Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp at Mont Blanc Party
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AKA:
John Christopher Depp
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
06/09/1963
Birthplace:
Owensboro, Kentucky
biography
Johnny Depp spent a decade on the fringes of Hollywood as a favorite of independent directors like Tim Burton and Lasse Hallstrom, until his unbridled originality and penchant for extreme characterizations found a worldwide audience with “The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” (2003). Throughout the 1990s the actor built a strong critical and art house following portraying societal outsiders – from the anatomic anomaly “Edward Scissorhands” (1990) to cross-dressing B-movie director “Ed Wood” (1994) to twitchy drug-addled journalist Hunter S. Thompson in “Fear and Loathing Continued
Credits
(TV Show)
2008-2008
"Mike Phillips" Narration
2008
Captain Jack Sparrow
2007
Captain Jack Sparrow
2006
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
2006
Narrator
2006
Voice of Victor Van Dort
2005
Sir James Matthew Barrie
2004
Mort Rainey
2004
CIA Agent Sands
2003
Himself
2003
Fred Abberline
2001
Cesar
2001
George Jung
2001
Lieutenant Victor
2000
Roux
2000
Dean Corso
2000
Ichabod Crane
1999
Spencer Armacost
1999
Actor
1999
Donnie
1997
William Blake
1996
Gene Watson
1995
Axel Blackmar
1995
Ed Wood
1994
Sam
1993
Edward Scissorhands
1990
Glen Lantz
1984
Screenplay
Actor
screenplay
Director
Interviewee
Cry-Baby
Don Juan DeMarco
Raphael
milestones
Year
Milestone
1969 
Moved to Miramar, Florida
 
Started own rock group at age 13; subsequently played in 15 other bands
1983 
Moved to Los Angeles with band, The Kids; played lead guitar
 
Sold ball-point pens by phone before he began acting
1984 
Introduced by his then-wife Lori Allison to actor Nicolas Cage, who helped arranged a meeting with an agent who set up audition for his feature acting debut in Wes Craven's "A Nightmare on Elm Street"; the director's daughter Jessica also played a part in convincing her father to cast Depp
1985 
First screen lead, "Private Resort"
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