A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games[1] and television. The performing arts are those forms of Art which differ from the Plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own Body, Face and presence A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Such a role need not be filled by an actor: short appearances by film directors, politicians, athletes, musicians, and other celebrities are common. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person A sportsperson ( British and American English) or athlete (principally American English is any person who participates regularly in a Sport. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention These roles are generally small, and most of them non-speaking. The director Alfred Hitchcock enjoyed inserting himself, often as a passive by-stander, in scenes of his films. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13
Other criteria for cameos include video game characters from another fictional universe appearing in another video game. A fictional universe is a self-consistent fictional setting with unique background elements such as an imaginary history or geography and possibly fantasy or science
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Originally, the phrase cameo role referred to a famous person who was playing no character but him or herself. Like a cameo brooch — a low-relief carving of a person's head or bust—the actor or celebrity is instantly recognizable. For the "brief appearance" see Cameo appearance. For the "chemical emergency software" see Computer-Aided Management of Emergency More recently, "cameo" has come to refer to any short appearances, whether as a character or as oneself.
Cameos are often noncredited due to their shortness or because of a perceived mismatch between the celebrity's stature and the film or TV show in which he or she is appearing. Many are publicity stunts. A publicity stunt is an event designed to attract the public 's attention to the promoters or their causes Others are acknowledgments of an actor's contribution to an earlier work, as in the case of many film adaptations of TV series, or of remakes of earlier films. Film adaptation is the transfer of a written work to a Feature film. A " remake' " is a term used to described something that has been done again sometimes with better Quality, and usually with more features Others honor artists or celebrities known for work in a particular field.
A cameo can establish a character as being important without having much screen time. Examples of such cameos are Sean Connery in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves or Ted Danson in Saving Private Ryan. Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25 1930) is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - and BAFTA Award -winning Scottish Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is a 1991 Adventure film directed by Kevin Reynolds. Edward Bridge “Ted” Danson III (born December 29, 1947) is an American Actor best known for his role as central character " Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 War film set during the invasion of Normandy during World War II.
Cameos are also common in novels and other literary works. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story “Literary cameos” usually involve an established character from another work who makes a brief appearance in order to establish a shared universe setting, to make a point, or to offer homage. A shared universe is a Literary technique in which several different authors create works of Fiction that share aspects such as settings or characters and that are For medieval usage see Homage (medieval and Commendation ceremony, or Homage (disambiguation Homage (from the French Balzac was an originator of this practice in his Comedie humaine. La Comédie humaine is the title of Honoré de Balzac 's (1799 – 1850 multi-volume collection of interlinked novels and stories depicting French society Sometimes a cameo features a historical person who "drops in" on fictional characters in a historical novel, as when Benjamin Franklin shares a brew with Phillipe Charboneau in The Bastard by John Jakes. An historical novel is a Novel in which the story is set among historical events or more generally in which the time of the action predates the lifetime of the Author Benjamin Franklin ( April 17 1790 was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. John William Jakes (born on March 31, 1932) is a Writer of Fiction. A cameo appearance can also be made by the author of a work in order to put a sort of personal "signature" on a story. An example from the thriller genre includes Clive Cussler, who made appearances in his own novels as a "rough old man" who advised action hero Dirk Pitt. Clive Eric Cussler (born July 15, 1931 in Aurora Illinois) is an American Adventure novelist and marine archaeologist Dirk Pitt is a Fictional character, the protagonist of a series of bestselling adventure Novels written by Clive Cussler. An example in the comic book genre is John Byrne's resplendent use of cameos in Marvel Comics’ Iron Fist #8, which features appearances by Byrne himself, Howard the Duck (on a poster), Peter Parker and MJ Watson, Sam McCloud, Fu Manchu, and Wolverine. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative John Lindley Byrne (born July 6 1950) is a British -born Canadian - American author and artist of Comic books Since the Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc Iron Fist ( Daniel Rand) is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, and a practitioner Howard the Duck is a Comic book character in the Marvel Comics universe created by writer Steve Gerber and artist Val Mayerik Spider-Man is a Fictional character appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Mary Jane Watson is a fictional Supporting character appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. McCloud is an American television police drama that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1977. Dr Fu Manchu is a Fictional character first featured in a series of novels by English author Sax Rohmer during the first half of the 20th century
At the apex of the technique stands Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita (1955 is a Novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first written in English and published in 1955 in Paris, later translated by the author This page is about the novelist For his father the politician see Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov. This acclaimed novel is, among many other things, a tour de force of literary cameos.
