Johnny Depp filmography also starred in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" as Hunter S. Thompson (1998), "The Ninth Gate" as Dean Corso (1999), and "Sleepy Hollow" as Ichabod Crane (1999). In the 2000s, he was in the films "Chocolat" (2000), "Blow" (2001), "From Hell" (2001), "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" (2003), "Finding Neverland" (2004), "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005), "" (2007), and "Public Enemies" (2009). He has played Captain Jack Sparrow in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, starting with 2003's "", and going on to reprise the role in "" (2006), "" (2007), "" (2011) and "" (2017). For
Johnny Depp him as a leading Hollywood actor and began his long association with Burton. Producer Scott Rudin has stated that "basically Johnny Depp is playing Tim Burton in all his movies"; although Burton disapproved of the comment, Depp agrees with it. In his introduction to "Burton on Burton", a book of interviews with the director, Depp called Burton "... a brother, a friend, ... and [a] brave soul". Depp's first film release in 1990 was John Waters' "Cry-Baby", a musical comedy set in the 1950s. Although it was not a box office success upon its initial release, over the years it