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 gangster Whitey Bulger in "Black Mass". Depp is the third highest-grossing actor worldwide, as films featuring Depp have grossed over US$3.7 billion at the United States box office and over US$10 billion worldwide. His most commercially successful films are the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, which grossed US$4.5 billion, the "Fantastic Beasts" film series, which grossed US$1.3 billion, "Alice in Wonderland", which grossed US$1 billion, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", which grossed US$474 million, and "The Tourist", which grossed US$278 million. Depp has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Depp won the Golden Globe Award