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(On reactions to his directorial debut) “You know what was traumatizing, what was very, very strange in terms of this film I directed a few years back called The Brave. Well, I guess I wouldn’t say traumatizing, but I would say weird: at the premiere of the film the reception of it was beyond any expectation that I had. I had no idea I’d be looking at Bertolucci or Antonioni sitting there watching my film. And then to receive the applause that my film got, it was so incredible. And then the next day the majority of the American press, just turn it into this horrible thing. Once again, everybody is entitled to their opinion, man. Maybe it’s a bad film? Maybe it’s a good film? To me it’s just a film. It’s something I needed to make.”

“I started out as a guitarist in the early Eighties. I hooked up with a guy who idolized James Dean and he gave me a copy of the Dean biography, ‘The Mutant King’, which I thought was really interesting. While reading the book, I watched Rebel Without a Cause (1955), and I thought, ‘Wow, this guy really has something’, and I was hooked. I wasn’t really into acting at the time - but James Dean was the catalyst.”

“I don’t have a mental picture of the houses we lived in because there were so many.”

(on Gene Wilder’s comment on the remake of Willy Wonka) “Hearing about that was disappointing, but I can understand where he’s coming from, I guess. The one thing I didn’t understand was that apparently he was quoted as saying ‘Well, they just did this for money.’ Well, hey, man, where have you been? When didn’t they ever do anything for money? Nobody’s ever made a film in the history of cinema where they weren’t expecting some return on their dough.”

On his daughter, Lily-Rose: “I see this amazing, beautiful, pure angel-thing wake up in the morning, and nothing can touch that. She is the only reason to wake up in the morning, the only reason to take a breath. Everything else is checkers.”

“He can ask me everything. If he wants me to have sex with an aardvark in one of his next movies, then I will do that.” - on director Tim Burton.

Marlon Brando is maybe the greatest actor of the last two centuries. But his mind is much more important than the acting thing. The way that he looks at things, doesn’t judge things, the way that he assesses things. He’s as important as, uh… who’s important today? Jesus, not many people… Stephen Hawking!

There’s nothing - you know - nothing else like music. Nothing that touches us on that, uh, that deep level. Music can open up so many emotions that we didn’t know we had. It’s the magical thing about musicals, you know, on the stage or on film or whatever. Love songs. They work so well because music touches us, emotionally, where words alone can’t.

“As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too.”

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“The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.”

“I was ecstatic when they re-named ‘French Fries’ as ‘Freedom Fries.’ Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots.”

“America is dumb. It’s like a dumb puppy that has big teeth that can bite and hurt you, aggressive. My daughter is four, my boy is one. I’d like them to see America as a toy, a broken toy. Investigate it a little, check it out, get this feeling and then get out.”

“All the little films I’ve done that were perceived by Hollywood as these obscure, weird things, I always thought could appeal to a larger audience. I mean, box office is such a mystery to me that I can’t… you know… I have enough -trouble doing my own gig. ”

(When asked why he hides his box office good looks behind strange wigs, fake teeth, and girly squeals) “I think it’s an actor’s responsibility to change every time. Not only for himself and the people he’s working with, but for the audience. If you just go out and deliver the same dish every time…it’s meatloaf again…you’d get bored. I’d get bored.”

We had been shooting Charlie for about a month, and I was beginning to get nervous because there weren’t any phone calls. I called my agent and asked, Has no one called from the studio to complain or say, ‘Hey, what’s he doing?’ or ‘Hey, he’s freaking us out?’ And when she said no, I thought, ‘Christ, I’m not doing enough! Something’s wrong!’ Then some of the studio brass came over to the set, and they were sitting in my trailer and I was all decked out as Wonka with the little bangs. And I just had to know. So I said, ‘Okay, who was the first one, when you started seeing the dailies, that got a little worried?’ And there was this beautiful 30-second silence. And (Warner Bros. president) Alan Horn finally said, ‘Yeah, that was me.’ I felt better instantly.

On his character in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003): “Captain Jack Sparrow is like a cross between Keith Richards and Pepe Le Pew.”

