Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp’s real name is

John Christopher

Depp. He was born 9 june

1963. 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 1995. 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 !