they also forgot to mention his char in the show didn't get caught either he got away at the end and i always hoped for a part2 for him but now that he is dead that day will never come :(
I triple that emotion....the only guest star that I know who's not only beaten the SVU, but caused serious damage to the team inside and out as well as their families, friends, and so on....Jeez...Plus I loved this line he did "Go to hell, and while you're down there kiss my ass and spread them cause you 'bout to get done!"
Carol Burnett gets my vote for #1. Her performance was bone chilling. The way she just casually tossed her "nephew" Chet under the bus still sends shivers down my spine.
@@harlequeenchannel Alot of people knew that he did dramatic roles. Some of his most recognized movies were drama. Good Will Haunting and Dead Poet Society just to name a few.
Spoiler alert: Robin Williams' character Merritt Rook in "Authority" is one of my favorite villainous roles. A sound engineer by trade, Rook goes on a crusade against authority figures, even going so far as to insult lawyers in open court (the clip you see where he talks about his bail money includes a scene with a quote "Why would I want some hack public defender?" or something like that). While Rook himself doesn't commit many of the crimes, his profession allows him to disguise his voice, manipulating several other characters into doing it for him. He's brazen and arrogant - he puts up his own apartment as collateral for his bail. He acts as his own attorney, he outright accuses the tech guy of manipulating the image, and he even cries out "Thank you!" to the jury when he wins his case. The truly creepy part, and I still get chills to this day watching it, is the final ten or so minutes. We find out that his disdain for authority was pushed over the edge when his wife and baby died in labor because he trusted the word of an alcoholic doctor that there wouldn't be any issues, but the doctor made a mistake. Rook was hellbent on getting revenge, so he disguised his voice and constantly harassed the doctor until he committed suicide. He kidnaps Det. Benson and rigs a room to look like it has explosives in it. He makes Stabler shock her - a modification of the infamous Milgram experiment - in order to save her life. And he threatens that the shock is real, and if Stabler refuses to do it, he'll increase both the voltage and the length of the shock. One of Robin Williams' best performances I ever saw, and I have to agree with this list for once.
Sorry I'm late to the party. I never forgot that episode; it was based on the incidents in fast food restaurants where a creep would call, pretending to be a cop. I was completely disgusted by the stories but fascinated at the same time; I'll admit that I was raised in the same attitude. You did what adults told you to do, what authority said. It wasn't even up for discussion. God help us all. Robin Williams was magnificent.
Where's Ludacris, Jesse McCartney, Bradley Cooper, Sarah Hyland, James Van der Beek, John Ritter, Henry Winkler, Amanda Seyfried, Brittany Snow, Kathy Griffin.... So many memorable spots that they missed!!!
Robin Williams was a rare comedian who could also do serious dramatic roles and excel in them. What a loss, I'll always miss your incredible humor, Robin.
Pablo Schreiber should defiantly be on this list! His portrayal of William Lewis is amazing! Not to mention he came back as that character for many episodes! Amazing.
Marcia Gay Harden belonged on the list and not as an honorable mention. Every episode she did was incredible, esp RAW. To watch her play a racist while undercover and then find out who she really was, it was just incredible
@@Silvio67 I agree completely. To me, it's like they rewrote her character to become a bad person. Completely different from who we had seen in episodes prior. I hated they did that to her
Martin Short’s cameo was mind blowing. So did Carol Burnett’s, especially since Matthew Lillard, whom I love was also in it. And Robin WIlliams has never done a bad acting job he was amazing.
Martin Short's cameo completely changed my perspective of him. I can no longer see him on tv or in a movie without hearing go "That was the sex I ever had." in that gravely voice he used on the phone.
By the same token, I never looked at Whoopi the same way after watching her character just lose it on the stand when all the horrors she’s seen over the years finally catch up to her.
um wow Ludacris should have def been on this list. His character was incredibly evil and he played it well.Also Rose McGowan deserved an honorable mention at least.
She had already been on criminal minds when she did this. It might have been filmed during their haitus or during that brief time when she was written off CM.
Ludacris destroyed the whole svu. He was amazing. That whole episode was one of my favorites. Robin Williams was great too. Fred Savage was creepy. Bob Sagat was crazy.
Leslie Caron’s guest star performance in Season 8, Episode 3, titled “Recall”, is gut-wrenching and powerful. She more than earned the Emmy she won and it is my favorite SVU guest star performance. She made me cry.
