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===Cameo appearances=== Lemmy made appearances in film and television, including 1990 [[science fiction film]] ''[[Hardware (film)|Hardware]]'' and the 1987 comedy ''[[Eat the Rich (film)|Eat the Rich]]'', for which Motörhead also recorded the soundtracks including [[Eat the Rich (Motörhead song)|the title song]]. He appeared as himself in the 1986 ''[[The Comic Strip|The Comic Strip Presents...]]'' episode "[[More Bad News]]", along with fellow [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] musicians [[Ozzy Osbourne]], the [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] and [[Def Leppard]]. In 1984, Motörhead were the musical guests on the TV show ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]'', in the episode "[[Bambi (The Young Ones)|Bambi]]". He appears in the 1994 comedy ''[[Airheads]]'' (in which he is credited as "Lemmy von Motörhead").<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109068/quotes |title=Memorable Quotes from Airheads |access-date=10 February 2007 |website=[[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109068/fullcredits |title=Full Cast and Crew for Airheads |access-date=10 February 2007 |work=[[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]]}}</ref> Lemmy has a cameo in [[Ron Jeremy]]'s 1994 pornographic film ''[[John Wayne Bobbitt Uncut]]'' as the discoverer of [[John Wayne Bobbitt|Bobbitt's]] severed penis. The appendage is thrown from the window of a moving car and lands at Lemmy's feet who exclaims: "Looks like a dick! Fucking hell! Ah well, it's not mine at least." The film's soundtrack also features the Motörhead song "Under the Knife".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/29/lemmy-motorhead-getting-drunk-getting-laid-la-rock-fans-raise-glass |title=Getting drunk and getting laid: LA rock fans raise a glass to Lemmy |date=29 December 2015 |first=Dave |last=Schilling |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=22 February 2019}}</ref> He has also appeared in several movies from [[Troma Entertainment]], including the narrator in 1996's ''[[Tromeo and Juliet]]'' and as himself in both ''[[Terror Firmer]]'' and ''[[Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV]]''. His last role was portraying the President of the United States in ''[[Return to Nuke 'Em High Vol.1|Return to Nuke 'Em High]]''. He has a cameo role in the film ''Down and Out with the Dolls'' ([[Kurt Voss]], 2001). He appears as a lodger who lives in a closet.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283323/ |title=Down and Out with the Dolls |website=IMDb |date=26 April 2002 |access-date=17 November 2011}}</ref> He appeared{{when|date=December 2015}} on ''Down and Dirty with Jim Norton'' as the series DJ, and also wrote the theme music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hbo.com/events/down-and-dirty/index.html |title=Down + Dirty with Jim Norton |website=HBO |access-date=11 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006032313/http://www.hbo.com/events/down-and-dirty/index.html |archive-date=6 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He appeared in a 2001 advertisement for [[Kit Kat]], playing violin as part of a [[string quartet]] in a genteel tearoom.<ref name="KitKat">{{cite web |url=http://www.metalinsider.net/video/wtf-is-this-kit-kat-ad-and-why-is-lemmy-in-it |title=WTF is this Kit Kat ad and why is Lemmy in it? |last=Teitelman |first=Bram |date=19 September 2013 |website=Metal Insider |access-date=29 December 2015}}</ref> In 2015, Lemmy appeared as a central figure in the [[Björn Tagemose]]-directed silent film ''[[Gutterdämmerung]]'' opposite [[Grace Jones]], [[Henry Rollins]], [[Iggy Pop]], [[Tom Araya]] of [[Slayer]] and [[Eagles of Death Metal]]'s [[Jesse Hughes (musician)|Jesse Hughes]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/lemmy/news/motorhead-s-lemmy-joins-gutterdammerung_4852940 |title=Motorhead's Lemmy joins Gutterdammerung |date=3 August 2015 |website=Contactmusic.com |access-date=22 February 2019}}</ref>
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