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Johnny Depp

He was born John Christopher Depp II in Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 9, 1963, to Betty Sue (Wells), who worked as a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, a civil engineer. Depp was raised in Florida. He dropped out of school when he was 15, and fronted a series of music-garage bands, including one named 'The Kids'. However, it was when he married Lori Anne Allison (Lori A. Depp) that he took up the job of being a ballpoint-pen salesman to support himself and his wife. A visit to Los Angeles, C

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Edward Scissorhands

1990
as Edward Scissorhands

Alice in Wonderland

2010
as The Mad Hatter

Corpse Bride

2005
as Victor Van Dort (voice)

Dark Shadows

2012
as Barnabas Collins

Rango

2011
as Rango (voice)

The Tourist

2010
as Frank Tupelo

Murder on the Orient Express

2017
as Samuel Ratchett / John Cassetti

Into the Woods

2014
as Big Bad Wolf

Sleepy Hollow

1999
as Ichabod Crane

Secret Window

2004
as Mort Rainey

Public Enemies

2009
as John Dillinger

Finding Neverland

2004
as Sir James Matthew Barrie

Chocolat

2000
as Roux

From Hell

2001
as Inspector Frederick Abberline

Jeanne du Barry

2023
as Louis XV

Blow

2001
as George Jung

Transcendence

2014
as Dr. Will Caster

Jack and Jill

2011
as Johnny Depp

Cry-Baby

1990
as Wade

Donnie Brasco

1997
as Donnie Brasco / Joseph D. 'Joe' Pistone

The Ninth Gate

1999
as Dean Corso

Sherlock Gnomes

2018
as Sherlock Gnomes (voice)

Tusk

2014
as Guy Lapointe

Black Mass

2015
as James 'Whitey' Bulger

Ed Wood

1994
as Ed Wood

Mortdecai

2015
as Charles Mortdecai

Platoon

1986
as Lerner

Minamata

2021
as W. Eugene Smith

Ballybrando

2009
as Self (archive footage)

Brando

2007
as Himself

The Brave

1997
as Raphael

Channel 4's Comedy Gala

2010
as Johnny Depp

Yoga Hosers

2016
as Guy Lapointe

Cashed Out Casino

2017
as Johnny Depp

Hell's Club 2

2016
as Clients

The Rum Diary

2011
as Paul Kemp

Sunset Strip

2012
as Himself

City of Lies

2019
as Russell Poole

Cannes Man

1996
as Himself

Dead Man

1995
as William Blake

The Libertine

2004
as Rochester

Lucky Them

2013
as Matthew Smith

Lost in La Mancha

2002
as as Himself

Don Juan DeMarco

1994
as Don Juan deMarco

Arizona Dream

1993
as Axel Blackmar

London Fields

2018
as Chick Purchase

The Astronaut's Wife

1999
as Commander Spencer Armacost

The Professor

2019
as Richard

Slow Burn

1986
as Donnie Fleischer

Nick of Time

1995
as Gene Watson

The Source

1999
as Jack Kerouac

The Black Ghiandola

2017
as Nuclear Med Tech

When You're Strange

2010
as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Before Night Falls

2000
as Bon Bon / Lieutenant Victor

Director

Movie The Brave 1997

Writer

Movie The Brave 1997

Producer

Movie Dark Shadows 2012
Movie Hugo 2011
Movie The Lone Ranger 2013
Movie Mortdecai 2015
Movie LaDonna Harris: Indian 101 2014
Movie The Rum Diary 2011
Movie Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan 2020
Movie Doug Stanhope: The Comedians' Comedian's Comedians 2017