“I can remember when I finished ‘Edward Scissorhands,’ looking in the mirror as the girl was doing my make-up for the last time and thinking — it was like the 90th or 89th day of shooting — and I remember looking and going, ‘Wow, this is it. I’m saying goodbye to this guy, I’m saying goodbye to Edward Scissorhands.’ You know, it was kind of sad. But in fact, I think they’re all still somehow in there.”

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“With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it’s just not acting. It’s lying.”

“The only gossip I’m interested in is things from the Weekly World News - ‘Woman’s bra bursts, 11 injured.’ That kind of thing.”

“I’m an old-fashioned guy… I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something.”

(On being an uncle) My sister Christi had a baby when I was 17, and I had just heard about crib death. The horrible thing was that it wasn’t understood. For some unknown reason the baby would stop breathing. So I would sneak into where the baby was sleeping and put my hand in her crib, hold her little finger, and I’d sleep on the floor like that. It was stupid, I’m sure. But I thought the warmth of my hand might help, that maybe if she felt my pulse it would remind her to breathe.

When asked by James Lipton on “Inside The Actor’s Studio” (1987) what attracts him to funny hats: “I don’t know, maybe I just read too much Dr. Seuss as a kid.”

After being asked if he is a romantic: “Am I a romantic? I’ve seen ‘Wuthering Heights’ ten times. I’m a romantic.”

“Taken in context, what I was saying was that, compared to Europe, America is a very young country and we are still growing as a nation. It is a shame that the metaphor I used was taken so radically out of context and slung about irresponsibly by the news media. There was no anti-American sentiment. In fact, it was just the opposite. I am an American. I love my country and have great hopes for it. It is for this reason that I speak candidly and sometimes critically about it. I have benefited greatly from the freedom that exists in my country and for this I am eternally grateful.”

“France and the whole of Europe have a great culture and an amazing history. Most important thing though is that people there know how to live! In America they’ve forgotten all about it. I’m afraid that the American culture is a disaster.”

Talking on the Sleepy Hollow (1999) set about what it was like being dragged behind a carriage in the woods: “I wasn’t afraid of getting hurt. I was just afraid that the horses may relieve themselves on the journey.”

“The character I’ve played, that I’ve responded to, there has been a lost-soul quality to them.”

“Sure, I find it touching, honestly, but awards are not as important to me as when I meet a 10-year-old kid who says, ‘I love Captain Jack Sparrow’ … That’s real magic for me.”

“The term ’serious actor’ is kind of an oxymoron, isn’t it? (Like) ‘Republican party’ (or) ‘airplane food.’”

“On a film you start to get closer and closer with the people you’re working with, and it becomes like this circus act or this travelling family.”

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If you want to know something really interesting and true about Jonny Depp, you shouldn’t read different variants of his biography or look for rumors in newspapers, you should to take a closer look at his personal quotes. They will show him as an ordinary person like you and I. I hope that his statements will help you to understand him better…

“Anything I’ve done up till 27 May, 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life.”
“If you turn on the television and see the horrors that are happening to people in the world right now, I think there’s no better time to strive to have some kind of hope through imagination. I think it’s a time to close your eyes and try to make a change, or at least hope to make a change, or we’re going to explode.”

“I suppose nowadays it’s all a question of surgery, isn’t it? Of course the notion is beautiful, the idea of staying a boy and a child forever, and I think you can. I have known plenty of people who, in their later years, had the energy of children and the kind of curiosity and fascination with things like little children. I think we can keep that, and I think it’s important to keep that part of staying young. But I also think it’s great fun growing old.”

“On the money he makes: “You use your money to buy privacy because during most of your life you aren’t allowed to be normal.”

“I don’t pretend to be captain weird. I just do what I do.”
“I’m shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I’ve done everything I can to avoid it.”

“When kids hit 1 year old, it’s like hanging out with a miniature drunk. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh and cry. They urinate. They vomit.”

“This is a rumor-filled society and if people want to sit around and talk about whom I’ve dated, then I’d say they have a lot of spare time and should consider other topics… or masturbation.”

