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FilmographyActor CreditsPirates of the caribbean:At World`s End [2007] Pirates of the Caribbean:Dead Man`s Chest [2006] Pirates of the Caribbean:The Curse of the Black Pearl [2003] TV Shows/SeriesKing of the Hill (Yogi Victor) [2004] (# of episodes: 1) 21 Jump Street (Officer Thomas "Tom" Hanson, Jr) [1987 - 1991] (# of episodes: 103) Hotel (Rob Cameron) [1987] (# of episodes: 1) Other InformationAwardsBest Actor Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA [2008] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Academy Awards [2008] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Actor Independent Spirit Awards [2005] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Actor Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA [2005] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Academy Awards [2005] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role BAFTA Awards [2005] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Actor Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA [2004] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Actor in a Leading Role Academy Awards [2004] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role BAFTA Awards [2004] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Actor Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA [2002] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Favorite Actor - Horror Blockbuster Entertainment Awards [2000] (Won/Nominated: Won) Best Actor Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA [2000] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) |
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Johnny Depp Biography |
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Birth name: John Christopher Depp II
Nicknames: "Mr. Stench" (self chosen) Oprah Noodlemantra "Colonel" (given to him by Hunter S. Thompson) Height 5` 10" (1.78 m) Father: John Christopher Depp Sr. (public engineer) Mother: Betty Sue (Palmer) Depp (waitress) Sister: Debbie Brother: Daniel P. Depp Sister: Christie (Depp) Dembrowski (b. 1961, Depp`s personal manager) Wife: Lori Anne Allison (makeup artist, m. 1983, div. 1985) Girlfriend: Sherilyn Fenn (dated in late-1980s, broken engagement) Girlfriend: Winona Ryder (dated 1990-93, broken engagement) Girlfriend: Jennifer Grey (dated in mid-1990s, broken engagement) Girlfriend: Kate Moss (dated 1995-97, broken engagement) Girlfriend: Vanessa Paradis (French singer, b. 22-Dec-1972, cohabited since 1998) Daughter: Lily-Rose Melody Depp (b. 27-May-1999, with Paradis) Son: John Christopher "Jack" Depp III (b. 9-Apr-2002, with Paradis) High School: Miramar High School, FL Hollywood Walk of Fame 16-Nov-1999 at 7020 Hollywood Blvd. (motion pictures) Criminal Mischief : Vancouver 1989, New York City 1994, London 1999 Risk Factors: Smoking Appeared on the cover of: People on 1-Dec-2003,Where they declared him: Sexiest Man Alive Johnny was born John Christopher Depp in Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 9, 1963. He was raised in Florida and at the age of 12 his mother bought him a guitar. After his parents divorced, he dropped out of school at age 17 ant turned all his attention to his music. He played in a series of garage bands, including The Kids, which once opened for Iggy Pop. He was married to Lori Anderson in 1983 in Florida, moved to Hollywood, then they divorced in 1985. Depp got into acting his former wife introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage, who in turn introduced him to his agent. Johnny made his film debut in 1984`s A Nightmare on Elm Street.. He got the role because the producer`s teenage daughter thought he was dreamy. "They paid me scale, so I went from making $25 a week to making $1,200 a week. My intention was to pour that money back into the band but roles kept coming, and pretty soon I discovered I was an actor." In 1987 he won the role of Tom Hanson in FOX Televsion`s first hit show, "21 Jump Street." While filming 21 Jump Street, Johnny dated such Hollywood actresses as Sherilyn Fenn and Jennifer Grey. The rise to fame was meteoric thanks to the popular TV series. Johnny had signed up for the show thinking it would last maybe one season, but mostly because of his popularity, the show ran strong. See our TIMELINE for more details on all of his films. After starring in Cry-Baby for John Waters (during a summer hiatus in between seasons of 21 Jump Street), the director gave Depp a book of medical and surgical oddities. After they co-starred in Arizona Dream, Jerry Lewis gave Depp his lucky leather boots. Researching a role he didn`t get, Depp was briefly a pen pal of Charles Manson. Depp owned the nightclub where River Phoenix overdosed in 1993. In 1990 he began dating Winona Ryder. He had "Winona forever" tattooed on his arm while engaged to Winona Ryder. After they broke up he had the tattoo reworked to read "Wino forever." His collaboration with director Tim Burton began when he portrayed the title role in Edward Scissorhands. The quirky films success allowed Johnny to pick and choose his roles and he became known as an actor Biography Credit: www.imdb.com |
