John Christopher "
Johnny"
Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series
21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol. Turning to film, he played the title character of
Edward Scissorhands (1990), and later found box office success in films such as
Sleepy Hollow (1999),
Pirates of the Caribbean film series (2003–present),
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), and
Rango (2011). He has collaborated with director and friend Tim Burton in seven films, including
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and
Alice in Wonderland (2010).
Depp has gained acclaim for his portrayals of people such as Edward D. Wood, Jr., in
Ed Wood, Joseph D. Pistone in
Donnie Brasco, Hunter S. Thompson in
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, George Jung in
Blow, and the bank robber John Dillinger in Michael Mann's
Public Enemies. Films featuring Depp have grossed over $3.1 billion at the United States box office and over $7.6 billion worldwide.
He has been nominated for top awards many times, winning the Best Actor Awards from the Golden Globes for
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and from the Screen Actors Guild for
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. He also has garnered a sex symbol status in American cinema, being twice named as the Sexiest man alive by People magazine in 2003 and 2009.
