Holy crap! That was...

[Piotr Rasputin]

M.C. Gainey (Tom the Other from "Lost") as the angry husband who, all his glory flapping in the breeze, chased Paul Giamatti to the car in Sideways.

 

[outofplace]

Dana Carvey is listed in the credits for "Halloween II."
I think he was either an ambulance driver in the movie for a split second, or played Ben Tramer -- who was smashed by a police car and turned into a charred corpse about 10 seconds after he appeared. Can't remember which. First time I noticed that was sometime in the 1990s, not long after he left SNL. Thought it was funny.

Was also watching a really bad movie on cable last week called "Maniac Cop 2". The credits roll, and both Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi had small parts. They must've owed a favor to the director or something.

Neither Bruce Campbell nor Sam Raimi were in a position to turn down work in 1990.

I just don't know that Bruce Campbell has ever turned down work in the first place.
If you ever read Campbell's book, though, (I highly recommend it; it's a fun read) you quickly realize he does a lot of bit parts in movies his friends have either starred in or directed. He and Raimi grew up together in Michigan and are good friends. Campbell has had cameos in all three Spider-man movies.
That's why I figured, with both of them in the movie, they must have had a connection to someone in charge.

I actually got to interview Campbell once, before Spider-Man II. He very proudly told me that he was going to defeat Spider-Man, and if you think about it, he did.

 

[Irishcheesehead]

Jim Carrey was the rockstar who dies at the start of Clint Eastwood's "The Dead Pool" with Liam Neeson.

 

[dreunc1542]

The janitor from scrubs was the construction worker in Major League who was was bitching about the team in the opening minutes of the movie, Neil something, IIRC.

It was mentioned on another thread a while back, but the janitor also played the transit cop who gets shot near the end of The Fugitive.
Even better, that was referenced on an episode of Scrubs. The janitor (in character) was claiming to have been in The Fugitive.

I was in front of the janitor at a liquor store in LA last year. It was bizarre because all he was buying was a 2-liter bottle of Coke, despite the fact that we were across the street from a 7/11 and a couple other convenience stores. Just seemed weird to me.

 

[Double J]

Jim Carrey was the rockstar who dies at the start of Clint Eastwood's "The Dead Pool" with Liam Neeson.

Just like Vince Neil played the rock star who bit the dust on stage at the start of "The Adventures of Ford Fairlane."

 

[93Devil]

Cerrano from ML

http://youhitlike****.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/1960cerrano.jpg

24's President Palmer

 

[Big Circus]

Jane Krakowski was the babysitter at the beginning of Fatal Attraction.

Also the hillbilly cousin girl in "Vacation."

"I'm going steady and I french kiss."
"So everyone does that."
"Yeah, but daddy says I am the best at it."

Creepy ass line.

I saw this on Bravo last week (and realized it was Krakowski for the first time) and they changed it to "My science teacher says I'm the best."

 

[HC]

Watch any permutation of L & O and you'll see folks from The Wire, The Sopranos, and lots of other East Coast based show. Just this week, saw an old "Law & Order" and one of the 2 girls that found the body in the opening was Jorja Fox although she was credited in that episode as Jorjan Fox.

 

[Bubbler]

John Ratzenberger was in both Empire Strikes Back and Gandhi.

Wasn't George Clooney in Facts Of Life?

 

[outofplace]

John Ratzenberger was in both Empire Strikes Back and Gandhi.

Wasn't George Clooney in Facts Of Life?

Yup. He was a series regular as "George" when they left the school and had a store as the main set for the show.

 

[outofplace]

Damn, now I'm going to have to find John Ratzenberger in The Empire Strikes Back. Anybody know what part of the movie he was in?

Wow....he was in Superman I and II as well.

 

[Bubbler]

Damn, now I'm going to have to find John Ratzenberger in The Empire Strikes Back. Anybody know what part of the movie he was in?

Wow....he was in Superman I and II as well.

He was one of the Rebel guards on Hoth.

There ... I've renewed my nerd card for another year.

 

[Killick]

"Say there, Han. Did you know the smartest animal happens to be the taun taun? No, I'm telling you, your average taun, scientists say, if it hand thumbs and a language it could be trained to do simple manual labor. But due to the shape of your average taun taun's esophagus, even if it could speak, it could not pronounce the word 'lasagna.'"

 

[doubledown68]

Cerrano from ML

http://youhitlike****.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/1960cerrano.jpg

24's President Palmer

To me, he'll always be Cerrano, before he's anything else. Let's see if 24 has the staying power of Major League. Highly doubtful.

 

[StaggerLee]

Had no idea, but Sarah Chalke (Dr. Elliott Reed of Scrubs fame) was Becky on Roseanne.

Was watching Nick at Nite a while back and noticed for the first time.

 

[outofplace]

Had no idea, but Sarah Chalke (Dr. Elliott Reed of Scrubs fame) was Becky on Roseanne.

Was watching Nick at Nite a while back and noticed for the first time.

I never knew that until recently, either, though I think there was more than one Becky.

 

[SoCalDude]

My wife kinda gasped when Orson Bean showed up on "Desperate Housewives."

 

[bigpern23]

Sarah Chalke was, indeed, the SECOND Becky.

I just saw Adam Sandler in an episode of The Cosby Show, playing one of Theo's obnoxious classmates.

Pee Wee Herman was in Buffy The Vampire Slayer (the original movie) as Lothos' (Rutger Hauer) second-in-command.

 

[Steak Snabler]

One of Tony Soprano's girlfriends --- the one he steals from Ralphie Cifaretto who later winds up getting burned in the fire --- played Maria on "Head of the Class."

And several of the Sopranos cast members --- Edie Falco, Robert Patrick, John Ventimiglia (Artie), Frank Vincent, Annabella Sciorra --- had bit/supporting parts in "Cop Land." I think they had the same casting directors.

Same thing with "Goodfellas." Paulie Walnuts, Big *****, Larry Boy Barese, Jennifer Melfi, Christopher Moltisanti and Phil Leotardo are all in that.

"The Wire" has a couple, too. Jim True-Frost, who played Roland "Prez" Prezbylewski, was Campbell Scott's loser buddy in "Singles." Frankie Faison, who played police commissioner Burrell, was Eddie Murphy's landlord in "Coming to America." ("Used to rent this apartment to a blind man. ... Damn shame what they did to that dog.")

But the all-timer has to be Dominic Chianese (Junior Soprano) playing Johnny Ola in "Godfather 2." I flipped out when I first noticed that.

 

[Steak Snabler]

And speaking of "Coming to America," there's this guy:

(And he also played Stacks Edwards in "Goodfellas").