The Funniest Athlete Cameos In Movie History
Athlete cameos in movies that will crack you up
Athletes have tried their typically large hands at acting to varying results. Some are bad (looking at you, Wilt Chamberlain), and some are good (Charles Barkley, John McEnroe). And some are legendary (hell yeah, Mike Tyson and Bob Uecker). But, fortunately, you don’t have to be the offspring of Gary Oldman and Meryl Streep to laugh at yourself and let others do the same. Here’s our list of the funniest athlete cameos in movies, in no particular order. And don’t forget to check out our list of the funniest jock cameos ever on the small screen.Mike Tyson in The Hangover
Not only did Tyson, as himself, punch Zach Galifianakis’ character out, get his tiger back, out himself as a huge Phil Collins fans, and break the case of the gang’s missing friend wide open, he delivered the movie’s defining line: “Like you said — we all do dumb shit when we’re f—ed up.”
Andre the Giant in The Princess Bride
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I’m not even sure you could call Andre the Giant’s role in “The Princess Bride” a cameo, since he was arguably the third or fourth lead.
Still, I’d never pass up the opportunity to relive his series of classic lines, like “Anybody wanna peanut?” and “I hate for people to die embarrassed.”
Mike Ditka in Kicking and Screaming
The Hall of Fame football coach — who is definitely not Sammy Sosa — was pretty great in an extended role as himself, holding his own comedically with alongside funnyman Will Ferrell. “I couldn’t really hear ya, Weston,” he tells Robert Duvall’s character.
“My Super Bowl ring was making too much noise.”
Derek Jeter in The Other Guys
“You dick! I’m Derek Jeter. You shot me!” the former shortstop screams at Mark Wahlberg’s character in a flashback to the incident that resulted in the cop’s working a desk. But Jetes and Wahlberg make up once a scraggly, incognito busts the case wide open and tips off our heroes.