9 Recent Movie Cameos Everyone Missed

Who among us doesn't love cameos?

That goes for double when they just come totally out of nowhere and catch us all by surprise, right? It's always fun to see an actor show up unexpectedly in a movie and a role nobody would ever expect, though in some cases you'll need to be especially eagle-eyed to spot them at all.

And that's absolutely the case with these nine recent movie cameos, which came and went in a flash; enough that you almost certainly missed them altogether.

Some actors were disguised under makeup that could best be described as "intense," while others contributed sneaky peripheral voiceover roles, and then there were those who appeared on-screen for just a second or two.

But each was nevertheless a huge surprise being a part of these movies, among some of the most acclaimed and/or commercially successful of the year so far; to the point that you likely only found out about them after the fact.

It just goes to show, you never know when an actor's going to pop up because they had a free afternoon and were friends with a director...

You can't really be blamed for missing this cameo in Ari Aster's surreal black comedy Beau Is Afraid, given that it's a movie entirely concerned with constantly throwing the audience off-base.

But if you listen closely, you might recognise the voice of the UPS delivery man who breaks the unfortunate news to Beau (Joaquin Phoenix) that his mother has been killed - decapitated in a chandelier accident of all things, even.

It's Bill Hader.

The single-take phone call goes on for an excruciating amount of time as the seemingly traumatised delivery man attempts to tactfully break the news to a thoroughly in-denial Beau, even letting Beau call him back to ensure it is indeed his mother's phone he's calling from.

It's a sequence both utterly cringe-worthy and grimly funny, in large part because of Hader's dryly comedic performance, but Hader also physically appears in the film for a few brief seconds later.

When a news report is covering the death of Beau's mother, Hader can be seen facing away from the camera in a UPS uniform no less. Yet, it's such a fleeting, scarce glimpse you could easily miss him altogether.

According to Hader himself, he recorded the infamous phone call from his house over the course of two hours.