The Top Ten Best Movie Cameos

Looking at some of the most memorable movie appearances.

Wendy Williams: Think Like a Man (2012) - Depending on what a star does with a film cameo, a brief moment on the big screen can either be forgettable or a major highlight. Here, we will acknowledge some of film's most memorable movie appearances.   In the smash romantic comedy Think Like a Man, talk show host Wendy Williams offered a hilarious height contrast in her cameo as Kevin Hart's wife.(Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

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Wendy Williams: Think Like a Man (2012) - Depending on what a star does with a film cameo, a brief moment on the big screen can either be forgettable or a major highlight. Here, we will acknowledge some of film's most memorable movie appearances.  In the smash romantic comedy Think Like a Man, talk show host Wendy Williams offered a hilarious height contrast in her cameo as Kevin Hart's wife.(Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

K-Ci & JoJo: Soul Food (1997) - In the hit family dramedy, which spawned a popular TV series, the singing brothers (and former members of Jodeci) were cast as bandmates of actor Michael Beach.(Photo: K Ci & JoJo/Facebook)

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K-Ci & JoJo: Soul Food (1997) - In the hit family dramedy, which spawned a popular TV series, the singing brothers (and former members of Jodeci) were cast as bandmates of actor Michael Beach.(Photo: K Ci & JoJo/Facebook)

LL Cool J: Charlie's Angels (2000) - The hip hop icon made a brief appearanance as African clothes-wearing Mr. Jones in the film version of the female cop series Charlie's Angels.(Photo: Columbia Pictures)

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LL Cool J: Charlie's Angels (2000) - The hip hop icon made a brief appearanance as African clothes-wearing Mr. Jones in the film version of the female cop series Charlie's Angels.(Photo: Columbia Pictures)

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Tyler Perry: Star Trek (2009) - Perry was cast as the stoic Admiral Richard Barnett for his cameo in Star Trek. (Photo: Paramount Pictures) 

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Tyler Perry: Star Trek (2009) - Perry was cast as the stoic Admiral Richard Barnett for his cameo in Star Trek. (Photo: Paramount Pictures) 

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Loretta Devine: Dreamgirls (2006) - The actress originated the role of Lorell in the Tony-winning Broadway stage production of Dreamgirls.  For the film adaptation, Devine made a brief appearance as a jazz singer.  (Photo: Paramount Pictures)

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Loretta Devine: Dreamgirls (2006) - The actress originated the role of Lorell in the Tony-winning Broadway stage production of Dreamgirls.  For the film adaptation, Devine made a brief appearance as a jazz singer. (Photo: Paramount Pictures)

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Samuel L. Jackson: Out of Sight (1998) - In this jailbreak action comedy, Jackson brilliantly plays the inscrutable and stone-faced serial prison-breaker Hejira Henry. (Photo: Universal Pictures)

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Samuel L. Jackson: Out of Sight (1998) - In this jailbreak action comedy, Jackson brilliantly plays the inscrutable and stone-faced serial prison-breaker Hejira Henry. (Photo: Universal Pictures)

Angela Bassett in Mr. & Mrs. Smith  - As if this action flick wasn't hot enough already with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie starring, just imagine if Angela Bassett appeared in the film as Pitt's cutthroat boss! The actress's role got  left on the cutting room floor, maybe because the director thought she might burn right through the celluloid.(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards)

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Angela Bassett: Panther (1995) - Having played Betty Shabazz so well in the 1992 film Malcolm X, Bassett was asked to reprise her role for a cameo in Panther. The movie told the of story of controversial organization The Black Panther Party For Self-Defense.(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards)

Q-Tip: Poetic Justice (1993) - Playing Janet Jackson's beau, Markell, in John Singleton's Poetic Justice, rap music vet Q-Tip didn't get much screen time before he got blown away. (Photo: Columbia Pictures)

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Q-Tip: Poetic Justice (1993) - Playing Janet Jackson's beau, Markell, in John Singleton's Poetic Justice, rap music vet Q-Tip didn't get much screen time before he got blown away. (Photo: Columbia Pictures)

Mike Tyson: The Hangover (2009) - In the massive hit comedy The Hangover, Tyson's cameo as himself, air drumming to Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight," is one of the film's comedic highlights.  (Photo: Warner Bros.)

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Mike Tyson: The Hangover (2009) - In the massive hit comedy The Hangover, Tyson's cameo as himself, air drumming to Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight," is one of the film's comedic highlights.  (Photo: Warner Bros.)

Michael Jackson: Men in Black II (2002) - For the second installment of the Men in Black franchise, the King of Pop surprised fans when he popped up on the screen briefly as Agent M, who was asking about an open position to be apart of the MIB team.  (Photo: Columbia Pictures)

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Michael Jackson: Men in Black II (2002) - For the second installment of the Men in Black franchise, the King of Pop surprised fans when he popped up on the screen briefly as Agent M, who was asking about an open position to be apart of the MIB team. (Photo: Columbia Pictures)