Birthday
1963-06-09Place of Birth
Owensboro, Kentucky, USABiography
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. Depp 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, Depp 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). Depp also began collaborating with director Tim Burton, starring in Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994) and Sleepy Hollow (1999). In the 2000s, Depp 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, Depp 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.Free Trial Channels
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Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan
2020
7.7
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018
6.5
as Gellert Grindelwald
2018
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017
6.5
as Jack Sparrow
2017
Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie
2016
5.9
as Donald J. Trump
2016
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016
7.2
as Gellert Grindelwald
2016
Hollywood Vampires - Rock in Rio 2015
2015
8.5
as Self - Guitars
2015