Every Stan Lee Cameo, in Order
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Stan Lee was showing up in Marvel movies long before the MCU. This page lists his 25 MCU cameos, from Iron Man (2008) to Avengers: Endgame (2019), then the 17 he made in Marvel films from Fox, Sony and others, starting with X-Men in 2000.
Stan Lee’s MCU cameos
| # | Title | Year | The cameo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iron Man | 2008 | Tony Stark mistakes him for Hugh Hefner at a party ("Hef!"), robe, sunglasses, entourage and all. |
| 2 | The Incredible Hulk | 2008 | He drinks a soda tainted with Bruce Banner's blood and gets gamma sickness, which leads General Ross to the Brazilian bottling plant where Banner works. |
| 3 | Iron Man 2 | 2010 | A Stark Expo guest whom Tony greets as "Larry King". |
| 4 | Thor | 2011 | A truck driver who chains his pickup to Mjolnir to drag it out of the crater, rips the truck bed clean off, then asks, "Did it work?" |
| 5 | Captain America: The First Avenger | 2011 | A WWII general at Steve's medal ceremony who looks at the wrong man and grumbles, "I thought he'd be taller." |
| 6 | The Avengers | 2012 | A chess player in a TV news interview after the Battle of New York: "Superheroes in New York? Give me a break." |
| 7 | Iron Man 3 | 2013 | A beauty pageant judge on Tony's TV who gives a contestant a perfect 10. |
| 8 | Thor: The Dark World | 2013 | A psychiatric patient who lends Erik Selvig his shoe for a demonstration, then wants it back. |
| 9 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | 2014 | Season 1 episode "T.R.A.C.K.S." (2014): a passenger on a train who buys every word of Simmons' far-fetched cover story. |
| 10 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | 2014 | The Smithsonian guard who discovers Steve has taken his old uniform from the exhibit: "Oh man, I am so fired." |
| 11 | Guardians of the Galaxy | 2014 | A Xandarian ladies' man flirting with a much younger woman, whom Rocket spots through his scanner. |
| 12 | Agent Carter | 2015 | Season 1 episode "The Blitzkrieg Button" (2015): a man at a shoeshine stand who asks Howard Stark for his newspaper. |
| 13 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | 2015 | A veteran at the Avengers' party who insists on trying Thor's Asgardian liquor and is carried out muttering "Excelsior!" |
| 14 | Ant-Man | 2015 | A bartender in one of Luis' rambling stories, lip-syncing Luis' narration. |
| 15 | Captain America: Civil War | 2016 | A FedEx driver delivering a package to "Tony Stank". |
| 16 | Doctor Strange | 2016 | A bus passenger laughing at a book while Strange and Mordo fight Kaecilius in the mirror dimension outside. |
| 17 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | 2017 | A cosmic informant telling his stories to the Watchers, including the FedEx job from Civil War. The Watchers walk off on him in a post-credit scene. |
| 18 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | 2017 | Gary, a New York neighbor who yells at Spider-Man for hassling an innocent man: "Don't make me come down there, punk!" |
| 19 | Thor: Ragnarok | 2017 | The Sakaaran barber who cuts off Thor's hair before his gladiator fight. |
| 20 | Runaways | 2017 | Episode "Metamorphosis" (2017): a limo driver taking the Runaways to their school dance. |
| 21 | Black Panther | 2018 | A casino patron in Busan who pockets T'Challa's winning chips. |
| 22 | Avengers: Infinity War | 2018 | Peter's school bus driver, unimpressed by the spaceship over New York: "What's the matter with you kids? You never seen a spaceship before?" |
| 23 | Ant-Man and the Wasp | 2018 | A man whose car gets shrunk mid-chase: "Well, the '60s were fun, but now I'm paying for it." |
| 24 | Captain Marvel | 2019 | Himself, on a 1995 LA train, rehearsing his lines from Mallrats. Carol Danvers smiles at him, and the Marvel Studios logo is reworked as a tribute to him. |
| 25 | Avengers: Endgame | 2019 | His final MCU cameo, filmed before his death: a de-aged driver in 1970 shouting "Hey man, make love, not war!" at Camp Lehigh. |
Stan Lee cameos outside the MCU
His habit of popping up started with the Fox and Sony films. These are his on-screen (or on-wall) appearances in Marvel movies made outside Marvel Studios, in release order.
