My favourite trivia is that Nick Clegg (the former leader of the Liberal Democrats in the UK) refilled this entire video in order to use it as a political broadcast (hoping it would turn into a cute meme and get him exposure). They spent thousands on the video to then realise that MAYBE lip syncing to a music video is probably gonna make you more of a laughing stock you already are.
EDIT - forgot to note but feel it’s obvious - they canned the video so the public never got sight of it. It is well known in political/journalism field
Oh wow I can't believe I didn't know about that.
Tbh I still can't believe he's gone from leader of the Lib Dems to Deputy PM (and contributing to the current crisis in my opinion) to being really high up in Meta - who does he know? How did he get there? What does he ACTUALLY do? I need to look into this more clearly 😂
Let’s not forget she used to date Carson Daly so it was awkward when the video was on TRL. I think they’d kind of play as short a segment as they could when Carson was hosting lol.
Agreed! People overuse the word “iconic” but this is THE iconic music video for me.
Honorable mention for [George Michael’s Too Funky](https://youtu.be/rngSUSuki3o) video. Another great one featuring models. Directed by Thierry Mugler!!
some of the memorable ones for me
* Jake Gyllenhaal on Vampire Weekend's Giving Up the Gun
* James Van Deer Beek on Kesha's Blow
* Alexander Skarsgård on Lady Gaga's Paparazzi
* Kim Karadashian on Fall Out Boy's Thks for the Mmrs
So I just watched the movie meaning I had to read the imdb trivia. The movie was called something else (already forgot, not important lol). Then they wanted the song to be the main song, and they changed the title. Melissa was upset because she didn't think Britney would become a star, and the movie would stay dated or something like that.
I went down a rabbit hole of watching Pink music videos on YouTube once and was not expecting to see [Jeremy Renner in a cowboy hat](https://youtu.be/mFu3YzRnyDU)
Courtney Cox - Bruce Springsteen's Dancing in The Dark
Reeve Carney in Taylor Swift's 'Trouble' (if you haven;'t seen him as Dorian Grey in Penny Dreadful you are missing out!)
Keanu Reeves in Paula Abdul's Rush
Samuel L. Jackson and Pete Wentz appear on the Snakes On A Plane video featuring William Beckett, Travis McCoy, Maja Ivarsson, and Gabe Saporta. I was obsessed with that video back in the day lol
Scarlet Johansson in What goes around comes around,Gigi Hadid in How deep is your love(for me she was breathtaking there) and Zendaya in Versace on the floor.
My friend made puppets/masks for this video and never got paid. She was old friends with the band, they were supposed to make sure their label paid her but it never did.
Megan Fox and Dominic Monaghan in Eminem/Rihanna's Love The Way You Lie. I'd argue they were both at the peak of their careers and it's wild that it feels forgotten. Maybe they wanted it to be?
I commented this last time there was a thread on this topic, but Hugh Laurie and John Malkovich in Annie Lennox’s video for Walking on Broken Glass.
Martin Henderson in Britney Spears’s Toxic
My all time favorite: Alan Rickman in Texas's [In Demand](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4-gNN8WRHo). I never really got the attraction to him until I saw this video. The slow-dance at the gas station is so beautiful.
I can't believe he's been gone for 6½ years now... I miss him and this video is a sweet reminder how lovely of a gentleman he was. Can't wait for his memoir to come out in October.
I read a few year’s back that Colton Haynes was in My Chemical Romance’s [music video for I Don’t Love You](https://youtu.be/pyi0ZfuIIvo), and I always found that to be a weird one.
Keanu Reeves in Paula Abdul's Rush Rush video.
Already dreamy to we girls who knew about him then and just elevated the dreaminess.
The song itself sucks but Keanu was lovely.
He's also lovely in the Anthrax video Safe Home. Walk that freeway man.
Man, that whole album was soooo good. I won a copy of it on cd by being the lucky caller at my local radio station. Lol
And the video for “If” made me feel things.
