re: Best cameo ever?

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Will Ferrell in Wedding Crashers

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You guys have a broad definition of cameo.

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Kareem Abdul Jabar in Airplane

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And the best cameo is this one.

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A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games[1] and television. Short appearances by film directors, politicians, athletes, musicians, and other celebrities are common. These roles are generally small, and many of them non-speaking. As an example, director Alfred Hitchcock enjoyed inserting himself, often as a passive by-stander, in scenes of his films.

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Originally the phrase "cameo role" referred to a famous person who was playing no character, but him or herself. Like a cameo brooch—a low-relief carving of a person's head or bust—the actor or celebrity is instantly recognizable. More recently, "cameo" has come to refer to any short appearances, whether as a character or as oneself.

Cameos are often noncredited due to their shortness or because of a perceived mismatch between the celebrity's stature and the film or TV show in which he or she is appearing. Many are publicity stunts. Others are acknowledgments of an actor's contribution to an earlier work, as in the case of many film adaptations of TV series, or of remakes of earlier films. Others honour artists or celebrities known for work in a particular field.

A cameo can establish a character as being important without having much screen time. Examples of such cameos are Sean Connery in "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" or Ted Danson in "Saving Private Ryan".

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Not even in the top two in that scene.

1) Danny Devito as Mini Me.
2) Gwyneth Paltrow as Dixie Normous.

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