Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp
Biography

Name : John Christopher Depp II
Profession : Actor
Date of Birth : June 9, 1963
Place of Birth : Owensboro, Kentucky

Originally known for his status as a TV teen heartthrob in his role on
21 Jump Street, Depp later went on to become a serious adult actor
respected for his choice of offbeat roles and sensitive,
multi-textured performances.

He began his career as a Kentucky-born high school dropout with dreams
of making it as a musician, but later fell into acting with a debut
performance in the horror shocker, A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984,
which later led to his winning the TV role on 21 Jump Street. With his
teen following assured, Depp's breakthrough performance came in 1990
in the title role of Tim Burton's film Edward Scissorhands.

Since then, the actor has yet to play the same role twice, in such
starring roles such as the cross-dressing director Ed Wood, an
undercover FBI agent in Donnie Brasco, as Ichabod Crane in Sleepy
Hollow, and as a flamboyant over-the-top pirate in Pirates of the
Caribbean.

Most recently, Depp has won a Golden Globe nomination for his starring
role in Finding Neverland (movie trailer) and in early 2005 took home
the Favorite Male Movie Star award at the 2005 People's Choice Awards.