Movie Directors Who Made a Cameo Appearance in Their Own Films

Lin Manuel Miranda

Best known for Hamilton, Lin Manuel Miranda brought his rap skills to How I Met Your Mother in the final season. He played a guy on a bus, named Gus, who rapped about Canada. Yeah, not exactly his Tony-worthy broadway show, but still interesting. As Miranda said to Marshall "I've just been handed a news flash/ The word Canada is unrhymeable/ It's easier to, I don't know/ Get drunk and try to climb a bull..."

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