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Former Humble Pie guitarist and 70′s heartthrob Peter Frampton plays Roadie Reg in ALMOST FAMOUS (2000).
In HIGH FIDELITY (2000), Rob (John Cusack) is ruminating about whether he should visit his five major ex-girlfriends in order to get some perspective on his recent break-up with Laura (Iben Hjejle). As Rob lies on his bed considering the idea, he imagines Bruce Springsteen giving him advice. The Boss himself, strumming his guitar as he gives advice in this brief cameo.
One of many cameos in ZOOLANDER (2001), David Bowie as himself, judging the late night walk-off between Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) and Hansel McDonald (Owen Wilson) in the abandoned “Members Only” warehouse.
Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst at the fashion show in ZOOLANDER (2001).
Lil’ Kim at the end of the film fashion show in ZOOLANDER (2001).
Lance Bass at the fashion show in ZOOLANDER (2001).
Quincy Jones, who gave the Mo in Mojo, briefly appears during the title sequence to AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER (2002).
Brittany Spears is a Fembot, complete with 44 caliber breast guns in AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDEMEMBER (2002).
AUSTIN POWER’S GOLDENMEMBER (2002) has plenty of easy to spot cameo’s, but there are some brief on-screen time that can easily be overlooked. In the scene after Austin has been knighted, his band Ming Tea performs the song “Daddy Wasn’t There”. Ming Tea is composed of Susanna Hoffs, Stuart Johnson, C.J Ramone, Christopher Ward, and Matthew Sweet. Here is the former front-woman from The Bangles with Mike Myers.
MTV reality series sensation The Osbournes with head of household Ozzy in a very brief cameo in AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER (2002).
Stuck in Antarctica with a thousands of alien penguins, Michael Jackson begging to be let on the MIB team as “Agent M” in MEN IN BLACK II (2002).
R&B/soul singer Macy Gray briefly appears as herself in SPIDERMAN (2002).
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS star Bret McKenzie was an Elven extra in the first and third LORD OF THE RINGS films. Here he is in RETURN OF THE KING (2003) as Figwit, the fan-created moniker for his unnamed Lord of the Rings character (it’s an acronym for, “Frodo Is Great … Who Is THAT?!?”).
McKenzie was cast as the elf Lindir (who in contrast to Figwit is a character created by J.R.R. Tolkien himself) for the upcoming THE HOBBIT. His father Peter McKenzie played the role of Elendil in LORD OF THE RINGS.
McKenzie served as music supervisor for the 2011 film THE MUPPETS, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song “Man or Muppet”.
Composer Howard Shore as the uncredited Orchestra Pit Conductor in KING KONG (2005). Shore has composed music for dozens of films, including THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, ED WOOD and PHILADELPHIA. Shore was also the first musical director for NBC’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (1975-1980) Nominated three times for the Academy Award, he won the Oscar for Best Original Song for “Into the West” from RETURN OF THE KING.
Composer Christopher Young appears in SPIDERMAN 3 (2007) as the pianist at Mary Jane’s theater when she is fired. Young has a long list of film scores, including HELLRAISER, WONDER BOYS and RUNAWAY JURY.
Johnny Depp based his role of Captain Jack Sparrow on a hybrid of Peter O’Toole’s character in MY FAVORITE YEAR and Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards.
Richards appears in the third PiRATES film, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLDS END (2007), as Captain Teague, keeper of the Pirata Codex for the Brethren Court and Jack Sparrow’s father. Richards was meant to appear in the second film PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN”S CHEST, but there was no room for him in the story, as well as him being tied up with a Rolling Stones tour. He almost missed filming a scene in AT WORLD’S END following injuries sustained by falling out of a tree. In June 2006, director Gore Verbinski finally managed to make room in Richards’ schedule to shoot that September.
Richards briefly reprises his role in the forth PIRATES film, ON STRANGER TIDES (2011).
Jack White as Elvis Presley in WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY (2007)
Jackson Browne, Jewel & Lyle Lovett as themselves in WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY (2007)
Pearl Jam front-man Eddie Vedder as himself in WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY (2007)
Ghostface Killah as himself in WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY (2007)
Rehearsing backstage for the end of the film tribute concert, The Temptations (Otis Williams, Ron Tyson, Terry Weeks, Joe Herndon, Bruce Williamson) as themselves in WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY (2007)
Lance Bass as rapper Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson) date in the Academy Awards scene in TROPIC THUNDER (2008).
Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello, who provides additional guitar music for IRON MAN (2008) has a brief cameo as a terrorist guard getting punched out by Iron Man in an Afghanistan cave.