Top 30 Most Surprising SNL Cameos

Lorne Michaels definitely has some important connections! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most unexpected and hilarious cameos on “SNL.” Our countdown includes cameos by Madonna, Barry Gibb, Bryan Cranston and more! Did we forget any awesome cameos? Let us know in the comments below.
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[@erzaender]

travis kelce and julia styles

[@Jamaicafunk]

Ya'll too young to remember George Harrison's cameo trying to get that Beatles check from Lorne.

[@edu-kt]

Guilty as charged, when that happened?.

[@skoolbus]

@@edu-kt Sort of a cameo. He was a musical guest. November 1976.

[@edu-kt]

@@skoolbus thank you.

[@just_kos99]

I'll never forget in the 70s, watching SNL actually LIVE 'cause we were in Central time, and suddenly "Hi, I'm President Gerald Ford and you're not." I just about DIED laughing! My respect for him grew considerably after that (I turned 15 in 1976 when he was running for election.) I also fell on him and no, HE didn't fall on ME, lol!

[@itsameroyah]

Elizabeth Olsen! She had a cameo when Benedict Cumberbatch last hosted and it was GOLDEN

[@marvac-r7916]

👏🏼 Excellent montage from an epic show!

[@lagina1111]

Where's Lindsay Buckingham in "What up with that?"

[@bluebear1985]

I never would have imagined that there were two of them this whole time.😁

[@kimberly8695]

Chadwick Boseman on Black Jeopardy!

[@jonmendelson1104]

Definitely doesn't belong on this list....it wasn't a cameo.

[@problematicgoose]

My favorite type of cameo is when they interrupt or trade places with someone impersonating them. It would be so funny if its an impersonator, then next time it cuts back to them, its the real person

[@corvos3719]

There's a great one in 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown where one of the comedians (Greg Davies) does a horrible impression of Chris Eubank (former professional boxer) and his lisp during a few guest appearances. In one, Chris Eubank shows up and it scares the sh*t out of him. I love slowing down the speed to watch Greg's face when he realizes it's really Chris Eubank.

[@susanrobinson910]

This should include the recent appearance of Kate McKinnon as Ms. Rafferty when Ryan Gosling just hosted lol!

[@curtmiller6484]

The Alien abuction skits with Ryan and Kate are THE best SNL ever did.

[@jaybhingare1524]

Too much commentary in between

[@alecs1196]

Or more specifically, WAY too much commentary blathering OVER the audio of the best lines in the actual cameo!?!

[@BurrShotHam711]

Lin-Manuel Miranda as Julian Castro was awesome!!

[@BTBEV3469]

SNL studio audience was already delighted enough at the surprise appearance of pop superstar Madonna, but even the Material Girl herself was starstruck when the legendary Barbra Streisand popped in ." Zero mention of Roseanne sitting on the couch. LOL!!!

[@joshuamountz6891]

I will always enjoy the skit that the rock did where he was Nick o trel and the cameos of Mick Foley ,Paul Levesque and The big show was classic

[@disneyfan8178]

What about Mick Jagger's unannounced duet with Peter Tosh during the latter's performance of "Don't Look Back"? Or even Art Garfunkel's appearance to take Charles Grodin's Art Garfunkel wig during the former's bit with Paul Simon?

[@jmsmith1767]

9:40 I love that Dr. Evil is based on Lorne hahaha

[@carmelmhennessy9738]

This was interesting. Thank you

[@traintrain83]

So he says Luke I am your father but that’s not the line 🤔

[@thecooliestniggawat]

Right I was wondering the same thing

[@foulplay99]

He knows he did it wrong, just to see who gets triggered :-)

[@AcidCasper17]

Where was Bob Dole??? Norm MacDonald doing the impersonation in front of him & BD going along w/ it was one of the best cameos.

[@terryp.luvsjenifer.winklem1314]

Amazing

[@elisa_lily]

Matt Damon was phenomenal 😂, it's unbelievable he didn't win an Emmy

[@marthamarshall4472]

Ahhaa !! We knew he said,’ Luke I am your father 😂

[@DMBLaan]

People these days forget, before he was Bond, Craig was co-staring in movies like A Kid in King Arthur's Court, lol

[@carlborman5165]

That narrator is the best

[@joebillingsley5583]

This would have been much better if there wasn’t someone talking over the videos and ruining the surprises. Why is watch mojo so in love with their own voices.

[@artedejali]

Paul McCartney ❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@vaderbaby]

My favorite will always be Matt Damon as Squee's buddy, Kavanaugh.

