| Name |
Johnny
Depp |
|
| Full
name |
John
Christopher Depp II |
| Nick
Name |
Mr.
Stench
Colonel |
| Profession |
Actor,
Musician, Director, Producer |
| Date
of Birth |
June
9, 1963 |
| Birth
Place |
Owensboro,
Kentucky, USA |
| Height |
5'
10" |
| Education |
High
school drop out |
| Nationality |
American |
| Family |
Mother:
Betty Sue Palmer
Father: John Christopher Depp Senior
Brother: DP
Sister: Christie Dembrowsky
Sister: Debbie
Girlfriend: Vanessa Paradis
Son: John "Jack" Christopher Depp
III
Daughter:Lily-Rose Melody Depp |
| ex
Wife |
Lori Anne Allison
|
| ex
girlfriends |
Jennifer Gray, Sherilyn
Fenn, Winona Ryder, Tatjana Patit, Kate Moss
|
| Ancestry |
Irish, German, Cherokee
Indian |
| first
love |
music; loves to
play guitar |
| Entry
into films |
Nicolas Cage took
him to his agent Ilene Feldman who got a place
in the casting for Wes Craven's upcoming movie
"A Nightmare on Elm Street". Nicolas
Cage was the friend of Lori Anne Allison his wife
at that time. |
| Entry
into TV |
In
the popular series 21, Jump Street as Officer
Tom Hanson. He instantly became a teen idol |
| Directorial
Debut |
"The
Brave" (1997), |
| Early
jobs |
Ball
point salesman, gas station attendant |
| Trademark |
Frequently
plays freakishly eccentric outcasts whose oddities
are misunderstood by society, and have a usually
flamboyant appearance and mannerism |
| favorite
pastime |
watching
cartoons with his children |
Tattoos |
* Right arm: Wino
Forever & Indian head, Jack, a bird in flight
* Right forearm: Brave symbol
* Left arm: a heart with Betty Sue in it, inverted
triangle,
* 3 rectangles on right index finger
* skull & cross bones &'Death is Certain'
on right ankle
* number 3 on left hand
* Lily-Rose on his chest over his heart
|
| Dislikes |
* Clowns
* mirrors in public places
* Public functions |
| Bands
played |
* Kids
* P
* Oasis
* The Flame |
| Owns |
* a Villa in Cote
d'Azur, South France
* a home in LA
* 35-acre island in the Bahamas called Little
Hall's Pond Cay
* a production company - Inifinitum Nihil.
|
| Favorites |
Comedy:
British comedy "The Fast Show"
artist: Van Gogh
cartoon character: Pepe Pe Lew |
| Accessories |
* silver figure
of Lord Ganesh
* Tiger tooth
* portrait of Che Guevara
* a medallion
* a skull ring , a ring with a cherokee head
* brown leather cuff with silver buckles
* bead bracelets done by his daughter
|
| Admires
|
Marlon Brando
|
| Earnings |
Twenty million dollars
per film |
| Pirates
of the Caribbean |
*
Is the only actor to be nominated for the Oscar
in the Lead Actor category in a Disney film
* Had gold capped teeth to suit the character
* "Captain Jack Sparrow is like a cross between
Keith
Richards and Pepe Le Pew."
* Has the highest 3-day opening ($132M) in box
office history |
| On
American culture |
"France and
the whole of Europe have a great culture and an
amazing history. Most important thing though is
that people there know how to live! In America
they've forgotten all about it. I'm afraid that
the American culture is a disaster."
|
| His
retirement |
"I'm an old-fashioned
guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly
sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something."
|
| About
himself |
"I'm shy, paranoid,
whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I've
done everything I can to avoid it."
|
| Awards |
2005 - People's
Choice Awards - Favorite Male Movie Star
2004 - The Actors' Fund Of America - Lee Strasberg
Artistic Achievement Award
2004 - Irish Film & Television Awards - People's
Choice - Best International Actor
2004 - MTV Movie Awards - Best Male Performance
- POTC
2004 - Spacey Awards - Fave Movie Hero
2004 - Internet Movie Awards - Favorite Actor
in a Leading Role - POTC
2004 - AOL Moviegoer Awards - Best Actor &
Best Comedic Performance - POTC
2004 - SAG Awards - Outstanding Performance by
a Male Actor in a Leading Role - POTC
2004 - Empire Awards - Best Actor
2003 - E! Entertainer of the Year
2000 - Blockbuster Awards - Favorite Actor - Sleepy
Hollow
1999 - César Awards - César Honorary Award
1999 - Star on the Walk of Fame - Motion Picture
1996 - London Critics Circle Film Awards - Actor
of the Year - Ed Wood
1995 - London Critics Circle Film Awards - Actor
of the Year - Don Juan DeMarco
1994 - MTV Movie Awards - Best On-Screen Duo -
Benny & Joon
1990 - ShoWest Award - Male Star of Tomorrow
|
| Facts
|
* Will be acting
along with Amitabh in the movie 'Shantaram'
which is based on Gregory David Roberts’ semi-autobiographical
novel SHANTARAM. Directed by Mira Nair
*Dropped out
of school at the age of 15
* His parents divorced when he was 15
* In his early life he was a rebel and was involved
in vandalism and narcotics
* He had "Winona forever" tattooed on his arm
when he was engaged to her. Later it became
'Wino forever' after they broke up.
* Adopted Goldeneye, the one-eyed Andalusian
horse who played Gunpowder, Ichabod Crane's
steed in Sleepy
Hollow, thereby saving him from the glue
factory.
* Received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
on 19 November 1999.
* Co-owns a restaurant/club in Paris called
Man Ray
* His mother bought him his first guitar when
he was about 13 years old.
* wrote “Sands Theme” for Robert Rodriguez’s
Once upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
* Once owned 'Viper Room' at 8852 Sunset Blvd.
* Turned down lead roles in Titanic,
Interview with the Vampire and Speed
|
| Quote |
"I don't pretend
to be captain weird. I just do what I do."
|
