10 Incredibly Sneaky Film Director Cameos You Totally Missed

4. Peter Jackson In The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies

Peter Jackson has cameos in all six of his Middle-Earth films, and they range from "duh, there he is" to "even Sherlock Holmes would struggle to spot this guy".

He can be seen munching on a carrot during The Fellowship Of The Ring and The Desolation Of Smaug, throwing a spear during the Helm's Deep battle in The Two Towers, and appears as a Dwarf of the Lonely Mountain in An Unexpected Journey.

But his sneakiest cameo, by far, came during his most recent effort - 2014's The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies.

Jackson can be seen (in portrait form) toward the end of the film, as Bilbo hangs a picture of his father - Bungo Baggins - on the wall.

The portraits - the other of which features Jackson's wife, Fran Walsh, playing Bilbo's mother, Belladonna - were made in 1998 and can also be seen briefly in The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring.