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I know of five directors who have acted in their own movies:
Alfred Hitchcock
Mel Brooks
Clint Eastwood
Danny Devito
Can you name anyone else and the movie?
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Well, the two best known...
that come to mind are the academy award winning tripple crown winners:
Orson Wells - Citizen Kane
Woody Allen - Annie Hall.
There are others, of course
Like Leonard Nimoy and William Shattner (Star Trek movies, of course)
Sydney Pollack in the film Tootsie
comes to mind.
John Houston in The Treasure of the Siera Madre, though his part was minor. Both he and his dad, Walter Houston won Oscars. John nearly pulled off the same trick with Angelica Huton late in his life.
John in Wauwatosa
P.S. My sister mentions that Woody Allen had made a *few* as did Charlie Chaplin, nearly all sients in his case. Silent star and some talkies/TV, Buster Keaton did some also I belive. Unfortunately so did Jerry Lewis.
John in Wauwatosa
Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith :)
He played "Silent Bob" in all of those.
He also directed the 2007 pilot of the show "Reaper" where he played "(voice) (uncredited) .... Jewish Guy"... Not sure if that counts :)
-HuGgLeS-
P/KAF
I just was reading today...
Jerry Lewis - Nutty Professor, The Big Mouth, Cinderfella, The Bellhop (I think that's the title) and some others..
Frank
No Capes!
Brad Bird voiced Edna Mode in The Incredibles.
8 more
M. Night Shyamalan - Vick Ran in Lady In the Water and every other film
Kevin Spacey - Bobby Darin in Beyond the Sea
Uwe Boll - Himself in Postal
Helen Hunt - April Epner in Then She Found Me
Edward Burns - Mickey Fitzpatrick in She's the One
Quentin Tarantino - Warren, in Death Proof from Grindhouse
Jean-Luc Godard - L'idiot et le prince in Keep Up Your Right
Eddie Murphy - Quick in Harlem Nights
listed as 8 of the 10 Worst Performances by Directors Acting in Their Own Films
Woody Allen and Clint Eastwood, both mentioned previously were the other 2
I won't give them away, but this site lists over 100 ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_directors_who_appear_in...
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
Holly
Here's three
Peter Jackson had cameos in each of the Lord of the Rings.
John Milius in The Wind and the Lion.
Mel Gibson in Braveheart.
Here is an odd one
Richard Bachman AKA Steven King He plays a cameo appearance in Most of his movies
IT- he was the pizza delivery man
The answers to all of life's questions can be found in the face of a true friend
The answers to all of life's questions can be found in the face of a true friend
Forrest Whitaker
Forrest Whitaker in "The Last King Of Scotland"
I got one not listed in the Wikipedia list....
Vin Diesel :)
Admittedly the Hannibal role is only (announced) and not even (pre-production) yet, but still, I'm quite proud of my find :) I even only used IMDB to verify :) I was actually thinking he directed the new Fast and Furious movie to be released soon, but he only acted and produced :)
-P/KAF
Kevin Costner & Ed Wood
Kevin Costner
Open Range (2003)
The Postman (1997)
Waterworld (1995) (uncredited)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Edward D. Wood Jr.
Glen or Glenda
Plan 9 from Outer Space
"Necromania" A Tale of Weird Love!
Plus several others
The Internet Movie Database is great for this kind of stuff.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000248/
Into the Night
John Landis. Like Hitchcock, it's almost easier to find one he directed and is in, than one he's not.
Barbra Streisand - Yentl, The Mirror Has Two Faces and Prince of Tides
Elaine May - A New Leaf
Harold Ramis - Groundhog Day and others
Hugs,
Erin
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= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
This is getting to be too
This is getting to be too easy.... I think we should create a thread on Directors NOT in their own movies!
Steven Soderbergh
Admittedly, the Shcizopolis is Written, Directed, Produced all by him... But they are ALL listed as uncredited.... Weird....
P/KAF
Directors
Marion Morrison aka John Wayne
Tha Alamo
The Green Berets
The Comancheros (uncredited)
I know there are some people here that don't like him but oh well.
Melanie
Hey
You cannot speak his name without the proper tone of respect in your voice. Penance must be paid by the violaters as soon as I can figure out what it should be. :))
Here's a couple more....
Billy Crystal - Forget Paris
Dan Ackroyd - Blues Brothers 2000
Kate
"While the rest of the human race are descended from monkeys, redheads derive from cats."
Kate
"Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes." William Gibson
Ron Howard
He played uncredited roles in a number of films he directed, but was the lead in Grand Theft Auto.
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
Hitchcock did cameos in every one of his films !
This led to problems when he filmed "Lifeboat". The entire film is set in a lifeboat of survivors from a U-boat attack. How could he do a cameo in this film, with a very limited cast?
Hitchcock's solution - He included a photo of himself in a newspaper we briefly see.
Polanski in Chinatown
He was the lttle creep who sliced open Jack Nicholson's nose.
Scorsese acted in one or two of his first films but decided he stunk as an actor.
I guess Orson Wells has been mentioned, but he was incredible in Touch of Evil.
~~~hugs (hi i'm back temporarily on a friend's machine) Laika
We now return to our regular programming:
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Orson Welles
Orson Welles is another who appeared in almost every movie he directed. Add to his list The Magnificent Ambersons, The Stranger, The Trial, Lady From Shanghai, MacBeth, Othello and Chimes at Midnight. Sorry, I'm kind of a nut about his work. Call me weird :)
Never let it be said that I don't enjoy the occasional delusion of grandeur
Never let it be said that I don't enjoy the occasional delusion of grandeur
You're Weird .....
You're Weird ..... :)
(always happy to oblige)
-P/KAF
Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks - That Thing You Do! also written and directed
Jodie Foster - Little Man Tate and Home for the Holidays
hugs,
Jenna from FL
Hugs,
Jenna From FL
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