History Main / RealPersonCameo

* The film adaptation of ''TheRightStuff'' had a couple of [[{{NASA}} NACA]] recruiters visiting Pancho's Bar outside of Edwards AFB, sizing up the test pilots present. The old man who interrupts them is the real Chuck Yeager, whom they were discussing.

* Alice Brock, the "Alice" in "AlicesRestaurant" (remember Alice? It's a song about Alice), has a cameo in the movie adaptation of the song.

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* Sue Thomas appears in three episodes of ''SueThomasFBEye''. In a similar manner to Erin Brockovich, IMDb credits two of these characters as being "Deanna Bray".

* A thinly-disguised version of HarlanEllison was central to an early-1970s Justice League story entitled "The Dangerous Dreams of Harle Ellis".

* A little girl called Nastia performs a bar routine in ''StickIt''. She is, of course, Nastia Liukin, who medaled on bars in the Olympics two years later.
* ''MaxKeeblesBigMove'' has TonyHawk and LilRomeo.
* ''{{Cars}}'' has Bob Cutlass, Darrell Cartrip, Dale Earndhart, Jr., and Jay Limo, while ''Cars 2'' has Brent Mustangberger, David Hobbscap, Jeff Gorvette, and Lewis Hamilton.

* Tony Wilson himself appears as a TV studio technician in ''[[{{ptitlebfutxs22}} 24 Hour Party People]]''. After his cameo, it is immediately pointed out by the [[BreakingTheFourthWall actor playing Tony Wilson]] (the film has NoFourthWall, at least when dealing with the main character) who then also mentions several other cameos by actual musicians from throughout the film to that point. One notable example features Howard Devoto, the lead singer for the bands The Buzzcocks and Magazine, appearing in a scene featuring the actor playing him, only to turn around and bluntly state that he doesn't remember this happening at all. It's ''that'' kind of BioPic.

* Alice Brock, the "Alice" in "[=~Alice's Restaurant~=]" (remember Alice? It's a song about Alice), has a cameo in the movie adaptation of the song.

* Aside from being portrayed by an actor as part of the Rolling Stone staff, the actual Jann Wenner has a cameo in [[Almost Famous]], reading a newspaper in the back of a taxi.

* Happens [[http://www.criminaljusticedegreesguide.com/features/10-real-people-that-inspired-characters-on-the-wire.html more than once]] on ''TheWire'', as several characters are loosely based on real cops and criminals. Most notably, the real Jay Landsman ends up playing a recurring character.

* Tony Wilson himself appears as a TV studio technician in ''24 Hour Party People''. After his cameo, it is immediately pointed out by the [[BreakingTheFourthWall actor playing Tony Wilson]] (the film has NoFourthWall, at least when dealing with the main character) who then also mentions several other cameos by actual musicians from throughout the film to that point. One notable example features Howard Devoto, the lead singer for the bands The Buzzcocks and Magazine, appearing in a scene featuring the actor playing him, only to turn around and bluntly state that he doesn't remember this happening at all. It's ''that'' kind of BioPic.

** For the record, Ellsworth Wisecarver was 14. This troper submits that a 14 year old having sex with a 21 year old (Elaine Monfredi's age at the time) isn't just uncool, it's squicky. It doesn't stop being squicky when Ellsworth was 16 and Eleanore Deveny was 25, married and the mother of two.

* ''Some Came Running'' is a 1958 film starring FrankSinatra and Dean Martin, in which a number of poker games are portrayed. In one such game, Frank and Dino are playing against JamesJones, who wrote the novel upon which the movie is based. (For you ultimate trivia buffs, another person at the same table is [[{{Seinfeld}} Uncle Leo]].)

* The original Maria Von Trapp appears as an extra in the movie version of ''TheSoundOfMusic''.

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* Dan Choi, known for his activism in the effort to repeal the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, appears in issue #4 of {{Batwoman}}'s run in ''Detective Comics''. He is attending West Point with Kate Kane and speaks to her just before she is outed and "[[UnusualEuphemism separated]]" from the military. He was consulted for the story in that issue and receives "special thanks to 1LT Daniel Choi (USMA 2003) for his generous assistance in research for this issue" on the cover page.