Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp
Depp in 2009
Born	John Christopher Depp II (1963-06-09) June 9, 1963 Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S.
Occupations	Actor musician philanthropist producer
Years active	1984–present
Spouse(s)	Lori Allison ​ ​ (m. 1983; div. 1985)​ Amber Heard ​ ​ (m. 2015; div. 2017)​
Partner	Vanessa Paradis (1998–2012)
Children	2, including Lily-Rose Depp
Musical career
Genres	Rock
Instruments	Guitar

John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, musician, philanthropist and producer.

Early life

John Christopher Depp II was born at Lady of Mercy Hospital in Owensboro, Kentucky, He is the youngest child of an engineer and a waiter. He is of Belgian (Flemish), Dutch, English, French, and German descent. He grew up with his brother Danny and his sisters Debbie and Christie. He spent a lot of time with his grandfather. His family went to Florida and in the next years, they had to change homes often. Johnny became worse at school and had his first experiences with drugs and sex at the age of 12. He was thrown out of school for smoking pot in the back of the school and started to make music in a band called The Flame, and later on The Kids.

Acting career

His first movie was Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984, which was a success. Afterwards, he decided to go to an acting school in Los Angeles. He got a small part in the movie Platoon and shortly after this, he was offered a part in the television series 21 Jump Street.

He plays Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series and Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Personal life

His ex-wife is Lori Allison. He was engaged to Sherilyn Fenn in the late 1980s. He had a four-year relationship with Winona Ryder in the mid-1990s. He has a daughter, Lily-Rose Depp (born 1999) and a son John (Jack) Christopher III (born 2002) by his former partner, French singer Vanessa Paradis.

He began a relationship with Amber Heard in 2012. The couple married in February 2015. They divorced in May 2016. Their divorce had a lot of media attention when Heard said that Depp had been abusive throughout their relationship, and Depp in turn said in 2018 that Heard had abused him, before unsuccessfully suing the publishers of British tabloid The Sun for English defamation. And she reclaimed him 100 million dollars.

In 2022, Depp sued Heard for defamation in the United States after she wrote an op-ed discussing being a public victim of domestic violence in 2018, describing himself as a victim of cancel culture. The trial began in Virginia on April 11, 2022 and the verdict was reached on June 1, 2022 which found both Heard and Depp liable for defamation. The former couple later came to a settlement in December with Heard agreeing to pay Depp $1 million in damages, resulting Depp won the case.

Depp lives in Los Angeles. Depp has bought an island.

Throughout his life, Depp has had many jobs. He has owned a nightclub, called 'The Viper Room'.

Movies

• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• Private Resort (1985)
• Slow Burn (1986)
• Platoon (1986)
• Cry-Baby (1990)
• Edward Scissorhands (1990)
• Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
• Benny and Joon (1993)
• What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993)
• Arizona Dream (1993)
• Ed Wood (1994)
• Don Juan De Marco (1995)
• Dead Man (1996)
• Donnie Brasco (1997)
• The Brave (1997)
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
• The Ninth Gate (1999)
• Sleepy Hollow (1999)
• The Astronaut's Wife (1999)
• Chocolat (2000)
• Before Night Falls (2000)
• Blow (2001)
• The Man Who Cried (2001)
• From Hell (2001)
• Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
• Happily Ever After (2004)
• Secret Window (2004)
• Finding Neverland (2004)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
• The Corpse Bride (Voice, 2005)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
• Public Enemies (2009)
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
• Alice in Wonderland (2010)
• The Tourist (2010)
• The Rum Diary (2011)
• Rango (2011)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
• 21 Jump Street (2012)
• Dark Shadows (2012)
• The Lone Ranger (2013)
• Lucky Them (2013)
• Transcendence (2014)
• Tusk (2014)
• Into the Woods (2014)
• Mortdecai (2015)
• Black Mass (2015)
• Yoga Hosers (2015)
• London Fields (2015)
• Black Mass (2015)
• Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
• Murder on the Orient Express (2018)
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
• The Professor (2019)
• Waiting for the Barbarians (2020)
• Crock of Gold (2020)
• Minamata (2021)
• Jeanne du Barry (2023)
• Modì (2024) (Upcoming)

Television

• Lady Blue - Lionel Viland (1985)
• Hotel - Rob Cameron (1987)
• 21 Jump Street - Officer Tom Hanson (1987–1990)
• The Vicar of Dibley - Himself (1999)
• The Fast Show - Customer in suit store (2000)
• King of the Hill - Yogi Victor (2004) (voice)
• SpongeBob SquarePants - Jack Kahuna Laguna (2009) (voice)
• Life's Too Short - Himself (2011)
• Family Guy - Edward Scissorhands (2012) (cameo)
• Puffins - Johnny Puff (2020) (voice)
• Puffins Impossible - Johnny Puff (2022) (voice)

Other websites

Media related to Johnny Depp at Wikimedia Commons

• Johnny Depp on IMDb