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BiographyDistinctive FeaturesHighly defined cheek-bonesFriends and FamilyMarilyn Manson [Friend] :: Helena Bonham Carter [Friend] :: Tim Burton [Friend] :: Emir Kusturica [Friend] :: Tom Baker [Friend] :: Christina Ricci [Friend] :: Marlon Brando [Friend] :: Christi Dembrowski [Sister] (Elisa Christine Depp) :: D.P. Depp [Step Brother] (Dan Depp) :: Deborah [Sister] (Debbie) :: Elizabeth "Betty" Sue Wells [Mother] :: John Christopher Depp [Father]Trivia and QuotesQuotes [about his career as a salesman] The last couple of times I did it, I just said, "Listen, you don`t want this stuff, man". [about his job of selling pens over the phone] I was working a day job selling ink pens over the phone and getting maybe $100 a week, but I thought, "What have I got to lose?" [about The Kids in Hollywood] It was horrible. There were so many bands it was impossible to make any money. So we all got side jobs. We used to sell ads over the telephone. Telemarketing. We got $100 a week. We had to rip people off. We`d tell them they`d been chosen by so-and-so in their area to receive a grandfather clock. They would order $500 worth of these fucking things and we would send them a cheap grandfather clock. It was horrible. I can remember my parents fighting and us kids wondering who was going to go with whom if they got divorced. I played rock`n`roll clubs in Florida. I was underage, but they would let me come in the back door to play, and then I`d have to leave after the first set. That`s how I made a living, at about $25 a night. At times we could make $2,100 - we used to make that for the entire group and the road crew, which is a lot. I remember carving my initials on my arm and I`ve scarred myself from time to time since then. In a way your body is a journal and the scars are sort of entries in it. I started smoking at 12, lost my virginity at 13 and did every kind of drug there was by 14. Pretty much any drug you can name, I`ve done it. I wouldn`t say I was bad or malicious, I was just curious. I certainly had my little experiences with drugs. Eventually, you see where that`s headed and you get out. My father left and my mother was deeply hurt and sick physically and emotionally. That`s a very traumatic thing for a family to go through, so we all pulled together and did the best we could. These are the most important people in my life. You know, I would die for these people. If someone were to harm my family or a friend or somebody I love - I would eat them. I might end up in jail for 500 years - but I would eat them. You know, I was married, when I was 20. It was a strong bond with someone, but I can`t necessarily say I was in love. That`s something that comes around once, man, maybe twice if you`re lucky. And I don`t know that I experienced that, let`s say, before I turned 30. [about A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)] I was just not what [director Wes Craven] had written for the story. He had written the part of a big, blond, beach jock, football player guy. And I was sort of emaciated, with old hairspray and spiky hair, earrings, a little catacomb dweller. Then five hours later that agent called me and said, "You`re an actor". [about a scene in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)] I love this stuff. The kid falls asleep and it`s all over, he`s sucked right into the bed and spit out as blood. His bloody body rises straight out and then topples over, too. I heard somebody talk about having a dummy shot out of the bed, but I said, "Hey, I want to do this! It`ll be fun! Lemme do it!" [about his first marriage] I guess I have very traditional kinds of sensibilities about that kind of stuff - you know, a man and a woman sharing their life together and having a baby, whatever - and I think for a while I was trying to right the wrongs of my parents because they split up when I was a kid, so I thought I could do it differently - make things work. I had the right intentions, but the wrong timing - and the wrong person. But I don`t regret it; I had fun and I learned a lot. (on preparing to sing as Sweeney Todd] It`s a bit like jumping into cold water. There`s no preparing, you just do it. All the amazing people that I`ve worked with - Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman - have told me consistently: don`t compromise. Do your work, and if what you`re giving is not what they want, you have to be prepared to walk away. I had never experienced that before. And it`s been fun to visit Hollywood and talk to studios as a bankable actor for a change. I love our house in the country. I can walk to the nearby village and have a coffee and no one pays any notice. I`m just another dad with my daughter on my knee. The time I`ve spent in France with [girlfriend Vanessa Paradis] has solidified my belief that I can keep a major distance from Hollywood and still keep in the game. Acting is my living, but I don`t want to live it. Living in France is the first time I can honestly say I feel at home. There`s a drive in me that won`t allow me to do certain things that are easy. I can weigh all the options, but there`s always one thing that goes: "Johnny, this is the one." And