Agreed! I cannot believe that your comment appears to be the only one that mentions her performance and that it didn't make this list. It should have been top 3, if not number 1. I watch the last scene where she speaks to the latest victim, then to Dani, and then walks off with a new lightness over and over and reacts to each piece differently. I also cry each time.
SVU is one of the best quality series on tv, and has been consistently. I have seen a lot of these episodes, it's great that these actors get casted, they did a fantastic job. John stamos played a disgusting creep very convincingly
I’ve always been fascinated by what intensely phenomenal dramticians that comic actors can be. Their jokes hide the pain of their early traumas & acting in dramatic roles allow them to express their inner pain. Their performances can cut you to the core. RIP Robin Williams ❤️🌹🕊
Ok Williams and Nixon legitimately scared me and I LOVED IT! They were both enigmatic and darkly magnetic while encapsulating the sense of dredd and villainy the show casts on its antagonists
I feel like y’all SERIOUSLY need to do a part 2 to this. Ludacris, Dean Cain and Rebecca DeMornay deserve a nod! So many great guest appearances to name!
lunarnut Especially since Bradley Cooper (who shouldn’t be on here since it was pre-Hangover) is Molina (her son who she manipulates - rich old NYC women who appear on SVU have their own special rung of Hell)’s lawyer.
john ritter's son jason also made an appearance in the earlier seasons when he and his brother kidnapped 2 girls and it turned out that his brother was raping him
Great list but you missed the best one; YES even better than Robin Williams. May I introduce you to: John Ritter. His performance deserves recognition 🏆
I guess Mojo doesn't know the meaning of the word 'Cameo'-That means a BRIEF appearance on a show or in a movie, not a role the whole episode is centered on
Cynthia Nixon was my all time favourite cameo as Janis Donovan. The scene where she shows up at Stablers house with his wife there was so chilling. You couldn't tell whether Janis actually had Dissociative Identity Disorder or pure Psychopath using the idea of D.I.D. to her advantage.
Mike Tyson's cameo in the episode titled "Monster's Legacy" in which he played a convicted murderer should've at least gotten an honorable mention on this list.
I loved the episodes with _Emily VanCamp_ and _Julie Bowen._ Those performances were amazing, and the fact that Emily's character remains the only female character to successfully break the two-way glass mirror in the interrogation room with her bare hand is extremely cool. Also, the twist in the episode with Julie Bowen was fantastic!
Jennifer Love Hewitt was great in this episode, but James Legros was good as well. You should also included Jerry Lewis & Ellen Burstyn. She was great as Elliots troubled mother.
Isabelle Huppert belonged on this list big time (Season 11 Finale, "Shattered"). It was a rare treat for American audiences to see one of France's two greatest living female actors (the other being Catherine Deneuve), especially on a commercial network! I'm sure many folks had never heard of her, but if you thought her role as a distraught mother was explosive, check out Claude Chabrol's "Story of Women" or Michael Haeneke's "The Piano Teacher" where she's at her finest, or even Michael Cimino's epic western "Heaven's Gate".
Whoopi’s episode was so real!!! When she went off in the court room on the stand about how overwhelmed Social Workers are... I felt that!!! They have no idea the amount of cases Social Services workers receive!!!
I love this show... Eric McCormack's performance was spine-chilling. Knowing him from Will & Grace, he's miles from that role. He really should've been on the list instead of honorable mentions.
To this day, 'pure' with Martin Short is my favorite episode. His character was a great leap for his abilities, and his dark turn is something I didn't even think possible for him, let alone anything I ever saw coming. Perfection.
Robin's performance was so chilling in that episode. He channeled everything he brought to _Insomnia_ and _One Hour Photo,_ and then some. The scary thing is we don't know whether or not he got away at the end.
Robin Williams played a grieving widower in Homicide: Life On The Streets in its second season. His Homicide guest appearance was more phenomenal than the villain of the week role he played on SVU.
Those are the best of course but I liked Amaro too. I can’t stand Amanda...she never fit in imo. I didn’t like that new DA from last season either (Peter Stone?); glad he left! There’s always been something missing since the “crew” started leaving, beginning with Stabler and ending with Barber...again, imo.
I really hope there's a part two for this lists because there was so many great SVU cameos like Ludacris, Sarah Hyland, Brad Garrett, Brittany Snow, Kathy Griffin, Tony Hale, Bradley Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks, Amanda Seyfried, Ian Somerhalder, Milo Ventimiglia, James Van Der Beek, Miranda Lambert, Chloe Sevigny, Rose McGowan, Melissa Joan Hart, Lili Reinhart, Fred Savage, Lynda Carter, Michael K Williams and so many more
My favorite show and I love the celebrity cameos, the acting is usually so good and spot on. It's great to especially see people who are normally comedic do drama; it's like a whole new world. Also, is the guy with Carol Burnett Matthew Lillard? Because it looks a lot like him.
