In which Lord of the Rings battle does Peter Jackson have a cameo as a spear-throwing soldier?

In which Lord of the Rings battle does Peter Jackson have a cameo as a spear-throwing soldier? The answer is the Battle of Helm’s Deep.

Jackson appears briefly in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the second film in his trilogy. During the attack on the fortress, he plays a Rohan defender positioned above the gate. As the Uruk-hai assault the Hornburg, Jackson’s soldier shouts and throws a spear toward the attackers.

The Battle of Helm’s Deep is one of the trilogy’s central set pieces. King Théoden and the people of Rohan shelter inside the fortress while Saruman’s army launches a massive night attack. Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and the Rohirrim fight alongside the defenders until Gandalf arrives with reinforcements at dawn.

Jackson made cameo appearances throughout the Middle-earth films. He can also be seen in The Fellowship of the Ring as a carrot-eating man in Bree and in The Return of the King as a Corsair of Umbar. These brief appearances are easy to miss, especially during the fast-moving battle scenes.