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8 Great Cameos You Probably Missed

Sometimes a small role can stand out. Meet the people that are able to make a splash with a small appearance.

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Alfred Hitchcock made a cameo in each of the films he directed. This cameo from The Birds was accidental as he had forgotten that he was shooting and decided to walk his dogs.

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Even though it was just a cameo in Star Trek, it’s actually an elaborate set up for his next movie Tyler Perry’s Star Trek: Madea Goes to Space.

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Before returning to TV on Arrested Development, Jason Bateman made a cameo appearance in Dodgeball where he reprised his famous persona from ESPN 8: The Ocho.

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In Cameron Crowe’s Singles, Tim Burton appears as the next Martin Scorsese.

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He may not be a famous actor but Kurt Vonnegut has definitely made his mark on popular culture if only for the fact that he was in the classic movie, Back to School.

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When he isn’t directing such films as Spider Man 3 and For Love of the Game, Sam Raimi makes cameo appearances in such films as Miller’s Crossing.

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Eurotrip was a fun movie but the highlight had to be when Matt Damon sang the entire musical West Side Story.

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Michael Bay doesn’t spend all of his time trying to figure out ways to make helicopters explode, sometimes he makes an appearance in a movie. When he appeared in Mystery Men he came up with the idea for Lionel Richie’s video “Do It to Me”.

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