I'm sure this has been brought up before, but how are these cameos? A cameo is when a person makes a special appearance as themselves, or as a character they've played before, usually for a short scene. Cambridge Dictionary defines a cameo appearance as, "a brief but noticeable part, esp. in a movie, television program, or performance in a theater, usually by someone who is famous." These are just famous people who took on another gig as actors appearing in GUEST roles, not as cameos. Think about the movie Zombieland, while his part in the film was longer than a usual cameo, the fact Bill Murray played himself in the film, still makes it a cameo. For the record, I loved each of these episodes, and can never forget Robin Williams, ever. He died on my birthday, and as one of my favorite actors and comedians of all times, it's a bittersweet day for me now. How someone could paint such a cheerful mask outwardly, yet be so inwardly torn apart is amazing. It just goes to show you how gifted an actor he really was.
These were all fantastic performances but a few were overlooked. Henry Winkler had a good role in episode as did Martha Plimpton and Mary Steenburgen and recently Brad Garrett had a good 2 episode arc. And Anthony Edwards was good on recent episode too
Part 2, part 3, part 4. There are so many amazing guest performances on this show. It seems to be an environment for actors who love acting to come on this show and just really let their talent shine. Never have I seen anyone "phone it in" or act like they are just there for a paycheck.
Robin Williams did an excellent job on law and order SVU, God rest his soul.
they also forgot to mention his char in the show didn't get caught either he got away at the end and i always hoped for a part2 for him but now that he is dead that day will never come :(
Retro-GoldFish I think the character died off screen or something else which sucks
He was one of the moost talented actors, and i feel sad that he's gone....😢
R.I.P Robin Williams
Robin Williams came off as a super smart vigilante; almost like a damaged super hero - who disappears in the last scene.
*Olivia's hair changing is the best*
I never like her short hair style
Her face changed somewhere down the line as well. Can’t put my finger on it exactly but it’s different. The chin and eyes.
@@erinmarie99 season 11 i saw a big difference.
Olivia is the OG karen lol
OMG, right? Sis rocks it at every length!
Ludacris should’ve at least been an honorable mention. He was EXCELLENT during both his appearances as Fin’s diabolically intelligent step-son Darius
CJ Bourne I agree 100%!
Agreed!
I agree. Ludacris should at least be number 2. It's almost a tight with the late Robin Williams, almost
I hated his character so much like he was actual a real person... So I guess his acting was awesome lol
I triple that emotion....the only guest star that I know who's not only beaten the SVU, but caused serious damage to the team inside and out as well as their families, friends, and so on....Jeez...Plus I loved this line he did "Go to hell, and while you're down there kiss my ass and spread them cause you 'bout to get done!"
Carol Burnett gets my vote for #1. Her performance was bone chilling. The way she just casually tossed her "nephew" Chet under the bus still sends shivers down my spine.
Jerry Lewis in the episode " Uncle"
Robin Williams was such an underrated dramatic actor.
I don't know how we can call him underrated win he won a Oscar.
I think you mean such an amazing dramatic actor.
@@Ghost-cd7tx underrated because not a lot of people know that he did dramatic roles
He was a very popular actor
@@harlequeenchannel Alot of people knew that he did dramatic roles. Some of his most recognized movies were drama. Good Will Haunting and Dead Poet Society just to name a few.
He is absutely not underated
Spoiler alert:
Robin Williams' character Merritt Rook in "Authority" is one of my favorite villainous roles. A sound engineer by trade, Rook goes on a crusade against authority figures, even going so far as to insult lawyers in open court (the clip you see where he talks about his bail money includes a scene with a quote "Why would I want some hack public defender?" or something like that). While Rook himself doesn't commit many of the crimes, his profession allows him to disguise his voice, manipulating several other characters into doing it for him. He's brazen and arrogant - he puts up his own apartment as collateral for his bail. He acts as his own attorney, he outright accuses the tech guy of manipulating the image, and he even cries out "Thank you!" to the jury when he wins his case. The truly creepy part, and I still get chills to this day watching it, is the final ten or so minutes. We find out that his disdain for authority was pushed over the edge when his wife and baby died in labor because he trusted the word of an alcoholic doctor that there wouldn't be any issues, but the doctor made a mistake. Rook was hellbent on getting revenge, so he disguised his voice and constantly harassed the doctor until he committed suicide. He kidnaps Det. Benson and rigs a room to look like it has explosives in it. He makes Stabler shock her - a modification of the infamous Milgram experiment - in order to save her life. And he threatens that the shock is real, and if Stabler refuses to do it, he'll increase both the voltage and the length of the shock.
