Christmas Movie Cameos From Hallmark Channel Stars

Hallmark Channel stars have been busy dropping into some of your favorite Christmas movies, so you could catch Brendan Penny in "Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper!" bantering alongside Robert Buckley, Kimberley Sustad in "Three Wisest Men," once again as Dr. Maclaren, and Erin Cahill in "A Grand Ole Opry Christmas" as an Opry Tour Guide.

How many have you spotted? Flip through to learn more!

Don't forget to tune in this holiday season to Hallmark Channel's 2025 Countdown to Christmas for all new movie premieres, where you just might spot some more familiar faces.

Brendan Penny appears in "Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper!" as Ken, one of Ted Cooper's (Robert Buckley) fellow news anchors. Ken and Ted partake in some oddly-specific on and off-air banter!

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Erik Gow (When Calls the Heart) appears in "Christmas Above the Clouds" as an extremely jolly flight-attendant. The flight crew are attempting to give the passengers a Christmas experience, despite the fact that they are on a flight during the holiday. One of the passengers, Ella (Erin Krakow), is not in a very festive mood, and the constant jolliness of the flight crew is the last thing she wants.

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Kimberley Sustad appears again as Doctor Maclaren in "Three Wisest Men, following her previous cameos in "Three Wiser Men and a Boy" and "Three Wise Men and a Baby," to help deliver twins!

Kimberley is one of the writers of the movie, alongside leading man Paul Campbell, and Russell Hainline.

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Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story is filled with cameo appearances! Don't be surprised if you see some of your favorite Buffalo Bills players and legends of the franchise, like Damar Hamlin and Jim Kelly. In addition, look out for some of your favorite Hallmark Stars, including Hunter King, Andrew Walker and Tyler Hynes.

Andrew Walker appears as the bartender at the local tavern in Buffalo, and takes Morgan (Holland Roden) and Cathy's (Patti Murin) order.

Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story stars Hunter King and Tyler Hynes appear at the Christmas Tree Farm.

Current Buffalo Bills players Damar Hamlin, Dewayne Carter and Dion Dawkins visit the local children's hospital for a Writing Letters to Santa Event.

Other cameo appearances include: Ray Davis, Luke Russert, Scott Norwood, Thurman Thomas, Steve Tasker, Chris Brown, Sean McDermott, Dawson Knox, Joshua Palmer, Reid Ferguson and Andre Reed.

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Damar Hamlin (Buffalo Bills' Safety) appears in "The More the Merrier," starring Rachel Boston and Brendan Penny. Damar connects with some of the children over shared experience with health issues, referencing his incident that occurred in 2023 against the Cincinnati Bengals in an NFL game. Damar also appears in "Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story!"

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A Grand Ole Opry Christmas feaures some amazing cameo appearances! Keep an eye out for some of your favorite country stars and legends, including Brad Paisley, Megan Moroney and Riders in the Sky. You can also find a cameo of Hallmark star, Erin Cahill, as an Opry tour guide.

Erin Cahill appears as a tour guide, and some country superstars, like T Graham Brown, Rhett Akins and Maggie Baugh, show up along the way.

Brad Paisley performs "Falling Just Like the Snow."

Other cameo appearances include: Cameo appearances from: Bill Anderson, Dailey & Vincent, Drew Baldridge, Jamey Johnson, Megan Moroney, Mickey Guyton, Pam Tillis, Suzy Bogguss and Tigirlily Gold.

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Jaeda Lily Miller and Natasha Burnett (When Calls the Heart) appear as some of Kelly's (Rhiannon Fish) new team members for The Christmas Cup.

Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith, also some of Ben Rosenbaum's (Quinn) fellow When Calls the Heart cast-mates, also appear throughout the movie!

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Kimberley Sustad appears at Olivia (Erin Cahill) and Ben's (Paul Campbell) Catnip Café as an excited and enthusiastic cat owner, with some creative ideas for the café.

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Brian Baumgartner appears in "Confessions of a Christmas Letter" as Sam, a Holly Hills Post Office employee and judge for the Holly Hills Wall of Fame, reuniting with his co-star from The Office, Angela Kinsey.

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Donna Kelce appears in "Christmas on Call" taking Hannah (Sara Canning) & Wes' (Ser'Darius Blain) order at Wes' favorite Philly Cheesesteak spot, rocking her son Jason Kelce's number 62 on her Philadelphia Eagles jersey!

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Kimberley Sustad appears again as Doctor Maclaren in "Three Wiser Men and a Boy," following her original cameo in "Three Wise Men and a Baby." She is seen running into the Brenner boys after they pulled off the holiday show!

Kimberley actually was one of the writers of the movie, alongside leading man Paul Campbell, and Russell Hainline.

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Wes Brown appears as a festive bartender in "Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story." He makes Derrick (Tyler Hynes) and Alana (Hunter King) a couple of beautifully crafted Christmas beverages!

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Erin Cahill appears as Joan Hamilton, an adventurous archaeologist and the mother of Stefanie (Lacey Chabert), in "The Christmas Quest."

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Brendan Penny appears as an unsatisfied grocery store customer in "Private Princess Christmas," where Ryan (Derek Klena), working as an employee, gives him a more than honest recommendation.

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Fiona Gubelmann and Victor Webster appear in "Sugarplummed" on opposite sides of a legal feud, with Fiona being Emily's (Maggie Lawson) client.

