Who is johnny depp

Depp has frequently stated that he believes that he has Cherokee or Creek heritage, although this ancestry has never been verified by any tribe or genealogists.

Asked the origin of his last name by James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio, Depp stated, perhaps jokingly, that his name means "idiot" in German. Was listed as a potential nominee on the Razzie Award nominating ballot. He was suggested in the Worst Actor category for his performance in the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , however, he failed to receive a nomination. His ownership of the Viper room ended in when he signed it over to Amanda Fox, the daughter of his missing partner in the club, Anthony Fox.

Was close with his grandfather who died when he was seven years old. Ranked 18 on Premiere's "Power 50" list. Had ranked 23 in He was considered for Dr. Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park Oliver Stone seriously considered casting him in Charlie Sheen 's role in Platoon , but the studio thought Depp was "too young. He missed out on several roles that went to Keanu Reeves. He was considered for Johnny Utah in Point Break ; he was Francis Ford Coppola 's original choice for Johnathan Harker in Dracula , but the studio wanted a heartthrob; he turned down the role of Jack Traven in Speed ; and he was the Wachowskis' choice for Neo in The Matrix , but the studio didn't think he was a big enough name.

Has been described as the "jester of cinema, the Method clown. Once painted on a billboard featuring his 21 Jump Street character because he didn't like his picture or the message the billboard gave. He was stopped by a security guard who actually let him finish what he was doing when he realized it was Johnny's own face. He was good friends with Hunter S. Thompson until his death. Depp helped to fulfill Thompson's last wish after the writer died. Thompson wanted his remains to be shot out of a foot long canon.

Has admitted in interviews that one of his favorite pastimes is watching cartoons especially Dave the Barbarian , of whom he is a big fan with his children. Was considered for the role of Florentino Ariza in Love in the Time of Cholera , but director Mike Newell refused to work with big name Hollywood stars.

Javier Bardem got the role instead. Originally cast as John Smith in Mr. Smith , but turned it down after being overworked with other movies he was shooting. Is a great admirer and good friend of Tom Baker. Was engaged to Sherilyn Fenn , whom he met on the set of the short student film "Dummies" directed by Laurie Frank. Their engagement was broken off after three years and a half.

He gave the gift as thanks for the treatment his daughter Lily-Rose received at the facility in March after contracting an E. Coli infection that caused kidney failure. Good friend of Serbian film director Emir Kusturica. Had a nightclub named after him in Tartu, Estonia.

The nightclub was called "Who wouldn't like Johnny Depp? However, he dropped from the project due to scheduling conflicts. Made a voice message for seventeen-year-old British girl who has been in a coma for five months. Parents of the girl asked him to tape a voice message because he's the favorite actor of their daughter and they will play that message to her every day hoping she'll wake up. Depp was touched by the letter and he said that he'll do whatever he can to help.

Was originally supposed to play the on screen version of Billy Loomis in the original version of Scream 2 , but was replaced by Luke Wilson. He and Vanessa Paradis grow grapes and have wine making facilities in their vineyard in Plan-de-la-Tour north of Saint-Tropez. Closed down the "Viper Room" for two weeks after River Phoenix died there and he also closed it on every 31 October until when he sold his share of the club , which was the date of Phoenix's death.

Nicolas Cage got him his first acting job. Is a fan of the popular British series Midsomer Murders He also stated that he would like to make a guest appearance in this long-running show.

Has expressed interest in getting French, British or Australian citizenship when he retires from an active movie career.

Donated his salary earned for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus to the daughter of the late Heath Ledger , who passed away in the middle of filming. Jude Law and Colin Farrell did the same thing after Depp gave that idea. The role went to Russell Crowe instead. Was considered for the role of Detective Trupo in American Gangster Was considered one of the top three actors of his generation by Dustin Hoffman , his co-star in Finding Neverland Based his characterization of Edward D.

Turned down the role of Bruce Banner in Hulk Named beaches on his own island in Bahamas after his once-girlfriend Vanessa Paradis , his children and public figures like Hunter S. Thompson and Marlon Brando. There is also a patch of water named "Heath's Place" after Heath Ledger. Is a fan of Doctor Who and Downton Abbey Received the prestigious Career Achievement Award at Festival Patron Sean Connery presented Depp with his award.

Hunter S. Thompson Music from the Film. Was present during the filming of then-girlfriend Sherilyn Fenn 's movie The Wraith and was living in the film crew's hotel with Fenn. The party of 15 were celebrating a red carpet screening of Depp's then latest release Public Enemies Johnny Depp was interested in playing "Arturo Bandini" in the movie, Ask the Dust , back in but they couldn't get financing on it. It was later made and released in with Colin Farrell playing "Arturo".

Depp was honored with a life-size statue in Serbia The statue was unveiled to him by his friend, Serbian director Emir Kusturica. Has amicably separated from Vanessa Paradis , his girlfriend of fourteen years. Hasn't yet met his fan, actress Tippi Hedren , even though she named one of her house cats after him.

He did act with her son-in-law, Antonio Banderas , in Once Upon a Time in Mexico and had a cameo in the feature film version of 21 Jump Street , which featured her granddaughter, Dakota Johnson , in a supporting role. Became a father for the 1st time at age 35 when his [now ex] partner Vanessa Paradis gave birth to their daughter Lily-Rose Depp on May 27, He turned down the lead role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off He has no regrets about missing out on this one. He auditioned for the lead role in Near Dark that went to Adrian Pasdar.