it`s always the most difficult - it`s always the one that will cause the most trouble. [about girlfriend Vanessa Paradis] I pretty much fell in love with Vanessa the moment I set eyes on her. As a person, I was pretty much a lost cause at that time in my life. She turned all that around for me with her incredible tenderness and understanding. [about Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)] I only wanted to be in a movie that my kids could see. [about Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)] It was mentioned that they were considering a movie based on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, and I said I was in. There was no screenplay, no director, nothing. For some unknown reason, I just said I was in. What I said was, the United States of America is a young country compared to Europe, compared to, you know, other countries. We`re young. We`re 200 and something years old. [on director Tim Burton] What more can I say about him? He is a brother, a friend, my godson`s father. He is a unique and brave soul, someone that I would go to the ends of the earth for, and I know, full and well, he would do the same for me. I loved playing Edward Scissorhands (1990) because there`s nothing cynical, jaded or impure about him. It`s almost a letdown to look in the mirror and realize I`m not Edward. As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition, too. Having kids was a huge change for me. Becoming a father. But I think more than changing, I feel like I`ve been revealed to myself, I kind of found out who I was. When you meet your child for the first time and you`re looking at this angel, you start realizing what an idiot you`ve been for so many years and how much time you`ve wasted. As far as being feet-on-the-ground, once again my kids and [`girlfriend Vanessa Paradis] have given me a proper foundation. A sense of home that I never had in my life, a real sense of a place to be. I don`t have a mental picture of the houses we lived in because there were so many. I started out as a guitarist in the early `80s. I hooked up with a guy who idolized James Dean and he gave me a copy of the Dean biography, "The Mutant King", which I thought was really interesting. While reading the book I watched Rebel Without a Cause (1955), and I thought, "Wow, this guy really has something", and I was hooked. I wasn`t really into acting at the time - but James Dean was the catalyst. Marlon Brando is maybe the greatest actor of the last two centuries. But his mind is much more important than the acting thing. The way that he looks at things, doesn`t judge things, the way that he assesses things. He`s as important as, uh... who`s important today? Jesus, not many people... Stephen Hawking! There`s nothing - you know - nothing else like music. Nothing that touches us on that, uh, that deep level. Music can open up so many emotions that we didn`t know we had. It`s the magical thing about musicals, you know, on the stage or on film or whatever. Love songs. They work so well because music touches us, emotionally, where words alone can`t. [asked by Rolling Stone if there was a "gay undercurrent" in his character Capt. Jack Sparrow in the "Pirates of the Caribbean` films] Well, there was a great book I read . . . What was it called? "Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition". A very interesting book. I wasn`t exactly going for that with the character. And Keith is not flamboyant in his actions. Keith is pretty stealth. But with Jack, it was more that I liked the idea of being ambiguous, of taking this character and making everything a little bit . . . questionable. Because women were thought to be bad luck on ships. And these pirates would go out for years at a time. So, you know, there is a possibility that one thing might lead to another. [Marlon Brando] wanted me to escape movies for a while - "Take a year off. Go on. Study Shakespeare". So it`s one of the things that keep ricocheting around in my head. He told me that by the time he had got to the point where he felt he could do "Hamlet", it was too late. So he said, "Do it now, do it while you can". And I would like to do it - although it`s one of the more frightening ideas I`ve had. I think as an actor it is good to feel the fear of failing miserably. I think you should take that risk. Fear is a necessary ingredient in everything I do. But if I do "Hamlet" it will probably be in a small theater on a small stage and it will have to be very, very soon because I`m getting a little long in the tooth for it. [on being an uncle] My sister Christi had a baby when I was 17, and I had just heard about crib death. The horrible thing was that it wasn`t understood. For some unknown reason the baby would stop breathing. So I would sneak into where the baby was sleeping and put my hand in her crib, hold her little finger, and I`d sleep on the floor like that. It was stupid, I`m sure. But I thought the warmth of my hand might help, that maybe if she felt my pulse it would remind her to breathe. [on reactions to his directorial debut] You know what was traumatizing, what was very, very strange in terms of this film I directed a few years back called The