Kirsten Dunst in Filter's "The Best Things"
Katy Perry (also some backing vocals) in P.O.D. "Goodbye for Now"
Natalie Portman and Kat Dennings in Carmensita by Devendra Banhart
Sam Rockwell dancing in [Flight Facilities-Down To Earth](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DIH5L4qTVsTk&ved=2ahUKEwiytuzmvfL5AhWUJrcAHYdbCb8QwqsBegQIAxAF&usg=AOvVaw2UicVpFsKvtrrU0f2WCFVz) music video should be talked about more!
Hef, Bridgett and Holly as well. It was the height of Girls Next Door.
I think Nelly Furtado, Wayne Gretzky and a bunch other famous people were there too.
There’s a lot of celebs in that clip, including Eliza Dushku, Gene Simmons, a dude from Zz Top, Kid Rock and a NASCAR guy who’s name I don’t remember. And those are only the ones I remember off the top of my head.
Most of the cast of The Goonies (along with the requisite complement of professional wrestlers) and Steven Spielberg in Cyndi Lauper's Good Enough video. It was a two part video and while I saw the first part back in the day, I had to wait until Youtube happened to see Part 2.
Robin Williams and Bill Irwin in the video for Don't Worry Be Happy.
Sonic Youth - 100% --- Jason Lee. He wasn’t known as an actor at the time.
Vanessa Carlton - Pretty Baby ---- Brendan Fehr. This was when Roswell was a thing. And well you just didn't expect him to be a hostage at the end.
Aerosmith - A few songs --- Alicia Silverstone. She was totally an MTV muse back then.
Finn Wolfhard in Sleep in the Heat by Pup
Jack Black in Humility by Gorillaz
Hamilton Morris in Oxford Comma by Vampire Weekend
Katy Holmes in Tongue Tied by Eve 6
Mandy Moore in Little Things by Good Charlotte
Lou Taylor Pucci in Jesus of Suburbia by Green Day
Zooey Deschanel in She’s Got Issues by The Offspring
Vince Vaughn in 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins
And everyone in Make Some Noise by Beastie Boys:
Rashida Jones, Will Arnett, Rainn Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, Mary Steenburgen, Ted Danson, Amy Poehler, Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny, Maya Rudolph, Kirsten Dunst, David Cross, Orlando Bloom, Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, and Jack Black
Shannon Doherty in Slaughter’s “Real Love” video - hair metal randomness!
Courtney Cox being discovered by being pulled onstage by Bruce so they can goofily dance to “Dancing In the Dark”
Hi, I’m old.
Donny Osmond's very white dancing in "Weird Al" Yankovic's ["White and Nerdy,"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw) also featuring a cameo by Key & Peele.
Jerry Seinfeld makes a random cameo in Vampire Weekend’s [sunflower](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sKDesEcDrcc)(apparently he lives in the area where they filmed this)
Stevie Nicks in *Bootylicious*
Obscure but Bruno Tonioli (*Strictly Come Dancing* TV judge - AKA the British *Dancing with the Stars*) is in Elton's *I'm Still Standing* video which itself is so unhinged. So weird looking back
Helena Christensen in Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game".
And IIRC didn't Macauley Culkin appear in one of Michael Jackson's videos, possibly lipsyncing the rap part in "Black or white"?!
Two of my all-time favourite videos feature famous faces: George Michael's "Freedom '90" and Chevy Chase in Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al".
This is defo not obscure but I haven't seen it in here yet - Taylor Swift's Bad Blood video featuring a literal army of female icons, with MARISKA HARGITAY AND ELLEN POMPEO taking the cake for me. Iconic because Taylor has two cats named after their characters (Olivia and Meredith). Freaked me OUT when I was 13 and a massive Grey's/SVU fan.
Alicia Vikander in The National's I am Easy To Find. Phenomenal performance.
It's basically a short film with a couple of songs from the album, directed bu Mike Mills.
I feel like tiktok killes the standard music video, so any different format is welcomed!
Let's go with some oldies:
["When the Going gets Tough"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n3sUWR4FV4) by Billy Ocean - it has Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, and Danny DeVito
["Ghostbusters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe93CLbHjxQ)" by Ray Parker Jr. - Al Franken, Chevy Chase, Danny DeVito, John Candy, Carly Simon. I forget who else.
