Even if you don’t know your New Avengers from your Uncanny Avengers, you probably know Stan Lee.

As the editor and main writer for Marvel Comics in the 1960s, Lee created a name for himself thanks to two things:

co-creating Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, the X-Men, and a host of other now-popular characters for the company. never being shy about standing in the public spotlight to bombastically trumpet—and take credit for—Marvel Comics’ greatness (longtime collaborator Jack Kirby even savagely satirized Lee’s constant desire for media attention and penchant for PT Barnum-style hucksterism with the character of Funky Flashman in the DC Comics series Mister Miracle).

That combination has given Lee the opportunity for brief appearances in almost every Marvel superhero movie since 2000. From a hot dog vendor in 2000’s X-Men to a bartender in this year’s Ant-Man, the comic creator’s mustachioed mug has become as much a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Captain America’s shield or Tony Stark’s constant drinking. In fact, his brand of over-the-top hype even has a place in mainstream pop culture thanks to Key and Peele.

But Lee—who, as user Zthe27th points out in the Comic Book community, is celebrating his 93rd birthday Monday, Dec. 28—had embarked on a performing career long before becoming an Easter egg in modern superhero movies. He provided voiceover narration for Marvel cartoons in the ’80s and ’90s and had a nonspeaking cameo role as a jury member in the 1989 Marvel TV movie The Trial of the Incredible Hulk.

Lee also has a string of appearances in movies and TV shows that have little to do with superheroes. Check out these five roles that show off the nonagenarian’s acting chops.

The Ambulance (1990)

For his first live-action, speaking part, Lee stuck with a role he knew: comic book editor. In The Ambulance, he channels a kindlier J. Jonah Jameson as the boss of artist Josh Baker (played by Eric Roberts, who should’ve shared top billing with the wonderful mullet he’s sporting). Despite an inventive premise—an ambulance is a perfect cover for a psychopathic doctor’s evil deeds—The Ambulance doesn’t live up to the elevated horror schlock director Larry Cohen is known for with It’s Alive and The Stuff. Lee, however, still delivers a solid rookie performance.

Mallrats (1995)

In this big-screen cameo, Lee plays it safe again by playing himself … again. Except in this role, he functions as a Jiminy Cricket-like conscience to lovelorn lead characters Brodie (Jason Lee) and TS (Jeremy London). Lee also entertains Brodie’s embarrassing comic book sexual questions in a scene that captures the essence of thousands of comic book store discussions around the world. Until his mini-career in Marvel movies, Mallrats was probably Lee’s biggest piece of mainstream recognition, and it’s a bit of fan service from director Kevin Smith that still gives a certain type of comics lover a special tingle in the swimsuit area.

The Adventures Cinderella’s Daughter (2000)

Lee flexed his acting muscles for this direct-to-video role, playing a priest in a fairy tale spinoff that answered the question no one was asking: Did Cinderella have kids? (Spoiler alert: She did, and she’s played by Laurie Plaksin, who bravely shares a writing credit on the film.) Lee holds his own with the rest of the cast (which is damning with faint praise) and even gets to shout his signature line—”Excelsior!”—to consecrate the marriage of the prince and Cinderella. (Fast forward to the 1:15 and 2:15 marks in the above video for Lee’s screen time.)

Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)

What is it with Stan Lee and onscreen weddings? This time he plays a foreign guest who learned what little English he knows by watching the Three Stooges. That leads to some awkward flirting with Julie Andrews, clearly a missing element in the original Princess Diaries that fans demanded to see in the sequel. And yes, this is the third film on this list that also features an actor who later appeared in a Batman movie. (Princess Diaries star Anne Hathaway was Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises; The Ambulance‘s Eric Roberts played a gangster in The Dark Knight; and Ben Affleck, who is briefly in Mallrats, will play the Dark Knight in 2016’s Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.)

Entourage (2010)

It’s another Marvel-DC crossover as Lee returns to playing himself to meet the Entourage universe’s Aquaman in the form of Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) in this season seven episode. Lee also is introduced to adult film actress Sasha Grey and elicits giggles when he says he recognizes her, but not because she starred in Steven Soderbergh’s The Girlfriend Experience. This scene also shows how Lee’s progressed as an actor, because he manages to keep his dignity in an appearance that feels more childish than the comic books he was writing that were aimed at kids.