* The Iranian film ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-Up_(film) Close-Up]]'' has this for essentially all of the people who were involved.

* A number of actors and performers whose lives were featured in the Philippine drama anthology ''Series/MaalaalaMoKaya'' and its rival ''Series/{{Magpakailanman}}'' played themselves, an example being Creator/RyzzaMaeDizon whose life story as a wildcard winner in the ''Series/EatBulaga'' child pageant segment "Little Miss Philippines" was covered.

* Muhammad Ali starred in ''The Greatest'', a biopic about himself.

* Wrestling/JerryLawler, Creator/DavidLetterman, Lorne Michaels, and most of the cast of ''Series/{{Taxi}}'' played themselves in ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'' (a {{Biopic}} of Creator/AndyKaufman).
** Though Danny [=DeVito=] [[CelebrityParadox couldn't play himself]] because he was already playing another character.
* Howard Stern played himself in the film version of ''Private Parts''.

* Dee Snider had a particularly shameless film called ''Warning: Parental Advisory'', a made-for-TV movie about how he stuck it to the PMRC.

* Eminem in ''Film/EightMile'', where the story was basically his life [[RomanAClef with the names slightly changed]].
* While ''Film/PurpleRain'' may not exactly have been The Real True Prince Story, it did touch on elements of his life, feature him playing with his band, and film on location in his hometown.

* Shirley Maclaine in ''Out On A Limb'', the movie.

* ''Film/SpaceJam'' stars Michael Jordan as himself, and covers his brief retirement from basketball, failed attempt at a baseball career, and return to basketball only a short time later. Of course, the bulk of the film is spent on a [[SarcasmMode minor]] bit of creative liberty suggesting he regained his passion for basketball by player-coaching the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes to victory in a high-stakes match against alien slavers, but the parts that focus solely on Jordan play the trope quite straight. For an extra bit of RealitySubtext, the practice he got during the making of the film helped sharpen his skills for the very unretirement depicted in the film's final moments.

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* ''Film/{{United 93}}'': several of those involved in the events surrounding the hijacking played themselves, most notably [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Sliney Ben Sliney]].

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* Rudy Reyes plays himself in ''Series/GenerationKill'', because creators David Simon and Ed Burns [[http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2008/07/sepinwall_on_tv_generation_kil.html couldn't find an actor who was both beautiful enough and hippie-ish enough]] to handle the mythical creature (David Simon: [[http://sepinwall.blogspot.com/2008/07/generation-kill-get-some-po-lice-that.html "He's like a unicorn!"]]) that is Fruity Rudy.

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* Creator/BabeRuth played himself in the Lou Gehrig biopic ''Film/ThePrideOfTheYankees''.

* ''The Jazz Singer'' was based on Al Jolson's life, although originally he wasn't supposed to star in it.

* AudieMurphy in ''To Hell and Back''. The film was based on his autobiographical account of the European Theater of World War 2.