American actor and Musician, Johnny Depp is one of the most famous actors from Hollywood. He was born on June 9 1963; in Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S. Johnny Depp was known as John Christopher Depp II at the time of his birth. He was just of 15 years old, when his parents divorced and at the same time he dropped out of school for one year in the hope of become a great musician. After a trip to Los Angeles, California, he got into acting with his former wife Lori Anne Allison who introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage. He started his movie career in the year 1984 with the movie “Nightmare on Elm Street“.
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Johnny Depp Mini Profile:
Real Name: John Christopher
Known as: Johnny Depp
Nickname: Mr. Stench Colonel
Born: June 9, 1963
Born Place: Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S.
Age: 46
Occupation: Actor, screenwriter, director, producer, musician
Spouse: Lori Anne Allison
Height: 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
Johnny married in December, 1983 with his bands’ bass player’s sister Lori Anne Allison (a makeup artist). In 1985, he and his wife divorced, after two months he was engaged to Sherilyn Fenn, he met Sherilyn on the set of film ‘Dummies’. Depp was arrested for allegedly causing severe damage in a New York City hotel in 1994. He became an instant sex symbol with his striking cheekbones and pouty lips on the TV series ‘21 Jump Street.’ He had also a relationship with Kate Moss (British supermodel), and also with Vanessa Paradis (French actress and singer), they have two kids Lily Rose Melody and John “Jack” Christopher Depp III.
Depp has played number of characters role in his career, including “From Hell (2001)”, “Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)”, “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)”, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)”. He also appeared in various hit television series such as, ‘21 Jump Street’, ‘Teen idol’, ‘Lady Blue’, ‘The Fast Show’, etc. Depp worked in the hugely successful Walt Disney Pictures film ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ in 2003, which grossed in the first three days $135.5 million in U.S. and broke a box office record, and he was nominated and won lots of awards for movie, including, ‘Empire Award for Best Actor’, ‘Irish Film Award’, ‘International Actor Screen Actors Guild Award’.
Johnny Depp is one of the most flexible actors of his days in Hollywood. He had also produced the movie with David Kennedy, who ran Dan Curtis Productions inc. in 2006. Depp appeared in the film “The Rum Diary” (in 2010) which was based on writer Hunter S. Thompson’s book. He received “Hollywood Walk of Fame” star on November 19, 1999. His Depp-Burton’s collaboration “Alice in Wonderland” was released in 2010, in which he played Mad Hatter role. Depp was first given a chance to display in the title role of Tim Burton’s fantasy ‘Edward Scissorhands’.
He is also singer and has released various albums with Gore Verbinski, and both were executive producers of the albums of ‘Rogues Gallery’, ‘Pirate Ballads’, ‘Sea Songs’ and ‘Chanteys’. Depp recorded a wide range of solo songs such as, “Fade In-Out”, “Don’t Go Away” and more others. Depp also played in the musical film ‘Sweeney Todd’ in Tim Burton’s film adaptation, for which he won a Best Actor Golden Globe Award. He said about the films that he specifically chose to appear in films that he found personally interesting, rather than those he thought would succeed at the box office. Johnny Depp has over 13 tattoos, which include the most famous Wino Forever on his right arm. He was also the owner of the Viper Room, a well-known L.A. nightspot.
Awards:
- London Film Critics Circle (1994 & 96)
- Russian Guild of Film Critics (1998)
- Empire Award (2003)
- Irish Film Award (2003)
- Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004)
- Golden Globe Award (2004)
- National Movie Award (2007)
- Academy Award (2007)
- MTV Movie Awards (2008)
Television career:
| Series | Role | Year |
| Lady Blue | Lionel Viland | 1985 |
| Slow Burn | Donnie Fleischer | 1986 |
| 21 Jump Street | Officer Thomas “Tom” Hanson | 1987-1991 |
| Hotel | Rob Cameron | 1987 |
| The Vicar of Dibley | Himself | 1999 |
| The Fast Show | Himself | 2000 |
| King of the Hill | Yogi Victor | 2004 |
| SpongeBob SquarePants | Jack Kahuna Laguna | 2009 |
Johny Depp’s Filmography:
| Movie Name |
Role | Year |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street | Glen Lantz | 1984 |
| Private Resort | Jack Marshall | 1985 |
| Platoon | Private Gator Lerner | 1986 |
| Cry-Baby | Wade “Cry-Baby” Walker | 1990 |
| Edward Scissorhands | Edward Scissorhands | 1990 |
| Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare | Teen on TV | 1991 |
| Stuff | as Director | 1992 |
| What’s Eating Gilbert Grape | Gilbert Grape | 1993 |
| Benny & Joon | Sam | 1993 |
| Arizona Dream | Axel Blackmar | 1993 |
| Ed Wood | Edward D. Wood, Jr. | 1994 |
| Nick of Time | Gene Watson | 1995 |
| Dead Man | William Blake | 1995 |
| Don Juan DeMarco | John R. DeMarco | 1995 |
| Cannes Man | Himself | 1996 |
| Donnie Brasco | Donnie Brasco / Joseph D. Pistone | 1997 |
| The Brave | Raphael | 1997 |
| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Raoul Duke | 1998 |
| L.A. Without a Map | Himself | 1998 |
| Sleepy Hollow | Ichabod Crane | 1999 |
| The Astronaut’s Wife | Spencer Armacost | 1999 |
| The Source | Jack Kerouac | 1999 |
| The Ninth Gate | Dean Corso | 1999 |
| Chocolat Factory | Roux | 2000 |
| Before Night Falls | Lt. Victor, Bon Bon | 2000 |
| From Hell | Frederick Abberline | 2001 |
| The Man Who Cried | Cesar | 2001 |
| Blow | George Jung | 2001 |
| Lost in La Mancha | Himself | 2003 |
| Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Sheldon Sands | 2003 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Captain Jack Sparrow | 2003 |
| Happily Ever After | L’inconnu | 2004 |
| Finding Neverland | Sir James Matthew Barrie | 2004 |
| Secret Window | Mort Rainey | 2004 |
| The Libertine | John Wilmot | 2005 |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Willy Wonka | 2005 |
| Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride | Victor Van Dort | 2005 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | Captain Jack Sparrow | 2006 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End | Captain Jack Sparrow | 2007 |
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Sweeney Todd | 2007 |
| Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson | Narrator | 2008 |
| Public Enemies | John Dillinger | 2009 |
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Tony | 2009 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Mad Hatter | 2010 |
| When You’re Strange | Narrator | 2010 |
| The Rum Diary | Paul Kemp | 2010 |
| The Tourist | Frank Taylor | 2010 |
| Rango | Rango | 2011 |
| The Tourist | Frank Taylor | 2011 |
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Great actor. i think one of the best. Better than De Niro an Nicholson.
His best acting performance can be seen in Jarmusch’ film Dead Man as Blake.
i’m great fan of Johnny Depp…i like his every movie & album…he done great job specially in movie ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl’……..