Brave (1997). Well, I guess I wouldn`t say traumatizing, but I would say weird: at the premiere of the film the reception of it was beyond any expectation that I had. I had no idea I`d be looking at [Bernardo Bertolucci] or [Michelangelo Antonioni] sitting there watching my film. And then to receive the applause that my film got, it was so incredible. And then the next day the majority of the American press just turn it into this horrible thing. Once again, everybody is entitled to their opinion, man. Maybe it`s a bad film? Maybe it`s a good film? To me it`s just a film. It`s something I needed to make. [on director Tim Burton] He can ask me everything. If he wants me to have sex with an aardvark in one of his next movies, then I will do that. [on his daughter, Lily-Rose] I see this amazing, beautiful, pure angel-thing wake up in the morning, and nothing can touch that. She is the only reason to wake up in the morning, the only reason to take a breath. Everything else is checkers. All the little films I`ve done that were perceived by Hollywood as these obscure, weird things, I always thought could appeal to a larger audience. I mean, box office is such a mystery to me that I can`t . . . you know . . . I have enough trouble doing my own gig. I suppose nowadays it`s all a question of surgery, isn`t it? Of course the notion is beautiful, the idea of staying a boy and a child forever, and I think you can. I have known plenty of people who, in their later years, had the energy of children and the kind of curiosity and fascination with things like little children. I think we can keep that, and I think it`s important to keep that part of staying young. But I also think it`s great fun growing old. We had been shooting [Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)] for about a month, and I was beginning to get nervous because there weren`t any phone calls. I called my agent and asked, "Has no one called from the studio to complain or say, `Hey, what`s he doing?` or `Hey, he`s freaking us out?` " And when she said, "No", I thought, "Christ, I`m not doing enough! Something`s wrong!" Then some of the studio brass came over to the set, and they were sitting in my trailer and I was all decked out as Wonka with the little bangs. And I just had to know. So I said, "Okay, who was the first one, when you started seeing the dailies, that got a little worried?" And there was this beautiful 30-second silence. And [Warner Bros. president] Alan F. Horn finally said, "Yeah, that was me". I felt better instantly. [asked why he hides his looks behind strange wigs, fake teeth and girly squeals] I think it`s an actor`s responsibility to change every time. Not only for himself and the people he`s working with, but for the audience. If you just go out and deliver the same dish every time . . . it`s meat loaf again . . . you`d get bored. I`d get bored. [on Gene Wilder`s comment on the remake of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)] Hearing about that was disappointing, but I can understand where he`s coming from, I guess. The one thing I didn`t understand was that apparently he was quoted as saying, "Well, they just did this for money". Well, hey, man, where have you been? When didn`t they ever do anything for money? Nobody`s ever made a film in the history of cinema where they weren`t expecting some return on their dough. If you turn on the television and see the horrors that are happening to people in the world right now, I think there`s no better time to strive to have some kind of hope through imagination. I think it`s a time to close your eyes and try to make a change, or at least hope to make a change, or we`re going to explode. On a film you start to get closer and closer with the people you`re working with, and it becomes like this circus act or this travelling family. Sure, I find it touching, honestly, but awards are not as important to me as when I meet a ten-year-old kid who says, "I love Captain Jack Sparrow" . . . that`s real magic for me. The character I`ve played, that I`ve responded to, there has been a lost-soul quality to them. The term "serious actor" is kind of an oxymoron, isn`t it? [Like] "Republican party" [or] "airplane food". This is a rumor-filled society and if people want to sit around and talk about whom I`ve dated, then I`d say they have a lot of spare time and should consider other topics... or masturbation. I can remember when I finished Edward Scissorhands (1990), looking in the mirror as the girl was doing my make-up for the last time and thinking -- it was like the 90th or 89th day of shooting -- and I remember looking and going, "Wow, this is it. I`m saying goodbye to this guy, I`m saying goodbye to Edward Scissorhands". You know, it was kind of sad. But in fact, I think they`re all still somehow in there. I`m an old-fashioned guy . . . I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something. I`m shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I`ve done everything I can to avoid it. The only gossip I`m interested in is things from the Weekly World News - `Woman`s bra bursts, 11 injured.` That kind of thing. When kids hit one year old, it`s like hanging out with a miniature drunk. