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Johnny Depp

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.

Filmography

2018
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

as Grindelwald

Movie
2017
Murder on the Orient Express

as Edward Ratchett

Movie
2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

as Jack Sparrow

Movie
2016
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

as Gellert Grindelwald

Movie
2015
Black Mass

as James 'Whitey' Bulger

Movie
2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

as Jack Sparrow

Movie
2011
Rango

as Rango / Lars (voice)

Movie
2010
Alice in Wonderland

as Tarrant Hightopp / Mad Hatter

Movie
2007
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

as Sweeney Todd

Movie
2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

as Jack Sparrow

Movie
2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

as Jack Sparrow

Movie
2005
Corpse Bride

as Victor Van Dort (voice)

Movie
2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

as Willy Wonka

Movie
2003
Once Upon a Time in Mexico

as CIA Agent Jeffrey Sands

Movie
2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

as Jack Sparrow

Movie
2001
Blow

as George Jung

Movie
1995
Dead Man

as William Blake

Movie
1993
What's Eating Gilbert Grape

as Gilbert Grape

Movie
1990
Edward Scissorhands

as Edward Scissorhands

Movie
1986
Platoon

as Gator Lerner

Movie
1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street

as Glen Lantz

Movie