ready to face the paparazzi but it’s not them they’re interested in, it’s Susan, who barges by and flips the photographers the birdie. Classic.

“Look at all her Louboutins!”
Sophia Coppola’s 2013 movie tells the real life story of the teens who burglarised the LA homes of some of the world’s biggest celebrities, one of which belonged to Paris Hilton. The heiress appeared as herself in the film but the biggest cameo was the actual home that got robbed. She let Coppola use it to give the most authentic reconstruction of the robbery. That’s hot.

“I was never a good practical joker.”
The crew find Bill Murray’s house to hide out in but Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) and Wichita (Emma Stone) meet the man himself who has been disguising himself as a zombie. They get him to play a joke on Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) as a zombie but he ends up getting shot and dies. Not before revealing his biggest regret: “Garfield, maybe.”

“Would you like the chicken or fish?”
The White Wedding singer plays the voice of reason when Robbie bares his soul to first class. He helps Sandler’s hero get the girl and takes out Glenn too with the help of a food trolley and a few fans. Rock on.