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Name: Johnny Depp
Birthday: June 9, 1963 (53 years old)
Place of birth: Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Weight: 78 kg
Height: 178 cm
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Eastern Horoscope: Rabbit
Activity: Actor
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Biography of Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp is an actor whose name has become a recognized symbol of eccentricity and madness.
Having made his debut in the horror film "A Nightmare on Elm Street", he did not even intend to become a professional actor.
However, fate decided otherwise – today Johnny Depp is confidently included in a limited number of the most original and recognizable actors.
2016: Johnny Depp at the premiere of "Alice through the Looking Glass"
Johnny Depp's childhood and family
John Christopher Depp II's father, the full namesake of his son, was a civil engineer, and his mother, Betty Sue Wills Palmer, worked as a waitress from the age of 14.
Before meeting Johnny's father, she was already married, which brought her two offspring, Debbie and Daniel.
Johnny Depp has one half sister – her name is Christy.
Johnny Depp's baby photos
Johnny Depp's mother was half Indian; her father belonged to the Cherokee tribe.
Jim, the boy's other grandfather, with whom little Johnny became very close, was a full blooded Irishman.
In addition, there are German roots in the actor's pedigree.
Johnny Depp with his parents
Johnny Depp's hometown is Owensboro, Kentucky, but the boy's parents were constantly moving, so by the age of fifteen, the guy had changed several cities and more than a dozen houses.
As the actor said, one day the family moved to a neighboring house down the street – the parents simply could not sit in one place.
Johnny Depp's childhood can hardly be called happy.
His mother, who worked from morning to night in a roadside cafe to feed the children, was quite a special person: "My mother swore like a sailor, played cards and smoked," Johnny said.
My father drank a lot in his spare time and, being drunk, was not ashamed to beat his wife and children.
To top it off, when Johnny was 9 years old, Grandpa Jim passed away.
The loss of a loved one finally knocked the boy out of the rut: he began to swear with his parents, at the age of 12 he began to smoke and abuse alcohol, and at the age of 13 he began to lead a sexual life.
In his youth, Johnny Depp was still a bully
In 1978, Johnny Depp's parents divorced, which only worsened the situation.
A fifteen year old boy began experimenting with drugs, because of which he was expelled from school.
However, this did not upset him – he gave up on education and began to live his own life.
Johnny Depp's youth.
Musical career and first film roles
At the age of 12, Johnny became the owner of a cheap $ 25 electric guitar a gift from his mother.
He independently mastered the instrument, and when his parents divorced, the guy moved into the car of his friend Sal in protest and began performing as part of the garage group "Kids", interrupting with fees for performances in nightclubs.
Over the next four years, he changed about 14 such amateur groups and, in addition, worked as a handyman on construction sites.
Johnny Depp and The Kids
At the age of 20, he became the guitarist of the well known in narrow circles punk band "The Kids".
One day, Iggy Pop himself heard their performance, after which he invited the guys to perform at his concert, as they say, "opening up".
Even on a local scale, Johnny Depp gained popularity, and soon he began a close relationship with 25 year old make up artist Lori Ann Alison, who introduced her new husband to Nicolas Cage.
He was three years younger than Depp, but he had already managed to star in Francis Ford Coppola's" Fighting Fish " and a number of other films, so he had some experience behind him, which allowed him to recognize the acting inclinations in the rebel and rowdy Johnny.
Johnny Depp and Nicolas Cage (right) are old friends
Cage introduced Depp to his agent, who took the musician to audition for the film "A Nightmare on Elm Street".
Johnny expected a maximum of a cameo role, but the directors decided otherwise.
They were touched by the naturalness with which the guy behaved in front of the cameras, and the small details of his image, down to the yellow nicotine spots on his fingers, which made him "real".
Johnny Depp's first role – "A Nightmare on Elm Street"
As a result, Johnny got the role of Glen, one of the main actors in the plot.
However, the guy did not even think about becoming a professional actor; he believed that a horror film would be a "springboard" for his musical career.
Released in 1984, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" became a breakthrough, and other Hollywood figures drew attention to Johnny Depp.
Without much thought, he accepted an invitation to the youth comedy "Private Resort", where he had to shoot naked for the first time.
Johnny Depp: interview with Channel One
Wanting to save enough money to produce his own album, he starred in episodes of the TV series "Hotel" and "Lady in Blue", and also played the supporting role of Donnie Fisher in the film "Heat" with Eric Roberts.
Acting drew the guy deeper and deeper, and he spent the money he earned on acting courses.
Perhaps thanks to this act, he got into the cast of Oliver Stone's military drama "Platoon".
He was eager to play the main role, but the director decided that the newcomer was not yet ready to take on such a responsibility, so he gave it to Charlie Sheen.
