Who is Johnny Depp?
John Christopher Depp II, also known as Johnny Depp, is an American multitalented singer, actor, songwriter, and filmmaker. His first legitimate film role was in Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984. In 1987, he began studying acting seriously, and his efforts were rewarded with a role in the television drama 21 Jump Street.
Depp had musical ambitions in his early years, but soon found the appeal of the big screen. After being a teen idol, the versatile actor has achieved success in a string of box office hits. His unique ability to bring characters to life has included high profile collaborations with top directors and a lucrative relationship with the Disney team in the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ series. While he has established a solid reputation for knowing what moviegoers want, Depp has also a penchant for choosing projects based more on the challenge of the role rather than the potential for box office success.
Various awards and accolades have been given to him for his exceptional performances, including a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award. He has been nominated for the Academy Award three times and twice for the BAFTA. His portryal of Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of Caribbean made him one of the most commercially successful film stars and he earned critical praise for his role in Finding Neverland.
| Real Name/Full Name | John Christopher Depp II |
| Date Of Birth | 9 June 1963 |
| Age | 62 years old |
| Birthplace | Owensboro, Kentucky, United States. |
| Nationality | American. |
| Religion | Christianity. |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Father | John Christopher Depp. |
| Mother | Betty Sue Palmer. |
| Hair Color | Dark Brown |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Height | 5 feet 10 inch |
| Weight | 79 kg |
| Marital Status | Divorced |
| Spouse | Amber Heard (M: 2015 to Div: 2017). Lori Anne Allison (M: 1983 to Div 1986). |
| Children | Lily-Rose Depp, and Jack Depp. |
| Siblings | Daniel Depp, Christi Dembrowski, and Debbie Depp. |
| Profession | Actor, Producer, and Musician. |
| Net worth | $200 Million. |
Biography
Johnny Depp’s birth date was June 9, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky, United States. John Christopher Depp (father) and Betty Sue Palmer (mother) were the parents of his child. The father of Johnny Depp was a civil engineer, while his mother worked as a waitress and stayed at home mom. As the youngest of four children, he was a reclusive loner that was acknowledged as unusual. He has three siblings: Daniel Depp, Debbie Depp, and Christi Dembrowski.
At 12, he started smoking, experimenting with drugs, and self-harming because of his family’s troubles and disliked his new home. Johnny Depp’s parents split at the age of 15 in 1978. He, being the youngest of four children, was required to go to his father’s office and collect the weekly payments for child support.
At 16, Johnny Depp quit high school and became a member of the Kids, a garage band. The band was capable of opening for Talking Heads and B-52s, but they were barely surviving. He occupied a friend’s 1967 Chevy Impala for a period of time.
Personal Life
Johnny Depp began dating during the filming of the sci-fi drama ‘The Ninth Gate’ in 1999 with Venessa Paradis. Venessa Paradis has a career as an actress, model, and singer in France. They were able to have two children: Lily-Rose Depp and Jack Depp.
After getting engaged on Christmas Eve in 2013, the couple got married in February 2015. Due to domestic violence, he ended his relationship with Amber Heard. Johnny Depp prevailed in the lawsuit and Amber Heard was ordered to pay US$10.35 million in compensation.
Career
Johnny Depp began his acting career by portraying the boyfriend of Nancy in ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ in 1984. Although his character was killed early, Depp’s acting career continued to flourish with a small role in Oliver Stone’s ‘Platoon’, where he played a Vietnamese-speaking private. In early 1987, he made his television debut in what would become his breakthrough role as Tom Hanson, an undercover cop posing as a high school student on the hit television series ’21 Jump Street’.
The next movie he played was ‘Cry Baby’ in 1990. The campy movie was not a major success at the box office, but it has since become a cult classic. He made his debut as the main character in ‘Edward Scissorhands’, the first of many collaborations with director Tim Burton later that year. After the success of ‘Edward Scissorhands’, Depp proceeded to make ‘Benny & Joon’ and ‘What’s Eating Gilbert Grape’ in 1993, which were both considered underrated hits. His diversity as an actor was showcased in the film ‘Arizona Dream’, which also came out in the same year.
