There are some unique people and those actors, who play them in the movie, in simple symbiotic mosaic.
In order of sequence:
William Burroughs and Peter Weller / "Naked Lunch", 1991
Ernesto Che Guevara and Benicio Del Toro / "Che", 2008
Jim Morrison and Val Kilmer / "The Doors", 1991
Andy Kaufman and Jim Carrey / "Man on the Moon", 1999
Salvador Dalí and Adrien Brody / "Midnight in Paris", 2011
David Helfgott and Geoffrey Rush / "Shine", 1996
Anneliese Michel and Jennifer Carpenter / "The Exorcism of Emily Rose", 2005
Charles Bukowski and Mickey Rourke / "Barfly", 1987
Sid Vicious and Gary Oldman / "Sid and Nancy", 1986
