Did you miss satirical news pundit Stephen Colbert's brief appearance in the new Hobbit movie? Some eagle-eyed viewers have spotted the Tolkien superfan's face in Lake-town.


imgur user leonis89 uploaded this gif, along with Colbert's appearance on David Letterman saying that he and his family appear in the current installment of The Hobbit in Lake-town. Sure enough, here he is as a Lake-town spy. Here's a static image of the appearance, via reddit:


And over on BuzzFeed, you can see Colbert's wife and children getting in on the cameo fun.

Stephen Colbert's cameo in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug [imgur via Nerdcore]