Johnny Depp-early life Johnny Depp, at the age of 52 has achieved an inordinate amount in his life!

He is an American actor, producer, and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor. He rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol.

In his early life he had a talent for guitar, so he began playing in various garage bands. A year after his parents' divorce, Depp dropped out of high school to become a rock musician. He attempted to go back to school two weeks later, but the principal told him to follow his dream of being a musician. He played with The Kids, a band that enjoyed modest local success. The Kids set out together for Los Angeles in pursuit of a record deal, changing their name to Six Gun Method, but the group split up before signing a record deal. Depp subsequently collaborated with the band Rock City Angels and co-wrote their song "Mary“.

The start of his acting careerAfter his music career fell apart he began getting into acting: not because

he particularly enjoyed it, but he needed the money. First T.V RolesHe starred in a lead role on the Fox television series 21 Jump Street, which premiered in 1987. He accepted this role to work with actor Frederic Forrest, who inspired him. The series' success turned Depp into a popular teen idol during the late 1980s. But despite this success, he felt "forced into the role of product." He subsequently decided to appear only in films that he felt were right for him.First Film RolesDepp's first major role was in the 1984 classic horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street, as the boyfriend of heroine Nancy Thompson and one of Freddy Krueger's Depp's next release that year saw him undertake the quirky title role of Tim Burton's film Edward Scissorhands, a critical and commercial success that established Depp as leading Hollywood actor and began his long association with Burton.In 1993, Depp continued to receive critical and commercial acclaim. He then starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, In his review of the film, Todd McCarthy of Variety said, "Depp manages to command centre screen with a greatly affable, appealing characterization.“ Depp's final 1993 release was the surrealist comedy-drama Arizona Dream, which opened to positive reviews.

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Movies• Edward Scissorhands• Sweeny Todd• Pirates of the Caribbean 1,2,3,4,5• Alice in Wonderland• Transcendence• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory• Black Mass• Mortdecai• The Lone Ranger• Dark Shadows• Blow• What's Eating Gilbert Grape? • Cry-Baby• Sleepy Hollow• Finding Neverland• A Nightmare on Elm street• Public Enemies• Into The Woods

• Rango• Donnie Brasco• Fear and Loathing Las Vegas• The Tourist• Dead Man • The Rum Diary• Benny & Jon• Chocolat• Secret Window• From Hell• Corpse Bride• Don Juan DeMarco• Ed Wood• Once Upon a Time in Mexico• The Ninth Gate• Platoon• The Astronauts Wife And many, many more

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Collaborations with Tim Burton Depp has collaborated with director and close friend Tim Burton in a number of films, beginning with Edward Scissorhands (1990). His next role with Burton was in the 1994 film Ed Wood. Depp later said that "within 10 minutes of hearing about the project, I was committed.“ At the time, the Johnny was depressed about films and filmmaking. But this part gave him a "chance to stretch out and have some fun"; he said working with Martin Landau "rejuvenated my love for acting".

Producer Scott Rudin once said "Basically Johnny Depp is playing Tim Burton in all his movies", although Burton personally disapproved of the comment. Depp, however, agrees with Rudin's statement. According to Depp, Edward Scissorhands represented Burton's inability to communicate as a teenager.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), gave Depp his second major award win, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy as well as his third nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Although not a fan of the musical genre, Depp grew to like the tale's treatment. He cited Peter Lorre in Mad Love (1935) as his main influence for the role, and practiced the songs his character would perform while filming Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

In most of Johnny’s films, he is type-casted as an eccentric and quirky character.

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