Early appearances are often mistakenly considered as cameos. Sylvester Stallone appears uncredited in Woody Allen's Bananas credited as "Subway Thug #1," five years before his breakout role in 1976's Rocky, therefore making it an early appearance of a non-established actor (unlike his appearance in Staying Alive after having been established with three Rocky films and one Rambo film). Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6 1946 is an American Actor, director, producer and Screenwriter. Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Bananas is a 1971 Comedy film written by Mickey Rose and Woody Allen, Directed by Allen and starring him and Rocky is a 1976 Film written by and starring Sylvester Stallone and directed by John G Staying Alive is the 1983 sequel to Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta as the main character Tony Manero Cynthia
Examples of cameos
Mike Todd's film Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) was filled with cameo roles: (John Gielgud as an English butler, Frank Sinatra playing piano in a saloon), and others: the stars in "cameo roles" were pictured in oval insets in posters for the film, and gave the term wide circulation outside the theatrical profession. Michael Todd ( June 22, 1907 or 1909 or June 19, 1911 &ndash March 22, 1958) was an American theatre and Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH ( 14 April, 1904 – 21 May 2000) known as Sir John Gielgud, was an Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor Notably, the 1983 television adaptation and 2004 film version of the story also features a large number of cameos. Around the World in 80 Days is a 1989 three-part TV miniseries based on the Jules Verne novel Around the World in Eighty Days. Around the World in 80 Days is a 2004 Comedy / Adventure film based on Jules Verne 's novel of the same name.
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), an "epic comedy," also features cameos from nearly every popular American comedian alive at the time, including the Three Stooges. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is a 1963 American Comedy film directed by Stanley Kramer about the madcap pursuit of $350000 The Three Stooges were an American Vaudeville and Comedy act of the early to mid–20th century best known for their numerous Short subject films
Marshall McLuhan has a cameo appearance in Annie Hall (1977), Woody Allen's academy award winning romantic comedy. Annie Hall is a 1977 Romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a script he co-wrote with Marshall Brickman. Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film.
Directors often appear in cameo roles to add a personal "signature" on a film. The cameo appearances of Alfred Hitchcock in thirty-seven of his films helped popularize the term among general audiences. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 Often whimsical, the cameos became so well publicized that audiences began watching for them. Hitchcock began placing the cameos early in each film so audiences could then give their full attention to the story. Director Sam Raimi has followed Hitchcock's example in many of his films, as well as providing cameo roles for his brother Ted Raimi and friend Bruce Campbell. Samuel Marshall "Sam" Raimi (born October 23, 1959) is an American Film director, producer, Actor and Theodore "Ted" Raimi (born December 14 1965) is an American Actor, perhaps best known for his roles as Lieutenant Tim O'Neill Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22 1958) is an American Actor, producer, Writer and director. CSI creator Anthony Zuiker has appeared in several cameos throughout his hugely popular CSI: Crime Scene Investigation primetime television show. Anthony E Zuiker (born August 17, 1968) is the creator and executive producer of the television show. CSI Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama Television series that trails the investigations of a team of Las Vegas Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland
