I thought this might make an interesting discussion. Let's list singers or musicians who have done acting cameos in either TV or movies, I think it's more interesting to list ones that are obscure or not well known, but more well known acting appearances are fine too. Limit 3 answers per post. So list the singer or musician and the TV show or movie they were in and their character's name if possible, if their character wasn't given a name, then just list the role they played. Or say unknown if you don't know the character's name. I'll start things off.

Chris Martin the lead singer of Coldplay, had a bit part as one of the zombies in the movie Shaun Of The Dead.
Tom Morello, guitarist for Rage Against The Machine has had two small cameos in two separate Star Trek projects (he's a major Star Trek fan). He was a member of a Son'a crew in the movie Star Trek: Insurrection. And he made a brief appearance in the Star Trek: Voyager episode The Good Shepherd as Crewman Mitchell.
Singer and musician Iggy Pop had a role as a Vorta named Yelgrun in the Star Trek: Deep Space 9 episode The Magnificent Ferengi.

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Ozzy Osbourne as himself in Little Nicky (2000)

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Anthrax's Scott Ian cameoed as a random walker on a Season 5 ep. of "The Walking Dead"

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I remembered another Star Trek associated one.

Michelle Phillips a member of The Mamas and The Papas, guest starred in a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode (she's had several other acting roles too). The episode was We'll Always Have Paris and she played a woman named Jenice Mannheim who was a former girlfriend of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. While I think the episode had an interesting premise and Michelle Phillips is an all right actress unfortunately she and Patrick Stewart didn't really have much chemistry together.

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Eddie Van Halen cameo as a street musician on Cafe Americain

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Questlove, the frontman of Jimmy Fallon's house band The Roots, cameoed as a corpse on a 2014 ep. of "Law & Order: SVU".

He expressed it was a "lifelong dream" of his to appear as a corpse on SVU and they made it happen.

HBO's "Oz" featured many appearances of musicians:


KISS drummer Peter Criss appeared as inmate Martin Montgomery in 2 episodes.

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New York Dolls' David Johansen appeared as inmate Eli Zabitz in 3 episodes.

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Biohazard's Evan Seinfeld appeared as inmate Jaz Hoyt for 40 episodes.

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Master P appeared as inmate Curtis Bennet for 1 episode.

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Method Man appeared as inmate Tug Daniels for 4 episodes.

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LL Cool J appeared as inmate Jiggy Walker for 1 episode.

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Sandra Denton, aka Pepa from Salt-N-Pepa, appeared as CO Andrea Phelan for 6 episodes.

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Lord Jamar appeared as inmate Supreme Allah for 11 episodes.

Also to note that he had a small role on another prison show, ABC's "For Life".

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Poison's Bret Michaels appeared as himself on one episode of NBC's "Revolution".

Harry Connick Jr. and Cher on Will & Grace.

Mel Tormé on Night Court.

The first person who comes to my mind is Martina McBride because I can remember three from her. She sang a song on General Hospital back in 1994 I believe it was. She did an appearance on the show named Early Edition in 1999 and she also made one appearance on the FOX network show named Monarch in 2022 which starred fellow country singer Trace Adkins. :) :) :)

God bless you and him and Martina always!!!

Holly (a day one fan of Trace)

P.S. Trace made one appearance of his own in the show named My Name Is Earl in 2005 and the interesting thing about him being on that show at all is the fact that the leading role was offered to him when the show was first being planned. He turned it down because he wasn't ready to set music aside yet for a project as time consuming as a TV show.

George Harrison cameoed in Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) as Mr. Papadopolous, owner of "The Mount".

He was a huge Monty Python fan and put up his own money to see the film get made.

This isn't a musician, but this is one of the funniest cameos I ever saw. In Back to School, Rodney Dangerfield played a blowhard multimillionaire who bought whatever and whomever he wanted. The plot of the movie is that he goes back to college to be with his son and and tries to buy his way through. So, he has to write a paper on Kurt Vonnegut but doesn't bother to read any of his books. His son angrily says to him, "How are you going to write the paper?" and there's a knock on the door, and who's standing there, but Kurt Vonnegut. And of course the kicker is, the paper gets an F. :lol:

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Another cameo of Ozzy Osbourne was on "The Conners". He and Sharon were customers at The Lunch Box.

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Prince guested as himself on a 2014 episode of "New Girl"

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Sting guested as himself on Season 1 of "Only Murders in the Building"

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Sam Smith cameoed as theirself (non-binary) on "And Just Like That..."

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Michael Jackson cameoed as Agent M in Men in Black II (2002)

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Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice) appeared as herself on an episode of "Ugly Betty"

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David Bowie in Zoolander

Gwen Stefani in The Aviator

Ed Sheeran in Game of Thrones

ABBA's Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus had cameos in both Mamma Mia! films.


- In Mamma Mia! (2008), Andersson plays the piano during the "Dancing Queen" song and Ulvaeus appears in a post-credits scene as a partygoer dressed as a Greek god.

- In Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018), Andersson plays the piano during the "Waterloo" song and Ulvaeus is an Oxford professor in the film's opening number, "When I Kissed the Teacher".