“One of the most incredible moments I’ve ever had was sitting in Vincent (Price)’s trailer… I was showing him this first-edition book I have of the complete works of Poe, with really amazing illustrations. Vincent was going nuts over the drawings, and he started talking about “The Tomb of Ligeia”. Then he closed the book and began to recite it to me in this beautiful voice, filling the room with huge sounds. Such passion! I looked in the book later, and it was verbatim. Word perfect. It was a great moment. I’ll never forget that.”

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There are a lot of sites, devoted to Johnny Depp, where you can find a lot of facts about him. The most interesting if them I collected for you. In my previous post you can see some facts about his tattoos and other things, and today I would like to continue…

 
Films…
- He wanted some of his teeth to be gold-capped for “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” (2003) but knew that the directors would never agree, so he went out and got lots more than he wanted capped, pretending that he wanted all his teeth capped to negotiate with the directors. He then showed the directors, and they decided to make him give up a few, so he got some taken off.

- Shot all of his scenes in 9 days for “Once Upon a Time in Mexico” (2003), but after his filming was done he didn’t want to leave. So he suggested to Robert Rodriguez that he play a small part, the priest that Antonio Banderas talks to in the church, and use his Marlon Brando impression.

- Has been in six films in which the title contains the name of the character he plays:
1. “Edward Scissorhands” (1990),
2. “Cry-Baby” (1990),
3. “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” (1993),
4. “Ed Wood” (1994),
5. “Don Juan DeMarco” (1995),
6. “Donnie Brasco” (1997).

- Based the character of Captain Jack Sparrow on rock legend Keith Richards.

- Has portrayed a real-life character in seven films:
1. Edward D. Wood Jr. (”Ed Wood” (1994)),
2. Lt. Victor/Pon Pon (”Before Night Falls” (2000)),
3. Hunter S. Thompson (”Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” (1998),
4. Insp. Fred Abberline (”From Hell” (2001)),
5. Joseph Pistone/Donnie Brasco (”Donnie Brasco” (1997)),
6. George Jung (”Blow” (2001))
7. J.M. Barrie (”Finding Neverland” (2004)).

Acknowledgement…
- Received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 19 November 1999. Tim Burton and Martin Landau were guest speakers.

- Ranked #4 in TV Guide’s list of TV’s 25 Greatest Teen Idols (23 January 2005 issue).

- He was voted the 47th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Premiere Magazine.

- In 2004, Renée Zellweger accepted the Screen Actors Guild Award for “Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role” on his behalf, because he wasn’t present at the awards ceremony

- Is the only actor to be nominated for the Oscar in the Lead Actor category in a Disney film (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003))

- Although unable to attend, he was awarded the Gary Cooper Spirit of Montana Award at the 2005 HatcH audiovisual festival in Bozeman, Montana. HatcH honored Depp for his outstanding career and his role as a mentor and inspiration to young and aspiring artists.

- Was voted the Second Greatest Actor (behind Marlon Brando) in British Channel Channel 4’s Greatest Actor Poll.

- His performance as Edward Scissorhands in Edward Scissorhands (1990) is ranked #22 on Premiere Magazine’s 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).

- His performance as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) is ranked #79 on Premiere Magazine’s 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).

- Ranked #18 on Premiere’s 2006 “Power 50″ list. Had ranked #23 in 2005.

Passion…
- Is a huge fan of Jack the Ripper.

- A movie buff (with a somewhat encyclopedic knowledge of older films), he admits he watches few movies any more, other than the children’s films that his “kiddies” prefer. He also enjoys most of them.

- Loves watching animated films with his daughter such as Shrek (2001) and Finding Nemo (2003).

- Great admirer of Marlon Brando.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory…
- When he was cast as Willy Wonka, many newspapers published headings about “Depp’s Willy” and “Deppy’s Willy is a Bit Wonkier.”

- As a child, he was allergic to chocolate.

- Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2006 Razzie Award nominating ballot. He was suggested in the Worst Actor category for his performance in the film “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (2005), however, he failed to receive a nomination.

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All the information was written according to the following sources, where you can read about Johnny Depp in more details:  (more…)

There are a lot of sites, devoted to Johnny Depp, where you can find a lot of facts about him. The most interesting if them I collected for you…

Music…
- Was the guitarist in a band called “The Kids”.

