Arrested Development was a ratings darling for Fox when it debuted in 2003 on the network's infamous Sunday night block that included The Simpsons, Family Guy, and the short-lived Oliver Beene. Despite not knocking it out of the park in viewership compared to other hits on Fox at the time, like The O.C., Arrested Development was a favorite amongst critics and gained a cult following. It was a smart comedy, void of a laugh track but chalked full of guest stars. So much so that it's easy to forget just how many big names came in and out of the Bluths' lives. Of course, no one is talking about the likes of Liza Minnelli and Henry Winkler, two guests who appeared across the series. Nope, this list is about the Arrested Developmentcameos fans may have forgotten over the years.
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Isla Fisher
Fox Broadcasting Company
Ron Howard created Arrested Developmentand found no issue poking fun at himself or his life, so he cast Isla Fisher as his bagpipe-playing fictional daughter, Rebel Alley.
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Bob Odenkirk
Netflix
The Breaking Bad-turned-Better Call Saulstar Bob Odenkirk is a longtime friend and comedy partner ofArrested Development’sDavid Cross, so it was like a little Easter egg for fans when he appeared as Cross’ character’s marriage counselor.
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Heather Graham
Fox Broadcasting Company
Heather Graham found herself on Arrested Development in a love triangle she was unaware of. George Michael and his dad, Michael, both wound up fancying her. Unfortunately for George Michael, his dad wound up dating his crush and ethics teacher for a minute.
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Conan O'Brien
Fox Broadcasting Company
It wasn’t hard for Conan O’Brien to get into character for his role on Arrested Developmentseeing as he just played himself.
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Judy Greer
Fox Broadcasting Company
Kitty Sanchez was a wild ride for the Bluth family. The personal assistant to George, as well as a woman he saw outside of his marriage, and the character who flashed people the most people.
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Terry Crews
Fox Broadcasting Company
Before he was onBrooklyn Nine-Nine, Terry Crews found himself as a right-wing politician going head to head against Liza Minnelli’s Lucille Austero for Congress.
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Bryce Dallas Howard
Fox Broadcasting Company
While Isla Fisher played a fictional daughter of Ron Howard on the show, Bryce Dallas Howard (Ron’s actual daughter) played herself and ultimately foiled her onscreen sister’s scheming ways.
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Ed Helms
Netflix
Not too long before he was a paper salesman in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Ed Helms was a realtor who worked with the Bluth family a couple of times.
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Kristen Wiig
Fox Broadcasting Company
Who else could capture the wonder of a young Jessica Walter other than Kristen Wiig?
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Chris Diamantopoulos
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fans ofThe Office know him as "Boom Mic Guy" who wanted to get a little too close to Pam. Before that and a stint on HBO's Silicon Valley, Chris Diamantopoulos was an activist and ostrich farmer named Marky Bark on Arrested Development.
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Mae Whitman
Netflix
Arrested Developmenthad countless hilarious bits, but one of the best was Michael’s disdain for and utter confusion as to why his son would date the bland Ann, played by the insanely talented Mae Whitman.
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Dermot Mulroney
Netflix
Lucille Bluth had some interesting partners aside from her husband, including Dermot Mulroney’s Dusty Radler.
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Garcelle Beauvais
Fox Broadcasting Company
Garcelle Beauvais played the wife of Terry Crews on the show and later found herself in a situationship with Tony Hale’s Buster.
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James Lipton
Netflix
James Lipton stepped away from Inside the Actors Studioto portray a warden who doubled as a hopeful screenwriter.
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Amy Poehler
Netflix
Amy Poehler played Will Arnett’s wife for a minute on the show, but in real life, they were married 13 years before parting ways in 2016.
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Zach Braff
Netflix
Girls Gone Wildvideos were still all the rage when Arrested Development first aired, so to poke fun at the whole thing, they created Girls With Low Self-Esteem. Zach Braff played the creator of those videos not once but twice.
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Jane Lynch
Netflix
Jane Lynch continued to rock on Fox on Glee, but before then, she played a mole sent to get intel on George Bluth by pretending to be a fan of his named Cindi Lightballoon.
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Carl Weathers
Netflix
It's not uncommon for celebrities to appear as an over-the-top version of themselves. Neil Patrick Harris did so in Harold & Kumar, Bill Murray stole the show in Zombieland, and Carl Weathers did just the same every single time he appeared on Arrested Development as the less-than-stellar acting teacher David Cross hires.
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Netflix
When it comes to Julia Louis-Dreyfus and comedy, there is no missing. She played a lawyer who did not practice the ethics she was supposed to adhere to, as she faked being blind to get ahead in court and life.
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Andy Richter
Netflix
Andy Richter appeared alongside Conan O’Brien and elsewhere in the series throughout its run.
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Charlize Theron
Netflix
There is absolutely no way the character Oscar-winner Charlize Theron played on Arrested Development would be on TV today. Maybe on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia —maybe. We’ll just leave it at that.
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Alan Tudyk
Netflix
Alan Tudyk is best known for his role on Firefly and for his voice acting in everything from the Marvel universe to the Star Wars realm. However, he also has the Arrested Development world on his list,as he played bland Ann’s father, Pastor Terry Veal.
Kendra Beltran is a pop culture obsessed writer who spent her youth tirelessly jotting down ‘Total Request Live’ data after school. She took that obsession and a useless college degree, and spun it into enough to pay her rent by writing for MTV Geek, Collider, Popverse, and more. Over the years her interest in pop culture has only grown, and today she finds herself baking while streaming ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race,’ running (slowly) while listening to podcasts about the ‘90s, and hanging out with her dog while taking in emo playlists. Kendra also hosts a podcast dedicated to all the crushes people have had in life from Disney to real-life called Crushgasm.
