# The 10 highest-paid cameos in Hollywood history

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-10-highest-paid-cameos-in-hollywood-history/
- Published: 2026-10-28T19:45:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T20:49:53+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/10-highest-paid-cameos-in-hollywood-history/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Cameo deals can bring substantial pay or non-cash benefits.
- Box-office shares and broader contracts make fees hard to compare.
- Vin Diesel traded his *Tokyo Drift* cameo for Riddick rights.

## Summary

Cameos can bring a film star power, humour or a surprise, and some have earned performers unusually large fees. The article ranks the ten highest-paid cameos in Hollywood history, while noting that cameo appearances can also be negotiated for non-cash benefits or as part of wider contracts.

It says cameo pay is difficult to calculate because deals may include box-office shares, inflation adjustments or other terms. Examples include Vin Diesel trading his free appearance in *The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift* for the rights to the Riddick character, and Hugh Jackman securing a charity donation and permission to use an F-word in *X-Men: First Class*. Mike Tyson was also paid a substantial sum for appearing in *The Hangover*.

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