John 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.
Depp 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, Depp 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). Depp also began collaborating with director Tim Burton, starring in Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994) and Sleepy Hollow (1999).
In the 2000s, Depp 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, Depp 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.
Known For
Platoon
(1986)
Gator Lerner
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
(2003)
Jack Sparrow
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
(2005)
Willy Wonka
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
(2011)
Jack Sparrow
Tusk
(2014)
Guy Lapointe
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
(2006)
Jack Sparrow
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
(2007)
Jack Sparrow
Alice in Wonderland
(2010)
The Mad Hatter
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
(2017)
Jack Sparrow
Corpse Bride
(2005)
Victor Van Dort (voice)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
(2016)
Gellert Grindelwald
Rango
(2011)
Rango / Lars (voice)
Edward Scissorhands
(1990)
Edward Scissorhands
Ed Wood
(1994)
Ed Wood
Alice Through the Looking Glass
(2016)
Mad Hatter
London Fields
(2018)
Chick Purchase
Full Filmography
Acting
A Nightmare on Elm Street
(1984)
Glen Lantz
Private Resort
(1985)
Jack
Slow Burn
(1986)
Donnie Fleischer
Platoon
(1986)
Gator Lerner
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
(1990)
Self
Edward Scissorhands
(1990)
Edward Scissorhands
Cry-Baby
(1990)
Cry-Baby
Into The Great Wide Open
(1991)
Eddie Rebel
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
(1991)
Guy on TV
Benny & Joon
(1993)
Sam
Arizona Dream
(1993)
Axel Blackmar
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
(1993)
Gilbert Grape
Ed Wood
(1994)
Ed Wood
Don Juan DeMarco
(1994)
Don Juan DeMarco
Dead Man
(1995)
William Blake
Help! War Child
(1995)
Self
Nick of Time
(1995)
Gene Watson
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
(1995)
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Donnie Brasco
(1997)
Donnie Brasco / Joseph D. 'Joe' Pistone
The Brave
(1997)
Raphael
Cannes Man
(1997)
Self
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
(1998)
Raoul Duke
Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
(1998)
Self
The Astronaut's Wife
(1999)
Commander Spencer Armacost
Sleepy Hollow
(1999)
Ichabod Crane
The Ninth Gate
(1999)
Dean Corso
L.A. Without a Map
(1999)
Self / William Blake (uncredited)
The Source
(1999)
Jack Kerouac
In Bad Taste
(1999)
Self
The Man Who Cried
(2000)
Cesar
Before Night Falls
(2000)
Bon Bon / Lieutenant Victor
Chocolat
(2000)
Roux
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
(2000)
Self
Blow
(2001)
George Jung
From Hell
(2001)
Inspector Frederick Abberline
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
(2001)
Self
Lost in La Mancha
(2002)
Self
All the Love You Cannes!
(2002)
Self
Breakfast with Hunter
(2003)
Self
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
(2003)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
(2003)
Sands
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
(2003)
Jack Sparrow
Hunter Goes to Hollywood
(2003)
Self
An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
(2003)
Self
The Libertine
(2004)
Rochester
The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan
(2004)
Self
Ed Wood: Making Bela
(2004)
Self / Edward D. Wood Jr. (archive footage)
Secret Window
(2004)
Mort Rainey
Finding Neverland
(2004)
Sir James Matthew Barrie
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood
(2004)
Self (archive footage)
Happily Ever After
(2004)
L'inconnu
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%
(2004)
Self
Corpse Bride
(2005)
Victor Van Dort (voice)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
(2005)
Willy Wonka
It Came from... Baltimore!!
