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Full Name: John Christopher Depp II
Nickname: Mr Stench and Colonel (from Hunter S Thompson)
Birthplace: Owensboro, Kentucky
Birthday: June 9, 1963
Hair/Eyes: Brown / Brown
Height/Weight: 5'10" / 170
Family: Father, John Depp, Mother, Betty Sue Palmer, Brother, Danny, Sisters, Christy and Debbie (all older).
Grew Up: Moved to Miramar, Florida when very young.
Education: Dropped out of school at 16 to concentrate on his music group called The Kids, Studied acting with Peggy Feury at the Loft Studio in LA.
Maritial Status: Married at age 20, divorced, engaged several times and currently lives with Vanessa Paradis since 1998.
Children: Lily-Rose Melody, born 5/24/99 and Jack Depp, born 4/9/2002, both with Vanessa Paradis
Film Start: 1984 "A Nightmare on Elm Street" being eaten by a bed.
Tatoos: Wino Forever (was Winona Forever) and Indian head on right arm; Heart with his mother's name Betty Sue and inverted triangle on left arm; three rectangles on right index finger; The Brave doodle on right forearm; skull and cross bones on right ankle and symbol similar to an E on his left hand.
Owns: LA club, The Viper Room; Co-owner of restaurant/bar called Man Ray on the Rue Marbeuf in France.
Instrument played: Bass guitar
His Band: "P" occasionally plays The Viper Room.
Troubles & scandals: Arrested in NYC for criminal mischief for trashing a $1,200 a night hotel room; River Phoenix died outside of his club, The Viper Room; 1999 arrested outside a London restaurant for fighting with the paparazzis.

Likes: Music, Art, Smoking Cigarettes
Previous Jobs: Gas attendant, pen salesman, musician.

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

Personal Quotes

"Anything I've done up till 27 May, 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life."

On his character in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003): "Captain Jack Sparrow is like a cross between Keith Richards and Pepe Le Pew."

"I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something."

When asked by James Lipton on _"Inside The Actor's Studio" (1987)_ what attracts him to funny hats: "I don't know, maybe I just read too much Dr. Seuss as a kid."

After being asked if he is a romantic: "Am I a romantic? I've seen 'Wuthering Heights' ten times. I'm a romantic."

Talking on the Sleepy Hollow (1999) set about what it was like being dragged behind a carriage in the woods: "I wasn't afraid of getting hurt. I was just afraid that the horses may relieve themselves on the journey."

"I'm shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I've done everything I can to avoid it."

"This is a rumor-filled society and if people want to sit around and talk about whom I've dated, then I'd say they have a lot of spare time and should consider other topics... or masturbation."

"Sure, I find it touching, honestly, but awards are not as important to me as when I meet a 10-year-old kid who says, 'I love Captain Jack Sparrow' ... That's real magic for me."

"The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? [Like] 'Republican party' [or] 'airplane food.'"

[When asked why he hides his box office good looks behind strange wigs, fake teeth, and girly squeals] "I think it's an actor's responsibility to change every time. Not only for himself and the people he's working with, but for the audience. If you just go out and deliver the same dish every time...it's meatloaf again...you'd get bored. I'd get bored."

On his daughter, Lily-Rose: "I see this amazing, beautiful, pure angel-thing wake up in the morning, and nothing can touch that. She is the only reason to wake up in the morning, the only reason to take a breath. Everything else is checkers."

Having kids was a huge change for me. Becoming a father. But I think more than changing, I feel like I've been revealed to myself, I kind of found out who I was. When you meet your child for the first time and you're looking at this angel, you start realising what an idiot you've been for so many years and how much time you've wasted. As far as being feet-on-the-ground, once again my kids and Vanessa have given me a proper foundation. A sense of home that I never had in my life, a real sense of a place to be.

Facts:

A movie buff (with a somewhat encyclopedic knowledge of older films), he admits he watches few movies any more, other than the children's films that his "kiddies" prefer. He also enjoys most of them.

Loves watching animated films with his daughter such as Shrek (2001) and Finding Nemo (2003).

Co-owns a restaurant/club in Paris called Man Ray (named after avant-garde artist Man Ray) with Sean Penn and John Malkovich. The restaurant is located in a renovated theater and serves Tibetan cuisine.

Learned French to be able to converse with Vanessa Paradis' parents.

As a child, he was allergic to chocolate

He has said in interviews that he is of Cherokee, Irish, and German descent, with some Navajo as well. Asked the origin of his last name by James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio, Johnny Depp said his name means "idiot" in German.

His performance as Edward Scissorhands in _Edward Scissorhands (1990)_ is ranked #22 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time

Ranked #1 in the "Best Hollywood Signers 2006" list by "Autograph Collector" magazine

Ranked #18 on Premiere's 2006 "Power 50" list

Salary

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)	$20,000,000
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)	$18,000,000
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	$10,000,000

Johnny's Awards/Nominations: Nominated for 2 Oscars, Nominated for 34 awards and has has 23 wins...
1990: Star of Tomorrow at Showest convention in Las Vegas.
Golden Globes for "Edward Scissorhands", "Benny and Joon" and "Ed Wood"
1995: Choawn by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History".
1996: London Critics Circle: Actor of the Year, Ed Wood
1996: Chosen by People (USA) Magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World
1997: Ranked #67 in Empire (UK) magazine's The Top-100 Movie Stars of All Time list. [October 1997
2001: Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine
2003: People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive
2003: Was E!'s Entertainer of the Year
2006:Ranked #4 in TV Guide's list of TV's 25 Greatest Teen Idols

Johnny's Movies
2009: Public Enemies
2009: Rum Diary, The
2009: Sin City 2 & 3 (pre-production ?)
2008: Shantaram (pre-production)
2001: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2006: Rum Diary, The
2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World'sEnd
2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006: Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The
2005: Corpse Bride, The (voice of Victor)
2005: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2004: Libertine, The
2004: Secret Window
2003: Neverland
2003: Once Upon a Time in Mexico aka Desperado II: Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2002: Lost In La Mancha
2001: From Hell
2001: Blow
2000: In Bad Taste
2000: Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000: Chocolat
2000: Before Night Falls aka Antes que anochezca
2000: Man Who Cried, The
1999: Sleepy Hollow
1999: Astronaut's Wife, The
1999: Ninth Gate, The
1999: Source, The
1998: L.A. Without a Map
1998: Where It's At: The Rolling Stone State of the Union
1998: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1997: Brave, The
1997: Donnie Brasco
1996: Cannes Man
1995: Nick of Time
1995: Dead Man
1995: Don Juan DeMarco
1994: Ed Wood
1993: What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993: Benny & Joon
1993: Arizona Dream
1991: Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare aka Nightmare On Elm Street 6, A
1990: Edward Scissorhands
1990: Cry-Baby
1986: Platoon
1985: Private Resort
1984: Nightmare On Elm Street, A

Johnny's TV Appearances
1995: United States of Poetry
1994: Vicar of Dibley, The playing Himself
1991: Idols
1987-1990: 21 Jump Street series regular
1986: Slow Burn
1985: Lady Blue
1983: Hotel

Writer/Director:
1997: Brave, The

Producer
2007: A Long Way Down
2007: Shantaram
2006: The Rum Diary

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08/17/2008