Movie Cameos by Musicians

Sometimes musicians will appear in a movie just for fun or other reasons. It's fun seeing your favorite musician appear in a movie you happen to be watching. According to MSN.com page YardBarker and writer Jeff Mezydlo, here are 25 movie cameos by musicians

1. Alice Cooper in Wayne's World

-Fans of his music love his cameo in Wayne's World. If they have seen this movie, and they see Alice Cooper, they are almost automatically required to start quoting the movie. Doing what Wayne and Garth do, bowing down shouting "We're not worthy! We're not worthy! We're scum! We suck!" Fans are also incredibly surprised at the historically accurate and even hilarious delivery of information of the Milwaukee area

2. Huey Lewis in Back to the Future

-Unless you know what Huey Lewis looks like, you'll watch the movie and completely miss him. The funniest moment in the Back to the Future series is when Marty and his band, The Pinheads, are playing a hard rock, almost Van Halen-like version of the Huey Lewis & The News song "The Power of Love." It's done during a Battle of the Bands contest and one of the judges is...Huey Lewis. He tells them that they are "just too darn loud."

3. Billy Idol in The Wedding Singer

-Billy Idol poked fun at his slightly addicted past by appearing in The Wedding Singer, chugging a bottle of liquor. Since the film took place in the 1980s, it was easier for Idol to poke fun at himself. He blew minds of people as he assisted Robbie (Adam Sandler) in trying to win over Julia (Drew Barrymore) while en route to Las Vegas, where Julia is in a rush to get married to her fiancee Glenn

4. Bruce Springsteen in High Fidelity

-This film centered around a record store clerk wanting to get back in touch with former loves. He could describe it as being like a Bruce Springsteen song. The singer made an appearance in the film

5. Tom Petty in The Postman

-Tom Petty plays the Bridge City Mayor in this film. Both Kevin Costner and Tom Petty had a fun exchange between each other, showing respect for each other's work in their fields. Kevin Costner says "I know you. You're famous." And Tom Petty returns with "I was once. Sorta. Kinda. Not anymore."

6. Michael Jackson in Men in Black II

-The iconic singer made an appearance in the second installment, as an agent named M, reporting to Chief Zed

7. Tom Jones in Mars Attacks!

-This Tim Burton-directed spoof on alien movies from the 1950s had an array of stars in it. Yet the most talked about appearance was that of singer Tom Jones. He manages to survive the Martian attack in Las Vegas while ending the movie with his most iconic hit "It's Not Unusual"

8. Jack White in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

-In this film, starring John C. Reilly, Jack White plays Elvis Presley. Despite his screen time being short, he was able to make perfect use of his time by imitating the slight slur of The King and even the karate moves, which added humor

9. Tom Waits in Domino

-This film centers on a young bounty hunter named Domino Harvey (Keira Knightley), while Waits plays someone known only as "Wanderer". It's a small role, but it makes a big impact

10. Keith Richards in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

-The Rolling Stones rocker appeared as Captain Teague, Capt. Jack Sparrow's father. He's almost immediately recognizable except for the obvious pirate costume. He played Captain Teague, keeper of the Pirate Codex (the pirate code)

11. Lemmy Kilmister in Airheads

-Motorhead fans will know this name and face anywhere. If they have seen the film Airheads, they can immediately spot their hero in the crowd. Brendan Fraser plays Chazz, a vocalist and bassist for The Lone Rangers. He admits his real name is Chester and that, while in high school, he was a geek. This enables the crowd to start letting out revelations from the crowd themselves. Even Lemmy proclaimed he was "editor of the school magazine."

12. David Bowie in Zoolander

-While there were quite a few musician cameos in this film, the one that stood out for a lot of people was iconic musician David Bowie. He was playing himself, after judging the "walk off" between Ben Stiller, who played Derek and Owen Wilson, who played Hansel

13. Snoop Dogg in Half Baked

-He has shown himself to be versatile in many ways, such as film, TV and music. One of the more popular moments was when he appeared in the film Half Baked, where he was shown smoking with Thurgood (Dave Chappelle) and Brian (Jim Breuer)

14. Pearl Jam in Singles

-Not only did Seattle rockers Soundgarden and Chris Cornell appear in this film, fellow Seattle rockers Pearl Jam did too, since the movie was about the growing "Seattle Sound". The then lineup of Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard played themselves, but were part of the band Citizen Dick, fronted by Cliff (Matt Dillon)

15. Kanye West in The Love Guru

-This is one of Kanye's more interesting film moments. It came in the form of the 2008 Mike Myers film. He wears a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey, next to Mike Myers, who is also wearing one. Kanye also yells "I love hockey"

16. Flea in The Big Lebowski

-The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist was also in this film. His character was also said to be a nihilist, and he took a bowling ball to his stomach thanks to Walter Sobchak (John Goodman)

17. Aimee Mann in the Big Lebowski

-Aimee Mann is the vocalist for 80s era band Til Tuesday. She's also their bassist. She's most noted for her appearance in the film The Big Lebowski. She played a German nihilist girl who gave up her pinky toe in the kidnapping scheme

18. Phil Collins in Hook

-This is one of the more well known ones. If you're familiar with the band Genesis, then you'll know who Phil Collins is and know what he looks like. He's almost instantly recognizable except for a mustache and glasses as he plays a police detective named Inspector Good who is investigating the disappearance of Peter Banning's children

19. Chris Cornell in Singles

-This 1992 film tells the story of single life and the now blooming Seattle music scene, featuring some of the biggest names in grunge. Soundgarden was part of that scene. Cornell was the man inspecting the speakers that Matt Dillon's character installed in a car. While the scene didn't end as expected, it's still interesting for fans of Soundgarden

20. Blink-182 in American Pie

-Not only did the band contribute music to the soundtrack, they also appeared in the film. It was the then lineup of Travis Barker, Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge. They appeared in the scene where Jim (Jason Biggs) tried to pick up a foreign exchange student named Nadia, played by Shannon Elizabeth in his bedroom

21. Gwen Stefani in The Aviator

-Former No Doubt vocalist Gwen Stefani appeared as Hollywood starlet Jean Harlow, who was the arm candy of Leonardo DiCaprio's Howard Hughes in this film, which told the story of the eccentric yet reclusive man

22. Anthony Kiedis in Point Break

-The Red Hot Chili Peppers vocalist gets a cameo as a surfer who jumps Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) at the beach showers. Kiedis and his friends get their punishment when Patrick Swayze's character Bodhi stepped in to teach them a lesson

23. ZZ Top in Back to the Future Part III

-In the last installment of the highly popular series, this is considered to be the worst of the three. There is one unique moment in the film. Texas rock legend ZZ Top was cast because director Robert Zemeckis was a big fan. They were the band playing at the party. They played a more country version of their song "Doubleback", which is from their 1990 album Recycler

24. Tom Waits in The Outsiders

-This was his earliest cameo in films. He appeared in the film version of the classic S.E. Hinton novel. He appears in the scene where Pony Boy Curtis (C. Thomas Howell) and Johnny (Ralph Maccio) are looking for their friend Dallas (Matt Dillion). Waits plays Buck Merrill, who opens the door of a bar

25. George Harrison in Monty Python's Life of Brian

-This member of The Beatles was a massive fan of Monty Python. It's easy to miss him, but if you have  a sharp eye, you can easily find him. Eric Idle of the comedy troupe contacted Harrison to see if he could assist the group in getting funding. Harrison agreed and it earned him a spot in the film