In 1995, he showed his versatility by starring in ‘Don Juan DeMarco’, wherein he portrayed an eccentric man who believes himself to be the great lover; ‘Dead Man’, a western filmed in black and white, and ‘Nick of Time’, a dark drama about an accountant who must knock off a politician in order to save his kidnapped daughter. Depp played a fictional FBI agent who infiltrated the mob in his next movie role in 1997, when he collaborated with Al Pacino in ‘Donnie Brasco’.
In the following year, he made appearances in ‘Blow’, ‘The Man Who Cried’, and ‘From Hell’, a documentary about the notorious ‘Jack the Ripper’ killings. The last film in Robert Rodriguez’s Mexico trilogy, ‘Once Upon a Time in Mexico’, was filmed by him in 2003. In 2006, this talented artist unveiled himself to the world as Captain Jack Sparrow in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl’.
In 2004 he appeared in ‘Happily Ever After’ and then starred in ‘Secret Window,’ which was based on a story by Stephen King. Also in 2004, he played J.M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, in the film ‘Finding Neverland. In the following year, I appeared in the British drama ‘The Libertine’ as a character. Willy Wonka was played by him in a darkened adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic tale ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ in 2005. In Tim Burton’s ‘Corpse Bride’, he portrayed Victor Van Dort.
In 2006 and 2007, he played Captain Jack Sparrow in both ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’ and ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End’. He concluded 2007 by portraying the title character in the movie adaptation of ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,’ a collaboration with Burton.
Burton’s Alice in Wonderland version featured him as the Mad Hatter in 2010. He continued with a role in ‘The Tourist’ and voiced the title character in ‘Rango’. His arrival as Captain Sparrow in 2011 was marked by the release of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ Following that, he played roles in ‘The Rum Diary’ and ‘Jack and Jill,’ where he uncreditedly appeared as himself.
He played Tonto in ‘The Lone Ranger’ with Armie Hammer the following year. In 2013, he appeared in ‘Lucky Them’ before starring as Dr. Will Caster in the science fiction movie ‘Transcendence’. After being cast in ‘Transcendence’ the talented actor was credited as Guy Lapointe when he appeared in ‘Tusk’, in 2014, before debuting as the wolf in ‘Into the Woods’ later that year.
‘Mortdecai’ featured Depp playing an eccentric art dealer opposite Gwyneth Paltrow and Ewan McGregor in early 2015. In 2015 and beyond, he has held positions at ‘Black Mass,’ ‘London Fields’ and ‘Yoga Hosers. The Mad Hatter in ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ was played by Depp again in 2016.
His debut role was in City of Lies, portraying Russell Poole, an LAPD detective who struggles to solve the deaths of rappers Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. Released in September 2018, it was postponed due to a lawsuit filed by a crew member against Depp. Depp played a professor with terminal cancer in Richard Says Goodbye, a comedy-drama that followed the previous one. October 2018 saw its premiere at the Zurich Film Festival. Depp returned to playing Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, which was his final movie release of 2018.
In July 2021, Andrew Levitas, the director of Minamata (2020), accused MGM of trying to bury the film due to Depp’s involvement, with Depp claiming he is being boycotted by the Hollywood industry and calling his changed reputation an “absurdity of media mathematics”. The UK and Ireland proclaimed Minamata in August 2021, and North America in December 2021. Depp’s performance in the film was praised by multiple publications as his best in years, and it received positive reviews. Depp has been the face of Dior’s men’s fragrance, Sauvage, for a while now.
