--- description: The Marvel comic book legend stars in an Audi ad alongside Tara Reid, Kevin Smith and more title: Watch Stan Lee Teach Celebrities the Art of the Cameo image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Stan Lee Teach Celebrities the Art of the Cameo by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 28, 2015 9:08 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 28, 2015 9:08 PM CUT Comic book legend Stan Lee is known for making cameo appearances in many Marvel films, [including](http://www.businessinsider.com/stan-lee-ant-man-cameo-2015-4 "undefined") the upcoming _Ant-Man._ So in this video — which happens to be an ad for Audi — Lee teaches a workshop in cameo acting to pass his knowledge on to the next generation. Kevin Smith, Tara Reid, Michael Rooker, Jason Mewes and Lou Ferrigno all make appearances in the two-minute clip, directed by Kevin Smith. “”I didn’t get to be the world’s greatest cameo actor overnight,” Lee says. “It took years of hard work.” ### See All the Avengers: Age of Ultron Character Posters  Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man Marvel/Disney  Chris Evans as Captain America Marvel/Disney  Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk Marvel/Disney  Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow Marvel/Disney  Chris Hemsworth as Thor Marvel/Disney  Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye Marvel/Disney  Paul Bettany as Vision Marvel/Disney  Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury Marvel/Disney  Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch Marvel/Disney  Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Quicksilver Marvel/Disney  James Spader as the voice of Ultron Marvel/Disney ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3839131/marvel-stan-lee-cameo-acting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3839131/marvel-stan-lee-cameo-acting/"},"headline":"Watch Stan Lee Teach Celebrities the Art of the Cameo","datePublished":"2015-04-28T21:08:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:41.344Z","description":"The Marvel comic book legend stars in an Audi ad alongside Tara Reid, Kevin Smith and more","url":"https://time.com/3839131/marvel-stan-lee-cameo-acting/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3839131/marvel-stan-lee-cameo-acting/","name":"Watch Stan Lee Teach Celebrities the Art of the Cameo"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Understanding the Marvel Cinematic Universe","description":"How do we get from Iron Man to The Avengers? Where do the X-Men fit in? Learn how Marvel has crafted the progression of its superheroes in film.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/nKWYGrii/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-11-05T23:08:19.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/nKWYGrii.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3839131/marvel-stan-lee-cameo-acting/","duration":"PT2M55S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3839131/marvel-stan-lee-cameo-acting/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```