Biography
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Johnny Depp has
earned both critical and popular acclaim
for his unique work in a variety
of memorable feature films.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is Depp’s
fourth collaboration with director Tim Burton
and he is providing the voice of Victor
in Burton’s new stop-motion
animation feature, Corpse Bride.
Recently, the actor received an Academy
Award nomination, Golden Globe nomination,
Screen Actor’s Guild nomination and
BAFTA nomination for his role as J.M. Barry
in Mark Forster’s Finding Neverland
in which he starred opposite Kate
Winslet and Freddie Highmore.
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Depp also received an Academy Award nomination,
Golden Globe nomination, BAFTA nomination and a
Screen Actor’s Guild Award for Best Actor for
his portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow
in the action adventure
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
He is currently filming
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and
Pirates of the Caribbean 3.
He will next star in Laurence Dunmore’s Libertine,
in which he plays a 17th Century womanizing
poet opposite John Malkovich and
Samantha Morton.
Depp’s other screen credits
include David Koepp’s Secret Window,
Robert Rodriguez’s Once Upon A Time in Mexico, Albert and
Allen Hughes’ From Hell, Ted Demme’s Blow,
Lasse Hallstom’s romantic comedy Chocolat,
Julian Schnabel’s
Before Night Falls, Sally Potter’s
The Man Who Cried, Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow,
Roman Polanski’s The Ninth Gate
and Terry Gilliam’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Hailed as the “Best Actor” of his generation for his
performance in Mike Newell’s Donnie Brasco
with Al Pacino, Depp
has also starred in Jim Jarmusch’s
Dead Man and in Jeremy Leven’s
Don Juan Demarco in which he starred as a
man convinced he is the world’s
greatest lover, opposite legendary actors
Marlon Brando and
Faye Dunaway.
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It was his compelling performance in the title role of
Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands
that established Depp as one of Hollywood’s
most sought-after talents and earned him
a Best Actor Golden Globe nomination. He was honored
with a second Golden Globe nomination for his
work in the offbeat love story
Benny & Joon, directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik.
Depp reunited with Burton
for the critically acclaimed Ed Wood,
for which his performance garnered him
his third Best Actor Golden Globe nomination.
Other films include Lasse Halstrom’s
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?, Emir Kusturica’s Arizona Dream
and John Badham’s Nick of Time.
Depp began his career as a musician,
joining a rock group named Kids, which
eventually took him to Los Angeles. When
the band broke up, he turned to acting and
earned his first major acting job in Nightmare on Elm Street.
He went on to earn roles in several films including
Oliver Stone’s Academy Award-winning Platoon.
Depp then won the role that would prove to
be his breakthrough, as undercover detective Tom Hanson
on the popular Fox television show 21 Jump Street.
He starred on the series for four
seasons before segueing to the big screen in
the lead role of John Waters’ Cry Baby.
Depp starred and made his feature
directorial debut opposite Marlon Brando
in The Brave, a film based on
the novel by Gregory McDonald.
Depp co-wrote the
screenplay with his brother, D.P. Depp.
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John Christopher Depp II was born on June 9, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky, US. He was raised in a series of houses, apartments and motels near Miramar, Florida.
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Depp dropped out of high school at 16 to pursue a musical career with his band The Kids which opened up a show for Iggy Pop. After the demise of the band, Johnny settled in Los Angeles and graduated from musician to actor.
After his role in A Nightmare on Elm Street, Johnny signed on to TV's 21 Jump Street.
He hated his new image as a Hollywood hunk and rebelled against it.
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He went on to star in off beat roles through the '90s in Cry Baby, Edward Scissorhands, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Donnie Brasco and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Depp then appeared in Chocolat, and Sleepy Hollow.
He played Inspector Fred Abberline in From Hell (2001). He appeared in the finale to Robert Rodriguez's Mariachi trilogy, Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), in the same year as starring in the marvelous family blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), playing Captain Jack Sparrow.
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Depp is working again with long-time collaborator Tim Burton in a new screen adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).
Apart from his on-screen life, Depp has dated several female celebrities off-screen, including failed engagements to Jennifer Grey, Winona Ryder, and Kate Moss.
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He was married to Lori Anne Allison in 1983 but then divorced her in 1985. Currently, Depp is living with French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis, with whom he has two children: Lily-Rose Melody, born in 1999 and Jack, born in 2002.
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