Ichabod Crane (1999)

Ichabod Crane is the main protagonist of Tim Burton's 1999 mystery horror film Sleepy Hollow.
He is a constable from New York City who is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a serious of unsolved murders.  Unfortunately, when Ichabod arrives to Sleepy Hollow, he finds himself dealing with a conspiracy involving the lands and the family fortunate leads into the Van Tassels. Unfortunately he doesn't believe in the supernatural until he comes face to face with the Headless Horseman, the ghost of a Hessian soldier who was executed during the Revolutionary War. 
He is portrayed by the legendary actor Johnny Depp, who also portrayed Captain Jack Sparrow from pirates of the Caribbean, Tarrant Hightopp from Alice in Wonderland live action film series, Tonto in The Lone Ranger, Victor Van Dort from Corpse Bride, Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Gellert Grindelwald in the first two films of the  Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them film series.
==Biography==
Back as a boy, Ichabod witnessed his father murder his mother, Lady Crane to "save her soul from damnation." He received markings on his hands after discovering his mother's body.  He never truly got over his mother's death or their circumstances, as he would often dream about the incident. Ever since then, Ichabod had been unable to believe in the supernatural. 
=== Personality===
Due to witnessing his father cruelly kill his mother, Ichabod hardly believes in supernatural. He became traumatic and dedicated his life to solving crimes. Ichabad was a romantic, as he fell in love at first sight with Katrina. He was also quite fatherly with young Masbath after his father died and willingly took him in as an assistant while also cautiously approached the Witch.
==Sleepy Hollow==
==Trivia== 
*Johnny Depp's Ichabod's skepticism to ghosts mirror that of Jeff Goldblum's version. Also, both after seeing the headless horseman, believe in ghosts. Also, unlike the story version where Ichabod mysteriously vanishes, both Ichabod and Katrina end up together, mainly for the sake of storytelling. 
** Contradictory, in the original short story, Ichabod was very superstitious and believed in ghost stories.
** Additionally, in the original story Ichabod was the new school teacher and not a constable. 
** Ironically, a few years later, Ichabod would appear in the TV series, Sleepy Hollow, where the version would solve crime too.
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