The Iconic NY Greek Diner Coffee Cup Appearing in Movies & Tv Shows

April 30, 2026

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Wall Street (1987)

John C. McGinley with The Cup sitting on the desk behind him

Charlie Sheen and John C. McGinley were talking about some Wall Street shit with The Cup in the foreground

A concern-scowling Charlie Sheen walking through his stockbroker office with one The Cup behind him on top of what looks like a big office-sized stapler, and another The Cup being held by a person behind him on the other side. There are only a handful of frames with both The Cups in the shot and this is one of them

1mo

Parts Unknown, season 12, episode 7 (2018)

Anthony Bourdain sitting on a park bench in the Lower East Side with what looks to be a knockoff version of The Cup next to him

A cheap knockoff of The Cup stuffed into heavy iron fencing

1mo

Hacks, season 5, episode 8 (2026)

A drag queen playing Deborah Vance promoting her live show at MSG, in a stage-mosaic of New York, with a giant red apple on one side, and a giant The Cup on the other

4mo

Private Parts (1997)

Howard Stern doing his morning show in Detroit with two The Cups in the foreground.

4mo

30 Rock, season 4, episode 2 (2009)

Jack Donaghy brainstorms with the TGS writers about how to make large and poorly-built microwaves with The Cup on the coffee table in front of them inside a togo drink tray

6mo

30 Rock, season 2, episode 3, (2007)

Steve Buscemi holding The Cup

6mo

30 Rock, season 1, episodes 5 & 6 (2006)

Jenna Maroney holding The Cup in the background

Liz Lemon talks to Jenna Maroney at a sidewalk coffee stand, holding The Cup

6mo

30 Rock, season 1, episode 4 (2006)

a New York rat next to 2 discarded The Cups on the ground

Tina Fay holding the other, orange/brown version of The Cup that you don’t see as much and I’m not sure if I’m going to keep including these or not, but anyway here it is for now

9mo

Saturday Night Live, season 51, episode 3 (2025)

Sabrina Carpenter in a promo shot holds a stylized, shiny version of The Cup in front of NY subway tiles

10mo

Saturday Night Live, seasons 46-47, opening credits (2020-2022)

Pete Davidson with a covid mask down around his chin while he drinks from The Cup

10mo

Only Murders in the Building, season 5, episode 2 (2025)

a doorman at a fancy New York apartment building holding The Cup

10mo

Poker Face, season 2, episode 9 (2025)

Natasha Lyonne holding The Cup at a New York bodega

11mo

Saturday Night Live, season 48, episode 14 (2023)

Bowan Yang looking at himself in a bathroom mirror with The Cup sitting on the sink holding a toothbrush and -paste

1y

Saturday Night Live, season 49, episode 20 (2024)

Jake Gyllenhaal on the phone with Chloe Fineman as a Southwest representative with The Cup on her desk as a pen holder

1y

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

The receptionist in Tom Cruise’s office holds The Cup

1y

Saturday Night Live, season 49, episode 13

Mikey Day holding The Cup

1y

Bones, season 8, episode 5 (2012)

david boreanaz holding The Cup

1y

Fame (1980)

the redhead kid from Fame holding The Cup with a teabag in it

1y

Saturday Night Live, season 49, episode 5

Keenan Thompson sitting in the back of Jason Momoa’s cab, drinking from The Cup.

1y

A.P. Bio, season 4, episode 7 (2021)

Eddie Leavy as a cop drinking from The Cup

1y

Serpico (1973)

Serpico sitting at a table with The Cup

Serpico squatting down next to a car with The Cup on the hood

Serpico, in uniform before he went undercover, drinking from an older, orange-and-white version of The Cup

1y

Bob Roberts (1992)

John Cusack standing near The Cup

1y

The Accountant (2016)

JK Simmons drinking from The Cup

1y

The iconic NY Greek Diner coffee cup appearing in movies & tv shows, a thread. The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

Rene Russo drinking from The Cup

Dennis Leary standing next to Rene Russo, who is holding The Cup