Other directors are also known for casting themselves in cameo roles in their films. M. Night Shyamalan appears in some of his movies, such as The Village, in which he is shown in the glass reflection of the sheriff (who is only otherwise filmed from behind, hiding his face), and also as a shady fan Bruce Willis searches at a stadium in Unbreakable. Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan (ˈʃaməˈlan ( Malayalam: മനോജ് നെല്ലിയട്ടു ശ്യാമളന് Tamil: மனோஜ் நெல்லியட்டு The Village is a 2004 film written and directed by M Night Shyamalan that explores the dynamics of an insular turn-of-the-20th-century Village and Walter Bruce Willis (March 19 1955 is an American actor and Singer-songwriter. Unbreakable is a 2000 film written produced and directed by M In The Sixth Sense, he is shown to be the doctor at the hospital and has a brief appearance in a short scene with the child's mother. The Sixth Sense is a 1999 Psychological horror film written and directed by M In Signs, he is the vet Ray Reddy, who is involved in the accident that took Graham's wife's life. Signs is a 2002 Science fiction Thriller film written produced and directed by M
Likewise, Peter Jackson has made brief cameos in all of his movies except for his first movie Bad Taste and the puppet movie Meet the Feebles. Peter Robert Jackson, CNZM (born 31 October 1961 is a three-time Academy Award -winning New Zealand director producer and writer best known for directing Bad Taste, released in 1987, is a cult Action comedy / Sci-fi Splatter film. Meet The Feebles ( 1989) is a Black comedy Film by director Peter Jackson. For example, he plays a peasant eating a carrot in The Fellowship of the Ring; a Rohan warrior in The Two Towers and a pirate captain in The Return of the King. The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 Fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson based on the similarly titled first The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers is a 2002 Fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson based on the second volume of J This article is about the live-action movie which shares a title with a book, video game, and animated film. All three were non-speaking "blink and you miss him" appearances. He also appears in his 2005 remake of King Kong as the gunner on a biplane in the finale. A " remake' " is a term used to described something that has been done again sometimes with better Quality, and usually with more features King Kong is a 2005 Remake of the 1933 film of the same name about a fictional giant ape called Kong.
Director Martin Scorsese appears in the background of his films as a bystander or an unseen character. Unseen characters are never directly observed by the audience but are only described by other characters In Who's That Knocking at My Door, he appears as one of the gangsters, a pedestrian in Taxi Driver, etc. Who's That Knocking at My Door, originally titled I Call First, is Martin Scorsese 's first Feature film. Taxi Driver is a film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. He opens up his 1986 film The Color of Money with a monologue on the art of playing pool. This article is about both the book and the film of the same name The Color of Money is a 1984 novel by American writer In addition, he appears with his wife and daughter as wealthy New Yorkers in Gangs of New York, and he appears as a theatre-goer and is heard as a movie projectionist in The Aviator. Gangs of New York is a 2002 Bildungsroman film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Larry Flint was a judge in his biopic. Larry Claxton Flynt Jr (born November 1, 1942) is an American Publisher and the head of Larry Flynt Publications (LFP
Actors Adam Sandler and Rob Schneider have appeared in cameo roles in most of each other's comedy movies (The Water Boy, Mr. Deeds, The Animal etc. Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9 1966 is an American Comedian, Robert Michael "Rob" Schneider (born October 31, 1963) is an American Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter and Mr Deeds is a 2002 Comedy film starring Adam Sandler and Winona Ryder, and is a remake of Mr The Animal is a 2001 Comedy film, directed by Luke Greenfield. ). They usually contribute one line of dialogue or just a funny expression. Schneider's famous cameo line has been the poor man saying "You can do it!" in three of Sandler's films.
