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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Yours sincerely,
AlexSandra
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