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Johnny Depp
Known for: ActingJohn Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer and musician. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. He made his debut in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), before rising to prominence as a teen idol on the television series 21 Jump Street (1987–1990). In the 1990s, he acted mostly in independent films, often playing eccentric characters. These included What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Benny and Joon (1993), Dead Man (1995), Donnie Brasco (1997) and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998). He also began collaborating with director Tim Burton, starring in Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), and Sleepy Hollow (1999). In the 2000s, he became one of the most commercially successful film stars by playing Captain Jack Sparrow in the swashbuckler film series Pirates of the Caribbean (2003–present). He received critical praise for Finding Neverland (2004), and continued his commercially successful collaboration with Tim Burton with the films Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), and Alice in Wonderland (2010). In 2012, he was one of the world's biggest film stars, and was listed by the Guinness World Records as the world's highest-paid actor, with earnings of US$75 million. During the 2010s, Depp began producing films through his company, Infinitum Nihil, and formed the rock supergroup Hollywood Vampires with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry.
Filmography 89
Corpse Bride
+6
as Victor Van Dort (voice) 
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
+3
as Jack Sparrow 
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
+3
as Jack Sparrow 
Alice in Wonderland
+3
as Tarrant Hightopp / Mad Hatter 
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
+3
as Jack Sparrow 
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
+8
as Willy Wonka 
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
+3
as Jack Sparrow 
Edward Scissorhands
+7
as Edward Scissorhands 
A Nightmare on Elm Street
+8
as Glen Lantz 
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
+9
as Grindelwald 
Puffins
as Johnny Puff (voice) 
Sleepy Hollow
+12
as Ichabod Crane 
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
+3
as Jack Sparrow 
Dark Shadows
+2
as Barnabas Collins 
The Ninth Gate
+11
as Dean Corso 
Black Mass
+3
as James 'Whitey' Bulger 
Rango
+5
as Rango / Lars (voice) 
Alice Through the Looking Glass
+4
as Tarrant Hightopp / Mad Hatter 
Public Enemies
+3
as John Dillinger 
The Tourist
+4
as Frank Tupelo 
Donnie Brasco
+8
as Donnie Brasco / Joseph D. 'Joe' Pistone 
The Lone Ranger
+2
as Tonto 
Murder on the Orient Express
+6
as Edward Ratchett 
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
+8
as Grindelwald 
Platoon
+13
as Gator Lerner 
Into the Woods
+3
as Big Bad Wolf 
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
+5
as Gilbert Grape 
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
+8
as Sweeney Todd 
Secret Window
+4
as Mort Rainey 
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
+7
as Teen on TV 
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
+2
as Raoul Duke 
Transcendence
+7
as Dr. Will Caster 
Finding Neverland
+5
as Sir James Matthew Barrie 
Hugo
+8
Producer 
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
+10
as CIA Agent Jeffrey Sands 
Jeanne du Barry
+12
as Louis XV 
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
+4
as Imaginarium Tony 1 
Sherlock Gnomes
+7
as Sherlock Gnomes (voice) 
The Rum Diary
+3
as Paul Kemp 
Mortdecai
+9
as Charlie Mortdecai 
Blow
+2
as George Jung 
City of Lies
+9
as Russell Poole 
Tusk
+5
as Guy Lapointe 
Chocolat
+10
as Roux 
The Professor
+9
as Richard Brown 
London Fields
+7
as Chick Purchase 
From Hell
+4
as Fred Abberline 
Arizona Dream
+2
as Axel Blackmar 
Waiting for the Barbarians
+15
as Colonel Joll 
Dead Man
+10
as William Blake 
Nick of Time
+4
as Gene Watson 
Benny & Joon
+10
as Sam 
Ed Wood
+2
as Ed Wood 
Private Resort
+4
as Jack 
The Astronaut's Wife
+3
as Commander Spencer Armacost 
Cry-Baby
+2
as Wade 'Cry-Baby' Walker 
Don Juan DeMarco
+3
as Don Juan DeMarco 
The Libertine
+4
as Rochester 
Yoga Hosers
+14
as Guy Lapointe 
Depp V Heard
as Self 
Minamata
+11
as W. Eugene Smith 
When You're Strange
as Narrator (voice) 
Before Night Falls
as Bon Bon / Lieutenant Victor 
Cannes Man
+8
as Self 
The Man Who Cried
+2
as Cesar 
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
as Self (archive footage) 
Johnny vs Amber: The US Trial
+2
as Self (archive footage) 
Lucky Them
+7
as Matthew Smith 
The Brave
as Raphael 
Happily Ever After
+4
as L'inconnu 
For No Good Reason
+2
as Self 
The Source
+2
as Jack Kerouac 
Lost in La Mancha
+3
as Self 
Radioman
as Self 
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
+10
as Narrator (voice) 
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
+2
as Self 
Johnny Puff: Secret Mission
+8
as Johnny Puff (voice) 
Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan
+10
as Self (archive footage) 
The Nightmare
+8
as Self (archive footage) 
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
as Self 
All the Love You Cannes!
+1
as Self 
Brothers in Arms
+11
as Self 
Baby Puffins & Bunny
as Johnny Puff (voice)