Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Happy Gilmore remains one of the most iconic golf movies and best Adam Sandler movies of all time, partly because of its legendary cameos. The 1996 comedy classic features some of Adam Sandler's best quotes such as the iconic one-liners, "The price is wong, b–ch!" and "You eat pieces of s–t for breakfast?".
Barker appears in Happy Gilmore during a Pro-Am tournament after Happy becomes a professional golfer. During a Pro-Am, each professional golfer is paired up with a celebrity. Barker is paired up with Happy and makes it clear that he is there to win, which makes it seem at first like he and Happy will get along just fine. Barker says that he and Nick Faldo, another professional golfer who does not appear in the film, won last year.
Kiel is an integral part of Happy Gilmore, appearing throughout the film as a supporting fan of Happy's from the crowd at his PGA Tour events. Kiel's Mr. Larson makes hilarious and threatening jokes and Shooter McGavin, which ultimately results in him chasing Happy's golf rival at the end of the film. One of his most iconic scenes in the film features him bending a golf club in half with his bare hands.
Stiller and Sandler have worked on a number of movies together, even ones that exist outside of comedy. Sandler and Stiller both starred in the 2017 Noah Baumbach drama The Meyerowitz Stories alongside Adam Driver, Emma Thompson, and Dustin Hoffman. Stiller and Sandler also starred in the 2009 comedy-drama Funny People directed by Judd Apatow. Stiller even reprises his role as Hal L. in the 2020 Netflix movie Hubie Halloween, which Sandler starred in, wrote, and produced.
Verne Lundquist, a longtime sports broadcaster known for his legendary career with CBS Sports, appears in Happy Gilmore as himself in a sports broadcasting position. Lundquist worked for multiple major television networks including ABC Sports from 1974 to 1981, CBS from 1982 to 1995, and TNT from 1995 to 1997 before finding a permanent home with CBS in 1998.