Remakes and sequels occasionally feature actors from the original films. The 1998 TV movie 'Moby-Dick', which stars Patrick Stewart as Captain Ahab, features a cameo by Gregory Peck, who had memorably portrayed Ahab in John Huston's 1956 film version of the same story. Moby-Dick is an 1851 Novel by Herman Melville. The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaleship Patrick Hewes Stewart, OBE (born 13 July 1940 is an English Film, Television and stage Actor. Gregory Peck (April 5 1916 &ndash June 12 2003 was an Academy Award -winning and four-time Golden Globe Award-winning American Film John Marcellus Huston ( August 5 1906 &ndash August 28 1987) was an American Film director and Actor. The 2004 version of Dawn of the Dead features cameos by Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger and Tom Savini, stars of the original Dawn of the Dead. Dawn of the Dead is a 2004 Remake of George A Romero 's 1978 film of the same name. Kentotis Alvin Foree (born February 29, 1948) is an American actor Scott Hale Reiniger (born September 5, 1948) is an American Actor, one of the stars of the 1978 film Thomas Vincent Savini (born November 3, 1946) is an American Actor, stunt man, director and award-winning Special Dawn of the Dead (also known as George A Romero's Dawn of the Dead, Zombie internationally Zombies in Britain, and alternately called Vin Diesel made a short appearance at the end of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift where he challenges to race Shawn, Lucas Black, the then Drift king. Vin Diesel (born Mark Sinclair Vincent; July 18 1967 is an American actor writer, director, and producer. The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift ( Wild Speed X3 Tokyo Drift in Japan is a 2006 film directed by Justin Lin and the third Lucas York Black (born November 29, 1982) is an American Film and Television Actor. is a professional racing driver He is also known as the "Drift King" otherwise as Dorikin (ドリキン for his nontraditional use of drifting in non-drifting racing events
Films based on actual events occasionally include cameo roles of the people portrayed in them. In the 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness, Chris Gardner makes a cameo in the end. The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American Biographical film directed by Gabriele Muccino about the on and off-homeless salesman-turned-stockbroker Christopher Paul Gardner (born February 9, 1954 in Milwaukee Wisconsin) is a self-made Millionaire, Entrepreneur, Motivational 24 Hour Party People, a film about Tony Wilson has a cameo by the real Tony Wilson. 24 Hour Party People is a 2002 Film about Manchester 's Popular music community from 1976 to 1997 and specifically about Factory Records Anthony Howard Wilson (20 February 1950 &ndash 10 August 2007 was an English Record label owner radio presenter TV show host Nightclub manager Impresario In the film Apollo 13, James Lovell (the real commander of that flight) appeared at the end, shaking hands with Tom Hanks (the actor who was portraying Lovell). James "Jim" Arthur Lovell Jr, (born March 25, 1928) is a former NASA Astronaut, most famous as the commander of Apollo 13 Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9 1956 is an two-time Academy award and Emmy winning American Film actor, director Domino Harvey makes a short appearance in the credits of Domino. Domino Harvey (born August 7 1969, London, England &ndash June 27 2005, Los Angeles California) was an Domino is a 2005 Action Film inspired by the story of Domino Harvey, the English daughter of stage and screen actor Laurence Harvey The real Erin Brockovich has a cameo appearance as a waitress named Julia in the movie named after herself (where her role is played by actress Julia Roberts). Erin Brockovich-Ellis (born June 28, 1960) is an American legal clerk and Environmental activist who despite the lack of a formal Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28 1967 is an American - Academy Award winning Film actress and former Fashion model. The 2000 film Almost Famous featured Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner as a passenger in a New York City taxicab. Almost Famous is a 2000 Comedy-drama film written and directed by Cameron Crowe, writer and director of Jerry Maguire. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Jann Simon Wenner (born January 7, 1946, in New York City) is the co-founder and publisher of the music and politics biweekly Rolling Stone
In a similar vein, cameos sometimes feature persons noted for accomplishments outside the film industry, usually in ways related to the subject or setting of the film. October Sky (1999), set in 1950s Appalachia, featured photographer O. Winston Link in a brief appearance portraying a steam locomotive engineer. October Sky is a 1999 film produced by Charles Gordon, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper and Laura Dern. Appalachia is a term used to describe a region in the eastern United States that stretches from southern New York state to northern Alabama, Ogle Winston Link ( December 16 1914 &ndash January 30 2001) known commonly as O Link became famous in the 1950s for chronicling the last days of regular steam locomotives service in the region. 