[@tylergoodman3560]

SNL has the best cameos. 🎉

[@alwayswrite2011]

18:20 - Oh, this brought back a favorite memory from well over 30 years ago! Heading to the Broadway Baby on Amsterdam Ave., my girlfriend and I were engrossed in our conversation when a small group suddenly exited one of New York's countless eateries. The five of us collided. Everyone was quick to apologize to everyone else, and then we went our separate ways. We made it three steps when my girl and I realized that we'd just crashed into Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, (Steve's wife at the time), and Paul Simon! Ours was not a brush with fame, but a collision. 😆

[@Bhagwatispiritual]

Nice video

[@TheCyberadam26]

One of my faves is Tony Bennett doing a cameo on The Tony Bennett Show opposite Alec Baldwin. That sketch always cracks me up. :)

[@UdoShan]

In the wake of his passing, the Trebeck cameo hits a little differently...

[@BethMDowney]

Maybe Scarlett Johansson cameoing as Sen. Katie Britt wasn't surprising when you consider her husband is Colin Jost, but it was for those who didn't know!

[@Animeguy300]

You guys did an amazing job

[@TheMaster_Builder]

Came here for the obama cameo, done in first 3 seconds. Thanks Mojo

[@bryanesbertgo4718]

Emilia Clark, Rose Leslie, and John Bradley Triple H, Big Show, and Vince McMahon.

[@waittillfamewtf2385]

Michelle Pfeiffer / Michelle Yeoh / Michelle Williams Michael Douglas / Michael Keaton / Michael J. Fox

[@mandelaaffected5059]

2:17 Mandela Effect moment.

[@ignaciocortez7028]

Rudy and field of dreams always, a lesser known one was frequency with Denis Quaid. " I'm still here chief" if ya know ya know

[@tonyhoable]

Jesse Jackson reading Green Eggs and Hàm better be on here

[@Barricade379]

Shouldn't it be the Top 29? You can't do Madonna twice

[@jt.binwylin]

Wasn't it a Mandela effect the line "Luke, I'm your father"??

[@jamesbonnen]

Neil Diamond on the same episode as Alex Trebek

[@10640404]

What about Mark Wahlberg coming on and confronting Andy Samberg.

[@G1Grimlock94]

Always a cameos

[@brianelza9807]

Never not a cameo!

[@joeb.evrythngEclectic5571]

Lindsey Buckingham?

[@DeValiere_]

... and now to go and watch the Katy Perry Elmo T-Shirt sketch.

[@cyclemadness]

It’s very nice to just enjoy all these skits without talking over them.

[@JoslinMartin-ri8vt]

I’ve like number 20

[@jasonsmith2759]

A recent one would be Caitlin Clark. I am certain that Michael Che didn't realize she was coming onto Weekend Update.

[@JoslinMartin-ri8vt]

I’m playing number 18 two

[@raysmith1414]

Taylor Swift was a good cameo

[@What_Makes_Climate_Tick]

There have been a lot of good ones. I liked Lindsey Buckingham and quite recent ones by Scarlett Johansson and Caitlyn Clark.

[@JRMagro]

Im sorry but SNL Alumn being ranked over genuine surprise guests is kinda weird to me... Is it that shocking that Steve martin would come back? Lol

[@RichWatson-tv3xq]

I love judge Judy

[@petermcgill1315]

Great video. Just wish the actors didn’t keep talking over the brilliant narrative.

[@JoslinMartin-ri8vt]

❤

[@rndmpinkiepie64]

Brad Pitt deserved that nomination. That was hilarious and heartfelt

[@Digdigi]

Just one question. What's Obama's last name?

[@furkanbozdag8198]

​@TiffanyTalkTalesdarude sandstorm

[@phantomkitsune010]

​​@manish_78 not funny and to soon

[@whoami-eb7cq]

😂

[@pinakibanerjee4311]

President Obama 😂😂😂

[@carriebrown679]

The CIA has deleted it from public knowledge. 😂

[@Myers369]

Dicaprio should have been higher. He is considered the biggest actor, the bit was really funny, and it's probably the only time he will appear on the show.

[@RichardA.-yi5sz]

I understand why you’d say that. And I understand why he’d prefer that; his dating history is clear evidence he prefers to avoid anything with high numbers.

[@beeonthyme5760]

Jonah was fantastic in their segment.

[@jscheunemann]

20:53 sorry this watch mojo clip ran out of time 😊

[@jimcourt9164]

Has he come out yet

[@Italonino]

Dave Chappelle was hilarious in The Nutty Professor, although his jokes may seem too cruel in our present sensitive culture.

[@jstewlly4747]

Keenan had Gaga and Madonna on him LUCKY MAN

[@ClardeClawodrey]

He was the goat Akira Toriyama 🖤💙🧡🧡💙🧡🧡🧡💛

[@barrellracer]

Vincent D'onofrio/Detective Robert Goren (Clinton/Barack Obama debate - 01 March 2008- Elliott Page was the host)

[@fritodorito06]

Madonna at number five and one feels correct 👑

[@dinofabie]

proof that judge judy has a gavel.

[@Dc-alpha]

Weirdly..... the Pitt one hasn't aged well. Though I'd hazard right at the time I suppose.

