20 Actors You Never Knew Were In Star Wars

13. Karl Urban - The Rise Of Skywalker

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Karl Urban is another actor whose face is just too damn distinctive for a close-up cameo, so J.J. Abrams opted to conceal his mug underneath a Stormtrooper's helmet in The Rise of Skywalker.

But like Daniel Craig, he was given a small voiceover role, and can be fleetingly seen and heard immediately after Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) fixes his mask and walks through the bowels of the ship with the Knights of Ren.

Urban simply says "Knights of Ren..." in an awed tone, and yet despite the actor's notable Kiwi twang, the cameo largely went unnoticed until the summer after the movie was released, when Urban confirmed his part:

"Here's the process. I had the good fortune to go and visit J.J. Abrams while he was shooting The Rise of Skywalker. While I was there, he put me in a stormtrooper uniform and we had a really fun day on set."
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