One of Robin Williams' best performances I ever saw, and I have to agree with this list for once.
The intro to that episode was based on a real incident.
@@maximusprime3459 Yeah, that strip search phone call scam from the '90s and 2000s. The guy that did those phone calls got away with it.
Sorry I'm late to the party. I never forgot that episode; it was based on the incidents in fast food restaurants where a creep would call, pretending to be a cop. I was completely disgusted by the stories but fascinated at the same time; I'll admit that I was raised in the same attitude. You did what adults told you to do, what authority said. It wasn't even up for discussion. God help us all. Robin Williams was magnificent.
We need a part 2 because their is so many more who didn’t make the list
Agreed!
Definitely agreed!
Where's Ludacris, Jesse McCartney, Bradley Cooper, Sarah Hyland, James Van der Beek, John Ritter, Henry Winkler, Amanda Seyfried, Brittany Snow, Kathy Griffin.... So many memorable spots that they missed!!!
SARAH FREAKING PAULSON
Others on my list:
Will Arnett
Bob Saget
Jerry Lewis
John Ritter
Henry Winkler
David Paymer
Robin Williams was a rare comedian who could also do serious dramatic roles and excel in them. What a loss, I'll always miss your incredible humor, Robin.
I agree but Robin should be number 2 number 1 was Ludacris
For 2 episodes portraying one of the best characters ever
Good list but missing one. Jerry Lewis. He played detective Munch's homeless uncle. Fantastic performance
Yesssss. Forgot about that one! Didn't he push someone in front of a train?
Yeah he did
Oh yes, he should've been on the list! Maybe, there should be a part TWO!!
Justin Parker d
missing mom shannon Loved Jerry Lewis, he was amazing in that episode
Pablo Schreiber should defiantly be on this list! His portrayal of William Lewis is amazing! Not to mention he came back as that character for many episodes! Amazing.
Even as a psychopathic scumbag, he's still pretty delish.
i totally agree. He was scary
@@EntertainMeNow78 You should STAY AWAY FROM HIM!!!!!! He's pure evil.
@@EntertainMeNow78 So you were the one who made those baked goods.
Why no luda crisis I guess not good of enough actor
The episode with Jennifer Love Hewitt was amazing! She's awesome!!
erikayb She's a seriously underrated actor, my heart broke watching that episode.
Behave is one of my favorite episodes, because of Jennifer Love Hewitt!
good actor but she was unbearable to watch in criminal minds.
It would've been better if she played a perp in one of the episodes. I've seen her cry and look scared before.
Yes definitely! JLH was excellent in that episode!
Sarah hyland should've been on this list! Her role as the chess champ that killed a child prodigy out of jealousy was absolutely brilliant!
@Kim Castillo Yes and no: she was fantastic in that episode, but nothing she did before Modern Family really fits the definition of "cameo".
Marcia Gay Harden belonged on the list and not as an honorable mention. Every episode she did was incredible, esp RAW. To watch her play a racist while undercover and then find out who she really was, it was just incredible
Artemis C i hated that they turned her character into a bad guy later on though. She had potential for a spin off.
@@Silvio67 I agree completely. To me, it's like they rewrote her character to become a bad person. Completely different from who we had seen in episodes prior. I hated they did that to her
One of the best performances.
@@619Lalalala yes it was!
Yep, they totally screwed her character and the audience.
Rafael Barba is my favorite character next to Liv. They had the best chemistry period.
Yep I love Barba!
@kaymarts333 Rafael Barba and Olivia dated when he was there
No way… Barba stands alone!!! Love love love him
This should be called best guest appearances, not cameos
Agreed.
Guest cameos there you go.
Jerky turkey.
Martin Short’s cameo was mind blowing. So did Carol Burnett’s, especially since Matthew Lillard, whom I love was also in it. And Robin WIlliams has never done a bad acting job he was amazing.
Martin Short's cameo completely changed my perspective of him. I can no longer see him on tv or in a movie without hearing go "That was the sex I ever had." in that gravely voice he used on the phone.