Johnny Depp made his first directorial effort in over 25 years with Mod, Three Days on the Wing of Madness (2024). Amedeo Modigliani’s 72-hour life is depicted in this film, which Depp and Al Pacino produced through their European company IN.2 Film. The play by Dennis McIntyre is the basis for the movie, which features Riccardo Scamarcio, Stephen Graham, Al Pacino, and Antonia Desplat. September 2023 saw the beginning of primary photography in Budapest, Hungary and it was finished in Los Angeles and Turin in early 2024. On September 24, 2024, the film was presented at the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival, and it received a warm reception from the audience with a long standing ovation.
In 2025, Depp discussed the possibility of returning to the Pirates of the Caribbean in the sixth film of the franchise, which is pending script development.
Filmography
Movies
- 2024 Johnny Puff: Secret Mission (voice)
- 2023 Jeanne du Barry
- 2022 Sea of Dawn: Adventurer’s Game
- 2020 Minamata
- 2019 Waiting for the Barbarians
- 2018 City of Lies
- 2018 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
- 2018 The Professor
- 2018 London Fields
- 2018 Dior: Sauvage – Legend of the Magic Hour
- 2018 Sherlock Gnomes (voice)
- 2017 Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
- 2017 Murder on the Orient Express
- 2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
- 2017 The Black Ghiandola
- 2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- 2016 Yoga Hosers
- 2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass
- 2016 Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal: The Movie
- 2015 Black Mass
- 2015 Dior: Sauvage
- 2015 Mortdecai
- 2014 Into the Woods
- 2014 Tusk
- 2014 Transcendence
- 2013 Lucky Them
- 2013 The Lone Ranger
- 2012 Dark Shadows
- 2011 Jack and Jill
- 2011 The Rum Diary
- 2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- 2011 Rango (voice)
- 2010 The Tourist
- 2010 Alice in Wonderland
- 2009 When You’re Strange (voice)
- 2009 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
- 2009 Public Enemies
- 2008 Gonzo (voice)
- 2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
- 2007 Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood
- 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
- 2006 Deep Sea
- 2005 Corpse Bride (voice)
- 2005 Becoming Oompa-Loompa
- 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- 2004 Finding Neverland
- 2004 The Libertine
- 2004 Happily Ever After
- 2004 Secret Window
- 2003 Once Upon a Time in Mexico
- 2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- 2003 Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
- 2001 From Hell
- 2001 Blow
- 2000 Chocolat
- 2000 The Man Who Cried
- 2000 Before Night Falls
- 1999 Sleepy Hollow
- 1999 The Astronaut’s Wife
- 1999 The Ninth Gate
- 1999 The Source
- 1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- 1997 The Brave
- 1997 Donnie Brasco
- 1995 Dead Man
- 1995 Nick of Time
- 1995 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Playback
- 1994 Don Juan DeMarco
- 1993 What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
- 1993 Benny & Joon
- 1993 Arizona Dream
- 1991 Fear in the Dark
- 1991 Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
- 1990 Edward Scissorhands
- 1990 Cry-Baby
- 1986 Platoon
- 1986 Slow Burn
- 1985 Private Resort
- 1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street
TV Series
- 2021 Puffins Impossible (TV Series) (voice)
- 2020 Puffins – The Series (TV Series) (voice)
- 2020 Henry VIII and the King’s Men (TV Series)
- 1999 SpongeBob SquarePants (TV Series) (voice)
- 1999 Family Guy (TV Series) (voice)
- 1997 King of the Hill (TV Series) (voice)
- 1996 E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series)
- 1994 The Fast Show (TV Series)
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series)
- 1989 Troldspejlet (TV Series)
- 1987 21 Jump Street (TV Series)
- 1985 Lady Blue (TV Series)
Net Worth
Johnny Depp’s net worth is estimated to be $200 million. He is acknowledged as one of the most prominent actors in Hollywood. His performances in several films have resulted in commercial success and he has received many awards for them. His wealth is derived from his roles in films, production credits, and investments.
Social Media
| Social Media | Username | Followers/Subscribers |
| @johnnydepp | 28.9M | |
| TikTok | @johnnydepp | 14.8M |
| X(Twitter) | @johndeppchris | 7K |
