Hannah Montana/Trivia


 * Dawson Casting:
 * Jason Earles, who plays Jackson, was a real-life example of Vague Age, his year of birth variably being reported as either 1977, 1985 or 1988, until it was finally confirmed to be 1977, making him almost 29 years old when the show premiered. Averted with the rest of the young characters, who are played by real teenagers.
 * Of special note: In the episode which teased a Lilly/Jackson pairing, Emily Osment was 16 and Jason Earles was 31, or almost twice her age.
 * Season 4's recurring guest character Siena, implied to be around Jackson's age, is played by 26-year old Tammin Sursok.
 * Actually her age was never mentioned. There's no reason she can't be 26.
 * Hey It's That Guy:
 * Lilly is portrayed by Emily Osment, the lesser-known - and of late, arguably better-known - sister of Haley Joel Osment. Some people remember her as Gerti from Spy Kids.
 * Beau Billingslea plays the mayor of Miley's Tennessee hometown, in The Movie. Yes, that Beau Billingslea.
 * Tim Russ as the doctor charged with saving Hannah's singing voice.
 * Charles Shaughnessy as the Simon Cowell parody in "Judge Me Tender".
 * Wasn't Thor one of the guys present during the landing of the Autobots?
 * Vicki Lawrence as Jackson and Miley's grandmother.
 * David Koechner, who plays Todd Packer from The Office, as Uncle Earl.
 * Also from The Office, Melora Hardin as Lorelai, Robbie's love interest in The Movie.
 * Tiffany Thornton as the aforementioned Brainless Bodacious Becky.
 * Camryn Manheim as Margo, Mikayla's obnoxious, loud-mouthed pitbull of a manager.
 * Troy Evans, best-known for playing Frank on ER as Jerry, a junkyard worker.
 * "Saint" Sarah was Lulu in The Pacifier.
 * Ed Begley, Jr. as Sarah's dad.
 * Alan from Two and A Half Men as Lilly's dad.
 * Selena Gomez from Wizards of Waverly Place as Mikayla.
 * Carrie Ann Inaba as Tina, Hannah's choreographer.
 * Fred.
 * Ray Liotta as Principal Luger.
 * Christine Taylor as Lori the school nurse.
 * Robert Costanzo as Al Blaine, the owner of the arcade where Lilly works.
 * Gildart Jackson as Quinn, Hannah's record producer.
 * Jenna Marshall as Jackson's girlfriend
 * Hey It's That Voice:
 * Jason Griffith as a radio announcer.
 * In the Japanese dub: Hannah Montana is Hayate Ayasaki. Incidentally, her voice actress dubs Miley Cyrus in Japanese in almost every other movie or TV series she appears in.
 * Old Shame: Judging from his comments to GQ magazine, Billy Ray Cyrus has blamed the show for destroying his family.