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 Martin Scorsese, was released. "Dark Shadows", directed by Tim Burton, was released in 2012. Depp played slide guitar on the Oasis song "Fade In-Out" (from "Be Here Now", 1997), as well as on "Fade Away (Warchild Version)" (B-side of the "Don't Go Away" single). He also played acoustic guitar in the film "Chocolat" and on the soundtrack to "Once Upon a Time in Mexico". "He's playing guitar around the fire," observed Depp's friend and future Hollywood Vampires bandmate Joe Perry of "Chocolat". "And that's really him playing the guitar. He was playing Django Reinhardt stuff that I didn't have a