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh and cry. They urinate. They vomit. With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it`s just not acting. It`s lying. [about being dragged behind a carriage in the woods on Sleepy Hollow (1999)] I wasn`t afraid of getting hurt. I was just afraid that the horses may relieve themselves on the journey. [asked if he is a romantic] Am I a romantic? I`ve seen Wuthering Heights (1939) ten times. I`m a romantic. [when asked by James Lipton on "Inside the Actors Studio" (1994) what attracts him to funny hats] I don`t know, maybe I just read too much Dr. Seuss as a kid. Captain Jack Sparrow is like a cross between Keith Richards and Pepe Le Pew. America is dumb. It`s like a dumb puppy that has big teeth that can bite and hurt you, aggressive. My daughter is four, my boy is one. I`d like them to see America as a toy, a broken toy. Investigate it a little, check it out, get this feeling and then get out. Anything I`ve done up till 27 May, 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life. France and the whole of Europe have a great culture and an amazing history. Most important thing, though, is that people there know how to live! In America they`ve forgotten all about it. I`m afraid that the American culture is a disaster. I don`t pretend to be captain weird. I just do what I do. I was ecstatic when they re-named "french fries" as "freedom fries". Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots. One of the most incredible moments I`ve ever had was sitting in Vincent`s trailer . . . I was showing him this first-edition book I have of the complete works of [Edgar Allan Poe], with really amazing illustrations. Vincent was going nuts over the drawings, and he started talking about The Tomb of Ligeia (1964). Then he closed the book and began to recite it to me in this beautiful voice, filling the room with huge sounds. Such passion! I looked in the book later, and it was verbatim. Word perfect. It was a great moment. I`ll never forget that. Taken in context, what I was saying was that, compared to Europe, America is a very young country and we are still growing as a nation. It is a shame that the metaphor I used was taken so radically out of context and slung about irresponsibly by the news media. There was no anti-American sentiment. In fact, it was just the opposite. I am an American. I love my country and have great hopes for it. It is for this reason that I speak candidly and sometimes critically about it. I have benefited greatly from the freedom that exists in my country and for this I am eternally grateful. The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants. You use your money to buy privacy because during most of your life you aren`t allowed to be normal.Trivia (about his mother, Betty Sue) Years and years I watched her wait tables. I`d count her change at the end of the night. She cursed like a sailor, played cards and smoked cigarettes. At first we`d wear T-shirts that said "Flame" on them. At 13 I was wearing plain T-shirts. Then I used to steal my mom`s clothing. She had all these crushed velvet shirts with French-cut sleeves. And, like, seersucker bell bottoms. I dreamed of having platforms, but couldn`t find any. I hung around with bad crowds. We used to break and enter places. We`d break into the school and destroy a room or something. I used to steal things from stores. I was a weird kid. I wanted to be Bruce Lee. I wanted to be on a SWAT team. When I was five, I think I wanted to be Daniel Boone. I`d been in high school three years, and I may have just walked in yesterday. I had, like, eight credits. I was in my third year of high school and I didn`t want to be there. I was bored out of my mind and I hated it. I`ve been around long enough to know that one week, you`re on the exclusive list of guys who can open a movie, and then the next week, you`re off the list. It`s been a fun ride, and I`m enjoying it for all it`s worth. My cousins had a gospel group and they came down and played gospel songs, and that was the first time I ever saw an electric guitar. I got obsessed with the electric guitar, so my Mom bought me one from them for $25. I was about twelve years old. Then I locked myself in a room for a year and taught myself how to play, learned off records, and then I started playing in little garage bands. The first group I was ever in was called Flame. Then I was in The Kids. They were the ones who moved to Hollywood. [about Edward D. Wood Jr.] Like him I also grew up feeling like an obtuse piece of machinery. It was the same feeling I had about Edward Scissorhands." [about living in the small town of Miramar as a kid] Miramar was like Endora, the town in What`s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). It had two identical grocery stores opposite each other and nothing much ever happened there. [about one of his old teachers asking for an autograph] I mean, what was I supposed to say? He`d failed me. I remember one time this teacher yelled at me so heavily in front of the entire class. He didn`t have any time for me then, and now, all of a sudden, he wants my autograph? They all thought I was going to end