TwilitLugia
Same! I couldn't believe they didn't show that clip. Just thinking about it makes my skin crawl.
Indeed, he was creepy as hell in that episode.
By the same token, I never looked at Whoopi the same way after watching her character just lose it on the stand when all the horrors she’s seen over the years finally catch up to her.
It was the way his eyes changed and explained why he liked having sex with virgins and what his wife was willing to do to help him.
That episode was freaky af. He did a wonderful job playing a psycho.
SVU was perfect at taking comedians as well as former Disney/child stars, and putting them in roles that really tested their acting abilities.
um wow Ludacris should have def been on this list. His character was incredibly evil and he played it well.Also Rose McGowan deserved an honorable mention at least.
Agreed. And I forgot about Rose. I saw that episode last week!
Yess
I was thinking the same thing about Luda
His performance was incredible he made the character
Way more than Whoopie 🤦🏻♀️
I got nothing but love but Luda as a performance, i hated his role in SVU. If there was ever truly a fictional character that represents all evil...
Jill Scott, Matthew Lilliard...there definitely needs to be a Part 2!
The Jill Scott episode was sad I really believed she hated her sister lol
Jill's character was jealous, petty and cruel. She was awesome!
Kimberley Martindale And Jeri Ryan was her lawyer.
Tom Sizemore, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Brooke Shields, just to name a few.
Whoa, did any one else catch A.J Cook in the Jeremy Irons scene? Just pause at 3:20 if you didn't.
Adrienne Herbert must of been before she was on criminal minds.
Yes!!
She had already been on criminal minds when she did this. It might have been filmed during their haitus or during that brief time when she was written off CM.
Jeremy was my favorite
I gasped so loud
Mariska Hargitay sure knows how to rock a pixie-haircut.
She almost got fired for it!
We need a part 2 of this list because there are so many more than just 10 actors/actresses who deserve to be recognized for their cameos .
Yeah like top 50
Definitely! More SVU and Law & Order guest stars.
For reals!
Ludacris destroyed the whole svu. He was amazing. That whole episode was one of my favorites. Robin Williams was great too. Fred Savage was creepy. Bob Sagat was crazy.
Bob Saget is dead now.
@@nevaehhamilton3493hence Bob Sagat WAS crazy.
Really, no Sarah Hyland? A really underrated performance as Jennifer.
I agree with that. She did do a good job
She was scary good.
She was fantastic, but I don’t think she belongs on this list, since it was pre-Modern Family.
It's one of my favorite episodes to watch. She played the part spookily real, making her a sympathetic charater even as you want to hate her.
@@TPTGopher That sounds like a good reason not to add Jennette McCurdy, because she was good too.
Leslie Caron’s guest star performance in Season 8, Episode 3, titled “Recall”, is gut-wrenching and powerful. She more than earned the Emmy she won and it is my favorite SVU guest star performance. She made me cry.
Her and Angelia Lansbury also Carol Burnett and Alfred Molina
Agreed! I cannot believe that your comment appears to be the only one that mentions her performance and that it didn't make this list. It should have been top 3, if not number 1. I watch the last scene where she speaks to the latest victim, then to Dani, and then walks off with a new lightness over and over and reacts to each piece differently. I also cry each time.
The ludacris one was my favorite
Fucking plot twist
You have shit taste
CazzSDMF ever heard of an opinion bud?
Lou Diamond Phillips played one of SVU's most chilling villains. Still creeps me out.
what about chad lowe ,he was the most disturbing character ever -probably
SVU is one of the best quality series on tv, and has been consistently. I have seen a lot of these episodes, it's great that these actors get casted, they did a fantastic job. John stamos played a disgusting creep very convincingly
I think it's safe to say that a follow-up to this list is in order.
Definitely
There have been so many amazing cameos over the years. John Ritter should have definitely been on this list, along with Marlee Matlin.
Definitely need a Part 2. Joan Cusack was great and that was a great episode with all the twists and turns.
Ludacris should of been an honorable metioned to.
Just posted about him! He should've been on the Top 10!
He was a 12 letter curse world in his cameos.
Tommy Egan From #PowerTV should get a honorable mention
he should have
He definitely should’ve made the list!
I’ve always been fascinated by what intensely phenomenal dramticians that comic actors can be. Their jokes hide the pain of their early traumas & acting in dramatic roles allow them to express their inner pain. Their performances can cut you to the core.
RIP Robin Williams ❤️🌹🕊
Lou Diamond Phillips deserved an honorable mention.