Depp had to settle for the secondary role of private Lerner.
Alas, almost all the scenes with his participation were cut out during the final editing.
According to the law of meanness, in 1987, "Platoon" received eight Oscar nominations at once, of which exactly half was transformed into the coveted golden statuette.
The role of Johnny Depp in the movie" Platoon " came out episodic
After returning from the filming of "Platoon" in the Philippines back to Florida, Depp heard about casting in the new youth series "Jump Street 21".
Having successfully passed the audition, Johnny became one of four police officers who solved crimes among schoolchildren.
The series made a splash, and a few months after the premiere, Depp was forced to literally run away from the fans chasing him.
However, the thought of the fame of the "teen idol" disgusted him.
"Jump 21 street": the first series starring Johnny Depp
Therefore, he gladly accepted the invitation of the infamous director John Waters, whom he met just on the set of Jump Street.
Waters approved Depp for the main role in the grotesque musical "Crybaby", where, according to the plot, his hero, a handsome rebel named Crybaby, appeared as the complete opposite of his "serial" role.
A well groomed rebel named Crybaby performed by Johnny Depp
In 1989, Johnny Depp was incredibly lucky Tim Burton chose him for the main role in the film "Edward Scissorhands", although there were more than enough talented applicants: Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr., Jim Carrey...
A fantasy fairy tale for adults not only instantly lifted Johnny Depp to the Hollywood Olympus; thanks to this film, Winona Ryder appeared in his life, with whom the actor met for more than four years.
Johnny Depp as Edward (1990)
In addition, this picture began the friendship of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, which later gave the world "Sleepy Hollow", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Sweeney Todd", "Dark Shadows" and other outstanding works of the tandem.
More precisely, the trio Helena Bonham Carter always appeared in Burton's films, who quickly became a good friend of Depp.
The inseparable trio: Johnny Depp, Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter
The rise of Johnny Depp's career
After the premiere of "Edward", Johnny Depp immediately increased his "acting rank": he was no longer considered a star of "soap" series, famous directors became interested in him.
Among them was Emir Kusturica, who took Johnny to the main role in his new film "The Arizona Dream".
Johnny Depp is visiting the Emir of Kusturica
Then there was a tandem with Mary Masterson in the touching melodrama "Benny and June", the experience of playing together with Leonardo DiCaprio, then a very young teenager, in "What's eating Gilbert Grape", participation in another Tim Burton picture – the biographical picture "Ed Wood", and shooting in a Jim Jarmusch western called "The Dead Man".
Also in the filmography of Johnny Depp of that period there are two works with the great Marlon Brando - "Don Juan de Marco" and "The Brave Man".
The latter film was also the directorial debut of Johnny Depp.
Young Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio ("What's Eating Gilbert Grape?")
After that, a kind of "criminal" period began in Johnny Depp's career.
In the action movie "At the last moment" he had to portray a modest cowardly accountant who was forced to take up arms, and in "Donnie Brasco" he had to play a young FBI agent under the guise of an assistant to an elderly gangster, who was masterfully performed by Al Pacino.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
If we talk about the truly iconic roles of Johnny Depp, most fans come to mind exactly this picture.
The film adaptation of the novel of the same name by the infamous writer Hunter Thompson may not have found commercial success, but it has forever fallen into the annals of the history of cinema.
Johnny Depp in the movie "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
The actor read this book at the age of 15 – along with the works of Jack Kerouac, it made an indelible impression on the teenager.
Johnny met the author himself in 1994 and was instantly smitten by his openness and extravagance, bordering on madness.
And when Terry Gilliam decided to film the acclaimed book about the adventures of Dr. Gonzo and Raoul Duke, the writer himself called Depp: "Maybe you'll play me in a movie about Las Vegas?
That's not a bad thing."
Depp and Hunter quickly became friends
The hallucinogenic adventures of Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro were nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, but the jury members, including Depp's ex girlfriend, Winona Ryder, awarded the prize to the work of the Greek independent director Theo Angelopoulos.
To prepare for the role, Johnny Depp lived in Hunter's house for several months.
During this time, the joint work on the project has developed into a strong male friendship.
So strong that after the death of the writer, Johnny Depp paid for the expensive funeral of a friend (Hunter wanted his ashes to be fired from a giant cannon), paid off all his debts and became the producer of the film" Rum Diary " based on Thompson's novel of the same name, in which he himself played the main role.
Johnny Depp and Hunter Thompson are getting ready for filming
At the turn of the new millennium, several very dark films with the participation of Johnny Depp were released at once.
