Johnny Depp
His biography and more
Johnny Depp
His biography and more
BiographyBirth name: John Christopher Depp II
Nicknames:
"Mr. Stench" (self chosen)
Oprah Noodlemantra
"Colonel" (given to him by Hunter S. Thompson)Height
5' 10" (1.78 m)
Father: John Christopher Depp Sr. (public engineer)
Mother: Betty Sue (Palmer) Depp (waitress)
Sister: Debbie
Brother: Daniel P. Depp
Sister: Christie (Depp) Dembrowski (b. 1961, Depp's personal manager)
Wife: Lori Anne Allison (makeup artist, m. 1983, div. 1985)
Girlfriend: Sherilyn Fenn (dated in late-1980s, broken engagement)
Girlfriend: Winona Ryder (dated 1990-93, broken engagement)
Girlfriend: Jennifer Grey (dated in mid-1990s, broken engagement)
Girlfriend: Kate Moss (dated 1995-97, broken engagement)
Girlfriend: Vanessa Paradis (French singer, b. 22-Dec-1972, cohabited since 1998)
Daughter: Lily-Rose Melody Depp (b. 27-May-1999, with Paradis)
Son: John Christopher "Jack" Depp III (b. 9-Apr-2002, with Paradis)High School: Miramar High School, FL
Hollywood Walk of Fame 16-Nov-1999 at 7020 Hollywood Blvd. (motion pictures)
Criminal Mischief : Vancouver 1989, New York City 1994, London 1999
Risk Factors: Smoking
Appeared on the cover of: People on 1-Dec-2003,Where they declared him: Sexiest Man AliveJohnny was born John Christopher Depp in Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 9, 1963. He was
raised in Florida and at the age of 12 his mother bought him a guitar. After his parents divorced, he dropped out of school at age 17 ant turned all his attention to his music. He played in a series of garage bands, including The Kids, which once opened for Iggy Pop. He was married to Lori Anderson in 1983 in Florida, moved to Hollywood, then they divorced in 1985. Depp got into acting his former wife introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage, who in turn introduced him to his agent.
Johnny made his film debut in 1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street.. He got the role because the producer's teenage daughter thought he was dreamy. "They paid me scale, so I went from making $25 a week to making $1,200 a week. My intention was to pour that money back into the band but roles kept coming, and pretty soon I discovered I was an actor."
In 1987 he won the role of Tom Hanson in FOX Televsion's first hit show, "21 Jump Street." While filming 21 Jump Street, Johnny dated such Hollywood actresses as Sherilyn Fenn and Jennifer Grey. The rise to fame was meteoric thanks to the popular TV series. Johnny had signed up for the show thinking it would last maybe one season, but mostly because of his popularity, the show ran strong. See our TIMELINE for more details on all of his films.
After starring in Cry-Baby for John Waters (during a summer hiatus in between seasons of 21 Jump Street), the director gave Depp a book of medical and surgical oddities.
After they co-starred in Arizona Dream, Jerry Lewis gave Depp his lucky leather boots.
Researching a role he didn't get, Depp was briefly a pen pal of Charles Manson.
Depp owned the nightclub where River Phoenix overdosed in 1993.
In 1990 he began dating Winona Ryder. He had "Winona forever" tattooed on his arm while engaged to Winona Ryder. After they broke up he had the tattoo reworked to read "Wino forever."
His collaboration with director Tim Burton began when he portrayed the title role in Edward Scissorhands. The quirky films success allowed Johnny to pick and choose his roles and he became known as an actor who was serious about his career, often portraying the odd-man-out character with dark and idiosyncratic roles. His critical acclaim and increasing popularity was fueled again when he teamed up with Tim Burton again playing the lead role in Ed Wood. He had broken up with Winona and was dating Kate Moss by this time.
In 1994, while staying at a swanky New York hotel, Depp was arrested after using his fists and combat-boots to smash a glass coffee-table top and other furniture in his $1,200-a-night suite. Roger Daltrey, staying in the next room, complained about the noise. Depp maintained that an armadillo had leapt out of a closet and done the damage, but armadillos are uncommon in New York City, and the animal was never found.
In 1997, he shifted gears when he portrayed undercover FBI agent Donnie Brasco opposite Al Pacino, followed by the 1998 film, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. In 1999 he appeared in the Sci-fi thriller with Charlize Theron, The Astronaut's Wife before joining Tim Burton again in Sleepy Hollow. Basing his brilliant performance on "Angela Lansbury, Basil Rathbone and a pre-pubescent girl," Johnny played Ichabod Crane with charm and endeared his fans even more.
