11 Ridiculous Cameos By Real People In Their Own Biopics
These next-level cameos are some of the most delightful Easter eggs in cinema history.
![11 Ridiculous Cameos By Real People In Their Own Biopics](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/7/4/618774.jpg?v=2)
We know cameos happen all the time -- celebrity buddies will pop up in each other's movies, or someone stopping by a film set will appear in a scene, or someone is just desperate for cash.
Then there are the times when someone will appear in a movie about about their life, resulting in a next-level cameo and a delightful little Easter egg. For example ...
![In Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Johnny Depp plays Raoul DukE, aka Hunter S. Thompson, and during a flashback scene at a Jefferson Airplane show, he](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/6/2/616762.jpg?v=2)
![In The Wire, Jay Landsman (played by Delaney Williams) is based on retired Baltimore County Police sergeant Jay Landsman Sr. ... ...who plays Dennis M](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/6/0/616760.jpg?v=2)
![In Erin Brockovich, the title character is played by Julia Roberts ... ... while the real Erin Brockovich makes a cameo appearance as a waitress named](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/5/5/616755.jpg?v=2)
![While Miles Teller plays David Packouz in the biographical comedy drama War Dogs ... .. the real Packouz makes a cameo appearance in a retirement home](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/5/9/616759.jpg?v=2)
![In the TV show A Series of Unfortunate Events, Patrick Warburton plays author Daniel Handler's pseudonym character, Lemony Snicket ... .. while the re](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/5/8/616758.jpg?v=2)
![While there are many real-life cameos to be found in the biographical drama United 93 ... ... the most notable cameo is that of Ben Sliney, the FAA op](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/6/1/616761.jpg?v=2)
![In The Right Stuff, legendary pilot Chuck Yeager plays a barman at the Happy Bottom Riding Club... . offering whiskey to a NASA recruiter and an Air F](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/5/2/616752.jpg?v=2)
![In Catch Me If You Can, real con artist Frank Abagnale Jr. plays a French COp... ... arresting his fictional self in a twist of irony. The biopic chro](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/5/3/616753.jpg?v=2)
![In Oliver Stone's 1991 thriller JFK, the real District Attorney and conspiracist Jim Garrison ... .s. plays Chief Justice Earl Warren, the man who pub](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/5/7/616757.jpg?v=2)
![While Woody Harrelson plays Hustler creator Larry Flynt in The People VS. Larry Flynt... wisH WAS MORNISSEY the real Flynt plays the judge who sentenc](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/5/6/616756.jpg?v=2)
![In The Wolf of Wall Street, the real Jordan Belfort gives a cameo performance at a conference ... elcc ... ultimately introducing his new and improved](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/5/4/616754.jpg?v=2)