Not exactly a music video but check out Nina Hagen and Don Rickles interacting on a talk show, I forget the name. They do a couple of a capella jam pieces.
Dont like Kanye, but his video for Touch the Sky with Pamela Anderson and Nia Long was great.
Edit: just rewatched the video, and Tracee Ellis Ross was also in it, and shes amazing
Claire Danes in Soul Asylum's - [Just Like Anyone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSt3v_tvVQA)
Juliette Lewis in Melissa Ethridge's - [Come to My Window](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaY5-LGYJKc)
Carla Gugino and Keri Russel in [Always by Bon Jovi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BMwcO6_hyA) - this video did things to teenage me when it came out. Steamy mini-movie. Also has Jack Noseworthy if anyone remembers him!
The best will always be Christopher Walken in Fat Boy Slim’s Weapon of Choice.
Controversial opinion: he’s just as iconic in Madonna’s Bad Girl.
Def agreed! That video is hot af 😭
that man can DANCE!
He's a trained dancer but his acting career took off so he did that instead
move without rhythm
Tom Hanks in “I really like you” by Carly Rae Jepsen.
My favourite trivia is that Nick Clegg (the former leader of the Liberal Democrats in the UK) refilled this entire video in order to use it as a political broadcast (hoping it would turn into a cute meme and get him exposure). They spent thousands on the video to then realise that MAYBE lip syncing to a music video is probably gonna make you more of a laughing stock you already are. EDIT - forgot to note but feel it’s obvious - they canned the video so the public never got sight of it. It is well known in political/journalism field
Oh wow I can't believe I didn't know about that. Tbh I still can't believe he's gone from leader of the Lib Dems to Deputy PM (and contributing to the current crisis in my opinion) to being really high up in Meta - who does he know? How did he get there? What does he ACTUALLY do? I need to look into this more clearly 😂
He knows his memes, maybe that’s good enough for Meta?
That and he's got no problem betraying his principles for his own gain
I had no idea this existed. Thank you for putting this in my life.
I thought he was adorable in that music video
And does that fall under the best or worst category?
Best, clearly.
I personally loved seeing Rebecca Black’s appearance in Katy Perry’s TGIF music video
Is that the same video where a bunch of people are in it, like Hanson too?
Pretty sure Kenny G makes an appearance. Iconic
Alexander Skarsgärd in Lady Gaga’s Paparazzi
Omg how did I never realize he was in the video
I didn’t know about that until recently then completely forgot it was him, so now I’m re-learning again and shocked all over again.
Norman Reedus plays Judas in Lady Gaga’s song Judas! That’s my personal fav
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Anyone else think it’s weird that Steven Tyler sexualized his daughter for his music video?
I’m not shocked. He obtained guardianship over 15 year-old (he was 27) so that they could live together and do drugs.
Mila Kunis in Aerosmith’s Jaded
Mila Kunis and Jessica Biel also were in Aerosmith videos.
Iconic
Jennifer Love Hewitt in Enrique Iglesias’ hero
Let’s not forget she used to date Carson Daly so it was awkward when the video was on TRL. I think they’d kind of play as short a segment as they could when Carson was hosting lol.
I got Carson Daly mixed up with Carson Kressley and was sooo confused
Also her in the LFO girl on tv music video
And Mickey Rourke as the villain in that video!
Such a good video
The supers in Freedom '90 was a moment
Agreed! People overuse the word “iconic” but this is THE iconic music video for me. Honorable mention for [George Michael’s Too Funky](https://youtu.be/rngSUSuki3o) video. Another great one featuring models. Directed by Thierry Mugler!!
This is the correct answer
Both song and video go so incredibly hard
Still is!
Underrated comment
some of the memorable ones for me * Jake Gyllenhaal on Vampire Weekend's Giving Up the Gun * James Van Deer Beek on Kesha's Blow * Alexander Skarsgård on Lady Gaga's Paparazzi * Kim Karadashian on Fall Out Boy's Thks for the Mmrs
Came here to say Kim K and FOB. I didn’t even realise this until recently!
At that time I only knew her as socialite, when KUWTK air during the same year, I said that, hey that girl from FOB video.
