John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II[1] (born June 9, 1963) is an American amateur and artist accepted for his portrayals of offbeat, aberrant characters such as Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean blur series, Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Sam in Benny & Joon.

Depp rose to bulge in a advance role on the television alternation 21 Jump Street and bound became admired as a boyhood idol. Uncomfortable with that characterization, he angry his focus to blur roles that he acquainted were right. He initially came to blur bulge as the titular appearance of Edward Scissorhands, and after begin box appointment success in roles such as Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow, Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean blur alternation and his role as the arbitrary Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

He has collaborated with administrator and abutting acquaintance Tim Burton in seven films, the best contempo of which accommodate Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and the accessible Alice in Wonderland. Depp has garnered acclamation for his portrayals of absolute activity abstracts such as Edward Wood, Jr., in Ed Wood, Joseph D. Pistone in Donnie Brasco and George Jung in Blow (2001). More recently, he portrayed allegorical coffer bandit John Dillinger in Michael Mann's 2009 blur Public Enemies.

Films featuring Depp accept grossed over $2.3 billion at the United States box appointment and over $4.8 billion worldwide.[2] Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Amateur three times, Screen Actors Guild Awards four times and Golden Globe Awards eight times, Depp won the Best Amateur Awards from the Golden Globes for his role in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and from the Screen Actors Guild for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.