- Has twice recorded with British band Oasis. Most notably, he plays lead slide guitar on the track “Fade In-Out”, from the 1997 album “Be Here Now”. Noel Gallagher, Oasis’s lead guitarist, was allegedly too drunk to perform it himself, so celebrity pal Depp stepped in and nailed the lead on one take.

- According to the liner notes for the soundtrack CD of “Once Upon a Time in Mexico” (2003), he wrote his own theme music, the music for Sands (Track 9 on the CD).

- He also played slide for an acoustic recording of “Fade Away”, recorded in 1995 for the “War Child: Help” album.

- Ranked #1 in the “Best Hollywood Signers 2006″ list by “Autograph Collector” magazine (May 2006).

Tattoo…
- Got his “Betty Sue” tattoo May 31, 1988.

- When engaged to Winona Ryder, he had “Winona forever” tattooed on his arm. After the broke up, he removed it to simply say “Wino forever!” poor Winona…

- Sports his son’s name, Jack, tattooed on his arm and a beaded bracelet made by his daughter Lily Rose.

Pets…
- Adopted Goldeneye, the one-eyed Andalusian horse who played Gunpowder, Ichabod Crane’s steed in “Sleepy Hollow” (1999), thereby saving him from the glue factory.

Business…
- With Chuck E. Weiss, Depp paid a reported $350,000 for the Central Nightclub in Los Angeles, California, and turned it into the Viper Room at 8852 Sunset Blvd.. Other stars in contention to buy the club in 1993 included Arnold Schwarzenegger and, separately, Frank Stallone.

- Before Depp turned it into The Viper Room, the building in which the club is housed was owned by famous gangster Bugsy Siegel.

- Co-owns a restaurant/club in Paris called Man Ray (named after avant-garde artist Man Ray) with Sean Penn and John Malkovich. The restaurant is located in a renovated theater and serves Tibetan cuisine.

- His ownership of the Viper room ended in 2004, he signed it over to Amanda Fox, the daughter of his missing partner in the club, Anthony Fox.

TV…
- Lists British comedy “The Fast Show” (1994) - renamed “Brilliant” for US television - as his favorite TV program of all time. He used to take tapes of the series on tour with him to keep him amused. Made a guest appearance in the last-ever sketch in its last-ever episode.

Books…
- Wrote the foreword to Mark Salisbury’s biography of Tim Burton, “Burton on Burton.” He credits Burton’s belief in him for rescuing him from being “a loser, an outcast, just another piece of expendable Hollywood meat.”

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The next step in my story about Johnny Depp is his filmography. He is a person of manifold gifts, that is why you will see his Filmography as actor, aroducer, composer, director, and writer.

