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Johnny Depp
John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963)[1] is an American actor, producer, and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor. He rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol.

Johnny Depp
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Depp in 2013
Born John Christopher Depp II
June 9, 1963 (age 54)
Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S.
Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Actor, producer, musician
Years active 1984–present
Spouse(s) Lori Allison
(m. 1983; div. 1985)
Amber Heard
(m. 2015; div. 2017)
Partner(s) Vanessa Paradis (1998–2012)
Children 2, including Lily-Rose Depp
Musical career
Genres Rock
Instruments
Guitar
Associated acts
Rock City Angels P Hollywood Vampires
Depp has taken on the task of challenging himself to portray "larger-than-life" roles, starting with a supporting role in Oliver Stone's Vietnam War film Platoon in 1986, then playing the title character in the romantic dark fantasy Edward Scissorhands (1990). He later found box office success in the fantasy adventure film Sleepy Hollow (1999), the fantasy swashbuckler film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and its sequels, the fantasy film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), the fantasy film Alice in Wonderland (2010) and voicing the title character in the animated action comedy western Rango (2011). He has collaborated on nine films with director, producer and friend Tim Burton.

Depp is regarded as one of the world's biggest film stars.[2][3] He has gained praise from reviewers for his portrayals including screenwriter-director Ed Wood in Ed Wood, undercover FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone in Donnie Brasco, author J. M. Barrie in Finding Neverland, and the Boston gangster Whitey Bulger in Black Mass. Films featuring Depp have grossed over $3.2 billion at the United States box office and over $8 billion worldwide.[4] His most commercially successful films are the Pirates of the Caribbean films, which have grossed $3 billion, Alice in Wonderland, which grossed $1 billion, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which grossed $474 million, and The Tourist, which grossed $278 million.[5][6][7]

Depp has been nominated for major acting awards, including three nominations for Academy Award for Best Actor.[8] Depp won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for The Curse of the Black Pearl. He has been listed in the 2012 Guinness World Records as the highest paid actor, with earnings of $75 million.[9] Depp was inducted as a Disney Legend in 2015.[10]

Early life

Acting career

Other ventures

Personal life

Awards and nominations

Selected filmography

Musical recording discography

See also

Notes

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