Johnny went on to play another historic detective, Inspector Fred Abberline, in From Hell which was released in 2001. At the end of 2002 and beginning of 2003 he filmed J.M. Barrie's Neverland - due out October 2004. In the summer of 2003, Johnny starred in the Disney blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl playing Captain Jack Sparrow as only he could. Next his psychotic and sociopathic character, Agent Sands, stole the show in Robert Rodriguez's Once Upon a Time in Mexico in 2003.
Johnny is currently filming Libertine with John Malkovitch which will be followed by another film with Tim, Burton in the screen adaptation of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Also in the future he is doing Rum Diaries, based on another book written by gonzo journalist Hunter T. Tompson, and two sequels to Pirates of the Caribbean, rumored to be shot simultaneously.
Since 1999 Johnny has been living with French singer/actress Vanessa Paradis with whom he has two children; Lily-Rose Melody born in May 27, 1999 and Jack born in April 9, 2002.
Trivia
Chosen as "Sexiest Man Alive" by People Magazine 2004
Nominated and won SAG award for Pirates of the Caribbean in 2004
Nominated for Academy Award for Pirates of the Caribbean in 2004
Nominated for Saturn Award for Pirates of the Caribbean in 2004
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#1). [1995]
Daughter, with Vanessa Paradis, Lily-Rose Melody Depp, born. [27 May 1999]
Arrested for being in a fight with paparazzis in front of a restaurant in London. [January 1999]
Ranked #67 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world [1996]
Voted EMPIRE's (UK) "sexiest male movie star of all time" [1995]
River Phoenix died outside his L.A. club The Viper Room at 8852 Sunset Boulevard.
Featured on a rock album from British band, 'Oasis'. Depp plays lead slide guitar on the track, "Fade In-Out". Oasis's own lead guitarist was too drunk to perform it himself, so celebrity pal Depp stepped in and nailed the lead on one take.
Arrested for trashing a New York apartment [1994]
Ex-fiancees: Sherilyn Fenn, Jennifer Grey, Winona Ryder.
When engaged to Winona Ryder, he had 'Winona forever' tattooed on his arm. After the broke up he had the n and a surgically removed to simply say 'Wino forever'!.
Played as guitarist in a band called "The Kids"
Currently plays in a band called "P"
Grew up in Florida.
Brother of D.P. Depp
Adopted Goldeneye, the one-eyed Andalusian horse who played Gunpowder, Ichabod Crane's steed, thereby saving him from the glue factory. (2000)
Got his "Betty Sue" tattoo May 31, 1988
Named one of E!'s "top 20 entertainers of 2001".
Son Jack, born to him and Vanessa on April 10, 2002 in Neuilly, France, weighs in at just over 7 lbs.
Chosen #2 on E!'s 25 sexiest entertainers list
With Chuck E. Weiss, Depp paid a reported $350,000 for Central nightclub and turned it into the Viper Room. 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 was owned by famous gangster, Bugsy Segal.
Lists British comedy 'The Fast Show' (renamed 'Brilliant' for US TV) as his favourite TV programme 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.
Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2001.
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".
Appears in Tom Petty's 1991 music video, "Into The Great Wide Open".
Johnny's two children with Paradis, have the same names of the 2 main characters in "Legend" (1985) - Lily (b. 1999) and Jack (b.2002).
His long-time girlfriend, Vanessa Paradis, is a popular singer/ songwriter in her native country, France; as well as an aspiring actress.
Gave Noel Gallagher a white guitar with the letter "P" on it, which Noel reguarly plays during Oasis' gigs. "P" is the name of a band that Depp was in.
Has a song about him by famed Chicago street artist, Wesley Willis
Parents: John Christopher and Betty Sue Palmer
For Pirates of the Caribbean, Depp says he modeled his pirate on Keith Richards. "I thought of Keith because he's a guy I've admired for many, many years. I didn't want to do an imitation of Keith, or a character study, just a kind of salute to him, you know, to show him I appreciate him. I was thinking about the pirates of the 18th century, about how they were the rocks stars of their day. So I thought: Who's the greatest rock and roll star who ever lived? And to me, it's Keith Richards hands down. Keith is a bit of a pirate himself!"He wanted ome of his teeth to be goldcapped 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. He then showed the directors, and they decided to make him give up a few, so he got some taken off. He had only gotten the extras so he could negotiate with the directors, while pretending that he wanted all his teeth capped.