Actor - filmography
1.    Shantaram (2008) (announced) …. Lindsay
2.    The Rum Diary (2008) (pre-production) …. Paul Kemp
3.    Sweeney Todd (2008) (pre-production) (rumored) …. Sweeney Todd
4.    I Am Legend (2007) (pre-production) (rumored)
5.    Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007) (filming) …. Jack Sparrow
6.    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) …. Jack Sparrow
7.    Pirates of the Caribbean: Legend of Jack Sparrow (2006)…. Jack Sparrow
8.    Corpse Bride (2005) (voice) …. Victor Van Dort
… aka Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (Singapore: English title) (USA: complete title)
9.    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) …. Willy Wonka
… aka Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
10.    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) …. Willy Wonka
11.    The Libertine (2004) …. Rochester
12.    Finding Neverland (2004) …. Sir James Matthew Barrie
13.    Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d’enfants (2004) …. L’inconnu
… aka …And They Lived Happily Ever After (International: English title)
14.    “King of the Hill”
- Hank’s Back (2004) TV Episode (voice) …. Yogi Victor
15.    Secret Window (2004) …. Mort Rainey
16.    Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) …. Sands
17.    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) …. Jack Sparrow
18.    From Hell (2001) …. Inspector Frederick Abberline
19.    Blow (2001) …. George Jung
20.    Chocolat (2000) …. Roux
21.    Before Night Falls (2000) …. Lt. Victor
… aka Antes que anochezca (USA: Spanish title)
22.    The Man Who Cried (2000) …. Cesar
… aka Les larmes d’un homme (France)
23.    Sleepy Hollow (1999) …. Constable Ichabod Crane
24.    The Astronaut’s Wife (1999) …. Commander Spencer Armacost
25.    The Ninth Gate (1999) …. Dean Corso
… aka Neuvième porte, La (France)
… aka Novena puerta, La (Spain)
26.    “Top Secret”
- Scottland Yard TV Episode …. Narrator
- The Mossad TV Episode …. Narrator
27.    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) …. Raoul Duke
28.    The Brave (1997) …. Raphael
29.    Donnie Brasco (1997) …. Donnie Brasco/Joseph D. ‘Joe’ Pistone
30.    Nick of Time (1995) …. Gene Watson
31.    Dead Man (1995) …. William Blake
… aka Dead Man (Germany)
… aka Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man (USA)
32.    Don Juan DeMarco (1995) …. Don Juan
33.    Ed Wood (1994) …. Ed Wood
34.    What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) …. Gilbert Grape
35.    Benny & Joon (1993) …. Sam
36.    Arizona Dream (1993) …. Axel Blackmar
… aka Arizona Dream (France)
… aka The Arrowtooth Waltz
37.    Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) (as Oprah Noodlemantra) …. Teen on TV
… aka A Nightmare on Elm Street 6
38.    Edward Scissorhands (1990) …. Edward Scissorhands
39.    “21 Jump Street” …. Officer Tom Hanson (1987-1989)
- How I Saved the Senator (1990) TV Episode …. Officer Tom Hanson
- Last Chance High (1990) TV Episode …. Officer Tom Hanson
- La Bizca (1990) TV Episode …. Officer Tom Hanson
- Awomp-Bomp-Aloobomb, Aloop Bamboom (1990) TV Episode …. Officer Tom Hanson
- Hi Mom (1990) TV Episode …. Officer Tom Hanson
(26 more)
40.    Cry-Baby (1990) …. Wade “Cry-Baby” Walker
41.    “Hotel”
… aka “Arthur Hailey’s Hotel”
- Unfinished Business (1987) TV Episode …. Rob Cameron
42.    Platoon (1986) …. Private Gator Lerner
43.    Slow Burn (1986) (TV) …. Donnie Fleischer
44.    “Lady Blue”
- Beasts of Prey (1985) TV Episode …. Lionel Viland
45.    Private Resort (1985) …. Jack
46.    A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) …. Glen Lantz

Producer - filmography
1. Shantaram (2008) (announced) (producer)
2. A Long Way Down (2007) (announced) (producer)
3. The Rum Diary (2008) (pre-production) (executive producer)

Composer - filmography
1. Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) (”Sands’ Theme”)

Director - filmography
1 The Brave (1997)

Writer - filmography
1. The Brave (1997) (screenplay)

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We shouldn’t judge by appearance, when we don’t speak about Mr Depp…

What do you think about his appearance? So, it’s your subjective sentiment, look at some objective judgments.

1995 - Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the “100 Sexiest Stars in Film History” (#1).

October 1997 - Ranked #67 in Empire (UK) magazine’s The Top-100 Movie Stars of All Time list.

1996 - Chosen by People (USA) Magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.

1995 - Voted Empires’s (UK) Sexiest Male Movie Star of All Time.

2001 - Named one of E!’s Top 20 Entertainers of 2001. Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine.

2003 - Was People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive. Chosen as E!’s 2003 Entertainer of the Year.

Chosen #2 on E!’s 25 sexiest entertainers list
Was ranked #5 on VH1’s 100 Hottest Hotties.

Do you agree with it?

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The first person will be my favorite actor Johnny Depp, of course…

Birth name: John Christopher Depp II

Nickname:
“Mr. Stench” (self-chosen)
“Colonel” (given to him by Hunter S. Thompson)

Height: 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)

Trade mark: highly defined cheek-bones

Parents: John Christopher and Betty Sue Palmer. His parents divorced when he was 15.

Descent: He has said in a number of interviews that he is of Cherokee, Irish, and German descent.

Siblings: Danny (D.P. Depp), Christi Dembrowski, and Debbie.

Ex-fiancées: Sherilyn Fenn, Kate Moss, Jennifer Grey and Winona Ryder.

