Johnny Depp in a snuff film in exchange for money for his family. Depp was a fan and friend of writer Hunter S. Thompson, and played his alter ego Raoul Duke in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (1998), Terry Gilliam's film adaptation of Thompson's pseudobiographical novel of the same name. Depp's next venture with Burton was the period film "Sleepy Hollow" (1999), in which he played Ichabod Crane opposite Christina Ricci and Christopher Walken. For his performance, Depp took inspiration from Angela Lansbury, Roddy McDowall and Basil Rathbone. He stated that he "always thought of Ichabod as a very delicate, fragile
Johnny Depp filmography his roles in "The Curse of the Black Pearl", "Finding Neverland", and "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street", Depp was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. In 2010, Depp was cast as the Mad Hatter in the live-action film "Alice in Wonderland". The same year, he went on to star in "The Tourist" with Angelina Jolie and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy. He has starred in "The Rum Diary" with Amber Heard (2011), "Dark Shadows" with Michelle Pfeiffer (2012), "The Lone Ranger" with Armie Hammer (2013),