Johnny Depp Johnny Depp John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer, and musician. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Actor. Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series "21 Jump Street", becoming a teen idol. Depp has challenged himself by playing larger-than-life roles, including a supporting role in Oliver Stone's 1986 Vietnam War film "Platoon" and the title character in the 1990 romantic dark fantasy "Edward Scissorhands". He later found box office success in the adventure film "Sleepy Hollow" (1999),
Johnny Depp the swashbuckler film series "Pirates of the Caribbean" (2003–present), the fantasy films "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005) and "Alice in Wonderland" (2010), the animated comedy western "Rango" (2011) (in which he voiced the title character), and most recently "" (2018). Depp has collaborated on nine films with director, producer and friend Tim Burton. Depp is regarded as one of the world's biggest film stars. He has gained praise from reviewers for his portrayals of screenwriter-director Ed Wood in "Ed Wood", undercover FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone in "Donnie Brasco", author J. M. Barrie in " Finding Neverland", and Boston