[@StormX9000]

joe pesci 👍

[@ShastaMcNasty0226]

Um....freaking Mandela Effect anyone?? Even Mark Hamill quotes it as "Luke I am your father" vs what people saying now, "No, I am your father"

[@zlizgirl]

Nope. Just wrong.

[@yewhanlim8916]

25:40 Obama

[@ScoobydoobyDoo-bp2gt]

Hey hilikeit

[@skoodledoo]

It's Daniel CRAYG not CREG. It's only US that pronounces it CREG. Heathens! Haha!

[@susannyysti869]

Obama is his last name😅😅😅😅derp

[@marthamarshall4472]

Will Feral ( however it’s spelt), in a dress😢

[@DanielVerberne]

I was hoping to watch and listen to these cameos, but thankfully a woman spoke over them all.

[@ericpurnomo8173]

Where's Will Smith ???

[@rumblebudgie2085]

I didn't even know SNL was still on the air...

[@psycosis12]

Check the new cast out. They're funny as hell

[@rumblebudgie2085]

@@psycosis12 Liberals aren't funny to me.

[@luedanger561]

Search up SNL Beavis and Butthead. You'll thank me after you die laughing 😅

[@rumblebudgie2085]

@@luedanger561 No thanks. I don't think liberals are funny.

[@luedanger561]

@@rumblebudgie2085 comedians are liberals? 😂 You must be fun at parties

[@bobyoung1183]

Why did you refer to President Trump as a "certain individual"?

[@m.i.t.h.]

3 minutes in and already 4 commercials? this is getting stupid and impossible to watch...

[@beeonthyme5760]

It is worth it to me to pay for commercial free...however, the advertising is now embedded into many popular accounts. The host doing the commercial during their show.

[@m.i.t.h.]

@@beeonthyme5760 yeah... I'm okay with the users doing it within reason b/c they have to earn a living... it's google I'm upset with. They make enough. They don't have to milk every last penny at the expense of the American people. Especially when they force you to watch or view commercials or political babble that makes you wildly uncomfortable.

[@jonmendelson1104]

@@m.i.t.h. Ad blockers are great.

[@daler.steffy1047]

There has now been put in place across the KZbin platform a newly censored word that video presenters, which includes presenting the oral version of the word through their narratives, can no longer use, permanently, and this is the word: "Iconic."

[@newspooiechannel]

With all the political appearances, I'm surprised George Bush appearing via satellite to Dana Carvey in his cold opening returning to host the show isn't on here... considering he took some flack for it from critics who didn't feel a former president should be making appearances on television for the purpose of comedy. You know, back when people whined about stuff like that. But I guess it wouldn't be prudent at this juncture. 🤷‍♂

[@CH-uk1il]

What about that time Elon Musk was Wario?

[@houseoftone8939]

Could the narrator just shut up for 5 seconds?

[@TimpossibleOne]

I bet Brad Pitt could take back his praise of Dr. Fauci now.

[@DrPrimoAce]

Wokemojo and their god

[@samirah4423]

how am i sooo early :o

[@StanHalen1936]

No one cares.

[@poldetson6596]

List videos without a time index are lame.

[@wilrivera2668]

... the Madonna/Lady Gaga was not very funny at all ...

[@peartdahurt]

At least the back view of Gaga was nice 😅

[@billwumsen4108]

thats way to much comentary and way ro less of the actual scenes!

[@mileswint]

Please look up how to pronounce reprise, and the definition of electrocute. 😑

[@stephenwilson04]

Damn, you Yanks can't even say Daniel Craig's surname right 😂😂

[@tonyhoable]

We Yanks do whatever we want. You haven't figured that out yet?

[@ScoobydoobyDoo-bp2gt]

Likeit

[@HipnoDark]

Obama is awesome

[@jorgeadairramos7469]

Hello good morning 😮😮😮😮

[@thedragonauthority]

Is praising barbra streisand's singing voice? Are you kidding me? That woman couldn't sing to save her life.

[@GO-lh3rt]

wait what? that actually happened?? And you're not pointing and laughing at them? Fauci has come out an apologized for lying the whole time. This is wack AF

[@GO-lh3rt]

Brad Pitt is dead to me

[@Funny.Man101]

FUNNY JOKE FOR YOU YOU COMMENTING HERE: What kind of keys are sweet? COOKIES!!! 😅😅😅LMFAO!!! ANYONE GET IT? WAS THAT FUNNY

[@Reaperguy67]

Not even funny

[@StanHalen1936]

You're not funny on this page either, Tiger31623. No one likes you. Making a new account won't change that. Just quit being a loser.

[@yangmichael1521]

05:51 이사람들 지도엔 아시아가 없네

[@Bo_D_Hansen]

Because Asian don't exist 😂😂 It's just a joke 😉😉

[@Cruithneach]

I have never watched this show and probably never will