Thank you! Jeez, how can anyone forget his role once they've seen it?
@Astrithor Scariest. Dude. Ever.
Yes‼
Creepy AF
Shout out to the Matthew Lillard guest appearance on that same episode with Carol
Mathew Lillard (from Scream and Scooby Doo the movie) in the same episode as Carol Burnett
OMG totally didn't realize that was him!!!
Forgot about Pablo Schreiber aka William Lewis he was phenomenal always beat the court system and all. Like he was smooth with it
Robin williams was a Gem in his ep
And to this day I want to know if he got away 😂😭
You forgot John Ritter, killed his wife's baby. And Brittany Snow who was a bipolar highschooler.
Norman Reedus appeared in the episode with Snow
AJ cook from criminal minds fame was in that episode with Jeremy Irons
@Nope Nope She's very good in Criminal Minds.I don't know what you mean she can't act.
Ludacris, John Ritter, and a very unrecognizable Jerry Lewis should have made the list. Their performances were amazing.
What about John Ritter?
Forgot about his! Another good one missed.
They suck if they forgot him
bradley cooper !
He was awesome in that episode ‼
And Henry Winkler
You should do a top 10 list of SVU villins, with William Lewis (play by Pablo Schreiber) at the top of the list. Best villain that show has ever had!
IKR! Truly hideous!
Ok Williams and Nixon legitimately scared me and I LOVED IT! They were both enigmatic and darkly magnetic while encapsulating the sense of dredd and villainy the show casts on its antagonists
I feel like y’all SERIOUSLY need to do a part 2 to this. Ludacris, Dean Cain and Rebecca DeMornay deserve a nod! So many great guest appearances to name!
Surprised Angela Lansbury wasn't mentioned. She was in the episode with Alfred Molina. I guess it's already time to work on part 2?
lunarnut Especially since Bradley Cooper (who shouldn’t be on here since it was pre-Hangover) is Molina (her son who she manipulates - rich old NYC women who appear on SVU have their own special rung of Hell)’s lawyer.
Agreed. Fred Savage played against type and was creepy as a guest star.
I don't remember her being on SVU.
Jeremy Irons tricky role was turned into an outstanding performance.
John Ritter and Henry Winkler should have been on this list!
Absolutely they were both such monsters in their episodes
Agreed whole heartedly.
Sue Falk I agree-I was sure John Ritter,at least, would be on this list-his performance was unforgettable.
Yes definitely Henry Winkler!
john ritter's son jason also made an appearance in the earlier seasons when he and his brother kidnapped 2 girls and it turned out that his brother was raping him
WOAH WOAH, WHERE IS ELLEN BURSTN AS ELLIOTS MOM?
Devin O'Brien Iknow!!
Another good one!!!!!
Girliejax I know! One of my favorite episodes! And Ellen also won an award for her performance as a Cameo! That’s crazy’
Just watched that episode last night! Excellent acting on her part!
Favorite TV show of all time
My favorite as well
I watch Every Marathon that comes on. Can't wait for New Season!!!
Anyone know when the new season of SVU starts?
@ ohh ok I'll be watching! Thank you for letting me know!
Cynthia Nixon is my fav, 110%.
That episode is just simply amazing.
Great list but you missed the best one; YES even better than Robin Williams. May I introduce you to: John Ritter. His performance deserves recognition 🏆
I wouldn't saw it was better than Robin but John definitely deserved a mention.
John Ritter, my first older man crush as a kid ❤️
His episode was fantastic and creepy.
This Way To Paradise haha jeremy irons is mine. 🤤
None of these are cameos at all! They are all actual "guest-starring" appearances.
I guess Mojo doesn't know the meaning of the word 'Cameo'-That means a BRIEF appearance on a show or in a movie, not a role the whole episode is centered on
Exactly!
What about Mark-Paul Gosselaar? On one SVU episode, he played a completely irredeemable scumbag. I believe the character's name was Zack Morris.
Zack Morris is trash
😂
Mirisha Brown and that’ll be stuck in my head all day lol.
I’m cool with that though.
LOL
He wasn't a scumbag at all. It was the wife, Elizabeth Banks, who was bad. Everything he did was for her or their sick kid.
No Ludacris? He definitely should have made this list with the others. Personally, he was better than Duff.
I still miss Robin Williams.
Same here
Don't we all
Me too. 😔
dont we all
I still miss Robin Williams, too because he was a special guest star on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. His dear departed spirit is in the sky.
