Editing Eddie Vedder (section)

==Film==
Vedder had a brief acting cameo in the 1992 movie, ''[[Singles (1992 film)|Singles]]'', along with Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam. He appeared as himself, playing drums in lead actor [[Matt Dillon]]'s backing band, Citizen Dick.<ref>{{IMDb_name|0891641}}</ref> He was also interviewed for the 1996 grunge documentary, ''[[Hype!]]'' He appears in the 2003 Ramones documentary, ''[[End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones]]''. In 2007, he made a cameo as himself in the comedy film, ''[[Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story]]''. He appears in the 2007 [[Tom Petty]] documentary, ''[[Runnin' Down a Dream (film)|Runnin' Down a Dream]]'', the 2008 political documentary, ''[[Slacker Uprising]]'', and the 2009 [[Howard Zinn]] documentary, ''[[The People Speak (film)|The People Speak]]'', based upon ''[[A People's History of the United States]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thepeoplespeak.com/pages/credits/ |title=Credits &#124; The People Speak |date=November 14, 2010 |website= |access-date=March 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114055144/http://www.thepeoplespeak.com/pages/credits/ |archive-date=November 14, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He was featured in the 2008 Greg Kohs documentary, ''Song Sung Blue'', performing with Lightning and Thunder. He had a one-scene cameo in the second episode of the second season of the [[IFC (American TV channel)|IFC]] television show ''[[Portlandia (TV series)|Portlandia]]''. He also appears in the 2012 documentary ''[[West of Memphis]]'',  protesting against the case. Vedder made an appearance in the season 3 episode 16 of David Lynch's [[Twin Peaks (2017 TV series)|Twin Peaks]] Aug 2017.  He was referred to by his birth name, Edward Louis Severson.

The character of Jackson Maine in the movie ''[[A Star Is Born (2018 film)|A Star is Born]]'' was partly influenced by Vedder. [[Bradley Cooper]], who wrote the screenplay, produced, directed, and starred in the film as Jackson Maine, hung out with Vedder for four or five days to get some tips from him about the character.<ref name=Influence>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/movies/bradley-cooper-a-star-is-born-based-on-eddie-vedder/amp/|magazine=People|title=Bradley Cooper Reveals Close Friend Eddie Vedder Inspired His Star Is Born Rocker|date=September 26, 2018|access-date=December 23, 2018}}</ref>