Editing Freaks and Geeks (section)

===Guest stars and cameo appearances===
Guest stars included:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/10-Actors-You-Might-Remember-Being-Freaks-Geeks-70494-p5.html |title=10 Actors You Might Not Remember Being On Freaks And Geeks |first=Jesse |last=Carp |work=Cinema Blend |access-date=April 4, 2015 |archive-date=May 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501134707/https://www.cinemablend.com/television/10-Actors-You-Might-Remember-Being-Freaks-Geeks-70494-p5.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Samaire Armstrong]] as "Deadhead" Laurie
*[[Alexandra Breckenridge]] as mathlete Shelly Weaver
*[[Jack Conley (actor)|Jack Conley]] as Kim Kelly's stepfather
*[[Kevin Corrigan]] as Millie's delinquent cousin
*[[Allen Covert]] as a liquor store clerk
*[[Matt Czuchry]] as a student from rival Lincoln High
*[[Alexander Gould]] as Ronnie, the boy Lindsay [[Babysitting|babysits]] while high
*[[Steve Higgins]] as Mr. Fleck, the Geeks' A/V teacher
*[[Rashida Jones]] as Kim Kelly's friend Karen Scarfolli
*[[Bianca Kajlich]] as a nose piercing punk girl
*[[David Koechner]] as a waiter, in an uncredited role
*[[David Krumholtz]] as Neal's brother Barry
*[[Shia LaBeouf]] as Herbert, the school mascot
*[[Leslie Mann]] as school teacher Miss Foote
*[[Ben Stiller]] as a Secret Service agent
*[[Jason Schwartzman]] as Howie Gelfand, a student dealing in fake IDs

The show's producers were resistant to [[stunt casting]]. For example, they resisted the network's suggestion that they have [[Britney Spears]] appear as a waitress in one episode;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/jan/31/freaks-geeks-90210-gabe-sachs |title=Priya Elan signs up for class with writer of Freaks And Geeks, Gabe Sachs |work=The Guardian |first=Priya |last=Elan |date=January 31, 2009 |access-date=July 8, 2012}}</ref> they thought such appearances would detract from the show's realism.<ref>{{cite video|title=Freak and Geeks: The Complete Series, "The Little Things" commentary track|people=Judd Apatow, Jon Kasdan, Seth Rogan, Mike White| publisher= Shout! Factory|medium=DVD|time=26:23|date=April 6, 2004}}</ref>

Several of the screenwriters appeared on the show. [[Mike White (filmmaker)|Mike White]] played Kim Kelly's oft-discussed injured brother, and first appeared in episode 4, "Kim Kelly is My Friend". [[Paul Feig]], [[Gabe Sachs]] and series composer [[Michael Andrews (musician)|Michael Andrews]] appear uncredited as members of the fictional band Dimension in "I'm With the Band".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/lists/every-freaks-and-geeks-episode-ranked-20140925 |title=School Days & Parisian Nightsuits: Every 'Freaks and Geeks' Episode, Ranked |first=Jennifer |last=Wood |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 25, 2014 |access-date=April 4, 2015}}</ref>

Numerous actors who starred on ''Freaks and Geeks'' would later appear on Judd Apatow's later TV series ''[[Undeclared]]'', including Rogen, Segel, Levine, Starr, Phillips and Melnick, among several others.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kranich |first1=Briana |title=11 Actor Crossovers Between Freaks And Geeks And Undeclared |url=https://screenrant.com/actor-crossovers-freaks-and-geeks-undeclared-samm-levine-martin-starr/ |website=Screen Rant |date=March 4, 2020 |access-date=October 10, 2020}}</ref>