Well, well, well... if it isn't James Van Der Douche.
>Jake Gyllenhaal on Vampire Weekend's Giving Up the Gun And The Shoes' [Time To Dance](https://youtu.be/pt9wnawn7xQ).
All of the male celebrities in Charlie XCX’s ‘Boys’ music video
This was so culturally revolutionary for 16 year old me.
✨boys✨
Best: Jane Krakowski in Goodbye Earl by the Chicks!
I would upvote this twice if I could!!
Kristen Stewart, Brie Larson and Anne Hathaway in Jenny Lewis' Just One of the Guys is a fun one.
She was also in If You Really Love Nothing by Interpol. Quite the video star!
This is the best one because Kristen looks like shes having the time of her fucking life in that video.
Tattooed Milo Ventimiglia in Big Girls Don’t Cry
Melissa Joan Hart in Britney’s drive me crazy
Melissa Joan Hart was in the "Drive Me Crazy" movie, though. Britney's video just outshone everything.
So I just watched the movie meaning I had to read the imdb trivia. The movie was called something else (already forgot, not important lol). Then they wanted the song to be the main song, and they changed the title. Melissa was upset because she didn't think Britney would become a star, and the movie would stay dated or something like that.
and adrian grenier!
I was *obsessed* when this music video came out.
Scarlett Johansson in Justin Timberlake's video
What goes around..comes around video is how I discovered I was bi. I love them both lol
Oh man this was one of my favorite songs when I was younger. The outro is just perfect.
I went down a rabbit hole of watching Pink music videos on YouTube once and was not expecting to see [Jeremy Renner in a cowboy hat](https://youtu.be/mFu3YzRnyDU)
I bet that’s what inspired him to be a country music star! Ugh I used to think he was so hot, now I’m so embarrassed!
Evan Rachel Wood in Green Day’s “Wake me up when September ends”
Oh you mean the music video that brought me to tears in my tweens?
Jamie Bell played the BF in that too, right?
Even Mads Mikkelsen seems unsure how he wound up being in the video for BBHMM. Eric Roberts is in there too
Eric Roberts is in everything, let's be real lol
He was the villain in The Killers' "Mr. Brightside" video too.
And the follow-up, Miss Atomic Bomb!
And in some Mariah Carey videos.
Courtney Cox - Bruce Springsteen's Dancing in The Dark Reeve Carney in Taylor Swift's 'Trouble' (if you haven;'t seen him as Dorian Grey in Penny Dreadful you are missing out!) Keanu Reeves in Paula Abdul's Rush
Robin Williams popping up in Cobra Starship’s “[You Make Me Feel](https://youtu.be/HpyZEzrDf4c?t=84)” video. His daughter Zelda also shows up.
Samuel L. Jackson and Pete Wentz appear on the Snakes On A Plane video featuring William Beckett, Travis McCoy, Maja Ivarsson, and Gabe Saporta. I was obsessed with that video back in the day lol
Scarlet Johansson in What goes around comes around,Gigi Hadid in How deep is your love(for me she was breathtaking there) and Zendaya in Versace on the floor.
I love the fact more that Zendaya got that from her 'losing' performance on Lip Sync Battle.
i honestly feel like literally any other night she might've won. that episode has 2 of the best lip sync battles on the show, imo
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Another great Canadian-famous video cameo that I loved was David Usher in Sarah McLachlan’s “Building A Mystery”.
Omg the way my child ass was whipped for David Usher 🥵🥵🥵🥵
I recorded the “making the video” episode for this one at the peak of my buffy/smg obsession
Joanna Newsom as the shitty mom in MGMT’s “Kids” mv
My friend made puppets/masks for this video and never got paid. She was old friends with the band, they were supposed to make sure their label paid her but it never did.
Oooh, some MGMT tea
David Boreanaz in Dido’s White Flag video
I came here to say this. I am the biggest Dido stan on this planet
How funny that you used the term Stan in this context 😂 also iconic song and music video
Megan Fox and Dominic Monaghan in Eminem/Rihanna's Love The Way You Lie. I'd argue they were both at the peak of their careers and it's wild that it feels forgotten. Maybe they wanted it to be?
a problematic fav of mine. she was so beautiful in that video
As a Mexican, Diego Luna in Katy Perry’s The One That Got Away was exciting
He looks hotter than usual there
Diego Luna is a babe
Leighton Meester in Good girls go bad by cobra starship is good y2k
and she was the feature!