What about Richard Thomas who played John-Boy on The Walton's? He did a great job! 👍👍
And Karen Allen (Indiana Jones trilogy) who played his wife
Yes, he did
Robin Williams was also fantastic in an episode of "Homicide: Life on the Street."
He played a tourist to Baltimore whose wife is murdered.
Cynthia Nixon was my all time favourite cameo as Janis Donovan. The scene where she shows up at Stablers house with his wife there was so chilling. You couldn't tell whether Janis actually had Dissociative Identity Disorder or pure Psychopath using the idea of D.I.D. to her advantage.
I miss Jerry Orbach.
Would've loved to have seen him reunite with Jesse L. Martin on The Flash.
I love his one liners, I always wonder if it was improved or scripted?!
I don't think that's gonna happen. Since Jerry's dead.
I miss Jerry Orbach too. May he rest in peace.
Even as a criminal portrayal in SVU Robin Williams was full of charisma.
Mike Tyson's cameo in the episode titled "Monster's Legacy" in which he played a convicted murderer should've at least gotten an honorable mention on this list.
Wasn't Ed Asner in that episode as well?
I loved this ep!
Jan Brady, I meant Eve Plumb, is also in that episode
I waited on Mike Tyson.He was pretty cool and chill.He didn't rape me either,so there's that..
@@Partypooperfanmade I bet you make that lame ass joke every time Tyson's name comes up, am I right???
What about Fred Savage? He was super creepy.
gale harrod aka brian kinney from qaf ,his episode was perfect
mega disturbing was chad lowe in pique
I thought that was Ben savage?
Nothing new there
Absoluelym forgot about him
I love this show. As a wrestling fan, I find enjoyment watching SVU on the USA Network way more than anything WWE has put together recently.
I love it but I do miss Barber though.
I love wrestling too. He wasn’t mentioned here because it was a short cameo but Bill Goldberg also appeared in the episode loophole
That's fair
I loved the episodes with _Emily VanCamp_ and _Julie Bowen._ Those performances were amazing, and the fact that Emily's character remains the only female character to successfully break the two-way glass mirror in the interrogation room with her bare hand is extremely cool. Also, the twist in the episode with Julie Bowen was fantastic!
Now do a top ten best Criminal minds cameos
If they do, Cameron Monaghan should be near the top of that list.
Michael rooker
Aaron Paul, James Van Der Beek, Ben Savage (who was a terrific young Gideon), and my favorite, Luke Perry.
Mark Hamill
Mark Hamill would be near the top as the brilliant villain John Curtis.
Jennifer Love Hewitt was great in this episode, but James Legros was good as well. You should also included Jerry Lewis & Ellen Burstyn. She was great as Elliots troubled mother.
Isabelle Huppert belonged on this list big time (Season 11 Finale, "Shattered"). It was a rare treat for American audiences to see one of France's two greatest living female actors (the other being Catherine Deneuve), especially on a commercial network! I'm sure many folks had never heard of her, but if you thought her role as a distraught mother was explosive, check out Claude Chabrol's "Story of Women" or Michael Haeneke's "The Piano Teacher" where she's at her finest, or even Michael Cimino's epic western "Heaven's Gate".
No mention of Mike Tyson? His appearance on this show actually gave me some respect for him ab a performer.
how could you guys forget Micheal Shannon. The man delivered an amazing perfomance
Saw Robin Williams in the thumbnail and clicked immediately.
i know that Mickey Hargitay (Mariska's father) appeared in an episode share a scene with his daughter
Brian Alvinson yea season 5 episode’s control
Whoopi’s episode was so real!!! When she went off in the court room on the stand about how overwhelmed Social Workers are... I felt that!!! They have no idea the amount of cases Social Services workers receive!!!
I love this show... Eric McCormack's performance was spine-chilling. Knowing him from Will & Grace, he's miles from that role. He really should've been on the list instead of honorable mentions.
That Robin Williams episode still gives me chills. I miss him everyday. 💔
brandomeow That man was an artist
No way Robin Williams! Got to see that one. He is one of my heroes.
I think I saw him on Homicide Life on the street.
Ethan Aleman Me too. 😍
I watched almost all seasons of L&O: SVU, how could I miss the episode with Robin Williams? 😱
I NEED to watch this.
I loved his performance.
Icyclear All his performances are to love. 😍
This was a great one i remember watching it on its initial airing
To this day, 'pure' with Martin Short is my favorite episode. His character was a great leap for his abilities, and his dark turn is something I didn't even think possible for him, let alone anything I ever saw coming. Perfection.
