Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp’s real name is John Christopher Depp. He was born 9 june He’s an actor, a musician, a producer, a director and a scriptwriter.

At the beginning he was fascinated by music. He played in the group « The Kids » which had no gran success.

Thanks to his meeting with Nicolas Cage he obtained a small role in a horror movie « A Nightmare on Elm Street » (Les griffes de la nuit) of Wes Craven.

Then Johnny Depp took acting lessons. He became known in 1987 with a famous series « 21 Jump Street ».

Then he played a series of surprising, original and crazy characters, like the man who became his director Tim Burton, … Johnny Depp and Tim Burton

Edward in « Edward Scissorhands »

In « Ed Wood »

Ichabod Crane in « Sleepy Hollow »

Willy Wonka in « Charlie and the Chocolate Factory »

In « Sweeney Tood »

Victor Van Dort in « Corpse Bride » where he will lend his voice.

And The crazy hatter in « Alice in Wonderland ».

But he also played with film directors like Emir Kusturica, Lasse Hallstöm, Jim Jarmush … Johnny Depp is an actor who changes plays in many styles of film because we can see him in « Public Enemy », in « The Tourist », in « Rango », in « Rhum Diary », in « Pirates of the Caribbean » and more recently in «Dark Shadows ».

Johnny Depp has won many awards like best actor, best performance, best looking favorite male star …

Johnny Depp recored the album « P » in He also composed songs for his wife Vanessa Paradis and for movies like « Chocolate » and « Once upon a time in Mexico ». On stage he accompanied Vanessa Paradis in 2001, Eddie Vedder and Patti Smith in 2010, Alice Cooper in 2011 and Marilyn Manson in 2012 on the guitar.

He also appeared in the clip « L’incendie » with Vanessa Paradis, where he wore a hat, and Paul McCartney’s « My Valentine » with Natalie Portman where they interpret the song in sign language.

I chose Johnny Depp because he’s one of my favorite actors. I discovered him in « Edward Scissorhands » and I really liked him. This movie is really splendid, he speaks about exclusion, about discovering one self. It’s a funny and romantic movie. This is a movie you should not miss !