Johnny Depp
Born John Christopher Depp IIJune 9, 1963 (age 55)
Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S.
Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Actor, producer, musician
Years active 1984–present
Spouse(s) Lori Allison
(m. 1983; div. 1985)
Amber Heard
(m. 2015; div. 2017)
Partner(s) Vanessa Paradis (1998–2012)
Children 2, including Lily-Rose Depp
Musical career
Genres Rock
Instruments
Guitar
Associated acts
Rock City Angels P Hollywood Vampires
John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) [1] is an American actor, producer and musician. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards for Best Actor. Depp excelled in the 21st 21st century television series Jump Street, becoming a teenage idol.
Depp has challenged himself by playing roles larger than life, including a supporting role in the Oliver Stone film, the Vietnam War of 1986, and the title character in the dark romantic fantasy of 1990, Edward Scissorhands. He later found box office success in the fantasy adventure film Sleepy Hollow (1999), the fantasy and pirate movie of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and its aftermath, the fantasy film Charlie and the factory of chocolate (2005). , the fantasy film Alice in Wonderland (2010) and the animated action comedy Western Rango (2011) (in which he expressed the title character). Depp has collaborated on nine films with director, producer and friend Tim Burton.
Depp is considered one of the biggest movie stars in the world. [2] [3] He has been praised by critics for his portraits of screenwriter and director Ed Wood in Ed Wood, covert FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone in Donnie Brasco, author JM Barrie in Finding Neverland and the Boston mobster Whitey Bulger at Black Mass. Depp movies have grossed more than $ 3.2 billion at the box office in the United States and more than $ 8 billion worldwide. [4] His most commercially successful films are the Pirates of the Caribbean series, which grossed $ 3 billion, Alice in Wonderland, which grossed $ 1 billion, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which raised $ 474 million, and The Tourist, which raised US $ 278 million.
Depp has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actor. [8] Depp won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Musical Film or Comedy for his performance in the lead role in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, as well as Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance of a male actor in a The main role of his interpretation of Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. He has been included in the 2012 Guinness World Records as the highest paid actor in the world, with earnings of US $ 75 million. [9] Depp was included as a Disney legend in 2015.
Early life
Depp was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, [11] [12] the youngest of four children of Betty Sue Palmer (née Wells), [13] a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, a civil engineer. [14] [15] Depp is of mainly English descent, with a certain Dutch, Belgian, African and French ancestry. [16] Descended from a French Huguenot immigrant (Pierre Dieppe, who settled in Virginia around 1700) and the colonial freedom fighter Elizabeth Key Grinstead, daughter of a British nobleman and an African woman for rent. [16] [17] [18] [19]
Depp moved frequently during his childhood. He and his brothers lived in more than 20 different places, and finally settled in Miramar, Florida, in 1970. [20] Depp's parents divorced in 1978 when he was 15 years old. [20] [21] His mother married Robert Palmer, whom Depp called "an inspiration to me". [22]
With the gift of a guitar from his mother when he was 12 years old, Depp began playing in several garage bands. [20] A year after his parents divorced, he left Miramar High School to become a rock musician. [20] He tried to return to school two weeks later, but the director told him to follow his dream of being a musician. [20] He played with The Kids, a band that enjoyed a modest local success. The Kids went together to Los Angeles in search of a recording contract, changing their name to Six Gun Method, but the group separated before signing a record contract. Depp subsequently collaborated with the band Rock City Angels [23] and co-wrote their song "Mary", which appeared on Geffen Records' album, Young Man's Blues, by Rock City Angels. [24]
On December 20, 1983, Depp married Lori Anne Allison, [12] the sister of the bassist and singer of his band. During her marriage she worked as a make-up artist while he worked in a variety of casual jobs, including a telephone salesman for pens. His wife introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage, who advised him to pursue a career as an actor. [20] Depp and Allison divorced in 1985.
Acting career
1984-1989: First roles in cinema and 21 Jump Street.
Depp at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival
Depp's first role was in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), in which he played the boyfriend of the heroine Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) and one of the
Selected filmography
Main article: Johnny Depp filmography
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Platoon (1986)
21 Jump Street (1987–1990)
Cry-Baby (1990)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Benny & Joon (1993)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Ed Wood (1994)
Dead Man (1995)
Don Juan DeMarco (1995)
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
The Ninth Gate (1999)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Chocolat (2000)
Blow (2001)
From Hell (2001)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Secret Window (2004)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Corpse Bride (2005)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Public Enemies (2009)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
The Tourist (2010)
Rango (2011)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
The Rum Diary (2011)
Dark Shadows (2012)
The Lone Ranger (2013)
Transcendence (2014)
Into the Woods (2014)
Mortdecai (2015)
Black Mass (2015)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