up a drug addict, in jail. Closed down the "Viper Room" for two weeks after River Phoenix died there and he also closed it on every 31 October until 2004 (when he sold his share of the club), which was the date of Phoenix`s death. Co-wrote the song "Mary" by the Hard Rock band Rock City Angels. Good friend with actress Helena Bonham Carter, partner of his best friend Tim Burton. He and Vanessa Paradis grow grapes and have wine making facilities in their vineyard in Plan-de-la-Tour north of Saint-Tropez. Made a voice message for 17-year-old British girl who has been in a coma for five months. Parents of the girl asked him to tape a voice message because he`s the favorite actor of their daughter and they will play that message to her everyday hoping she`ll wake up. Depp was touched by the letter and he said that he`ll do whatever he can to help. (25 March 2008). Was originally supposed to play the on screen version of Billy Loomis in the original version of Scream 2 (1997), but was replaced by Luke Wilson. Guest with Jim Jarmusch of Belgrade Film Festival FEST in 1992. With Jarmusch, Emir Kusturica and Serbian Rock n`Roll band Partybreakers (Partibrejkersi) he held a concert. Has a nightclub named after him in Tartu, Estonia. The nightclub is called "Who wouldn`t like Johnny Depp?". Was originally set to play the lead character Jean-Dominique Bauby in Julian Schnabel movie Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007). However, he dropped from the project due to scheduling conflicts. Donated $2 million to the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. He gave the gift as thanks for the treatment his daughter Lily-Rose received at the facility in March 2007 after contracting an E. Coli infection that caused kidney failure. Good friend of Bosnian film director Emir Kusturica. He is a godfather of Tim Burton son Billy Ray Burton. In 2007, it was reported by Forbes Magazine that his earnings for the year 2006 were estimated to be $92 million. Was a fan of the British improvisational show Whose Line Is It Anyway?. Was named Empire Magazine`s #5 in the list of 100 Sexiest Stars. Was named Top Money Making Star for the second year in a row in the 76th annual Quickley Publishing Co. poll for year 2007. 2007 - Ranked #21 on EW`s The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood. He is a fan of The Rolling Stones and the gypsy musical group Taraf de Haidouks. Turned down the role of Jack Traven in action hit Speed (1994/I). Dylan Seal is his second cousin. Was engaged to Sherilyn Fenn, whom he met on the set of the 1985 short student film "Dummies" directed by Laurie Frank. Their engagement was broken off after three years and a half. His children have the same names as "Mad" Jack and Lilly the Mermaid from the movie Magic Island (1995) (V). Is a great admirer and good friend of Tom Baker. Has 2 silver teeth. Originally cast as John Smith in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), but turned it down after being overworked with other movies he was shooting. Owns a customised 1960`s 650cc Triumph Bonneville motorcycle. Was considered for the role of Florentino Ariza in Love in the Time of Cholera (2007), but director Mike Newell refused to work with big name Hollywood stars. Javier Bardem got the role instead. Named after his father John Christopher Depp. Born in Kentucky but moved to Florida at age 7. He is the youngest of 4 children. He was good friends with Hunter S. Thompson until his death. Depp helped to fulfill Thompson`s last wish after the writer died. Thompson wanted his remains to be shot out of a 150 foot long canon. Has a niece called Megan Has been described as the "jester of cinema, the Method clown." His incredibly bizarre on-screen persona brings to mind the off-screen behavior of the late Marlon Brando, who was famously eccentric and quirky once he retired from acting. Once painted on a billboard featuring his "21 Jump Street" (1987) character because he didn`t like his picture or the message the billboard gave. He was stopped by a security guard who actually let him finish what he was doing when he realized it was Johnny`s own face. Frequently cites Captain Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)) and Edward Scissorhands (1990) as the favorite characters that he has played. Oliver Stone seriously considered casting him in Charlie Sheen`s role in Platoon (1986), but the studio thought Depp was "too young." Sheen is actually two years younger than Depp! Was Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski`s very first choice for the role of "Neo" in The Matrix (1999). Since Depp wasn`t considered a box-office friendly name, Warner Bros. decided on casting Keanu Reeves instead. A rule he has towards fans requesting his autograph and picture is that no photography is allowed of his children. Is the only actor to be nominated for the Oscar in the Lead Actor category in a Disney film (_Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)_) Moved to a villa in France with girlfriend Vanessa Paradis and his daughter Lily Rose Melody Depp in 1999. His performance as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) is ranked #87 on Premiere Magazine`s 