Tim Burton's Only Credited Acting Role Explained
Known for his iconic work behind the camera, Tim Burton is one of the most notable directors of the past 40 years, but the typically quiet and reserved filmmaker shook up his image in 1992 when he appeared in a small, credited acting role. The opposite of legends like Alfred Hitchcock, who famously popped up in their own films, Burton has rarely appeared in his own work, appearing only in uncredited roles in Peewee’s Big Adventure and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Beyond his own movies, he showed up as a corpse in Hoffa and as an alien on a TV monitor in Men in Black 3.
That said, the famed director did have one credited acting role. Fast Times at Ridgemont High screenwriter Cameron Crowe wrote and directed Singles, a loose and down-to-earth romantic comedy about twentysomethings living in Seattle during the heyday of grunge music. Starring Bridget Fonda, Kyra Sedgewick, and Matt Dillon, the film was a minor success that has been viewed as a precursor to the hit NBC sitcom Friends. In the movie, Burton appears in one scene where he plays the role of Brian, a smug video dating service director. He thumbs through a magazine in the background for most of his screen time before agreeing to film a character’s video for 20 dollars.
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Crowe noted that Burton was working on another project near Seattle and the Singles production at the same time. Despite not having a previous relationship, he invited Burton to come to the set for one day and be in the movie. Tim Burton, busy developing superhero comic book adaptations like his much-talked-about Superman project at that time, appears alongside actress Joan Giammarco in the scene, who also appeared in Batman
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