KISS' Gene Simmons has appeared as himself on many shows such as "Castle", "CSI", "Family Guy", "The Fairly OddParents", "Welcome to Sweden", "Scorpion".

Shows where he did not play himself were "Miami Vice", "The Hitchhiker", and a 4 episode stint on "Third Watch" as mob boss Donald Mann.


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Rihanna had a 2 episode guest arc as Marion Crane on "Bates Motel"

Katy Perry guest starred on a episode of How I Met Your Mother.

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Britney Spears has guested as herself on many shows:

"Sabrina the Teenage Witch"
"Kenan & Kel"
"The Famous Jett Jackson"
"The Simpsons"
"Glee"
"Jane the Virgin"

Also in the films Longshot and Austin Powers in Goldmember.




The few times where she did not play herself was on "Will & Grace" as Amber-Louise, one of Jack's new co-hosts on Jack Talk.

She also guested on "How I Met Your Mother" as Abby, the receptionist at a Dermatology & Tattoo Removal Clinic.




She also starred in and executive produced the 2002 film Crossroads, which featured a then unknown Zoe Saldaña and Taryn Manning.

It remains as her only starring role in a film.

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P!nk's film/tv roles were as herself or credited under her real name, Alicia Moore.

Rollerball (2002) as a Singer
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) as M.C. of Motorcycle Race
Get Him to the Greek (2010) as Herself
A 2009 Episode of "SpongeBob SquarePants" as Herself



She was the lead in the horror film Catacombs (2007)
Voiced 'Gloria' in Happy Feet Two (2011)
Small Role in Thanks for Sharing (2012) as 'Dede'

David Bowie in Zoolander

Justin Bieber in Zoolander 2

Frank Zappa appeared in an episode of The Monkees.

Alanis Morissette cameoed as God in Dogma (1999) and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001).


She has appeared as herself on:

Curb Your Enthusiasm
Degrassi: The Next Generation
Sit Down, Shut Up
The Great North



She also appeared on:

Sex and the City as Dawn
American Dreams as 'Singer'
Lovespring International as Lucinda
Nip/Tuck as Poppy
Weeds as Dr. Audra Kitson
Up All Night as Amanda

Beyoncé has appeared in many Films/TV shows throughout her career.

She was famous at the time of most of them, but not yet the powerhouse that she is today.



She guested as herself on:

"Smart Guy"
"Pacific Blue"
"The Famous Jett Jackson"
"All of Us"



Her Film Roles Include:

Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001) as Carmen Brown
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) as Foxy Cleopatra
The Fighting Temptations (2003) as Lilly
The Pink Panther (2006) as Xania
Dreamgirls (2006) as Deena Jones
Cadillac Records (2008) as Etta James
Obsessed (2009) as Sharon Charles
Epic (2013) Voice of Queen Tara
The Lion King (2019) and Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) as Voice of Nala

R&B singer Usher has appeared on many Film/TV roles throughout his career:


TV Appearances as Himself:

"The Parent 'Hood"
"Cousin Skeeter"
"The Nick Cannon Show"
"Dave"




TV Appearances Not as Himself:

Recurring role on "Moesha" as Jeremy Davis
"The Bold and the Beautiful" as Raymond King
"Promised Land" as Winston
"The Famous Jett Jackson" as Zander 'Z-Ride' Hall
"Sabrina the Teenage Witch" as The Love Doctor
"The Twilight Zone" (2002 series) as Eric Boggs
"American Dreams" as Marvin Gaye
Recurring Role on "Soul Food" as Cameron Marks




Film Roles:

The Faculty (1998) as High School Student Gabe *Film Debut*
She's All That (1999) as Campus D.J.
Light It Up (1999) as Lester Dewitt
Texas Rangers (2001) as Randolph Douglas Scipio
In The Mix (2005) as Darrell Williams
Killers (2010) as Kevin the Manager
Scary Movie 5 (2013) as Ira the Janitor
Muppets Most Wanted (2014) as Himself
Hands of Stone (2016) as Sugar Ray Leonard
Burden (2018) as Clarence Brooks
Hustlers (2019) as Himself
Bad Hair (2020) as Jermaine

^^^ I remember him being on an episode of 7th Heaven in 2002.

God bless you and him always!!!

Holly

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R&B singer Aaliyah died in a plane crash in 2001 before her film career took off.


"New York Undercover" (1997) as Herself
Romeo Must Die (2000) as Trish O'Day
Queen of the Damned (2002) as Queen Akasha *posthumous release*

Mick Fleetwood founding member of Fleetwood Mac was in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Manhunt, apparently he's a big Star Trek fan. But you'd be forgiven for not knowing who he was in the episode. He played a member of an alien race called the Antedeans, and was in an elaborate costume and heavy prosthetic alien makeup so you couldn't see his face at all. On top of that, he had no speaking lines, he just basically kind of stood around LOL. Legend has it he even shaved off his beard to play the role.

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Conductor/Composer Lalo Schifrin cameoed as a conductor during the opening of 2002's Red Dragon.

To date, it is his only on screen film appearance.