Stephen King Goes to the Movies: The Author’s Best (& Worst) Cameos
Here, for your moment of Friday Zen (… or your Freaky Friday, I suppose), are all the Stephen King film and TV cameos I could rustle up on YouTube. King…
Here, for your moment of Friday Zen (… or your Freaky Friday, I suppose), are all the Stephen King film and TV cameos I could rustle up on YouTube. King frequently makes appearances in adaptations of his work, not to mention some other projects he has an interest in.
As a quick caveat, be warned that the King has a penchant for cursing, and/or, err, uncomfortable situations. Though let's be real here: It's nothing worse than what you'd find in any of his books.
Take it away, King!
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Pet Sematary (1989)
… As a priest! King appears 30 seconds in.
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
An ATM machine calls a dapper King an asshole.
Creepshow (1982)
Creepshow, written by Stephen King and directed by George Romero (Night of the Living Dead), features an entire segment starring King. In a hilariously weird turn, he plays an overall-clad man who discovers a meteor in his yard, and experiences some trying side effects. Even though I couldn’t dig up the full sequence on YouTube, the entire film is available on Netflix streaming. In this trailer, King first appears around the 1 minute mark.
And here’s one of King’s most famous lines from the film:
Langoliers (1995)
Though the film features King as Mr. Toomey’s greedy boss, the cameo couldn’t make up for the offensively bad mid-90s CGI that looked worse than if it had been created on a Super Nintendo. King appears 1:55 in.
The Stand (1994)
OK, OK. Not King’s finest hour as an actor. He appears 22:40 in.
Sleepwalkers (1992)
King as an exasperated cemetery caretaker.
Rose Red (2002)
… As a delivery guy.
Kingdom Hospital (2004)
… As the creepy Johnny B. Goode (he appears 4:52 in).
Frasier (2000)
… Mystery caller! (30 seconds in)
Other cameos I couldn't track down online:
Knightriders (1981)
Creepshow II (1987)
Golden Years (1991)
Thinner (1996)
The Shining (1997)
Storm of the Century (1999)
Gotham Cafe (2005)
Sons of Anarchy (2010)
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Zachary Petit is an award-winning journalist, the managing editor of Writer’s Digest magazine, and the co-author of A Year of Writing Prompts: 366 Story Ideas for Honing Your Craft and Eliminating Writer’s Block.
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