Name: Top 10 Best Movie Cameos That Made Fun of an Actors Previous Role
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Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the actors who returned to the big screen to poke fun at their most iconic characters.

In this sequel, the main character receives an unlikely visitor at a grocery store.

Liam Neeson plays a customer that's anxious about buying Trix cereal.

With all the intensity of a Taken film, Neeson interrogates Ted about the tagline of the cereal.

He even explicitly asks whether there'll be trouble if he, an adult, buys the product.

Well unfortunately it seems that there does end up being trouble.

Neeson returns after the credits, apparently having had quite the rough day, and returns the cereal.

It's an absurd and hilarious way to utilize the prestigious talents of this acting legend.

Number 9 Martin Sheen – Hot Shots Part Deux

The Hot Shots sequel parodies many serious war movies, so obviously they had to include a reference to Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 epic.

A badass retired Navy soldier who found inner peace after discovering Buddhism, Charlie

Sheen's topper Harley is pulled back in for one final mission.

While ramboing his way through Iraq, he comes across Martin Sheen's character from Apocalypse

Now, who might have taken a wrong turn on his way to Vietnam.

As the father and son cross paths, they share a few words of encouragement.

As Ryan Reynolds' character plays with all sorts of iconic items, he conjures up one famous shield in the heat of battle.

This just so happens to catch the eye of the real Chris Evans.

The quick cutaway does half the work, but we also couldn't have asked for a more perfect reaction from the Avenger.

At a time when MCU fans were really starting to miss Captain America, this cameo served as a fantastic pick-me-up.

It's also emblematic of the fun energy employed throughout all of Free Guy, not to mention one of the movie's many winning pop culture jokes.

This film wasn't just funny, it also ingeniously brought the franchise full circle.

As Schmidt and Janko find themselves cornered by bad guys, two other undercover cops were revealed themselves.

One of the cops is played by Peter DeLuise, who you might know, and the other is played by Johnny Depp, who you definitely know.

Reprising their roles from the original TV series, the partners reminisce about their

Depp himself requested that his character be killed off, and the filmmakers gave him a truly uproarious send-off.

Number 6 Hugh Jackman – X-Men First Class

An X-Men movie apparently cannot be produced without an appearance from Wolverine, no matter how short it may be.

Since the launch of the first movie, Hugh Jackman has made many physical appearances as Logan.

While X-Men Apocalypse went for an extended and violent action sequence, Wolverine's best cameo lasted less than half a minute and featured no claws whatsoever.

During X-Men First Class, Xavier and Magneto are looking for able mutants to join their cause, which leads them to a dingy bar in the middle of nowhere.

Number 5 Neil Patrick Harris – Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle

This legendary cameo comes from an actor who first got famous for his role as TV's kid

In a slightly less than wholesome role, however, NPH turns up during the titular duo's journey to this burger haven.

The complete opposite of what anyone expected, this washed-up and creepy celeb-turned-hitchhiker punctuates the title stoner's quest for burgers in ways they couldn't possibly imagine.

In his send-up of sci-fi films, director Mel Brooks fills a diner with assorted misfits.

This includes one patron that looks a lot like Kane from Alien.

In yet another space movie, John Hurt's character has a stomach-churning encounter with an extraterrestrial.

This version ends in a much more hilarious way, as the creature starts to sing and dance.

Hurt leans into the moment, more than willing to poke fun at his former role.

The acclaimed actor could have easily turned down this cameo, but we're glad he instead decided to die by Aliens once more in this authentic parody.

David Hasselhoff – The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Confusing children and adults alike, David Hasselhoff arrives in the SpongeBob SquarePants movie to give SpongeBob and Patrick a much-needed ride across the sea.

It doesn't make a lot of sense, but it's hilariously campy, so we'll let it slide.

Hasselhoff really sells his ability to sail across the water like a high-speed boat.

All the while, he gives the surreal sequence a humor and charisma that can't be beaten.

The actor even launches the characters out of his pecs in a moment that will have viewers of all ages laughing.

In a flick about the end of mankind, the last person anyone expects to see is zombified

But fear not, he's just playing dress-up to keep up with the Joneses.

Once Murray drops the ruse, Woody Harrelson gives the appropriate, and some would say mandatory, fan-level freak-out.

Too bad Bill takes his pranks too far, trying to get a laugh from a scared kid with a shotgun.

Luckily, he's able to stay alive long enough to voice regret for starring in Garfield, the movie.

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Terminator 2 – Judgment Day took the world by storm in 1991, prompting Robert Patrick to revive the character for a brief cameo in Mike Myers' Wayne's World.

Dressed up in his now-iconic beat-cop uniform, the T-1000 pulls over Wayne to ask whether he recently saw John Connor running around.

Myers reacts exactly how anyone would in this situation – he screams and hightails it out of there.

By the way, the T-1000 was actually meant to be portrayed by Billy Idol before he was ruled out due to an unfortunate motorcycle accident.

Which actor would you most like to see reprise an iconic character on screen?

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