History Main / PoliticianGuestStar

** He had a line as a guest at Bruce Wayne's party in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', where he tells the Joker, "We're not intimidated by thugs!" He may or may not be playing himself.

* The Canadian sitcom ''Series/CornerGas'' had two Prime Ministers make cameos (Paul Martin and Stephen Harper), along with a smattering of Members of Parliament and mayors.

** He also makes quite a few appearances in ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'', owing to his daughter Kristin Gore having worked as a writer for the show.

--->'''Colbert:'''' Wait a second, you overheard? Are your spy satellites really that good?

* ''Series/TopGear'' has had then-Mayor of London UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson as a guest. Then-Prime Minister UsefulNotes/DavidCameron also had a brief cameo at the start of the India special (that consisted of him telling the presenters not to go to India).

* Massachusetts Congressman and Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill once ducked into ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' to get away from a woman on the street who was bothering him (turns out it was Diane). The rest of the bar recognized him and goaded Norm (who was in the bathroom) to share his opinion of that "Do Nothing Congress" which O'Neill found amusing. Was a big factor in the show getting noticed by the general public at the time.

* Vermont Senator [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Leahy Patrick Leahy]] is well-known to be a big fan of {{Franchise/Batman}}, and made quite a few [[TheCameo cameos]]. PromotedFanboy, anyone?

--->'''Obama:''' First, I want to send my greeting to the men and women of our armed forces in Iraq. And I and all Americans thank you for your service.

* ''Series/TheGames'' had Creator/JohnHoward (the actor) [[NamesTheSame pretending to be John Howard (the Prime Minister)]].

* The UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}} takes this UpToEleven- a lot of politicians there weren't just ''guest stars'', they were often full-fledged, full-time celebrities — actors, singers, basketball players and other athletes, newscasters, and various other media personalities — leveraging their media popularity to handily win elections. Possibly only the most prominent example was former Philippine President Joseph Ejercito "Erap" Estrada, an action star who became mayor of San Juan city for several terms (and went back to being mayor, this time of UsefulNotes/{{Manila}}, after his presidency expired, via impeachment).

This is going to be a special episode. This is going to be a {{Pilot}}, PilotMovie, GrandFinale, OriginsEpisode, ReunionShow, or maybe even a VerySpecialEpisode. Or regular episode, in which we want something that will make it special. We need a guest star, but not [[SpecialGuest any guest star]]. And not another episode where [[CelebrityStar Metallica's in town]]. We need someone real big, like, like...like the president of the United States! Or Russia! Or the British prime minister! Maybe even a member of Royal Family! Or the Pope! No matter — he just needs to be well-recognized political or religious leader. If he's popular, his face itself will earn thousands. And if for some reason people don't like him, we‘ll just chip with him, and they‘ll love us. It doesn't matter if [[CelebrityStar the whole story revolves around about him]], or [[SpecialGuest he makes only a short appearance]], [[InvisiblePresident if at all]] — it ''will'' work perfectly.

* UsefulNotes/TonyBlair appeared on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' once. Like, the actual Tony Blair. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Regina_Monologues#Production Details here.]] Blair also appeared as himself in a Catherine Tate sketch for Red Nose Day, meeting her sixteen-year-old schoolgirl chav, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfkjvagVsRI Lauren Cooper.]]
* The possible UrExample is the UK Prime Minister UsefulNotes/HaroldWilson appearing with smash-hit comedians Creator/MorecambeAndWise, who regularly commanded audiences in the high twenty milions. He figured this sort of TV exposure showing him as a generous-spirited man with a sense of humour, who could go with jokes at his own expense, was something that would not do his career any harm.

* Canadian politicians frequently make the rounds on ''Series/ThisHourHas22Minutes'' and ''The Rick Mercer Report''. American politicians would also sometimes show up. Most memorable was then presidential hopeful UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush being asked by Rick Mercer what he thought of Canadian Prime Minister "Jean Poutine".

* British Prime Minister UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher performed a [[SelfInsertFic sketch she wrote herself]] with the cast of the sitcom ''Series/YesMinister'', where she played funnily enough, herself as Prime Minister.

* A few appeared on ''Series/TheLateShow1992'', as part of an AlmostFamousName running gag. For example, former Victorian state premier Joan Kirner was "accidentally" hired by Mick instead of Music/JoanJett, singing "I Love Rock and Roll". She was accompanied by her Health Minister David White on the guitar. Another episode had former Immigration Minister Al Grassby booked instead of David Crosby (along with Lucky Grills, Christopher "[[Series/HeyDad Nudge]]" Truswell and Gwen Plumb.

** He played Senator Purrington, one of the hearing members who get blow up by an explosion in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''.

* Massachusetts Congressman and Speaker of the House Tip O'Niell once ducked into ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' to get away from a woman on the street who was bothering him (turns out it was Diane). The rest of the bar recognized him and goaded Norm (who was in the bathroom) to share his opinion of that "Do Nothing Congress" which O'Niell found amusing. Was a big factor in the show getting noticed by the general public at the time.