Friends: Christina Ricci.

Salary:
“21 Jump Street” (1987) - $45,000 per episode
“Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” (2003) - $10,000,000
“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (2005) - $18,000,000

Where is he now:
July 2006 - He and his production company, “Infinitum Nihil Productions”, are in the process of getting two in-development projects made, “The Rum Diary” (2008) and “Shantaram” (2008). Looking to reprise his role as Hunter S. Thompson as his first post-’Pirates’ role.

Mini biography:
John Christopher Depp was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 9, 1963. Though highly successful now, Depp’s early life, strangely, was as a rebel, and he took to vandalism and narcotics. Raised in Florida, he dropped out of school at age 15 in the hopes of becoming a rock musician. He fronted a series of garage bands including The Kids, which once opened for Iggy Pop.

Depp got into acting after a visit to Los Angeles, California, with his former wife, Lori Anne Allison, who introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage. He made his film debut in low-budget horror classic “A Nightmare On Elm Street” (1984), where he played a teenager who falls prey to dream-stalking demon Freddy Krueger. In 1987, he shot to stardom when he replaced Jeff Yagher in the role of undercover cop Tommy Hanson in the popular TV series “21 Jump Street” (1987).

In 1990, after numerous roles in teen-oriented films, his first of a handful of great collaborations with director Tim Burton came about when he portrayed the title role in “Edward Scissorhands” (1990), where he played a sad-faced, tragic hero who has scissors for hands.. Following the film’s success, Depp carved a niche for himself as a serious, somewhat dark, idiosyncratic performer, consistently selecting roles that surprised critics and audiences alike. He continued to gain critical acclaim and increasing popularity by appearing in many features before re-joining with Burton in the lead role of “Ed Wood” (1994). In 1997, he played the undercover FBI agent in the factually-based film “Donnie Brasco” (1997), in which he co-starred with Al Pacino. In 1998, he appeared in “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” (1998), directed by Terry Gilliam; and then, in 1999, he appeared in the sci-fi/horror film “The Astronaut’s Wife” (1999). The same year, he teamed up again with Burton in “Sleepy Hollow” (1999) with Christina Ricci and Casper Van Dien, brilliantly portraying Ichabod Crane.

During his career, Depp has, unfortunately, gotten himself under bad public scrutiny. He was accused of selling drugs at his own club, The Viper Room, in regard to the legendary celebrity, River Phoenix, who died outside the club due to drug overdose in 1993. The following year, Depp was arrested for smashing and trashing a New York suite. And, in 1999, he was arrested in London for being in a fight with paparazzi outside a restaurant.

Depp has played many characters in his career, including another factually-based character, Inspector Fred Abberline in “From Hell” (2001). He stole the show from screen greats such as Antonio Banderas in the finale to Robert Rodriguez’s Mariachi trilogy, “Once Upon a Time in Mexico” (2003), in the same year as starring in the marvelous family blockbuster “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” (2003) with a supporting cast of Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, and Geoffrey Rush, playing a character that only the likes of Depp could pull off, Captain Jack Sparrow.

Although he gained popularity since the success of Edward Scissorhands (1990), Depp wasn’t hugely famous for many years until his portrayal of the suave, charming Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) in 2003. With the film’s enormous success, it has opened several doors for his career and even included an Oscar nomination. He appeared as the central character in the Stephen King-based movie, Secret Window (2004); as the kind-hearted novelist James Barrie in the factually-based Finding Neverland (2004), where he co-starred with Kate Winslet; and most recently as Rochester in the British film, The Libertine (2004).

In 2005 Depp was collaborating again with Tim Burton in a new screen adaptation of Roald Dahl’s novel, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (2005), where he played Willy Wonka.

Apart from his on-screen life, Depp has dated several female celebrities off-screen, including failed engagements to Jennifer Grey, Winona Ryder, and Kate Moss. He was married to Lori Anne Allison in 1983 but then divorced her in 1985. Currently, Depp is living with French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis (he learned French to be able to converse with Vanessa Paradis’ parents), with whom he has two children: Lily-Rose Melody, born in 1999 and Jack, born in 2002. Johnny’s two children have the same names of the two main characters in Legend (1985).

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