Johnny Depp

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Date of Birth: 1963-06-09 (age 63)
Nationality: United States
Place of birth: Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

Mini Bio

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.

Backstage

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.
Suffers from near-sightedness since birth, and is nearly blind in his left eye. He claims that the condition cannot be corrected by surgery.
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.
Named beaches on his own island in Bahamas after his once-girlfriend Vanessa Paradis , his children and public figures like Hunter S. Thompson and Marlon Brando . There is also a patch of water named "Heath's Place" after Heath Ledger .
Donated his salary earned for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) to the daughter of the late Heath Ledger , who passed away in the middle of filming. Jude Law and Colin Farrell did the same thing after Depp gave that idea.
Made a voice message for seventeen-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 every day hoping she'll wake up. Depp was touched by the letter and he said that he'll do whatever he can to help. (March 25, 2008)
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.
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.
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.
Depp has said that he wears two silver skull rings to remind him that life is short and every moment needs to be lived to the fullest.

Awards

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.

Marital status / Family

Johnny Depp is currently unmarried. His past marriages include:- Lori Allison (married 1983–1985)- Amber Heard (married 2015–2017)He was also in a long-term relationship with French singer and actress Vanessa Paradis from 1998 to 2012. He has two children with Vanessa Paradis: a daughter, Lily-Rose Depp (born 1999), and a son, John "Jack" Christopher Depp III (born 2002).

Movies

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