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time (2006). His performance as Edward Scissorhands in _Edward Scissorhands (1990)_ is ranked #65 on Premiere Magazine`s 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. Ranked #18 on Premiere`s 2006 "Power 50" list. Had ranked #23 in 2005. Ranked #1 in the "Best Hollywood Signers 2006" list by "Autograph Collector" magazine (May 2006). Reportedly based his portrayal of Ichabod Crane in _Sleepy Hollow (1999)_ on Withnail, from Withnail & I (1987), as played by Richard E. Grant. Was close with his grandfather who died when he was 7 years old. Friend of Christina Ricci. His performance as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) is ranked #79 on Premiere Magazine`s 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006). His performance as Edward Scissorhands in _Edward Scissorhands (1990)_ is ranked #22 on Premiere Magazine`s 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006). His ownership of the Viper room ended in 2004, he signed it over to Amanda Fox, the daughter of his missing partner in the club, Anthony Fox. Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2006 Razzie Award nominating ballot. He was suggested in the Worst Actor category for his performance in the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), however, he failed to receive a nomination. Was voted the Second Greatest Actor (behind Marlon Brando) in British Channel Channel 4`s Greatest Actor Poll. He has said in interviews that he is of Cherokee, Irish, and German descent, with some Navajo as well. Asked the origin of his last name by James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio, Johnny Depp said his name means "idiot" in German. Sherilyn Fenn`s name is scrawled across his helmet in Platoon (1986). Has portrayed a real-life character in seven films: Edward D. Wood Jr. in Ed Wood (1994), Lt. Victor/Bon Bon in Before Night Falls (2000), Hunter S. Thompson in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Insp. Fred Abberline in From Hell (2001), Joseph Pistone/Donnie Brasco in Donnie Brasco (1997), George Jung in Blow (2001) and J.M. Barrie in Finding Neverland (2004), `John Wilmot, The Second Earl of Rochester` in The Libertine (2005). Although unable to attend, he was awarded the Gary Cooper Spirit of Montana Award at the 2005 HatcH audiovisual festival in Bozeman, Montana. HatcH honored Depp for his outstanding career and his role as a mentor and inspiration to young and aspiring artists. Great admirer of Marlon Brando. He was also good friends with the legendary actor, who described Depp as one of the greatest actors of his generation. Had come into professional contact with the great screen villains Vincent Price and Christopher Lee. Price co-starred with Depp in Edward Scissorhands (1990), and Lee co-starred with him in Sleepy Hollow (1999), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) and Corpse Bride (2005). Oddly, all of them were Tim Burton films. He also played slide for an acoustic recording of Fade Away, recorded in 1995 for the War Child: Help album. In 2004, Renée Zellweger accepted the Screen Actors Guild Award for "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role" on his behalf, because he wasn`t present at the awards ceremony Learned French to be able to converse with Vanessa Paradis` parents. Apparently conceived his portrayal of Edward D. Wood Jr. as a cross between Ronald Reagan (the wobbly-headed thing), the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz (1939), and the voice of Casey Kasem. As a child, he was allergic to chocolate. As a teen, he and his band "The Kids" performed for Iggy Pop. Dropped out of high school at 16 to pursue a career as a musician. Co-owns a restaurant/club in Paris called Man Ray (named after avant-garde artist Man Ray) with Sean Penn and John Malkovich. The restaurant is located in a renovated theater and serves Tibetan cuisine. Loves watching animated films with his daughter such as Shrek (2001) and Finding Nemo (2003). Premiere Magazine ranked him as #47 on a list of the Greatest Movie Stars of All Time in their Stars in Our Constellation feature (2005). When he was cast as Willy Wonka in _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)_, many newspapers published headings about "Depp`s Willy" and "Deppy`s Willy is a Bit Wonkier". A movie buff (with a somewhat encyclopedic knowledge of older films), he admits he watches few movies any more, other than the children`s films that his "kiddies" prefer. He also enjoys most of them. Based the character of Captain Jack Sparrow on rock legend Keith Richards and the Looney Tunes character, Pepe Le Pew. Has something in common with actor Robert Englund, famed for portraying dream-stalking Freddy Krueger in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" movies. Both of them appeared in the first A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), and both had played characters with blades for hands: Englund as Freddy Krueger, and Depp as the title character in Edward Scissorhands (1990). And, strangely, both of them were born in June, with their birthdays three days apart, and they share the same height, which