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John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer and musician. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. He made his debut in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), before rising to prominence as a teen idol on the television series 21 Jump Street (1987–1990). In the 1990s, he acted mostly in independent films, often playing eccentric characters. These included What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Benny and Joon (1993), Dead Man (1995), Donnie Brasco (1997) and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998). He also began collaborating with director Tim Burton, starring in Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), and Sleepy Hollow (1999). In the 2000s, he became one of the most commercially successful film stars by playing Captain Jack Sparrow in the swashbuckler film series Pirates of the Caribbean (2003–present). He received critical praise for Finding Neverland (2004), and continued his commercially successful collaboration with Tim Burton with the films Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), and Alice in Wonderland (2010). In 2012, he was one of the world's biggest film stars, and was listed by the Guinness World Records as the world's highest-paid actor, with earnings of US$75 million. During the 2010s, Depp began producing films through his company, Infinitum Nihil, and formed the rock supergroup Hollywood Vampires with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry.
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John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer and musician. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. He made his debut in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), before rising to prominence as a teen idol on the television series 21 Jump Street (1987–1990). In the 1990s, he acted mostly in independent films, often playing eccentric characters. These included What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Benny and Joon (1993), Dead Man (1995), Donnie Brasco (1997) and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998). He also began collaborating with director Tim Burton, starring in Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), and Sleepy Hollow (1999). In the 2000s, he became one of the most commercially successful film stars by playing Captain Jack Sparrow in the swashbuckler film series Pirates of the Caribbean (2003–present). He received critical praise for Finding Neverland (2004), and continued his commercially successful collaboration with Tim Burton with the films Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), and Alice in Wonderland (2010). In 2012, he was one of the world's biggest film stars, and was listed by the Guinness World Records as the world's highest-paid actor, with earnings of US$75 million. During the 2010s, Depp began producing films through his company, Infinitum Nihil, and formed the rock supergroup Hollywood Vampires with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry.
Known For
American Dad!
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Graham Norton Show
The Walking Dead
El hormiguero
Family Guy
MTV Video Music Awards
Hotel
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Early Show
King of the Hill
MTV Movie & TV Awards
E! True Hollywood Story
Entertainment Tonight
SpongeBob SquarePants
The Vicar of Dibley
Celebrities Uncensored
Jack and Jill
21 Jump Street
The Web
Showbiz Kids
The Oscars
Yoga Hosers
Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
Platoon
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Into the Woods
London Fields
Chocolat
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Tusk
Murder on the Orient Express
Real Creatures of Dirt
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Jeanne du Barry
Waiting for the Barbarians
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
21 Jump Street
Alice in Wonderland
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons
According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest
Untitled Pirates of the Caribbean Reboot
Black Mass
Donnie Brasco
City of Lies
Johnny Depp: The Love of the Bizarre
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Dark Shadows
Cry-Baby
The Professor
Public Enemies
Mortdecai
The Tourist
The Lone Ranger
The Ninth Gate
Edward Scissorhands
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Sherlock Gnomes
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Johnny vs Amber
Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Nick of Time
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
The Astronaut's Wife
Sleepy Hollow
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Depp V Heard
Corpse Bride
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Rango
Ed Wood
Secret Window
Minamata
The Rum Diary
Transcendence
Johnny vs Amber: The US Trial
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Production Credits
Waiting for the Barbarians
The Rum Diary
Jeanne du Barry
Hugo
Minamata
City of Lies
Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness
Mortdecai
The Lone Ranger
Dark Shadows
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