Filmography Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp is rightly considered a megastar of world cinema. The most famous was the role of Jack Sparrow in the films of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, as well as the images created in the paintings of Tony Barton. In 2012, Johnny Depp was recognized as the highest paid actor in Hollywood and entered into the Guinness Book of Records.

Johnny Depp Biography

Johnny Depp was born in 1963 in the city of Overborough (Kentucky) in the family of an engineer and a waitress. Johnny Depp was the youngest child (he has 2 older sisters and a brother). In early childhood, the future actor lived with his grandfather, and his death was a real tragedy for young Depp. At age 12, he tried drugs and started smoking.

From early childhood, Johnny Depp was very close to his mother. The actor even made a tattoo on her left hand with her name.

When Depp was 15 years old, his parents divorced. It was then that he became interested in music. His mother gave him a guitar, on which Depp independently learned to play. He was taken to the group "Kids", performing in nightclubs. Soon, Johnny Depp dropped out of school and decided to devote himself entirely to music. In search of fortune, he moved to Los Angeles, where he played in the group "Pi".

Another great hobby of Johnny Depp is painting. He became the author of the cover of the album of the group "Pi". The actor is also very fond of literature. Johnny Depp admits that one of his favorite writers, John Kerouac, greatly influenced his worldview.

Participation in films

Johnny Depp's first wife, makeup artist Laurie Allison, introduced him to Nicolas Cage, who persuaded Johnny to meet with his agent. The result of this meeting was the debut role of Johnny Depp in the film "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

However, in the first place he still had music. But soon the group that Johnny Depp played in broke up. After that, he took part in television shows and starred in the film "Platoon" by Oliver Stone. But during the editing of the film, almost all the episodes featuring Depp were cut.

In 1993, Johnny Depp starred in the movie "Arizona Dream" by Emir Kusturica, and although the picture did not go on American distribution, she received a prize at the Berlin Film Festival, and Johnny Depp's acting career went uphill.

In subsequent years, the actor demonstrated his talent in such diverse films as The Ninth Gate and Sleepy Hollow, Chocolate and Fairyland, Pirates of the Caribbean, Sweeney Todd: A Demon Hairdresser from Fleet Street, "Alice in Wonderland", "Secret Window" and earned a well-deserved audience love.

In 2000, the directorial debut of Johnny Depp - the picture "Brave", in which he also played a major role. But the film was not successful, and was extremely coldly received by critics.

In total, the filmography of Johnny Depp has 74 films, 6 of which have not yet been released. Among the expected paintings with the participation of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, the premiere of which is scheduled for 2016, Alice in Wonderland 2 and Black Mass.