| # | Title | Year | The cameo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | X-Men | 2000 | A hot dog vendor on the beach who watches, baffled, as Senator Kelly stumbles out of the sea after escaping Magneto. |
| 2 | Spider-Man | 2002 | A bystander at the World Unity Festival who pulls a little girl out of the way of falling debris during the Green Goblin attack. |
| 3 | Daredevil | 2003 | An old man about to step into traffic until a young Matt Murdock stops him. |
| 4 | Hulk | 2003 | A security guard at Bruce Banner’s lab, walking alongside Lou Ferrigno, TV’s original Hulk. |
| 5 | Spider-Man 2 | 2004 | Another debris rescue, this time pulling a woman to safety during Spider-Man’s fight with Doctor Octopus. |
| 6 | Fantastic Four | 2005 | Willie Lumpkin, the Baxter Building’s friendly mail carrier, a character he created in the comics. |
| 7 | X-Men: The Last Stand | 2006 | A neighbor watering his lawn whose hose water suddenly floats into the air as Jean Grey’s powers flare. |
| 8 | Spider-Man 3 | 2007 | A man in Times Square who reads a news ticker about Spider-Man next to Peter and tells him one person can make a difference. |
| 9 | Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | 2007 | Himself, turned away at Reed and Sue’s wedding because he isn’t on the guest list. |
| 10 | The Amazing Spider-Man | 2012 | A school librarian listening to classical music on headphones, oblivious to Spider-Man and the Lizard fighting behind him. |
| 11 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | 2014 | A guest at Peter and Gwen’s high school graduation who recognizes Peter in the crowd. |
| 12 | Big Hero 6 | 2014 | A role that pays off in the post-credits scene, so stay to the very end. |
| 13 | Deadpool | 2016 | The MC at a strip club, introducing the next act. |
| 14 | X-Men: Apocalypse | 2016 | A bystander, alongside his real-life wife Joan, watching the nuclear missiles launch. |
| 15 | Deadpool 2 | 2018 | A huge graffiti portrait on a wall that Domino flies past. |
| 16 | Venom | 2018 | A man walking his dog who tells Eddie Brock not to give up on Anne. |
| 17 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | 2018 | The owner of the costume shop who sells Miles his first Spider-Man suit and says, “It always fits. Eventually.” |
A few near-misses: he filmed a cameo as a cop in Blade (1998) that was cut, his photo is on a missing-persons board in Man-Thing (2005), and after his death his face turned up on a magazine in Venom: Let There Be Carnage. He also played the juror in the TV movie The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989).
FAQ
How many Stan Lee cameos are in the MCU?
We count 25, from Iron Man (2008) to Avengers: Endgame (2019), including his appearances in Marvel Television shows like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The full list above has them all in order.
What was Stan Lee's last cameo?
Avengers: Endgame (2019), with a digitally de-aged Lee behind the wheel of a car. It was filmed before his death in November 2018.
What was Stan Lee’s first Marvel movie cameo?
X-Men (2000), as a hot dog vendor on the beach. Before that he played the juror in the 1989 TV movie The Trial of the Incredible Hulk.
Is Stan Lee in Spider-Man: No Way Home?
No. No Way Home came out in 2021, three years after his death, and has no Stan Lee cameo.
Did Stan Lee cameo in the Disney+ shows?
No. His cameos ended with Endgame. The Disney+ era began after his passing.
What was Stan Lee's funniest cameo?
The ones people bring up most are the FedEx driver in Captain America: Civil War, the strip-club MC in Deadpool, and the Watcher informant in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.