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You won’t see any mention of him in the opening or closing credits, but yes, that is Chevy Chase you’ll see in Columbia Pictures’ upcoming “Hero,” starring Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis and Andy Garcia.

Behind the bespectacled face and the makeup job that makes his hair look thinner, you can find Chase playing a dominating and demanding news chief of a Chicago TV station, where Davis is a reporter.

“Chevy didn’t want billing for the part because he wanted it to be an element of surprise to audiences,” said a Columbia spokesman, who likened it to the uncredited performance by Jack Nicholson as a newscaster in “Broadcast News.”

“He just wanted to do the part,” said his publicist. “It has nothing to do with his reaction to the movie. He hasn’t seen the movie yet.”