Starting out as just another teenage heartthrob, Johnny Depp has turned into a highly respected indie actor who chooses roles from all parts of the spectrum. He was born June 9, 1963, in Owensboro, Ky., and dropped out of school to become a musician.He made his film debut in 1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street and starred as a regular on TV's "21 Jump Street" (1987-1992). Depp's first collaboration with director Tim Burton in 1990's Edward Scissorhands established his reputation for quirky roles, risk-taking and memorable performances.
He starred opposite Al Pacino in Donnie Brasco, portraying an undercover cop, and played a drug trafficker in Blow, proving that he's an excellent serious actor as well. 2003's Pirates of the Caribbean elevated him to box office gold. His leading role in Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) has bestowed upon him the best-actor Oscar nomination.
AddFrom HellJohnny Depp stars as an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets (Heather Graham) in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity. Ian Holm and Robbie Coltrane co-star in this genre-bending drama... Read More
AddSweeney ToddJohnny Depp reteams with director Tim Burton for this big-screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, earning an Oscar nod as vengeful Sweeney Todd, who becomes a deranged murderer after being falsely imprisoned by a sinister judge (Alan Rickman). To cover his tracks, Todd enlists the help of... Read More
AddFinding NeverlandPeter Pan and the denizens of Neverland have captured the hearts and minds of J.M. Barrie's readers. But this Oscar-winning film reveals how the imaginative author envisioned a world that was at once so wondrous and perilous. Johnny Depp plays Barrie, a writer inspired by genius and dedicated to... Read More
AddPirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndIn this final installment of the swashbuckler trilogy, Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), long believed to be dead, has come back to life and is headed to the edge of the Earth with brave Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and feisty Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley). And what of Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp)?... Read More
AddDead ManOnly Jim Jarmusch could direct a Western like this: a poetry-loving American Indian mistakes accountant William Blake (Johnny Depp) for the English writer by the same name, while bounty hunters take Blake for a murderer. Jarmusch packs his independent-minded film with an unlikely collection of... Read More
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