I think Martha Plimpton should have been added.
Absolutely!
Was she on SVU? I know she was on Law and Order: Criminal Intent.
Jett Allyson yea she was on the same episode as Mary Steenburgen who played her mother in the episode
Robin Williams even got away in the episode he was in!
R.I.P. Robin.
Robin's performance was so chilling in that episode. He channeled everything he brought to _Insomnia_ and _One Hour Photo,_ and then some. The scary thing is we don't know whether or not he got away at the end.
Robin Williams played a grieving widower in Homicide: Life On The Streets in its second season. His Homicide guest appearance was more phenomenal than the villain of the week role he played on SVU.
Only Law and order SUV that I really love is when Chris meloni is playing on the show
The Stabler/Beecher episode.
i so agree with you on that one
Those are the best of course but I liked Amaro too. I can’t stand Amanda...she never fit in imo. I didn’t like that new DA from last season either (Peter Stone?); glad he left! There’s always been something missing since the “crew” started leaving, beginning with Stabler and ending with Barber...again, imo.
I really hope there's a part two for this lists because there was so many great SVU cameos like Ludacris, Sarah Hyland, Brad Garrett, Brittany Snow, Kathy Griffin, Tony Hale, Bradley Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks, Amanda Seyfried, Ian Somerhalder, Milo Ventimiglia, James Van Der Beek, Miranda Lambert, Chloe Sevigny, Rose McGowan, Melissa Joan Hart, Lili Reinhart, Fred Savage, Lynda Carter, Michael K Williams and so many more
John Stamos’ character was so perfectly sleazy on SVU
Amy Smart and Ludacris were amazing too and deserve a spot on this list.
My favorite show and I love the celebrity cameos, the acting is usually so good and spot on. It's great to especially see people who are normally comedic do drama; it's like a whole new world. Also, is the guy with Carol Burnett Matthew Lillard? Because it looks a lot like him.
There needs to be more Top 10 SVU lists
i wish they would
where's Henry Winkler, who's best known for that one episode of Law & Order SVU?
That was one great Law and Order SVU episode!
another good one missed.
Don't forget the men, forgot their names, that Merle and Daryl Dixon that appeared on separate SVU episodes before the walking dead.
Greed in year 3 episode 20
Ummmmm while that IS a GREAT episode and he was amazing.... Really he's "best known" for that one episode??
The ending of that Robin Williams episode...speechless..
After 20 years this should have been top 50. Really to many great performance. I’m adding Noel Fisher to the list. Season 10 Dale.
I agree Noel Fisher was creepy and great!
I'm sure this has been brought up before, but how are these cameos? A cameo is when a person makes a special appearance as themselves, or as a character they've played before, usually for a short scene. Cambridge Dictionary defines a cameo appearance as, "a brief but noticeable part, esp. in a movie, television program, or performance in a theater, usually by someone who is famous." These are just famous people who took on another gig as actors appearing in GUEST roles, not as cameos. Think about the movie Zombieland, while his part in the film was longer than a usual cameo, the fact Bill Murray played himself in the film, still makes it a cameo.
For the record, I loved each of these episodes, and can never forget Robin Williams, ever. He died on my birthday, and as one of my favorite actors and comedians of all times, it's a bittersweet day for me now. How someone could paint such a cheerful mask outwardly, yet be so inwardly torn apart is amazing. It just goes to show you how gifted an actor he really was.
Love them all and especially Debra Messings appearance
Not mentioning Ellen Burstyn here is tragedy. She gave BY FAR best performance in SVU history.
HOW DO YOU NOT EVEN MENTION MATTHEW LILLARD?!?!?!?!?!?!
Robin def deserves number 1! I was rooting for him so much and was hyped when he got away 😂🙌🏽 NEED PART 2 ASAP
These were all fantastic performances but a few were overlooked. Henry Winkler had a good role in episode as did Martha Plimpton and Mary Steenburgen and recently Brad Garrett had a good 2 episode arc. And Anthony Edwards was good on recent episode too
Robin Williams was such a good actor. It was kind of weird though seeing him play a serious role,as he is know for comedy!
I miss Robin Williams even more now... 😔
Part 2, part 3, part 4. There are so many amazing guest performances on this show. It seems to be an environment for actors who love acting to come on this show and just really let their talent shine. Never have I seen anyone "phone it in" or act like they are just there for a paycheck.