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Born/ Birthday
John Christopher Depp II was born to Betty Sue and John Depp, in Sr. in Owensboro, Kentucky. With his siblings Dan, Debbie, and Christy. -
Moved to Las Angeles 1983-1985
Couldn’t find enough work to pay bills, so took other jobs including that of telemarketer. Married and divorced Lori Anne Allison, who introduced Johnny to Nicholas Cage, who steered Johnny to his first acting job. -
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Filmed: Finished July, 1984
Premiere: november 9, 1984
Released: November 16, 1984
Box Office: $25,504,513 -
Acting Classes
Began taking acting classes at The Loft Studios. Johnny’s band breaks up. Began dating actress Sherlyn Fenn -
1987-1989
1987 – 1990 21 Jump Street
First Episode: 4/12/1987
Johnny’s Final Episode: 7/16/1990 1988 Relationship with Sherlyn Fenn dissolves.
1989 Relationship with actress Jennifer Grey begins and ends. Begins dating Winona Ryder in late 1989. -
The Year of 1990
1990 February 26, Johnny and Winona Ryder announce their engagement.
1990 Appeared in Concrete Blonde music video - "Joey" -
Edward Scissorhands
Filmed: Late Spring – Summer, 1990
Released: December 7, 1990
Box Office: $56,362,352
Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in Comedy/Musical -
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Filmed: October 9, 2002 – March, 2003
Released: July 9, 2003
Box Office: $305,413,918 domestic + $349 million overseas
Johnny won the Screen Actor's Guild Best Actor Award 2004 for Captain Jack Sparrow
Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture.
BAFTA award for Best Actor.
Golden Globes nomination for Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy
Golden Satellite nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical -
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
In Production as of July 28, 2004, Premier Hollywood, CA July 10, 2005
Release Date July 15, 2005
Director: Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow)
Cast: Johnny DeppWilly Wonka), Freddie Highmore (Charlie Bucket), Annasophia Robb (Violet Beauregarde), Julia Winter (Veruca Salt); other cast not announced yet
Production Company: Basic Entertainment (City by the Sea), Plan B Films
Distributor: Warner Bros. -
Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End
In Production since February 14, 2005 - was filmed alongside Dead Man's Chest.
Release date: May 25, 2007 -
Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
Released July 9, 2006
Synopsis: Jack Sparrow, we learn bartered his sould to Davy Jones 12 years prior to Curse of the Black Pearl, in order to have Davy raise the Black Pearl from the sea and make Jack the Captain. Now his time is up, Davy wants Jack's soul, and Jack has to figure out how to get out of the bargain. Will and Elizabeth's wedding plans are ruined by a greedy East India agent named Lord Cutler Bennett, who wants to get Jack's compass -
Alice in Wonderuland
Johnny Depp............The Mad Hatter -
Pirates of the Caribbean 4
In pre-production
Johnny Depp.......................Captain Jack Sparrow