he has become famous for his portrayal
of strange and eccentric characters
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be taking a look at the career of actor
Johnny Depp there’s one thing you should
probably understand can you hear me
Johnny Depp was born on June 9th 1963 in
Owensboro Kentucky at only 12 years old
he developed a passion for music which
would later lead him to drop out of high
school and move to Hollywood there his
dream of becoming a rock star shifted to
acting deaf made his feature film debut
as a boy eaten by a killer bed in the
1984 wes craven horror flick and
Nightmare on Elm Street Depp followed
this by playing the more defined role of
a Vietnamese speaking private in Oliver
Stone’s platoon pretty good these wounds
nah bogatell despite a mod Lee
successful entry into film Depp
experienced a long period without work
this forced him to half-heartedly seek
out the lead role of Tom Hanson jr. on
the 1987 undercover cop series 21 Jump
Street the TV show lasted more than one
season and became a phenomenon that
transformed him into a teen idol of the
late 80s to the shock of his co-stars
and fans alike def publicly showed signs
that he hated his new position as a
heartthrob and so he unsuccessfully
tried to exit his lucrative contract
four years later when 21 Jump Street
finally ended its run Depp began a
career-defining association with
director Tim Burton as Burton presented
him with the opportunity to take on the
bizarre yet isolated role of Edward
Scissorhands good isn’t it
throughout the 90s Depp appeared in
several other films that also benefited
from his dedication to portraying
isolated and misunderstood personalities
these projects included a string of
successful movies such as What’s Eating
Gilbert Grape
Benny and June Donnie Brasco as well as
his exceptionally eccentric portrayal of
writer Hunter S Thompson in 1998 Fear
and Loathing in Las Vegas
bus is a very ominous assignment with
overtones of extreme personal danger
during the 90s Depp also took the
opportunity to reteam with Tim Burton
for a heartfelt tribute to the world’s
worst film director Ed Wood all right
and action this project earned depth a
great amount of critical acclaim as well
as a Golden Globe nomination and in 1999
Burton pleaded with the studios to allow
Depp to play police constable Ichabod
Crane in his high profile project Sleepy
Hollow yet despite Depp’s previous
collaborations with Tim Burton the film
role that made him an undisputed
Hollywood heavyweight and brought him
his first Academy Award nomination for
Best Actor was that of eccentric pirate
Captain Jack Sparrow in 2003’s Pirates
of the Caribbean the curse of the Black
Pearl he would revisit that role several
more times with each sequel further
dominating the box office ladies will
you please meanwhile Depp would secure a
second Oscar nomination for Best Actor
for his role in the 2004 British
American semi biographical film Finding
Neverland as Depp continued to be a
Hollywood sensation throughout the 2000s
he remained close with Burton and they
continued to produce several offbeat
films together such as Corpse Bride
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and
his Academy Award nominated role in the
2007 horror musical Sweeney Todd the
Demon Barber of Fleet Street
in 2010 Tim Burton and Johnny Depp yet
again paired up to create the dark
highly stylized masterpiece Alice in
Wonderland this time with Depp in the
leading role of the Mad Hatter
of strange and eccentric characters
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be taking a look at the career of actor
Johnny Depp there’s one thing you should
probably understand can you hear me
Johnny Depp was born on June 9th 1963 in
Owensboro Kentucky at only 12 years old
he developed a passion for music which
would later lead him to drop out of high
school and move to Hollywood there his
dream of becoming a rock star shifted to
acting deaf made his feature film debut
as a boy eaten by a killer bed in the
1984 wes craven horror flick and
Nightmare on Elm Street Depp followed
this by playing the more defined role of
a Vietnamese speaking private in Oliver
Stone’s platoon pretty good these wounds
nah bogatell despite a mod Lee
successful entry into film Depp
experienced a long period without work
this forced him to half-heartedly seek
out the lead role of Tom Hanson jr. on
the 1987 undercover cop series 21 Jump
Street the TV show lasted more than one
season and became a phenomenon that
transformed him into a teen idol of the
late 80s to the shock of his co-stars
and fans alike def publicly showed signs
that he hated his new position as a
heartthrob and so he unsuccessfully
tried to exit his lucrative contract
four years later when 21 Jump Street
finally ended its run Depp began a
career-defining association with
director Tim Burton as Burton presented
him with the opportunity to take on the
bizarre yet isolated role of Edward
Scissorhands good isn’t it
throughout the 90s Depp appeared in
several other films that also benefited
from his dedication to portraying
isolated and misunderstood personalities
these projects included a string of
successful movies such as What’s Eating
Gilbert Grape
Benny and June Donnie Brasco as well as
his exceptionally eccentric portrayal of
writer Hunter S Thompson in 1998 Fear
and Loathing in Las Vegas
bus is a very ominous assignment with
overtones of extreme personal danger
during the 90s Depp also took the
opportunity to reteam with Tim Burton
for a heartfelt tribute to the world’s
worst film director Ed Wood all right
and action this project earned depth a
great amount of critical acclaim as well
as a Golden Globe nomination and in 1999
Burton pleaded with the studios to allow
Depp to play police constable Ichabod
Crane in his high profile project Sleepy
Hollow yet despite Depp’s previous
collaborations with Tim Burton the film
role that made him an undisputed
Hollywood heavyweight and brought him
his first Academy Award nomination for
Best Actor was that of eccentric pirate
Captain Jack Sparrow in 2003’s Pirates
of the Caribbean the curse of the Black
Pearl he would revisit that role several
more times with each sequel further
dominating the box office ladies will
you please meanwhile Depp would secure a
second Oscar nomination for Best Actor
for his role in the 2004 British
American semi biographical film Finding
Neverland as Depp continued to be a
Hollywood sensation throughout the 2000s
he remained close with Burton and they
continued to produce several offbeat
films together such as Corpse Bride
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and
his Academy Award nominated role in the
2007 horror musical Sweeney Todd the
Demon Barber of Fleet Street
in 2010 Tim Burton and Johnny Depp yet
again paired up to create the dark
highly stylized masterpiece Alice in
Wonderland this time with Depp in the
leading role of the Mad Hatter
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