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Special Guests

TCM’s passion for classic movies has earned the respect of the world’s most admired directors, producers, writers and actors. Be sure to visit this site often for details about 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival special guests in the weeks ahead. Programming is subject to change.

Announced 2024 Special Guests:

Jeanine Basinger – Film Scholar, Historian and Author
Lois Burwell – Make-Up Artist/Designer
Jodie Foster – Actor, Director
John Travolta – Actor
Billy Dee Williams – Actor

The TCM Classic Film Festival has featured appearances by:

Jim AbrahamsDebbie AllenAllison AndersPaul Thomas AndersonJulie AndrewsAnn-MargretAlan ArkinGillian ArmstrongFrankie AvalonKevin BaconJohn BadhamJohn BaileyDiane BakerRick BakerBob BalabanAlec BaldwinDrew BarrymoreNed BeattyWarren BeattyEd Begley Jr.Shari BelafonteJean-Paul BelmondoRobert BentonTom BerengerTheodore BikelJacqueline BissettAnn BlythPeter BogdanovichJohn BoormanErnest BorgnineBeau BridgesJeff BridgesJames L. BrooksMel BrooksKevin BrownlowGeneviève BujoldSteve BurumCharles BuschDyan CannonMario CantoneLeslie CaronJohn CarpenterKeith CarradineRuth E. CarterVeronica Cartwright“Baby Peggy” Diana Serra CaryDick CavettGeorge ChakirisMarge ChampionGeorge ClooneyAnne V. CoatesFrancis Ford CoppolaBilly CrystalAlan CummingTony CurtisJoe DanteFrank DarabontCarl DavisRebecca De MornayBruce DernCaleb DeschanelDana DelanyDanny DevitoLeonardo DiCaprioAngie DickinsonStanley DonenIlleana DouglasKirk DouglasMichael DouglasRichard DreyfussKeir DulleaFaye DunawayRobert EvansSally FieldMichael FeinsteinRhonda FlemingJane FondaPeter FondaWilliam FriedkinBetty GarrettMitzi GaynorDanny GloverJeff GoldblumGinnifer GoodwinElliot GouldTopher GraceJennifer GrantLee GrantColeen GrayJoel GreyPam GrierPeter GuberSteve GuttenbergTaylor HackfordBill HaderMolly HaskellTippi HedrenBuck HenryBrian HensonJohn Michael HigginsDustin HoffmanKatharine HoughtonMarsha HuntTab HunterAnjelica HustonDanny HustonOlivia HusseyChris IsaakJames IvoryNorman JewisonQuincy JonesShirley JonesAnna KarinaStacy KeachAnna KendrickCallie KhouriSusan KohnerBarbara KoppleNancy KwanDavid LaddRicki LakeMartin LandauJohn LandisAngela LansburySherry LansingPiper LaurieGeorge LazenbyRuta LeeSpike LeeTerry LeonardBarry LevinsonJerry LewisChristopher LloydNorman LloydGina LollabrigidaSophia LorenJon LovitzLuluA.C. LylesAli MacGrawShirley MacLaineLeonard MaltinRob MarshallJerry MathersTim MathesonMarlee MatlinAlbert MayslesTom McCarthyPatty McCormackMalcolm McDowellSteve McQueenDennis MillerHayley MillsJuliet MillsLiza MinnelliWalter MirischJuanita MooreRita MorenoRobert MorseMira NairMarni NixonKim NovakFrance NuyenMargaret O’BrienMaureen O’HaraEdward James OlmosNancy OlsonPatton OswaltPeter O’TooleAlexander PayneSimon PeggRon PerlmanTyler PerryLori PettyLou Diamond PhillipsJim PiddockChristopher PlummerSidney PoitierJane PowellPaula PrentissLuise RainerCarl ReinerRob ReinerPaul ReiserMaggie RenziBurt ReynoldsDebbie ReynoldsRobert RichardsonTim RobbinsMickey RooneyFred RoosRichard RoundtreeBarbara RushKurt RussellMeg RyanRZAEva Marie SaintJulian SandsJohn SaylesThelma SchoonmakerMartin ScorseseJane SeymourMark ShaimanMartin SheenRon SheltonRichard ShermanMartin ShortNancy SinatraTina SinatraJohn SingletonSteven SoderberghSteven SpielbergRuss TamblynQuentin TarantinoJoan TewkesburyJohn TollRobert TowneRobert TownsendCicely TysonMario Van PeeblesMelvin Van PeeblesJon VoightMax Von SydowRobert WagnerEli WallachCass WarnerDon WasAdam WestHaskell WexlerLeonard WhitingFred WillardEsther WilliamsJohn WilliamsDebra WingerJane WithersEdgar WrightMichael YorkDavid ZuckerJeff Zuckerand many others!