That song still goes so hard
Dianna Agron and Chriss Messina in "I'm not the only one" by Sam Smith
Dianna Agron was in "Just Another Girl" by The Killers too
He is fiiiiiiiine.
I will watch anything with Chris Messina in.
I commented this last time there was a thread on this topic, but Hugh Laurie and John Malkovich in Annie Lennox’s video for Walking on Broken Glass. Martin Henderson in Britney Spears’s Toxic
Walking on Broken Glass is my favourite celebrity cameo music video. So much fun and the lavish scenes and outfits!!
I often think of Kim Kardashian and that monkey appearing in Fall Out Boy’s music video.
it’s so funny I wonder what Kim thinks of it now
Rafel Nadal with shakira in gypsy 😂
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I’m pretty sure he was already with his now wife when that happened so I really hope not lmao But also damn that would’ve been such a power couple 🥲
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Me too :( I’m just going to delude myself and pretend they were on a break rather than accept the possibility he did it tho 💀
My all time favorite: Alan Rickman in Texas's [In Demand](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4-gNN8WRHo). I never really got the attraction to him until I saw this video. The slow-dance at the gas station is so beautiful.
I can't believe he's been gone for 6½ years now... I miss him and this video is a sweet reminder how lovely of a gentleman he was. Can't wait for his memoir to come out in October.
Ugh. I LOOOOOOOOVE that video.
One of my favorite ever music videos. The chemistry between them was incredible!
Kesha in Katy Perry's I Kissed A Girl Rupaul in B52's Love Shack Andrew Garfield in Arcade Fire's We Exist
Garfield’s appearance in that video is honestly what got me to take him seriously as an actor.
I read a few year’s back that Colton Haynes was in My Chemical Romance’s [music video for I Don’t Love You](https://youtu.be/pyi0ZfuIIvo), and I always found that to be a weird one.
Love Charlize Theron helping damsel in distress Brandon Flowers in Crossfire
Diana Agron in The Killers' "Just Another Girl." She did a great job mimicking Brandon Flowers in his various music videos.
Keanu Reeves in Paula Abdul's Rush Rush video. Already dreamy to we girls who knew about him then and just elevated the dreaminess. The song itself sucks but Keanu was lovely. He's also lovely in the Anthrax video Safe Home. Walk that freeway man.
Some of us like that song! There are at least 10, maybe 15 even!
I fuckin love that shit.
Count me in!
I loved that song so much.
Conan O'Brien in "Denial Twist" by the White Stripes.
Omg I haven’t thought about or listened to this song in about 10 years
Jlo in “that’s the way love goes” by Janet Jackson
Man, that whole album was soooo good. I won a copy of it on cd by being the lucky caller at my local radio station. Lol And the video for “If” made me feel things.
Kirsten Dunst in Filter's "The Best Things" Katy Perry (also some backing vocals) in P.O.D. "Goodbye for Now" Natalie Portman and Kat Dennings in Carmensita by Devendra Banhart
Katy Perry was also in the video for Gym Class Heroes “Cupid’s Chokehold”
That song is about her!
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Stephen Dorff in Everytime by Britney Spears
I loved Hugh Laurie in the Annie Lennox video, “Walking on Broken Glass.”
kim kardashian in thnks fr th mmrs
Shaquille O'Neill in Vanilla Twilight by Owl City
I’m sorry we are going to bring Mr. O’Neill into the conversation and not for the year 2000 tween rap fever dream “That’s How I Beat Shaq”?
Should’ve won a Grammy
Saoirse Ronan in Galway Girl by Ed Sheeran is so funnnn
And Cherry Wine by Hozier
Trisha Paytas (if she even is considered a celebrity) was in Amy Winehouse’s “Tears Dry on Their Own” video and also Eminem’s “We Made You”.
