Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1963-06-09
Place of Birth
Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Johnny Depp
Biography
John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer and musician. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. Depp made his debut in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), before rising to prominence as a teen idol on the television series 21 Jump Street (1987–1990). In the 1990s, Depp acted mostly in independent films, often playing eccentric characters. These included What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Benny and Joon (1993), Dead Man (1995), Donnie Brasco (1997) and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998). Depp also began collaborating with director Tim Burton, starring in Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994) and Sleepy Hollow (1999). In the 2000s, Depp became one of the most commercially successful film stars by playing Captain Jack Sparrow in the swashbuckler film series Pirates of the Caribbean (2003–present). He received critical praise for Finding Neverland (2004), and continued his commercially successful collaboration with Tim Burton with the films Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), and Alice in Wonderland (2010). In 2012, Depp was one of the world's biggest film stars, and was listed by the Guinness World Records as the world's highest-paid actor, with earnings of US$75 million. During the 2010s, Depp began producing films through his company, Infinitum Nihil, and formed the rock supergroup Hollywood Vampires with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry.
Known For
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
as Jack Sparrow
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
as Gellert Grindelwald
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as Jack Sparrow
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
as Willy Wonka
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Jack Sparrow
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as Jack Sparrow
Alice in Wonderland
as The Mad Hatter
Edward Scissorhands
as Edward Scissorhands
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Jack Sparrow
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
as Grindelwald