Monday, November 10, 2008

Johnny Depp

  • Name: Johnny Depp
  • Date of Birth: June 09, 1963
  • Place of Birth: Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

Mini-bio: Johnny Depp is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, known for his affinity for strange character roles. At the age of 15 he dropped out of school to become a rock musician. Depp got into acting...( read more) after a visit to Los Angeles, California, with his former wife, Lori Anne Allison, who introduced him to actor Nicholas Cage. After making his film debut in 1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street, Depp came to fame on the television series 21 Jump Street, before establishing a career in Hollywood films. These films include well-received starring roles in the 1990s films What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Donnie Brasco, and Sleepy Hollow. In 2003, Depp's Oscar-nominated performance in Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl re-established him as a leading man, leading to roles in the successful films Finding Neverland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

Currently, Depp is living with French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis, with whom he has two children: Lily-Rose Melody, born in 1999 and Jack, born in 2002. Depp and Paradis are scheduled to be wed in a small Italian villa Johnny owns in April of 2007.

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