The no James Bond actor has made a cameo in a different 007 movie (which could the fan theory that Bond is a code name that es on after the current "James Bond" retires or is killed,) the Bond franchise is well-known for featuring cameos from celebrities and people involved in production.

Among many celebrity James Bond cameos, Madonna plays a fencing instructor in Die Another Day, pre-Stranger Things David Harbour sports a mustache in Quantum of Solace, and Virgin Airlines owner Richard Branson is searched by an airline in Casino Royale. Still, one man has made more James Bond movie cameos than any other person, sometimes playing more than one character in a single movie. This is James Bond co-producer Michael G. Wilson, the actor who appears most in James Bond movies, along with the late Desmond Llewellyn, who played Q in 17 Bond movies.

Michael G. Wilson Appears In 17 Different James Bond Movies

Wilson Is One Of Many Filmmakers To Cameo In Their Own Movies

Wilson's first speaking character in a James Bond movie is a NASA technician in Moonraker with the line "it's over 200 meters in diameter." Wilson also played two other, less prominent, characters in Moonraker, and his James Bond cameo roles have grown over time. Now, Wilson's characters sometimes have a name and dialogue, and in his biggest role yet, he appeared as Chief of Police in a key scene in Casino Royale, featuring the ambiguous James Bond character Mathis. These cameos aren't unusual among filmmakers, and Wilson is one of many who appear in their own movies.

The most well-known of all creators to cameo in their works is probably Marvel leader and executive producer Stan Lee, who made so many regular cameo appearances in Marvel movies that fans began to watch out for them. Directors who appear in their own movies include Quentin Tarantino, Mel Brooks, and M. Night Shyamalan, though Shyamalan has been criticized for appearing self-indulgent in many of his cameos. As a producer, Wilson's roles have always been more subtle, with his first ever James Bond appearance being in 1964, when he was a junior assistant working on the third Bond movie, Goldfinger.

Michael G. Wilson's Role In The James Bond Franchise Explained

Wilson Is Likely To Appear In Bond 26

Wilson is the stepson of producer Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli, who began Eon Productions - the production company responsible for James Bond. Wilson ed Eon Productions in 1972, as a member of the legal department, before becoming assistant to Cubby in 1979 for the Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me, and making his second cameo. By the time Wilson appeared in Moonraker, he was the assistant producer, and, since then, Wilson has worked with his sister, Barbara Broccoli, on every Eon Productions-produced James Bond movie, either as producer or executive producer.

There is one person almost certain to cameo in the next James Bond movie.

potential 007 directors has been revealed, and though there has been no information yet about who will star, there is one person almost certain to make a cameo in the next James Bond movie: Michael G. Wilson.