Mr. Astor

Mr. Astor turns up as one of the countless one-scene faces populating New New York, a minor figure whose brief appearance exists mostly to serve a joke rather than a plot. He carries himself with whatever clipped authority or comic self-importance the moment calls for, then vanishes as quickly as he arrived.

The character works because Maurice LaMarche is doing the honors, and LaMarche can make even a few throwaway lines land with unexpected weight or absurdity. His voice work turns a minor name in the credits into a small, memorable flourish rather than filler.