Johnny Depp, in full John Christopher Depp II,( born June 9, 1963, Owensboro, Kentucky,U.S.), American actor and musician who was known for his miscellaneous and unconventional film choices.
At age 16 Depp dropped out of high academy to pursue a music career. His band, the kiddies, dislocated from Florida, where he spent the maturity of his nonage, to Los Angeles.
Allison had her friend the actor Nicolas Cage arrange for Depp to investigation with director Wes Craven, and Depp made his film debut as a teenager eaten by his own bed in A Agony on Elm Street( 1984).
The show was a megahit, though Depp begrudged his creation as a teen heartthrob. In 1990 he left the series and appeared in John Waters’s Cry- Baby and Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands, two flicks by counterculturist directors that showcased Depp’s range.
Scissorhands began a long association between the actor and director that led to Depp’s appearance in several other Burton flicks, including Ed Wood( 1994), Sleepy Hollow( 1999), and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory( 2005)
Depp continued to show his versatility with places as a 19th- century accountant in Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man( 1995) and as an FBI agent who infiltrates the Mafia in Donnie Brasco( 1997).
He canvassed gonzo artist Ralph Steadman, who illustrated much of Thompson’s work, in the talkie For No Good Reason( 2012). Other notable flicks include Roman Polanski’s The Ninth Gate( 1999) and Ted Demme’s Blow( 2001).