Carlo Marks appears as a handsome, yet unfortunate, bearer of bad news, serving Sugarplum (Janel Parrish) a lawsuit for taking a tree from the neighbors' house!

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Paul Campbell appears in "The Santa Class" as an enthusiastic student of the Santa School, which is run by Kate (Kimberley Sustad) and Dan (Benjamin Ayres). He even makes a reference to his character, Stephan, from "Three Wise Men and a Baby" and "Three Wiser Men and a Boy!"

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Jonathan Bennett appears hoping to adopt a dog at Puptown Rescue's event, led by Max (Ezra Moreland) and Mia (Jessica Lowndes), in "Happy Howlidays." Bennett even refers to Max as Mr. Christmas, paying homage to "Finding Mr. Christmas," which Bennett hosted and Moreland was the winning contestant.

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Two familiar Hallmark faces graced the screen with cameos in “Haul Out the Holly!"

"Signed, Sealed, Delivered" star Eric Mabius plays Allen, who makes it back to Evergreen Lane just in time for Christmas where he dramatically reunites with his wife, Pamela (Melissa Peterman).

Kristoffer Polaha plays Kevin, the spirited husband of Jessica, Emily’s best friend. They encourage their daughter to speak her mind, which she does by encouraging Jared to take Emily on a date!

You can stream "Haul Out the Holly" on Hallmark+!

The stars align when Rachel Boston and Wes Brown appear in the final scene of the remake of “His Merry Wife!,” the movie that Lucy (Bethany Joy Lenz) is writing the remake of in "A Biltmore Christmas."

Watch until the end of the clip for a nod to a classic Hallmark holiday movie featuring this pair!

Will Kemp shows off his professional dancing moves performing a “Highland Fling” dance alongside Lacey Chabert in “A Merry Scottish Christmas!"

Three more familiar Hallmark favorites joined forces on-screen with cameos in “Three Wise Men and a Baby!"

Did any POstable fans spot Geoff Gustafson? Geoff plays David, Taylor Brenner's stickler of a boss, who fires him at the start over a creative difference in a video game at Funnen Games.

Hallmark Channel star Ali Liebert plays Fiona, Taylor’s ex-girlfriend and former colleague, who's shocked to see that Taylor has a baby when she runs into him after he was fired.

Finally, Kimberley Sustad plays an emergency room doctor that helps the Brenner brothers when Baby Thomas gets a rash and fever. Fun fact: Kimberley wrote this movie with star Paul Campbell!

You can now stream "Three Wise Men and a Baby: Extended Cut" on Hallmark+!

A fierce competitor is in the running during the Christmas 5k in “Sealed With a List” alongside Katie Findlay as Carly! Chris McNally - contestant 1882 - is out for the win, and it will take one serious contender to knock him out of first place!

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Blink and you'll miss this cameo from Andrew Walker in "An Unexpected Christmas!" Andrew enters the restaurant and asks for his table - under "Walker" - and nearly runs into Jamie, played by Tyler Hynes.

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You can catch Hallmark Channel star Niall Matter playing a very spirited "DJ Ginger Jeff" at a silent disco in the romantic Christmas comedy “The Santa Summit" starring Hunter King and Benjamin Hollingsworth!

In “A Heidelberg Holiday,” Hallmark star Jonathan Bennett can be spotted as an awe-inspired shopper at a German Christmas market searching for the perfect holiday gift. Fun fact: alongside Jonathan in the hat is his husband in real life, Jaymes Vaughan!

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In “Our Christmas Mural,” Benjamin Ayres is front and center at the start of the movie when he delivers some less than ideal news to Olivia (Alex Paxton-Beesley) about her employment as a curator.

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Don’t miss Kimberley Sustad playing wise barista Debbie in "Magic in Mistletoe!" She offers curmudgeonly author Harrington (Paul Campbell) some editing help with his social media postings. In real life, Kimberley and Paul have collaborated frequently and the two worked on writing the hit 2022 Hallmark Channel Countdown to Christmas movie, “Three Wise Men and a Baby!"

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When Calls the Heart star Chris McNally plays Santa’s very eager elf helper and photographer in “Christmas Class Reunion!” Watch as he captures the moments when Elle and Devin ask Santa for a little Christmas magic help with their high school reunion!

You can stream "Christmas Class Reunion" on Hallmark+!

When Calls the Heart star Pascale Hutton plays a marriage counselor who works to get to the bottom of Becca (Marisol Nichols) and Robby’s (Kristoffer Polaha) marital issues. She sends them to a special quaint town over Christmas called Gracious, Vermont in the hopes that they will reconnect and rediscover the magic of their relationship!

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In “My Southern Family Christmas,” Wes Brown plays Victor, boss of Jaicy Elliot's character, Campbell, at the magazine they work for. He wants a feature with culture and heart that they haven’t seen before, and pushes Campbell to explore a feature on a 'Pere Noel' Christmas celebration in Louisiana.

Watch below for Campbell's editorial pitch to Victor!

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In “When I Think of Christmas,” Jonathan Bennett plays Leonard, a very, very busy and holiday-frenzied teacher carrying a lot of boxes of baked goods. Watch the clip to see if Leonard remembered all of the varieties of cookies needed for the assembly!