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John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor and musician known for his portrayals of offbeat, eccentric characters in a wide variety of dramas and fantasy films. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for major roles in recent films.
Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, quickly becoming ateen idol. Turning to film, he was notable as the title character of Edward Scissorhands (1990), and later found box office success in films such as Sleepy Hollow (1999), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).
He has collaborated with director and close friend Tim Burton in seven films, the most recent of which are Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and Alice in Wonderland(2010). Depp has gained acclaim for his portrayals of people such as Edward D. Wood, Jr., inEd Wood, Joseph D. Pistone in Donnie Brasco, Hunter S. Thompson in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and George Jung in Blow. More recently, he portrayed the bank robber John Dillingerin Michael Mann's 2009 film Public Enemies.
Films featuring Depp have grossed over $2.6 billion at the United States box office and over $6 billion worldwide.[1] He has been nominated for top awards numerous times; he won the Best Actor Awards from the Golden Globes for his role in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and from the Screen Actors Guild for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
| Johnny Depp | |
|---|---|
_2_cropped.jpg) During the Paris premiere of Public Enemies in July 2009 | |
| Born | John Christopher Depp II June 9, 1963 Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, screenwriter, director, producer, musician |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Spouse | Lori Anne Allison (1983–1986) |
| Partner | Sherilyn Fenn (1985–1988) Winona Ryder (1989–1993) Kate Moss (1994–1998) Vanessa Paradis (1998–present) |
Career
Television
Depp starred in a lead role on the Fox TV television series, 21 Jump Street, which premiered in 1987. Depp accepted this role to work with actor Frederic Forrest, who inspired him. Depp's long time friend Sal Jenco joined the cast as a semi-co-star as the janitor named Blowfish. The series' success turned Depp into a popular teen idol during the late 1980s. He felt "forced into the role of product."[7] Depp decided to appear only in films that he felt were right for him.[7]
Film roles
Depp's first major role was in the 1984 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street, playing the heroine's boyfriend and one of Freddy Krueger's victims. In 1986, he appeared in a secondary role as a Vietnamese-speaking private in Oliver Stone's Platoon. In 1990 he undertook the quirky title role of the Tim Burton film, Edward Scissorhands. The film's success began his long association with Burton.
Depp, a fan and long-time friend of writer Hunter S. Thompson, played a version of Thompson (named Raoul Duke) in 1998's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, based on the writer's pseudobiographical novel of the same name. Depp accompanied Thompson as his road manager on one of the author's last book tours.[8] In 2006, Depp contributed a foreword to Gonzo: Photographs by Hunter S. Thompson, a posthumous biography published by ammobooks.com. Depp paid for most of Thompson's memorial event, complete with fireworks and the shooting of Thompson's ashes by a cannon, in Aspen, Colorado, where Thompson lived.[9]
Critics have described Depp's roles as characters who are "iconic loners."[10] Depp has noted this period of his career was full of "studio defined failures" and films that were "box office poison,"[11] but he thought the studios never understood the films and did not do a good job of marketing.[10] Depp has chosen roles which he found interesting, rather than those he thought would succeed at the box office.[10]
The 2003 Walt Disney Pictures film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was a major success,[10] in which Depp's his lead performance as the suave pirate Captain Jack Sparrowwas highly praised. Studio bosses were more ambivalent at first,[12] but the character became popular with the movie-going public.[10] According to a survey taken by Fandango, Depp was a major draw for audiences.[13] The film's director, Gore Verbinski, has said that Depp's character closely resembles the actor's personality, but Depp said he modelled the character after Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards.[14] Depp was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for the role.
In 2004, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor, for playing Scottish author J. M. Barrie in the film Finding Neverland. Depp next starred as Willy Wonka in the 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a major success at the box office and earning him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.[14][15]
Depp returned to the role of Jack Sparrow for the sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, which opened on July 7, 2006 and grossed $135.5 million in the first three days of its U.S. release, breaking a box office record of the highest weekend tally.[16] The next sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean, At World's End, was released May 24, 2007. Depp has said that Sparrow is "definitely a big part of me", and he wants to play the role in further sequels.[17] Depp voiced Sparrow in the video game, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow.[18] Johnny Depp's swashbuckling sword talents as developed for the character of Jack Sparrow, were highlighted in the documentary film Reclaiming the Blade. Within the film, Swordmaster Bob Anderson shared his experiences working with Depp on the choreography forThe Curse of the Black Pearl. Anderson who also trained Errol Flynn, another famous Hollywood pirate, described in the film Depp's ability as an actor to pick up the sword to be, "about as good as you can get."[19]
Depp and Gore Verbinski were executive producers of the album Rogues Gallery, Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys. Depp played the title role of Sweeney Todd in Tim Burton's film adaptation of the musical, for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Depp thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and praised Tim Burton for his "unwavering trust and support."[20]
In 2007, Depp accepted Warner Bros.' proposal to make a film of the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, a series that aired on ABC from 1966 to 1971. He had been a fan as a child. Depp and Graham King will produce the movie with David Kennedy, who ran Dan Curtis Productions inc. until Curtis died in 2006. Depp will also appear in a film version of writer Hunter S. Thompson's book, The Rum Diary,[8] portraying the main character, Paul Kemp. Depp played the former Heath Ledger character in the 2009 film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus along with Jude Law and Colin Farrell. All three actors gave their salaries from the film to Ledger's daughter, Matilda.[21] He portrayed the Mad Hatter in Burton's Alice in Wonderland, and will play Tonto in a future Lone Ranger film.[22] Disney Studios announced a fourth installment of the Pirates series is in development.[22]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Stuff | short film |
| 1997 | The Brave | |
| 2011 | Keith Richards Documentary |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The Source | Jack Kerouac | |
| 2002 | Lost in La Mancha | Himself | Uncredited role |
| 2008 | Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson | Narrator | |
| 2010 | When You're Strange | Narrator |
| Year | Title | Songs |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Chocolat | "Minor Swing", "They're Red Hot", "Caravan" |
| 2003 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | "Sands' Theme" |
| 2007 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | "No Place Like London", "My Friends", "Pirelli's Miracle Elixir", "Pretty Women", "Epiphany", "A Little Priest", "Johanna (Act II)", "By The Sea", "The Judge's Return", "Final Scene (Part 1)", "Final Scene (Part 2)" |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Rum Diary | post-production |
| 2011 | Hugo Cabret | filming[51] |
| Year | Production | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Lady Blue | Lionel Viland | Episode: "Beasts of Prey" |
| 1986 | Slow Burn | Donnie Fleischer | TV film |
| 1987–1991 | 21 Jump Street | Officer Thomas "Tom" Hanson, Jr. | TV series (57 episodes) |
| 1987 | Hotel | Rob Cameron | Episode: "Unfinished Business" |
| 1999 | The Vicar of Dibley | Himself | Episode: "Celebrity Party"[52] |
| 2000 | The Fast Show | Himself | Episode: "The Last Ever Fast Show"[53] |
| 2004 | King of the Hill | Yogi Victor (voice) | Episode: "Hank's Back" |
| 2009 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Jack Kahuna Laguna (voice) | Episode: "SpongeBob vs. The Big One"[54] |
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1997 | The Brave |
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