(2005)
Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
(2005)
Self
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Becoming Oompa-Loompa
(2005)
Willy Wonka
Gypsy Caravan: When the Road Bends
(2006)
Self
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
(2006)
Self
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
(2006)
Jack Sparrow
Inside the Two Worlds of 'The Corpse Bride'
(2006)
Self (voice) (uncredited)
According to Plan: The Making of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'
(2006)
Self
Deep Sea 3D
(2006)
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
(2007)
Self
Brando
(2007)
Self
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
(2007)
Jack Sparrow
Voom Portraits
(2007)
Self
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(2007)
Sweeney Todd
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
(2008)
Narrator (voice)
Rock and a Hard Place: Another Night at the Agora
(2008)
Self
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
(2008)
Self
SpongeBob vs. the Big One
(2009)
Jack Kahuna Laguna (voice)
Ballybrando
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
Michael Mann: Making 'Public Enemies'
(2009)
Self
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
(2009)
Imaginarium Tony 1
Public Enemies
(2009)
John Dillinger
When You're Strange
(2010)
Narrator (voice)
Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter
(2010)
Self
The Tourist
(2010)
Frank Tupelo
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
(2010)
Self (archive footage)
Alice in Wonderland
(2010)
The Mad Hatter
Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice
(2010)
Self
Jack and Jill
(2011)
Johnny Depp (uncredited)
Real Creatures of Dirt
(2011)
Self / Rango / Lars
Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
(2011)
Jack Sparrow (archive footage)
Rango
(2011)
Rango / Lars (voice)
The Rum Diary
(2011)
Paul Kemp
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
(2011)
Jack Sparrow
21 Jump Street
(2012)
Officer Tom Hanson (uncredited)
Radioman
(2012)
Self
For No Good Reason
(2012)
Self
Close Up
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
Dark Shadows
(2012)
Barnabas Collins
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons
(2012)
Self
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
(2012)
Self
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
(2012)
Himself
Sunset Strip
(2012)
Self
Lucky Them
(2013)
Matthew Smith
The Lone Ranger
(2013)
Tonto
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
(2013)
Self
The Web
(2013)
Definitely Kip
Tusk
(2014)
Guy Lapointe
Into the Woods
(2014)
Big Bad Wolf
Transcendence
(2014)
Dr. Will Caster
Don Rickles: One Night Only
(2014)
Self
The Nightmare
(2015)
Self (archive footage)
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
(2015)
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Vampires - Rock in Rio 2015
(2015)
Self - Guitars
Black Mass
(2015)
James 'Whitey' Bulger
Mortdecai
(2015)
Charlie Mortdecai
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
(2016)
Self
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
(2016)
Gellert Grindelwald
Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie
(2016)
Donald J. Trump
Alice Through the Looking Glass
(2016)
Mad Hatter
Yoga Hosers
(2016)
Guy Lapointe
The Black Ghiandola
(2017)
Nuclear Med Tech
Murder on the Orient Express
(2017)
Edward Ratchett
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
(2017)
Jack Sparrow
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Vampires Live at Hellfest 2018
(2018)
Self
London Fields
(2018)
Chick Purchase
City of Lies
(2018)
Russell Poole
The Professor
(2018)
Richard Brown
Sherlock Gnomes
(2018)
Sherlock Gnomes (voice)
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
(2018)
Gellert Grindelwald
Brothers in Arms
(2018)
Self
Waiting for the Barbarians
(2019)
Colonel Joll
Minamata
(2020)
W. Eugene Smith
Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Kids
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
I Am a Mutoid: A Glastonbury Hero
(2021)
Self (Archive Footage)
kid 90
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Johnny Depp: King of Cult
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
(2021)
Self
Scab Vendor
(2022)
Self
Depp Vs. Heard: Winners & Losers
(2022)
Self
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Tell Me Iggy
(2022)
Self
TMZ Presents Johnny vs. Amber: From Love to Hate
(2022)
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
(2022)
Self (uncredited)
Depp vs Heard: The Verdict
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Jeanne du Barry
(2023)
Louis XV
Johnny Depp: The Love of the Bizarre
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Johnny Puff: Secret Mission
(2024)
Johnny Puff (voice)
Directing
Every Cake, Neil
(1991)
Director
Stuff
(1993)
Director
Banter
(1994)
Director
The Brave
(1997)
Director
Writing
Crew
Production
The Rum Diary
(2011)
Producer
Hugo
(2011)
Producer
Dark Shadows
(2012)
Producer
The Lone Ranger
(2013)
Executive Producer
LaDonna Harris: Indian 101
(2014)
Executive Producer
Mortdecai
(2015)
Producer
City of Lies
(2018)
Executive Producer
Minamata
(2020)
Producer
Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan
(2020)
Producer
Jeanne du Barry
(2023)
Co-Producer