Sharpton has made cameo appearances in the movies "Cold Feet", "Bamboozled", "Mr. Deeds", and "Malcolm X". He also has appeared in episodes of the television shows "New York Undercover", "", "Girlfriends", "My Wife and Kids", "Rescue Me" and "Boston Legal". He hosted the original Spike TV reality television show "I Hate My Job", and an episode of "Saturday Night Live". He was a guest on "Weekends at the DL" on Comedy Central and has been featured in television ads for the Fernando Ferrer campaign for the New York City mayoral election, 2005. He also made a cameo appearance by telephone on the Food Network series, "The Secret Life Of . . .", when host Jim O'Connor expressed disbelief that a restaurant owner who'd named a dish after Sharpton actually knew him.