Johnny Depp or John Christopher Depp II is an American actor, musician, and producer. He has obtained American citizenship and holds various jobs in the entertainment industry. He has received many awards, honors and awards including the Golden Globe Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award. Despite this, he was nominated for many other awards, including three Academy Awards nominations and two British Academy Film Awards nominations. In the 2000s, Depp was among the commercial actors that Walt Disney successfully hired for the Pirates of the Caribbean series from 2003 to 2017.
Early life
Johnny Depp was born on June 9, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky. He is the youngest of the four children of her mother, Betty Sue Palmer, a waitress, and her father, John Christopher Depp, who was a civil engineer. The family settled in Miramar, Florida in 1970 and after 8 years in 1978 the parents separated. At the time his parents split, Depp was just 15 years old.
After the split, Depp’s mother traded marriage rituals with another man in her life named Robert Palmer, who became an inspiration to Depp. His mother gave him a guitar when he was 12, so he started playing guitar in various bands. At that time, he was accepted into his school called Miramar High School, but dropped out to pursue his career in a music band. After two weeks, he appeared at his school before the principal, who told him to pay attention to his dream of becoming a musician.
Johnny Depp career
Johnny Depp was advised by many actors to start his acting career. Actor Nicolas Cage once told him to pursue an acting career. Depp later gave James Dean the credit and credited him as the catalyst that helped him become an actor. Depp’s first film was the horror film called A Nightmare on Elm Street (which was released in 1984). His first film release came in 1990 when he was cast in John Waters’ Cry-Baby. In the same year, 1990, he played one of the title characters in the film Edward Scissorhands.
The film achieved commercial and national success, grossing $53 million. One of Depp’s films called The Ninth Gate, in which Depp played the role of an old book seller, became more successful as audiences produced mixed reviews. Depp received critical acclaim for his comic book performance as the pirate Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean series from Walt Disney Pictures. This special role earned him an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, MTV Movie Award and BAFTA nominations.
Johnny Depp Biography | |
|---|---|
| Real name | John Christopher Depp II |
| Date of birth | June 9, 1963 |
| Age (as of 2022) | 58 years |
| Place of birth | Owensboro, Kentucky, USA |
| nationality | American |
| profession | Actor, Producer & Musician |
| religion | Christianity |
| sun sign | Gemini |
Physical Statistics | |
| Height | in feet inches – 5′ 10” – in centimeters – 178cm |
| Weight | in kilograms – 78kg – in pounds – 172 pounds |
| hair colour | Black |
| eye color | Black |
| body type | Slim |
Johnny Depp Family | |
| Father | John Christopher Depp |
| mother | Betty Sue Palmer |
| sister | Two (Christi Dembrowski & Debbie Depp) |
| Brothers | One (Daniel Depp) |
Qualification/Education | |
| school | Miramar High School |
| University | – |
Relationship status | |
| Marital status | Divorced |
| Who is Johnny Depp’s wife? | Lori Anne Allison, Amber Heard (ex) |
| children | Two (John Christopher Depp III & Lily-Rose Depp) |
Personal life
In December 1983, when he was just 20 years old, Johnny Depp married fellow makeup artist Lori Anne Allison, sister of the bassist and singer in his music band (which he worked for before getting into film). However, the marriage didn’t work out for the children and they separated before they landed a record deal in 1984. The couple later divorced in 1985. After divorcing in the late 1980s, Depp became involved with actress Jennifer Gray (to whom he later became engaged) and Sherilyn Fenn and his co-star Winona Ryder, for whom he had a tattoo on his right arm reading “WINONA FOREVER.”
Between 1994 and 1997 he entered into a relationship with English model Kate Moss, from whom he soon separated, and became engaged again to another actress and singer, Vanessa Paradis, whom he met in France in 1998 while he was co-starring in one of his films titled The Ninth turned Tor. Depp now shares two adult children with his ex-girlfriend Vanessa Paradis, one is a daughter named Lily-Rose Melody Depp and the other is a son named John Christopher “Jack” Depp III.
Controversy
After ending his relationship with Vanessa Paradis, Johnny Depp entered into another relationship with Amber Heard, with whom he starred in the 2011 film The Rum Diary. The couple wed in February 2015 in a civil ceremony dating back a year, Hear filed for divorce, claiming Depp verbally and physically abused her throughout the relationship. However, Depp denied the allegations and said his wife is trying to secure early financial resolutions.
During that time, Depp gave a settlement worth $7 million that Amber Heard had pledged to donate to the ACLU and CHLA (Children’s Hospital Los Angeles). Also in 2018, Depp filed a defamation lawsuit against newspaper publisher The Sun, which claimed in one of its April 2018 articles that Depp was a “wife beater.” Depp and Amber Heard had their trial on April 11, 2022 in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Johnny Depp net worth
Johnny Depp set a Guinness World Records record by being named the richest person in the world in 2012. During that time, his net worth was nearly $75 million. At one point in his career, Depp had the highest earnings of his life, which was $100 million, making him the richest of any actor. In recent years, his estimated net worth was $150 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.