Johnny Depp profile
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Johnny Depp

9th June 1963 Owensboro, Kentucky, USA Acting

John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer and musician. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. He made his debut in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), before rising to prominence as a teen idol on the television series 21 Jump Street (1987–1990). In the 1990s, he acted mostly in independent films, often playing eccentric characters. These included What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Benny and Joon (1993), Dead Man (1995), Donnie Brasco (1997) and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998). He also began collaborating with director Tim Burton, starring in Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), and Sleepy Hollow (1999). In the 2000s, he became one of the most commercially successful film stars by playing Captain Jack Sparrow in the swashbuckler film series Pirates of the Caribbean (2003–present). He received critical praise for Finding Neverland (2004), and continued his commercially successful collaboration with Tim Burton with the films Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), and Alice in Wonderland (2010). In 2012, he was one of the world's biggest film stars, and was listed by the Guinness World Records as the world's highest-paid actor, with earnings of US$75 million. During the 2010s, Depp began producing films through his company, Infinitum Nihil, and formed the rock supergroup Hollywood Vampires with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry.

154 Movies 34 TV Shows 1 In Production 189 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

kid 90 poster
kid 90 12th March 2021 as Self (archive footage)
Minamata poster
Minamata 13th March 2020 as W. Eugene Smith
Black Mass poster
Black Mass 17th September 2015 as James 'Whitey' Bulger
Mortdecai poster
Mortdecai 21st January 2015 as Charlie Mortdecai
Tusk poster
Tusk 19th September 2014 as Guy Lapointe
Close Up poster
Close Up 30th September 2012 as Self (archive footage)
Rango poster
Rango 2nd March 2011 as Rango / Lars (voice)
Blow poster
Blow 4th April 2001 as George Jung
Donnie Brasco poster
Donnie Brasco 27th February 1997 as Donnie Brasco / Joseph D. 'Joe' Pistone
Dead Man poster
Dead Man 23rd December 1995 as William Blake
Ed Wood poster
Ed Wood 28th September 1994 as Ed Wood
Cry-Baby poster
Cry-Baby 6th April 1990 as Wade 'Cry-Baby' Walker
Platoon poster
Platoon 19th December 1986 as Gator Lerner
R.P.G poster
R.P.G 4th April 1986 as Vinnie Dooler
Puffins poster
Puffins 27th November 2020 as Johnny Puff (voice)
Rove poster
Rove 22nd September 1999 as Self
Family Guy poster
Family Guy 31st January 1999 as Edward Scissorhands (voice)
Hotel poster
Hotel 21st August 1982 as Rob Cameron
Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol poster Coming soon
Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol 12th November 2026 as Ebenezer Scrooge