Johnny Depp

**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, andGerman 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 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)

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **embed**: yes
- **background**: solo_singer
- **genre**: Rock music, Rock


## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Johnny Depp
- **image**: Johnny Depp (July 2009) 2 cropped.jpg
- **caption**: Depp in 2009
- **birth name**: John Christopher Depp II
- **birth place**: Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S.
- **years active**: 1984–present
- **spouse**:

- **partner**: Vanessa Paradis (1998–2012)
- **children**: 2, including Lily-Rose Depp