10 Incredibly Sneaky Film Director Cameos You Totally Missed

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

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2012 file photo, Peter Jackson is interviewed at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Jackson's movie trilogy
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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.

The Hobbit Battle Of The Five Armies Peter Jackson
Warner Bros.

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.

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