Johnny completed filming "Libertine" and the US release is set for September 16, 2005,
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" was realeased July 15, 2005 and he is currentlye filming Pirates of the Caribbean 2 & 3 in Los Angeles and the Caribbean.
"My self-image still isn’t that 'all right'. No matter how many people go to see my movies I still have that idea that I’m that pale no-hoper that I used to be. A pale no-hoper that happens to be a little lucky now. Tomorrow it’ll be all over." --Johnny Depp
Some Johnny Facts
Resides in France and Los Angeles.Siblings: Danny, Christy, Debbie
Chosen as E!'s Entertainer of the year (2003).
According to the liner notes in the _Once Upon A Time in Mexico (2003)_ soundtrack CD, he wrote his own theme music, the music for Sands (Track 9 on the CD).
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 7 films where the title contains the name of the character he plays: Edward Scissorhands (1990), Donnie Brasco (1997), Don Juan DeMarco (1995), Ed Wood (1994), What´s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Cry- Baby (1990)and J.M. Barrie's Neverland (2004).
Persuaded actor Rey-Phillip Santos to give acting a try.
His son is named after him (John Christopher Depp) but is called Jack for short.
His niece Megan works for popular online entertainment magazine TYCP.
Was ranked #5 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties.
Shares a birthday with Michael J. Fox and Natalie Portman.He is part Cherokee.
Purchased Bela Lugosi's Los Angeles home.
Sports his son's name's, Jack, tattoo on his arm and a beaded bracelet made by his daughter Lily Rose.
Is a huge fan of Jack the Ripper.
He has said in a number of interviews that he is of Cherokee, Irish, and German descent.
Ranked #4 in TV Guide's list of TV's 25 Greatest Teen Idols (23 January 2005 issue).
Has something in common with actor Robert Englund, famed for portraying dream-stalking Freddy Krueger in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" movies. Both of them appeared in the first A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984), and both had played characters with blades for hands: Englund as Freddy Krueger, and Depp as the title character in Edward Scissorhands (1990). And, strangely, both of them were born in June, with their birthdays three days apart, and they both share the same height, which is 5'10".
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).
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.
He was voted the 47th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Premiere Magazine.
When he was cast as Willy Wonka, many newspapers published headings about "Depp's Willy" and "Deppy's Willy is a Bit Wonkier."
Apparently conceived his portrayal of Edward D. Wood Jr. as a cross between Ronald Reagan (the wobbly-headed thing), the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz (1939), and the voice of Casey Kasem.
Personal quotes
Filmography in brief - see TIMELINE for more details and links
TELEVISION
Slow Burn - (TV movie 1986)
21 Jump Street Officer Tom Hanson (#2, 1987-90)FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
The Brave (10-May-1997)FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Sweeney Todd (January 2008)
Pirates of the Caribbean: World's End (25-May-2007)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (7-July-2006)
The Libertine (16-Sept-2005)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (15-Jul-2005)
Finding Neverland (4-Sep-2004)
Secret Window (12-Mar-2004)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (27-Aug-2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (28-Jun-2003)
Lost in La Mancha (11-Feb-2002) Himself
Blow (29-Mar-2001)
From Hell (8-Sep-2001)
Before Night Falls (3-Sep-2000)
Chocolat (15-Dec-2000)
The Man Who Cried (2-Sep-2000)
Sleepy Hollow (17-Nov-1999)
The Astronaut's Wife (27-Aug-1999)
The Ninth Gate (25-Aug-1999)
The Source (23-Jan-1999) Himself
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (22-May-1998)
Donnie Brasco (28-Feb-1997)
The Brave (10-May-1997)
Cannes Man (1996) Himself
Dead Man (26-May-1995)
Don Juan DeMarco (7-Apr-1995)
Nick of Time (22-Nov-1995)
Ed Wood (28-Sep-1994)
Arizona Dream (6-Jan-1993)
Benny & Joon (16-Apr-1993)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (17-Dec-1993)
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (5-Sep-1991)
Cry-Baby (6-Apr-1990)
Edward Scissorhands (7-Dec-1990)
Platoon (19-Dec-1986)
Private Resort (1985)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (9-Nov-1984)
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