First, the actor appeared in the mystical thriller by Roman Polanski "The Ninth Gate", then in the above mentioned "Sleepy Hollow" by Burton, and in 2001 the world saw the horror film "From Hell", where Johnny appeared in the image of Inspector Frederick Abberline, a brilliant detective who is always under the influence of opium fumes.
Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane ("Sleepy Hollow")
In 2000, Johnny Depp took part in the independent film project of Julian Schnabel "Until the Night Comes".
The film was made based on the memoirs of the Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas.
Depp got two minor roles at once: he played a transvestite prisoner and a sadistic jailer.
Arenas itself was the Spanish actor Javier Bardem.
The film was shot for two months under the scorching Mexican sun, but out of respect for Arenas, Depp did not take a cent for the work, as did Sean Penn, who was also engaged in the project.
"Until the night comes" is one of the most scandalous roles of Johnny Depp
In 2001, one of the most successful, according to many critics, works of Johnny Depp was released on the screens – the drama "Cocaine"based on real events.
In these two hours, director Ted Deme has contained the entire life path of drug lord George Young, an associate of the great Pablo Escobar.
Depp took this role so seriously that before filming began, he personally paid a visit to George Young's prison cell and spent several days tete a tete with him.
Captain Jack Sparrow
Despite the fact that by the beginning of the 2000s Johnny Depp had starred in more than thirty films, and none of them was defeated by critics, in Hollywood the actor was assigned the unspoken title of "iconic loner".
Major studios were outraged by the fact that Depp literally spat on the commercial expectations of the film, choosing those roles that he personally liked and the actor's interest was mainly caused by independent projects.
A typical Jack Sparrow!
But the new large scale idea of the Disney studio, in particular, the character named Jack Sparrow, aroused the actor's genuine curiosity.
Initially, he was not supposed to become the main character of the tape – he was introduced into the script to set off the cruel temper of Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush).
However, when Johnny was approved for this role, bypassing other serious contenders (Christopher Walken and Michael Keaton), the storyline of the joker and drunkard Jack turned from a minor into a central one.
Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow: the best moments
Almost all of this is the merit of Johnny Depp, who very subtly felt what his hero should become.
He worked for a long time on the character of Sparrow, borrowing a considerable part of the habits and elements of the image of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards.
Moreover, each bead in dreadlocks and marks on the skin had its own story!
Johnny Depp on the set of "Pirates of the Caribbean"
Captain Jack Sparrow alone cost the Disney studio $10 million, while $140 million was spent on filming, and another 40 million on advertising.
However, the success of the pirate blockbuster more than tripled the costs.
In 2004, the film received five Oscar nominations, including the Best Actor category, in which, of course, Johnny Depp was presented.
In 2006, having collected more than a billion dollars at the box office, the second part of the franchise thundered, and a year later the audience saw the third and, as planned, the final episode.
However, in 2011, "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Strange Shores" was released, without the participation of Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley the actors said that they had grown out of these characters.
But Johnny Depp agreed to shoot before the script was written.
In between the filming of "Pirates", Depp was busy in other pictures.
First, this is Terry Gilliam's fantasy picture "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" – the last acting work of Heath Ledger.
Johnny Depp gave his fee for shooting the daughter of the late actor.
A shot from the "Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"
The next film was radically different from the Gilliam mystery a crime biopic about the legendary robber John Dillinger ("Johnny D.") and his confrontation with FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale).
By the way, it was Depp who invited the charming Frenchwoman Marion Cotillard to the film.
And in December 2010, the audience was able to enjoy the brilliant duet of Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie in the action movie "Tourist".
The further career of Johnny Depp
In 2011, Gore Verbinski, the director of the first three parts of "Pirates of the Caribbean", presented the animated film "Rango".
Johnny Depp voiced the main character – a domestic chameleon, who by coincidence got into the desert.
Johnny Depp gave facial expressions, plastic and voice to the chameleon Rango
In 2013, Johnny Depp reincarnated as an Indian for the film "The Lone Ranger".
His colorful character was nominated for the Golden Raspberry anti award along with the heroes of Adam Sandler and Sylvester Stallone, a well deserved "veteran" of this award.
Most of all, the audience of the comedy western was tormented by the question : "Why does Johnny Depp wear a crow on his head?".
"The Lone Ranger": Johnny Depp with a crow on his head made a splash
From that moment on, films with Johnny Depp's participation began to be met with coolness.
Such a fate awaited the film "Excellence" released in 2014 – the audience, fed up with the "cyberpunk" genre, did not appreciate the visual experiment of director Wally Pfister, former cameraman Christopher Nolan.
Supporters of the opinion that after" Pirates of the Caribbean " Depp lost some of his individuality, once again confirmed this after the premiere of "Mordecai", the main characters of which were a resourceful crook and art dealer and his wife performed by Gwyneth Paltrow.
