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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
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Oscars
The Graham Norton Show
El hormiguero
Family Guy
MTV Video Music Awards
Hotel
The Early Show
MTV Movie & TV Awards
King of the Hill
E! True Hollywood Story
Entertainment Tonight
The Vicar of Dibley
SpongeBob SquarePants
Celebrities Uncensored
Jack and Jill
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
21 Jump Street
Showbiz Kids
Yoga Hosers
Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
Platoon
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Tusk
Into the Woods
Chocolat
London Fields
Murder on the Orient Express
Real Creatures of Dirt
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest
Alice in Wonderland
Jeanne du Barry
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Waiting for the Barbarians
21 Jump Street
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons
The Tourist
Blow
Transcendence
From Hell
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Edward Scissorhands
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Ebenezer
Johnny vs Amber: The US Trial
The Rum Diary
Public Enemies
Black Mass
Rango
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Nick of Time
Donnie Brasco
Minamata
Sherlock Gnomes
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Johnny Depp: The Love of the Bizarre
Dark Shadows
City of Lies
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Secret Window
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
The Ninth Gate
Johnny vs Amber
The Professor
Corpse Bride
Sleepy Hollow
Cry-Baby
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
The Lone Ranger
Depp V Heard
Mortdecai
The Astronaut's Wife
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Top Secret: Inside the World's Most Secret Agencies
Ed Wood
Production Credits
Hugo
Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness
The Lone Ranger
The Rum Diary
Jeanne du Barry
City of Lies
Dark Shadows
Minamata
Ebenezer
Mortdecai
Waiting for the Barbarians
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