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Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
09 Jun, 1963 (61 years old)

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

Transcendence
119 min 2014

Transcendence

Thriller
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
116 min 2007

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Drama
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
169 min 2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Adventure
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
151 min 2006

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Adventure
Corpse Bride
77 min 2005

Corpse Bride

Romance
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
115 min 2005

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Adventure