Mini BiographyDate of Birth

9 June 1963, Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

Birth NameJohn Christopher Depp II

NicknameMr. Stench

Colonel

Height5' 10" (1.78 m)

DebutA Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984

Johnny Depp, born in Kentucky on June 9th 1963 has followed a bizarre road, consequently landing him as one of today's top Hollywood actors. Young Depp was originally interested in pursuing a music career. Following a move to Florida, and his parents divorce by age 16, Depp strayed from his peers and siblings and reclused within a life of drugs and alcohol. Teenage Depp dropped out of school to pursue a career in rock and roll music. Over the next few years, Depp fronted numerous garage bands - the most famous entitled The Kids, opened for Iggy Pop. Perhaps more importantly, the success of The Kids furnished Depp with a rising sense of popularity and accomplishment - ironically shot down by Iggy Pop himself during a back-stage confrontation.An introduction to Nicolas Cage reluctantly persuaded Depp to audition. Depp's first film debut was in Wes Craven's major motion picture A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984). Unable to regain momentum, The Kids spilt-up soon after the movie's release and Depp diverged from his first love, music, to follow a life of acting. A small role in Platoon (1986) by Oliver Stone followed. Unwilling at first, Fox pursued Depp to star in a new series entitled 21, Jump Street. Although Depp felt this show "beneath him," it actually catapulted his success as an actor and turned him into a teenybopper idol.Depp has had a relationship with Vanessa Paradis, a French actress and singer whom he met while filming The Ninth Gate.The couple have two children. Daughter Lily-Rose Melody Depp was born May 27, 1999, and son John "Jack" Christopher Depp III was born April 9, 2002. Although Depp has not remarried, he has stated that having children has given him "real foundation, a real strong place to stand in life, in work, in everything.“ "You can't plan the kind of deep love that results in children. Fatherhood was not a conscious decision. It was part of the wonderful ride I was on. It was destiny; kismet. All the math finally worked." The family divides its time between their home in Meudon, located in the suburbs of Paris, Los Angeles, an island he bought in The Bahamas, and their villa in Le Plan-de-la-Tour, a small town 20 km from Saint-Tropez, in the south of France.

Depp also acquired a vineyard estate in the Plan-de-la-Tour area in 2007.

A little bit more about Johnny…

Here are a list of some of the movies that Johnny Depp has starred in:• Rango 2011• The Tourist 2011 • Alice in Wonderland 2010• Public Enemies 2010• Sweeny Todd 2007• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End 2007• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest 2006• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005• Secret Window 2004• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black

Pearl 2003• From Hell 2001• Chocolat 2000• The Ninth Gate 1999• Edward Scissorhands 1990• A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984• And more

Movie Career

For just the third time ever, there is a two-time winner of People

magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” award. On Wednesday, Johnny Depp joined Brad Pitt (1995 and 2000) and George Clooney (1997 and 2006) as

the only two-time winners of the much-debated title. It was something

of a surprise: Usually, People’s sexiest man is coming off a year

spent in the public spotlight because of a major movie release. Depp, who

won in 2003, breaks the mold, winning despite his keeping a low

profile in 2009.

The Sexiest Man Alive