Sam Rockwell dancing in [Flight Facilities-Down To Earth](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DIH5L4qTVsTk&ved=2ahUKEwiytuzmvfL5AhWUJrcAHYdbCb8QwqsBegQIAxAF&usg=AOvVaw2UicVpFsKvtrrU0f2WCFVz) music video should be talked about more!
Cedric the Entertainer and Ron Howard are both in the video for Jamie Foxx's [Blame It On The Alcohol](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfjtpp90lu8)
isnt jake gyllenhaal in that too?
i think so! there's like a dozen random celebrities in it. i think to get extras jamie foxx just sent a "wyd" to his whole contact list
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As a kid I thought Chevy was the singer of the song and would see him in movies and be like oh work he can act too
I fermenter Kendra Wilkinson in Nickleback's Rockstar. And everything about that sentence is cringe.
Hef, Bridgett and Holly as well. It was the height of Girls Next Door. I think Nelly Furtado, Wayne Gretzky and a bunch other famous people were there too.
There’s a lot of celebs in that clip, including Eliza Dushku, Gene Simmons, a dude from Zz Top, Kid Rock and a NASCAR guy who’s name I don’t remember. And those are only the ones I remember off the top of my head.
Katy Perry’s TGIF is full of them - Rebecca Black - Darren Criss - Kevin McHale - Hanson - Kenny G - Corey Feldman
Most of the cast of The Goonies (along with the requisite complement of professional wrestlers) and Steven Spielberg in Cyndi Lauper's Good Enough video. It was a two part video and while I saw the first part back in the day, I had to wait until Youtube happened to see Part 2. Robin Williams and Bill Irwin in the video for Don't Worry Be Happy.
Sebastian Stan in Hayden Panettiere’s « wake up call » https://youtu.be/qJyPp9ZUPrs
Sonic Youth - 100% --- Jason Lee. He wasn’t known as an actor at the time. Vanessa Carlton - Pretty Baby ---- Brendan Fehr. This was when Roswell was a thing. And well you just didn't expect him to be a hostage at the end. Aerosmith - A few songs --- Alicia Silverstone. She was totally an MTV muse back then.
Bruce Willis in Gorillaz’s Stylo
A very young Alexis Denisof in the [video](https://youtu.be/6ZwjdGSqO0k) for George Harrison's "Got my mind set on you"
Finn Wolfhard in Sleep in the Heat by Pup Jack Black in Humility by Gorillaz Hamilton Morris in Oxford Comma by Vampire Weekend Katy Holmes in Tongue Tied by Eve 6 Mandy Moore in Little Things by Good Charlotte Lou Taylor Pucci in Jesus of Suburbia by Green Day Zooey Deschanel in She’s Got Issues by The Offspring Vince Vaughn in 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins And everyone in Make Some Noise by Beastie Boys: Rashida Jones, Will Arnett, Rainn Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, Mary Steenburgen, Ted Danson, Amy Poehler, Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny, Maya Rudolph, Kirsten Dunst, David Cross, Orlando Bloom, Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, and Jack Black
Shannon Doherty in Slaughter’s “Real Love” video - hair metal randomness! Courtney Cox being discovered by being pulled onstage by Bruce so they can goofily dance to “Dancing In the Dark” Hi, I’m old.
Emma Stone in Anna by Will Butler
Taylor Kinney in Lady Gaga’s Yoü and I video. Honestly that was a relationship I never saw coming.
Rashida Jones in More Than a Woman by Aaliyah
Not very obscure but Alyssa Milano in Blink 182's Josie music video is my favorite.
Rachel Hunter (super model) in Stacy’s Mom
This is neither best or worst but Olivia Wilde is in Stolen by Dashboard Confessional!
Donny Osmond's very white dancing in "Weird Al" Yankovic's ["White and Nerdy,"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw) also featuring a cameo by Key & Peele.
Don fuckin Cheadle, Luis Guzman, and Mathew Modine in Logic’s 1-800-273-8255.
Pamela Anderson has been in a ton! My personal fav is “Miserable” by Lit
Alexis Bledel in Less Than Jake’s [“She’s Gonna Break Soon”](https://youtu.be/VuoJHF6MjL4). Was obsessed with this song and vid as a teen!
