Johnny Depp
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, film producer, and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. He rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol.
Since then, Depp took on challenging roles and "larger-than-life" characters starting with a supporting role in Oliver Stone's Platoon in 1986, then playing the title character in Edward Scissorhands (1990), and later found box office success in Sleepy Hollow (1999), Pirates of the Caribbean (2003–present), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Alice in Wonderland (2010), and Rango (2011). He has collaborated with director and friend Tim Burton in eight films.
Depp has gained worldwide acclaim for his portrayals of such people as Ed Wood in Ed Wood, Joseph D. Pistone in Donnie Brasco, Hunter S. Thompson in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, George Jung in Blow, Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean, J.M. Barrie in Finding Neverland and the Depression Era outlaw John Dillinger in Michael Mann's Public Enemies. Films featuring Depp have grossed over $3.1 billion at the United States box office and over $7.6 billion worldwide. His commercially most successful films have been the Pirates of the Caribbean films which grossed $3 billion, Alice in Wonderland which grossed $1 billion, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which grossed $474 million and The Tourist which grossed $278 million worldwide.
Depp has been nominated for major acting awards, including three nominations for Academy Award for Best Actor. Depp won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. He also has garnered a sex symbol status in American cinema, being twice named as the "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine in 2003 and 2009. He has been listed in the 2012 Guinness World Records as the highest paid actor, with $75 million.
Since then, Depp took on challenging roles and "larger-than-life" characters starting with a supporting role in Oliver Stone's Platoon in 1986, then playing the title character in Edward Scissorhands (1990), and later found box office success in Sleepy Hollow (1999), Pirates of the Caribbean (2003–present), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Alice in Wonderland (2010), and Rango (2011). He has collaborated with director and friend Tim Burton in eight films.
Depp has gained worldwide acclaim for his portrayals of such people as Ed Wood in Ed Wood, Joseph D. Pistone in Donnie Brasco, Hunter S. Thompson in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, George Jung in Blow, Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean, J.M. Barrie in Finding Neverland and the Depression Era outlaw John Dillinger in Michael Mann's Public Enemies. Films featuring Depp have grossed over $3.1 billion at the United States box office and over $7.6 billion worldwide. His commercially most successful films have been the Pirates of the Caribbean films which grossed $3 billion, Alice in Wonderland which grossed $1 billion, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which grossed $474 million and The Tourist which grossed $278 million worldwide.
Depp has been nominated for major acting awards, including three nominations for Academy Award for Best Actor. Depp won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. He also has garnered a sex symbol status in American cinema, being twice named as the "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine in 2003 and 2009. He has been listed in the 2012 Guinness World Records as the highest paid actor, with $75 million.
| Johnny Depp | |
|---|---|
| Born | John Christopher Depp II June 9, 1963 Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, screenwriter, director, producer, musician |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Religion | None |
| Spouse(s) | Lori Anne Allison (m. 1983–85) |
| Partner(s) | Vanessa Paradis (1998–2012) Amber Heard (2012–present; engaged) |
| Children | Lily-Rose Melody Depp (born 1999) John "Jack" Christopher Depp III (born 2002) |
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