Johnny Depp is an American film actor known for his roles as a romantic outcast. He has worked with director Tim Burton and has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Depp’s first dream was to become a rock star, but he eventually pursued acting. He became famous for his role in the television series 21 Jump Street and has since played notable roles in films such as Edward Scissorhands, Finding Neverland, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Depp is married to French actress Vanessa Paradis and has upcoming film projects in 2007.
Johnny Depp is an American film actor, most recently known for his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in the Disney films Pirates of the Caribbean. Since his acting career began in 1985, Depp has become known for his roles as a romantic outcast, perhaps epitomized by the lead role in Edward Scissorhands (1990). With this film, Johnny Depp began a fruitful professional relationship with director Tim Burton, known for his macabre and imaginative work. Throughout his career, Johnny Depp has devoted himself to projects and characters that fascinate him, so fans of the actor are likely to enjoy almost all of his film work. Johnny Depp has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won a 2004 Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Performance for his role as Jack Sparrow.
Johnny Depp was born in Owensboro, Kentucky on June 9, 1963. His family moved around a lot and Johnny Depp had lived in over 20 different places by the time he was seven when the family settled in Miramar, Florida. Depp’s first dream was to become a rock star after his mother gave him a guitar when he was 12. He dropped out of high school in 1979, a year after his parents’ divorce, to pursue his own goal, eventually arriving in Los Angeles with a band called The Kids.
In Los Angeles, Johnny Depp fell in love with the sister of one of his bandmates, Lori Anne Allison, and the two were married in December 1983. The boys did not survive the ensuing drama and never secured a record deal. Depp teamed up with another band, the Rock City Angels, but had trouble making a career out of it. His marriage to Lori Anne did not last long, ending in 1985 in divorce, but before their breakup, she introduced him to actor Nicholas Cage, who encouraged Depp to take up acting.
Depp’s screen debut was in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1985), but his big break was the television series 21 Jump Street, which aired from 1987 to 1991. Johnny Depp became a teenage heartthrob, but he found the experience personally unrewarding. However, the series has earned him a degree of fame, allowing him the freedom to be more discriminating in his selection of roles in the future. Depp’s reputation for playing the misunderstood anti-hero began with two 1990 films, Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands and John Waters’ Cry-Badi.
Some of Johnny Depp’s other notable roles include the title character in Tim Burton’s Ed Wood (1994); Raoul Duke, author Hunter S. Thompson’s alter ego, in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998); Scottish children’s author JM Barrie in Finding Neverland (2004); and Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). Depp earned his two Best Actor nominations for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl in 2003 and Finding Neverland in 2004. He made his voice acting debut in Tim Burton’s animated film, nominee at the 2005 Oscars, Corpse Bride.
Johnny Depp is married to French actress Vanessa Paradis and the couple have two children. He has homes in Los Angeles and France and owns an island in the Bahamas. His upcoming film projects include the lead role in Sweeney Todd and a recurrence of Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, both slated for 2007.
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