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Johnny Depp - Biography

 

Johnny DeppJohn Christopher Depp
Birth date: June 9, 1963
Place: Owensboro, Kentucky
Former couples: Sherilynn Fenn, Jennifer Grey, Juliette Lewis, Winona Ryder, Kate Moss
Former wife: Lori Anne Allison divorced in 1985
Couple: Vanessa Paradis, French singer and actress Vanessa Paradis with whom he has two children; Lily-Rose Melody born in 1999 and Jack born in 2002.
Father: engineer
Mother: Betty Sue Palmer
A brother, Danny
Sisters: Debbie and Christie

1975 His mother gave him his first guitar, the music becames his passion, she left school to became a musician. 

1979 He Created the musical groups Six gun method, Rock city angels, The Kids. 

1984 Nicolas Cage encourages him to become an actor.  Johnny Depp signed a contract to act in the movie Nightmare on Elm Street, directed by Wes Craven who is also the director of Scream and Freddy

In 1987 Johnny became famous when he replaced Jeff Yagher in the role of undercover cop Tommy Hanson in the popular TV series 21 Jump Street

1990 Depp and his brother created producing house Scaramanga Bros. 

1999 Johnny Depp received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 19 November 1999. Tim Burton and Martin Landau were guest speakers.

2003 June The Mexican actor Diego Luna received the Best Actor award at the MTV ceremony.  The sexiest actor according to the voters was Orlando Bloom, who acted in the movie " Pirates of the Caribbean, the Curse of the Black Pearl"" with Johnny Depp. Johnny himself was voted as the "Best Looking actor". 

2004 He acted with Antonio Banderas in the finale to Robert Rodriguez's Mariachi trilogy Once Upon a Time in Mexico

2005 Johnny Depp declared that he wants to dress up as a woman and star in cult British TV comedy 'Little Britain'

Filmography



2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides -  Rob Marshall 
2011 The Tourist - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 
2011 Rango - Gore Verbinski 
2010 The Rum Diary - Bruce Robinson 
2010 Alice in Wonderland - Tim Burton
2009 Public Enemies - Michael Mann 
2009 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - Terry Gilliam 
2009 SpongeBob SquarePants (1 episode)
2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Tim Burton
2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Gore Verbinski 
2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Gore Verbinski
2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow
2005 Corpse Bride - Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Tim Burton
2004 Secret window - David Koepp
2004 The libertine - Laurence Dunmore
2004 Finding Neverland - Marc Forster
2003 Once Upon a Time in Mexico - Robert Rodriguez
2003 Pirates of the Caribbean - Gore Verbinski 
2001 From Hell - Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes 
2001 Blow - Ted Demme 
2000 Chocolate - Lasse Hallström
2000 Before Night Falls - Julian Schnabel
2000 The Man Who Cried - Sally Potter
1999 Sleepy Hollow - Tim Burton
1999 The Astronaut's Wife - Rand Ravich
1998 The Ninth Gate - Roman Polanski
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Terry Gilliam 
1997 The Brave - Johnny Depp 
1997 Donnie Brasco - Mike Newell 
1995 Nick of Time - John Badham
1995 Dead Man - Jim Jarmusch 
1995 Don Juan DeMarco - Jeremy Leven 
1994 Ed Wood - Tim Burton
1993 What's Eating Gilbert Grape - Lasse Hallström 
1993 Benny & Joon - Jeremiah Chechik 
1993 Arizona Dream - Emir Kusturica 
1991 Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare - Rachel Talalay 
1990 Edward Scissorhands - Tim Burton
1990 Cry-Baby - John Waters 
1986 Platoon - Oliver Stone 
1985 Private Resort - George Bowers 
1984 A Nightmare On Elm Street  

 

 

 

       

 

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