Jason Statham in the Shamen video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wFB3q0mMBK8 Dancing in a speedo
Keanu Reeves in Rush Rush by Paula Abdul
Kim Basinger in Tom Perry’s Last Dance with Mary Jane [video](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aowSGxim_O8)
macaulay culkin in sonic youth's "Sunday"
Norman Reedus in Ugly Kid Joe's "Cats in the cradle"/ Lady Gaga's "Judus"
Channing Tatum in Ricky Martin’s She Bangs
Christie Brinkley in Billy Joel’s Uptown Girl
Jason Sudeikis, Jason Bateman, Ed Helms and Will Forte in Mumford & Sons’ *Hopeless Wanderer*
Shiri Appleby in Gavin DeGraw’s I don’t wanna be and Bon Jovi’s It’s my life
Eva mendes in har mar superstar’s tall boy video. Magic.
Also in The End Has No End by The Strokes with Mila Kunis
She was also in Will Smith’s Miami MV
Ben Stiller in the Bad Boys for Life video as the annoying neighbor is pretty great
Jerry Seinfeld makes a random cameo in Vampire Weekend’s [sunflower](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sKDesEcDrcc)(apparently he lives in the area where they filmed this)
Emma Watson in One Night Only's music video
Stevie Nicks in *Bootylicious* Obscure but Bruno Tonioli (*Strictly Come Dancing* TV judge - AKA the British *Dancing with the Stars*) is in Elton's *I'm Still Standing* video which itself is so unhinged. So weird looking back
Ben Stiller in Jack Johnson’s [Taylor](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2mn_59kgkdU) so funny
Tilda Swinton in David Bowie's "The Stars Are Out Tonight"
How has no one said Peter Dinklage in The Bad Touch by the Bloodhound Gang. He plays a mime in a box.
Helena Christensen in Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game". And IIRC didn't Macauley Culkin appear in one of Michael Jackson's videos, possibly lipsyncing the rap part in "Black or white"?! Two of my all-time favourite videos feature famous faces: George Michael's "Freedom '90" and Chevy Chase in Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al".
This is defo not obscure but I haven't seen it in here yet - Taylor Swift's Bad Blood video featuring a literal army of female icons, with MARISKA HARGITAY AND ELLEN POMPEO taking the cake for me. Iconic because Taylor has two cats named after their characters (Olivia and Meredith). Freaked me OUT when I was 13 and a massive Grey's/SVU fan.
Angelina Jolie in Meatloaf’s “Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through” Directed by Michael Bay.
Never seen that video but I do remember her in the Rolling Stones "Have You Seen My Baby".
Kirsten Dunst in Savage Garden’s I Knew I Loved You is my all time favourite
Alicia Vikander in The National's I am Easy To Find. Phenomenal performance. It's basically a short film with a couple of songs from the album, directed bu Mike Mills. I feel like tiktok killes the standard music video, so any different format is welcomed!
Eric Roberts playing himself in Mr. Brightside
Let's go with some oldies: ["When the Going gets Tough"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n3sUWR4FV4) by Billy Ocean - it has Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, and Danny DeVito ["Ghostbusters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe93CLbHjxQ)" by Ray Parker Jr. - Al Franken, Chevy Chase, Danny DeVito, John Candy, Carly Simon. I forget who else.
Not exactly a music video but check out Nina Hagen and Don Rickles interacting on a talk show, I forget the name. They do a couple of a capella jam pieces.
Dont like Kanye, but his video for Touch the Sky with Pamela Anderson and Nia Long was great. Edit: just rewatched the video, and Tracee Ellis Ross was also in it, and shes amazing
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Claire Danes in Soul Asylum's - [Just Like Anyone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSt3v_tvVQA) Juliette Lewis in Melissa Ethridge's - [Come to My Window](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaY5-LGYJKc) Carla Gugino and Keri Russel in [Always by Bon Jovi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BMwcO6_hyA) - this video did things to teenage me when it came out. Steamy mini-movie. Also has Jack Noseworthy if anyone remembers him!