This film brought Johnny Depp two more nominations for the Golden Raspberry – "Worst Actor" and "Worst Screen Tandem" ("Johnny Depp and his glued Mustache").
Trailer for the movie "Mordecai" starring Johnny Depp
The failure was followed by the first "serious" role in the biographical drama "Black Mass" for a long time – the gangster Whitey Bulger, whose name has not yet been forgotten by the residents of Boston.
The film did not receive high ratings from critics, but we can say that Johnny Depp "rehabilitated" – he and the star of the British TV series "Sherlock" Benedict Cumberbatch, who played Bulger's brother, distracted the audience's attention from the frankly raw script.
Johnny Depp's personal life
There are legends about the number of women in the biography of Johnny Depp.
Over the years of his life, his charisma and bright appearance have conquered dozens of women, but none of them has ever connected their lives with the actor.
Johnny Depp got married for the first time at the age of 20 – his chosen one was the make up artist Lori En Alison, who was 5 years older than the young man.
They lived together for two years, until they broke up in 1985.
In the photo: Johnny Depp's first wife, Lori En Alison
Some time later, Depp had a new passion actress Jennifer Grey, but the novel ended before it really began; the same fate awaited Sherilyn Fenn, Depp's colleague on "Jump Street 21".
In 1989, the actor met 16 year old Winona Ryder, who charmed him with a delicate baby face of Lolita.
Their relationship was cloudless, Depp even got a tattoo of "Winona forever" on his forearm.
The idyll was spoiled by representatives of the yellow press, who constantly attributed novels to Depp and Ryder on the side.
The young actress could not close her eyes to the dirty gossip familiar to Hollywood residents, and in May 1993 the couple broke up, and Depp's tattoo was transformed into"Wine Forever".
Johnny Depp met Winona Ryder on the set
A year later, Depp stopped by the cafe for a cup of coffee, and she was sitting at the table with friends – a top model with a world name, the infamous Kate Moss.
A week after they met, they went out together already as a couple.
The relationship between Johnny Depp and Kate Moss has become a real gift for the paparazzi and tabloids.
Both actors were famous for their heavy temper, love of bizarre antics and addiction to alcohol and drugs.
Their passionate temperaments found each other – the shocking couple constantly got into the lenses of photographers and looked very happy at the same time.
A scandalous couple: Johnny Depp and Kate Moss
In September 1994, residents of the Mark Hotel in New York witnessed a noisy pogrom with shouts, banging and stools flying out of the windows.
The scandal ended when the police brought a depressed Johnny Depp out of the hotel door in handcuffs.
The reason for the arrest was a quarrel with Kate Moss – the first in a long series of quarrels.
In 1998, Kate and Johnny finally broke up.
The official reasons for the breakup were not named, but Depp has repeatedly noted that he is grateful to the girl for the four years spent together.
In the same year, on the set of the film "The Ninth Gate", Depp met the French actress Vanessa Paradis.
For her sake, the actor moved to an apartment in the suburbs of Paris, bought a mansion in Saint Tropez and pulled himself together.
It seemed that Depp had turned into an exemplary family man, putting all his fervor into raising children the firstborn of Lily Rose Melody Depp and son Jack.
Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis have two children
By the way, Depp's daughter followed in her parents 'footsteps; she inherited her mother's beauty and her father's acting talent, made her debut in Kevin Smith's film "The Tusk" and together with Johnny starred in another film directed by "Yoga Lovers".
Johnny Depp's daughter, Lilly Rose Malody – is a real beauty
However, after 14 years of marriage, Depp left Vanessa for an affair with actress Amber Heard, whom he met on the set of the film"Rum Diary".
He was conquered first of all not by the appearance of a young beauty – he was amazed by her erudition and education.
In addition, it turned out that Amber passionately loves the blues.
In February 2015, they exchanged wedding vows.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard broke up in May 2016
However, in May 2016, after a year of marriage, Amber Heard filed for divorce.
The reason for the quarrel was "insoluble contradictions".
The documents were filed on May 26 three days after the death of Depp's mother.
A little later, the actress accused her ex husband of "domestic violence", but the accusations turned out to be groundless.
Johnny Depp now
In 2016, Johnny Depp was engaged in a new comedy from Kevin Smith, "Yoga Lovers".
"Yoga Lovers": trailer
In May of the same year, the sequel to Alice in Wonderland, Alice through the Looking Glass, starring Mia Wasikowski, was released on the screens.
As in the last part, Depp was reincarnated as a Mad Hatter.
Johnny Depp played a prank on visitors to an amusement park
In 2017, the premiere of the fifth part of the "Pirates of the Karbisk Sea" with the working title "Dead men do not tell fairy tales"is planned.
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