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' (2000), set in Depression-era rural South, featured cameos by country "roots" music notables such as Alison Krauss, Robert Stanley, Gillian Welch, The Whites and the Fairfield Four. O Brother Where Art Thou? is a Comedy Film made by the Coen Brothers. Alison Krauss ( born July 23 1971 is an American bluegrass - country singer and Fiddle player –Test pilot and engineer Robert M Stanley (1912 - 1977 became the first American to fly a jet aircraft on October 2, 1942, as a civilian test pilot for Bell Aircraft Gillian Welch (born October 2, 1967 in New York City) is a Singer-songwriter whose musical style combines elements of bluegrass, The Whites are an American Country music vocal group consisting of lead singer Sharon White, her sister Cheryl and their father Buck The Fairfield Four is a gospel quintet featured briefly in the motion picture O Brother Where Art Thou?. In the film The Last Mimzy, noted string theorist Brian Greene has a cameo as the Intel scientist. The Last Mimzy is a 2007 Science fiction family film directed by Bob Shaye and adapted from the acclaimed 1943 science fiction short Brian Greene (born February 9 1963 is a Theoretical physicist and one of the best-known string theorists. In Dr. Dolittle 2 a cameo appearance was made by Steve Irwin. Dr Dolittle 2 is an American Comedy film, the theatrical sequel to Dr Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006 known simply as Steve Irwin and Nicknamed " The Crocodile Hunter " was an iconic Stan Lee, the creator of many Marvel Comics characters has appeared in the film versions of the comics, including X-Men, Spider-Man, Iron Man, and The Fantastic Four. Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber; December 28, 1922) is an American Writer, editor, creator of comic book characters Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc The X-Men is a team of fictional Superhero characters in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Spider-Man is a Fictional character appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Iron Man is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Fantastic Four is a fictional Superhero team appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Cameos have been used as a way of returning to the spotlight in a subtle way as shown by Britney Spears when she made a cameo appearance on Will and Grace in 2006 and How I Met Your Mother in 2008. Britney Jean Spears (born December 2 1981 is an American recording artist and entertainer Will & Grace is a popular Emmy Award -winning American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from 1998 to 2006 How I Met Your Mother is an American Situation comedy that premiered on CBS Broadcasting on September 19 2005
NiGHTS has made a dramatic number of cameos in the Sonic the Hedgehog (character) series. Nights is a Video game character and the Protagonist of the games Nights into Dreams trademarked Sonic The Hedgehog, is a Video game character and the Protagonist of the video game series released by Sega, as well as in numerous
Author Terry Pratchett has appeared in two Sky One film adaptations of his Discworld novels, The Hogfather and The Colour of Magic. Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948 is an English fantasy, Science fiction, and children's author. Discworld is a comedic Fantasy Book series by the British author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat Terry Pratchett's Hogfather is a two-part Television adaptation of the book of the same name by Terry Pratchett, produced by The Mob The Colour of Magic is a two-part television adaptation of the bestselling novels The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic by He at the end of The Hogfather as the Toymaker and in opening and closing sequences of The Colour of Magic credited as Astrozoologist #2. Director of Sky One Richard Woolfe also appears in The Colour of Magic as the Alchemist.
The Japanese manga series Tsubasa Chronicle contains various cameos from various Clamp series, including Cardcaptor Sakura, RG Veda and ×××HOLiC. ˈmɑŋgə is the Japanese word for Comics (sometimes called komikku コミック and print Cartoons In their modern form manga date from shortly is an ongoing Manga series by Clamp. It is currently being serialized in Shōnen Magazine. is a Japanese Mangaka group The group's Manga series are often made into Anime after release also known as Card Captor Sakura (with the space and often abbreviated as CCS, is a Magical girl Manga series from the well-known is an epic Manga created by Clamp, consisting of ten graphic novels in all pronounced "holic" is a Seinen Manga series planned and presented by Clamp. Noticeable names and faces showing up including Miyuki of Miyuki-chan in Wonderland who appears in almost all the major worlds the group visits usually with a piece of toast in her mouth or another bread product. is a Manga series created by Clamp and serialised by Kadokawa Shoten in its Japanese edition of Newtype from 1993 to 1995
References
- ^ Michael Donahue, "Forced Guests: Cameos that make us sceam 'Yessss!'" in Electronic Gaming Monthly 226 (March 2008): 34.
See also
- Bit part
- Extra
- Self-insertion
- List of Hitchcock cameo appearances
- List of directors who appear in their own films
- Crossover fiction
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