Johnny
Depp, was born in Kentucky on June 9th 1963 has followed a bizarre road,
consequently landing him as one of today's top Hollywood actors. Born
John Christopher Depp II, young Depp was originally interested in
pursuing a music career. Following a move to Florida, and his parents
divorce by age 16, Depp strayed from his peers and siblings and reclused
within a life of drugs and alcohol. Teenage Depp dropped out of school
to pursue a career in rock and roll music. Over the next few years,
Depp fronted numerous garage bands - the most famous entitled The Kids,
opened for Iggy Pop. Perhaps more importantly, the success of The Kids
furnished Depp with a rising sense of popularity and accomplishment -
ironically shot down by Iggy Pop himself during a back-stage
confrontation.
Determination
and hope for stardom inspired the band to relocate to Los Angeles.
Depp married by age 20 to Lori Allison, the band's make-up artist. As
his band struggled among the competitive West-coast market, Depp (under
suggestion from his wife) decided to try acting. An introduction to
Nicolas Cage reluctantly persuaded Depp to audition. Depp's first film
debut was in Wes Craven's major motion picture A Nightmare On Elm Street
(1984). Unable to regain momentum, The Kids spilt-up soon after the
movie's release and Depp diverged from his first love, music, to follow a
life of acting. A small role in Platoon (1986) by Oliver Stone
followed. Unwilling at first, Fox pursued Depp to star in a new series
entitled 21, Jump Street. Although Depp felt this show "beneath him,"
it actually catapulted his success as an actor and turned him into a
teenybopper idol.
In
1998, Depp split with supermodel Kate Moss and started a relationship
with French singer Venessa Paradis, relocating to Paris with his two
children (Lily-Rose and Jack) in hope to pursue a more normal life.
Ironically, the next role he played was perhaps one of the farthest from
normal - He was cast as Hunter S. Thompson in Terry Gilliam's Fear and
Loathing in Las Vegas. Work opportunities continued and Depp continued
acting, starring in such films as: The Source, The 9th Gate (shot in
Paris where he met Paradis), Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, and the Oscar
nominated Chocolat; all the while, Depp managed to continue his musical
interests by appearing in an array of music videos (including Tom
Petty's "The Great Wide Open"), producing music with his band P, and
directing several videos for his wife (2001).
Depp's
anti-conformity within Hollywood allowed for his brilliant
participation in such roles as: Blow (Depp playing George Jung who
helped notorious Pablo Escabar gain entrance into the US cocaine
market), and From Hell.
Strangely, Depp disappeared in 2002 after From Hell for unknown reasons. It is speculated that the reason behind the disappearance was due to the collapse of a movie he was working on entitled The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. In 2003, it was announced that this project would be refinanced and in fact debut. When Depp did return to Hollywood, it was with none other than the smash hit Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) - which made $200 million in only four weeks. Aside from a small part in Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Depp continued to single-handedly capture audiences with Neverland, Secret Window (based on a Steven King story), and The Libertine (2004).
All in all, there are many films that he involved and acts. Even though he does not win any award but it is not the catalyst to indicate that, he is not great actor at all.
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