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
Ichabod Crane War of 1812 whom he had met in 1814 in Sackets Harbor, New York. According to a notation by Irving and a certification written in long hand by Martin Van Buren, the 'pattern' (Van Buren's words) for the character of Ichabod Crane was based on the original Kinderhook schoolmaster named Jesse Merwin—born in Connecticut—whom Irving became friends with in Kinderhook, New York, in 1809. The two friends continued a pen-pal correspondence for thirty years. The Columbia County Historical Society (New York) owns the original Kinderhook Schoolhouse named after the Irving character based on Jesse Merwin, the town's first schoolteacher. The