is 5` 10". Is hugely interested in Jack the Ripper. Purchased Bela Lugosi`s Los Angeles home. Ranked #4 in TV Guide`s list of TV`s 25 Greatest Teen Idols (23 January 2005 issue). Sports his son`s name, Jack, tattooed on his arm and a beaded bracelet made by his daughter Lily Rose. Was ranked #5 on VH1`s 100 Hottest Hotties. Has a niece, Megan: she works for popular online entertainment magazine TYCP. Has been in seven films in which the title contains the name of the character he plays: Edward Scissorhands (1990), Cry-Baby (1990), What`s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Ed Wood (1994), Don Juan DeMarco (1995), and Donnie Brasco (1997),_Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). Persuaded actor Rey-Phillip Santos to give acting a try. Received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 19 November 1999. Tim Burton and Martin Landau were guest speakers. According to the liner notes for the soundtrack CD of Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), he wrote his own theme music, the music for Sands (Track 9 on the CD). Chosen as E!`s 2003 Entertainer of the Year. Reportedly based his portrayal of Ichabod Crane in _Sleepy Hollow (1999)_ on Withnail, from _Withnail and I (1987)_, as played by Richard E. Grant. Shot all of his scenes in nine days for Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), but after his filming was done he didn`t want to leave. So he suggested to Robert Rodriguez that he play a small part, the priest that Antonio Banderas talks to in the church, and use his Marlon Brando impression. The building in which Depp`s Viper Room is housed was once owned by infamous gangster Bugsy Siegel. He wanted some of his teeth to be gold-capped for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) but thought the producers would never agree. He found a dentist and had lots more capped than he wanted. Disney boss Michael Eisner like them but thought there were way too many and told Depp to remove all but a few. Parents: John Christopher Depp and Elizabeth "Betty" Sue Wells. His parents divorced when he was 15. Resides in France and Los Angeles. Siblings: Danny (D.P. Depp), Christi Dembrowski, and Deborah (Debbie). Was People Magazine`s Sexiest Man Alive in 2003. Gave Noel Gallagher a white guitar with the letter "P" on it, which he regularly plays during Oasis` gigs. "P" is the name of a band that Depp was in. Has a song about him by the late famed schizophrenic Chicago street artist Wesley Willis. His long-time girlfriend, Vanessa Paradis, is a popular singer-songwriter in her native France, as well as an aspiring actress. Johnny`s two children with Vanessa Paradis have the same names of the two main characters in Legend (1985): Lily (b. 1999) and Jack (b.2002). Wrote the foreword to Mark Salisbury`s biography of Tim Burton, "Burton on Burton." He credits Burton`s belief in him for rescuing him from being "a loser, an outcast, just another piece of expendable Hollywood meat." Adopted Goldeneye, the one-eyed Andalusian horse who played Gunpowder, Ichabod Crane`s steed in Sleepy Hollow (1999), thereby saving him from the glue factory. Chosen #2 on E!`s 25 sexiest entertainers list Currently plays in a band called P. Got his "Betty Sue" tattoo May 31, 1988. Lists British comedy "The Fast Show" (1994)--renamed "Brilliant" for US television--as his favorite TV program of all time. He used to take tapes of the series on tour with him to keep him amused. Made a guest appearance in the last-ever sketch in its last-ever episode. Named one of E!`s Top 20 Entertainers of 2001. Son, Jack, born to him and Vanessa Paradis on April 9, 2002, in Neuilly, France, weighing just over 7 lbs. Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2001. Was the guitarist in a band called The Kids. With Chuck E. Weiss, Depp reportedly paid US $350,000 for the Central Nightclub in Los Angeles, California, and turned it into the Viper Room at 8852 Sunset Blvd. Other stars in contention to buy the club in 1993 included Arnold Schwarzenegger and, separately, Frank Stallone. Arrested for trashing a New York apartment. [1994] Ex-fiancées: Sherilyn Fenn, Kate Moss, Jennifer Grey and Winona Ryder. Has twice recorded with British band Oasis. Most notably, he plays lead slide guitar on the track "Fade In-Out", from the 1997 album Be Here Now. Noel Gallagher, Oasis`s lead guitarist, was allegedly too drunk to perform it himself, so celebrity pal Depp stepped in and nailed the lead on one take. Voted Empire`s (UK) Sexiest Male Movie Star of All Time. [1995] When engaged to Winona Ryder, he had "Winona forever" tattooed on his arm. After the broke up, he had the n and a surgically removed to simply say "Wino forever!" Arrested for being in a fight with paparazzis in front of a restaurant in London. [January 1999] Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History" (#1). [1995] Chosen by People (USA) Magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. [1996] Daughter, with Vanessa Paradis, Lily-Rose Melody Depp. [27 May 1999] Ranked #67 in Empire (UK) magazine`s The Top-100 Movie Stars of All Time list. [October 1997] | ||
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