10 Actors You Probably Missed in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Craig took some time off from playing everybody's favorite superspy so he could gear up as a Stormtrooper in one of the film's greatest cameos. In a tense scene where Rey (Daisy Ridley) is tentatively putting her Jedi skills to use so she can escape confinement by Kylo Ren, she orders the Stormtrooper guarding her to "remove these restraints and leave this cell with the door open," to which he responds, "I'll tighten those restraints, scavenger scum," before she eventually gets the hang of it. That big ol' jerk is Craig!

Greg Grunberg has been incredibly close friends with J.J. Abrams ever since they were kids (and has popped up in every Abrams project), so it's no surprise that the director hooked him up with a role as Resistance fighter pilot Snap Wexley.

Nyong'o's role in The Force Awakens is widely known, but by playing Maz Kanata — a tiny, goggled alien created entirely with CGI — she's still hard to pick out. When Han, Chewie, Finn, and Rey go to the watering hole to get information, they have a chat with Maz, so make sure you're on the lookout for her.

It's no secret that Pegg is a die-hard Star Wars fan, and thanks to his friendship with Abrams, the Star Trek Beyond actor scored an unrecognizable role as the sleazy, fat alien junk dealer on the planet Jakku, Unkar Plutt.

We may never get to see the Game of Thrones actress's face during her stint as Captain Phasma, but she still makes a formidable impression as a silver-plated leader amongst the evil First Order.

After battling the Smoke Monster on Lost (another Abrams project) as Miles, taking on the First Order was probably easy for Leung, who appears as Admiral Statura, one of the Resistance officers helping General Leia save the galaxy.

In what's basically an impossible cameo to spot, actors and comedians Bill Hader and Ben Schwartz worked as the voice consultants for the adorable droid, BB-8.

Scream Queens actress Lourd — who just so happens to be Carrie Fisher's daughter — is listed in the credits as Lieutenant Connix, and can be seen in the background of multiple shots of the control room sporting Princess Leia's iconic hairstyle. At one point she also addresses Leia directly, saying, "General, are you seeing this?" so keep an eye out!

Game of Thrones actor Brodie-Sangster briefly shows up in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it role as a First Order Officer.

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