date of birth:9 June 1963

Place of Birth:Owensboro, Kentucky

Be famous for:Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies

Career Highlights: Dead Man, Before Night Falls, Before Night Falls

Johnny Depp was first famous as a heartthrob cop on the teenybopper drama 21 Jump Street (1987-1990). Then he gave up TV for the movies, playing the fantastical title character in Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands (1990) and winning critical acclaim in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993, co-starring Leonardo DiCaprio). Depp became known as a handsome and thoughtful actor who craved variety; In the 1990s he took a wide range of roles, from the lead in Don Juan DeMarco (1995, with Faye Dunaway and Marlon Brando) to Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow (1999, with Christina Ricci). In 2001 he played real-life cocaine trafficker George Jung in the movie Blow (co-starring with Penelope Cruz), and in 2003 he played the comically swaggering pirate Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (co-starring Orlando Bloom), helping turn that movie into the summer's surprise hit. Two sequels, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, appeared in 2006 and 2007. Depp also took on the role of fictional chocolatier Willy Wonka in the 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Depp owns the Viper Room lounge in Los Angeles... He turned down the lead role in Speed (1994), which was then taken by Keanu Reeves... Pirates of the Caribbean was loosely based on the Disneyland thrill ride of the same name... Depp's longtime companion is French pop singer and actress Vanessa Paradis. They began dating in 1998 and have two children together: daughter Lily-Rose Melody Depp (b. 1999) and son John Christopher Depp III (also known as Jack, b. 2002).

A Long Way Down - ( Producer / / In-Development / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )

Affected Provincial's Companion - ( Producer / / In-Development / )

Happy Days - ( Producer / / In-Development / )

Happy Days - ( (has been mentioned to star) / / In-Development / )

Inamorata - ( Producer / / In-Development / )

Rum Diary - ( / / In-Development / )

Rum Diary - ( Executive Producer / / In-Development / )

Sasha's Story: The Life and Death of a Russian Spy - ( Producer / / In-Development / )

Sasha's Story: The Life and Death of a Russian Spy - ( (has been mentioned) / / In-Development / )

Shantaram - ( Producer / / In-Development / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )

Shantaram - ( Lindsay / / In-Development / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )

The Bomb in My Garden - ( Producer / / In-Development / )

The People's Act of Love - ( Producer / / In-Development / )

When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan - ( / 2006 / In-Production / Docurama )

Breakfast With Hunter - ( Interviewee / 2003 / In-Production / )

Children of the Revolution - ( Himself / / In-Production / )

In Search of Ted Demme - ( / / In-Production / )

Sweeney Todd - ( Demon Barber of Fleet Street / / Awaiting Release / Paramount Pictures )

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - ( Captain Jack Sparrow / 2007 / Released / Buena Vista Pictures Distribution )

The Future is Unwritten - ( / 2007 / Released / Vertigo Films (UK) )

Deep Sea 3D - ( Narrator / 2006 / Released / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - ( Captain Jack Sparrow / 2006 / Released / Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment )

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - ( Willy Wonka / 2005 / Released / Warner Home Video )

The Libertine - ( John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester / 2005 / Released / The Weinstein Company )

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride - ( Voice of Victor Van Dort / 2005 / Released / Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group )

Finding Neverland - ( Sir James Matthew Barrie / 2004 / Released / Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment )

Happily Ever After - ( Stranger / 2004 / Released / Kino International )

The Secret Window - ( Mort Rainey / 2004 / Released / Sony Pictures Releasing )

Lost in La Mancha - ( Himself / 2003 / Released / IFC Films )

Once Upon a Time in Mexico - ( CIA Agent Sands / 2003 / Released / Sony Pictures Releasing )

Once Upon a Time in Mexico - ( Song(("Sands Theme")) / 2003 / Released / Sony Pictures Releasing )

Once Upon a Time in Mexico - ( Music Producer(("Sands Theme")) / 2003 / Released / Sony Pictures Releasing )

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - ( Captain Jack Sparrow / 2003 / Released / Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment )

Blow - ( George Jung / 2001 / Released / New Line Cinema )

From Hell - ( Fred Abberline / 2001 / Released / 20th Century Fox Distribution )

The Man Who Cried - ( Cesar / 2001 / Released / Universal Focus )

Before Night Falls - ( Lieutenant Victor / 2000 / Released / New Line Home Entertainment )

Before Night Falls - ( Bon Bon / 2000 / Released / New Line Home Entertainment )

Chocolat - ( Roux / 2000 / Released / Miramax Home Entertainment )

The Ninth Gate - ( Dean Corso / 2000 / Released / Artisan Entertainment )

Sleepy Hollow - ( Ichabod Crane / 1999 / Released / C+P )

The Astronaut's Wife - ( Spencer Armacost / 1999 / Released / New Line Home Entertainment )

The Source - ( / 1999 / Released / Winstar Cinema )

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - ( Raoul Duke / 1998 / Released / Universal Pictures )

Donnie Brasco - ( Donnie / 1997 / Released / TriStar Pictures )

The Brave - ( Director / 1997 / Released / Mikado Films )

The Brave - ( Screenplay / 1997 / Released / Mikado Films )

The Brave - ( Screenplay / 1997 / Released / Mikado Films )

The Brave - ( Raphael / 1997 / Released / Mikado Films )

Cannes Man - ( (cameo appearance) / 1996 / Released / )

Dead Man - ( William Blake / 1996 / Released / Miramax Home Entertainment )

Arizona Dream - ( Axel Blackmar / 1995 / Released / kit parker films )

Don Juan Demarco - ( Don Juan DeMarco / 1995 / Released / Entertainment Film Distributors, Ltd. )

Nick of Time - ( Gene Watson / 1995 / Released / Paramount Pictures )

Ed Wood - ( Ed Wood / 1994 / Released / Touchstone Pictures Home Video )

Benny & Joon - ( Sam / 1993 / Released / MGM/UA Home Video )

What's Eating Gilbert Grape - ( Gilbert Grape / 1993 / Released / Paramount Pictures )

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare - ( (cameo appearance) / 1991 / Released / New Line Home Entertainment )

Cry Baby - ( Cry-Baby / 1990 / Released / Universal Pictures )

Edward Scissorhands - ( Edward Scissorhands / 1990 / Released / 20th Century Fox International )

Platoon - ( Lerner / 1986 / Released / MGM Home Entertainment )

Private Resort - ( Jack Marshall / 1985 / Released / TriStar Pictures )

A Nightmare on Elm Street - ( Glen Lantz / 1984 / Released / Media Home Entertainment/Video Treasures )

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