Ishmael Boorg Vanessa Angel as Claudia Bill Murray as Ernie "Big Ern" McCracken Lin Shaye as Mrs. Dumars Rob Moran as Stanley Osmanski, Claudia's ex-boyfriend Chris Elliott as the gambler Chris Schenkel as himself Morganna, the Kissing Bandit as herself P. W. Evans as himself Cast notes: Major league baseball pitcher Roger Clemens appears in a cameo as the character Skidmark during the restaurant scene. Professional bowlers Parker Bohn III, Randy Pedersen and Mark Roth appear as opponents that Roy Munson defeats on his way to the final match in Reno against McCracken. The film also features several musical acts. Jonathan Richman — who would play an even bigger musical role in the Farrelly brothers' next film There's Something About Mary — fronts the band performing in the restaurant scene. Urge Overkill performs the national anthem at the tournament in Reno, while John Popper appears as the master of ceremony. In the film's final scene, Popper's band Blues Traveler perform their song "But Anyway" while dressed in traditional Amish clothing. According to the Farrelly brothers, Michael Keaton, Chris Farley and Charles Rocket were considered for the roles played by Harrelson, Quaid and Murray respectively. Jim Carrey was the first choice for the role of Ernie McCracken. Reception Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 49% approval rating based on 39 reviews, with an average rating of 5.7/10. The site's consensus, "Kingpin has its moments, but they're often offset by an eagerness to descend into vulgar mean-spiritedness." On Metacritic, based on 14 reviews, the film holds a score of 43 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of "B−" on a scale of A+ to F. Roger Ebert had one of the more noteworthy positive reviews, giving it three and a half out of four stars. Gene Siskel also endorsed the film, putting it on his list of the ten best films for 1996. Nancy Gerstman mentioned the film as one of the nine most underrated films in the 1990s. The film is ranked #68 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies". In 2018 Vulture.com listed it at #2 on a list of Woody Harrelson's best films. Home media When released on DVD, Kingpin came in its original PG-13 theatrical version (113 minutes) and an extended, R-rated version (117 minutes). Both versions are available on the Blu-Ray disc issued by Paramount Pictures on October