The 25 Most Unexpected Celebrity Cameos in Movies

Including Bill Murray as the greatest zombie ever.

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Big-budget Hollywood movies are typically so formulaic that you can predict every beat within the first five minutes. Which is why, in most cases, surprises are welcome. That's where the celebrity cameos come in.

From Bill Murray in Zombieland to Eminem in Funny People, celebs can make an ultimately standard flick more memorable. Here are the 25 Most Unexpected Celebrity Cameos in Movies.

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Brett Favre in There's Something About Mary (1998)

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Michael Jackson in Men in Black II (2002)

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Kurt Vonnegut in Back To School (1986)

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Dustin Diamond in Made (2001)

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Chuck Norris in Dodgeball (2004)

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Airplane! (1980)

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Mike Tyson in The Hangover (2009)

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Jarvis Cocker in Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

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Bruce Springsteen in High Fidelity (2000)

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Bob Barker in Happy Gilmore (1996)

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Bobby Brown in Ghostbusters 2 (1989)

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Mariah Carey in You Don't Mess With the Zohan (2008)

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Hulk Hogan in Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

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Vanilla Ice in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

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Billy Idol in The Wedding Singer (1998)

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Eminem in Funny People (2009)

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Bob Saget in Half Baked (1998)

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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

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Charlton Heston in Wayne's World 2 (1993)

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David Bowie in Zoolander (2001)

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Neil Patrick Harris in Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (2004)

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Xavier McDaniel in Singles (1992)

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Alice Cooper in Wayne's World (1992)

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Steve Irwin in Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)

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Bill Murray in Zombieland (2009)

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