He turned down the role of Jack Dawson in Titanic He was Disney's first choice to star in The Rocketeer At one point, he was interested in starring in Warcraft He was going to star in a Howard Hughes biopic written and directed by the Hughes Brothers that never got made.

In March , Depp cut ties with his management company, the Management Group, and accused them of improperly managing his money. The Management Group later sued Depp for unpaid fees and countersued him for damages alleging that Depp was responsible for his own fiscal mismanagement.

On July 16, , Deadline reported that Depp and TMG had agreed to settle their lawsuit, and though details of the settlement were not released, both sides were reportedly happy with the outcome. Engaged to Amber Heard [January 17, ].

Suffers from near-sightedness since birth, and is nearly blind in his left eye. He claims that the condition cannot be corrected by surgery. Depp has said that he wears two silver skull rings to remind him that life is short and every moment needs to be lived to the fullest. He and Vanessa Paradis grew grapes and had wine making facilities in their vineyard in Plan-de-la-Tour north of Saint-Tropez.

Is good friends with Marilyn Manson , owns the prosthetic breasts Manson wore on the cover of his album Mechanical Animals, and also played guitar on Marilyn Manson's cover of Carly Simon 's "You're so vain". As of , has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Platoon , Chocolate and Finding Neverland Of those, Platoon won in the category.

He was rumored to star in Doctor Strange Black Mass is his favorite of his own films. On May 24 , Johnny as part of the band Hollywood Vampires , embarked on their first concert tour across Europe. Amber Heard filed for divorce from Johnny Depp on 25th May, The following day, Heard was granted a temporary domestic violence restraining order against Depp in relation to a physical altercation between the couple, which resulted in Heard filing for divorce in the first place.

A big fan of Buster Keaton , having a large collection of his films. Will not allow paparazzi to take photos of his children because he feels they didn't ask for the celebrity attention. Considers renting a silent movie theater for a date with Vanessa Paradis as the most romantic gesture he's ever done for a date. Julie Newmar He was considered for Max in Collateral He was originally considered for M.

Gustave in The Grand Budapest Hotel He turned down William Baldwin 's roles in Backdraft and Sliver He was considered for Michael J. Fox 's role in Mars Attacks! He was so ashamed of Private Resort that he and Rob Morrow swore a pact to destroy every copy. He was the first choice for Jackie Boy in Sin City He was considered for Pennywis in It He turned down Woody Harrelson 's role in Indecent Proposal He was considered to star in Speed Racer when the project was in its early development in the s.

Intensely protective of his private life, Inside the Actors Studio is one of the few televised interviews he's granted. He was arrested in for brawling with paparazzi outside a restaurant while dining in London with Vanessa Paradis. He was adopted as an honorary son by LaDonna Harris, a member of the Comanche Nation, on May 22, , making him an honorary member of Harris's family but not a member of any tribe. In , disabled UC Irvine medical professor Robin Eckert sued Depp and three security firms, claiming to have been attacked by his bodyguards at a concert in Los Angeles in During the incident, she was allegedly hand-cuffed and dragged 40 feet across the floor, resulting in injuries including a dislocated elbow.

She argued in court that, as the security guards' direct manager, Depp failed to intervene, even though he did not actively take part in the battery. In October , it was decided that Eckert could seek compensation and punitive damages from Depp, with a trial date set for August 12, Depp ultimately settled with Eckert for an undisclosed sum.

In July , he was sued for allegedly punching a crew member twice in the ribs during a foul-mouthed tirade on the set of City of Lies Court documents stated that the actor "reeked of alcohol" and took drugs on set. He was arrested in Vancouver in for assaulting a security guard after the police were called to end a loud party at his hotel room.

Started work on a film starring. He was considered for the role of Detective Nick Peretti in New Jack City but was considered too expensive for the film.

Has two Ken dolls made based on his likeness, the first one being Ken as the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland , and the second one being Ken as Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean films.

Depp in real life collects Barbie dolls with his daughter. Anything I've done up till 27 May, was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life. I was showing him this first-edition book I have of the complete works of [ Edgar Allan Poe ], with really amazing illustrations. Vincent was going nuts over the drawings, and he started talking about The Tomb of Ligeia Then he closed the book and began to recite it to me in this beautiful voice, filling the room with huge sounds.

Such passion! I looked in the book later, and it was verbatim. Word perfect. It was a great moment. I'll never forget that. The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants. One of the greatest things I've ever seen happen was the morning I opened the newspaper and it said that some very powerful government officials had decided to change the name of "french fries" to "freedoom fries" and "french toast" to "freedom toast".

It was impressive. I wanted to write a letter to them just to thank them, just for proving globally that they were absolute imbeciles. America is dumb. It's like a dumb puppy that has big teeth that can bite and hurt you, aggressive.

My daughter is four, my boy is one. I'd like them to see America as a toy, a broken toy. Investigate it a little, check it out, get this feeling and then get out. Taken in context, what I was saying was that, compared to Europe, America is a very young country and we are still growing as a nation.

It is a shame that the metaphor I used was taken so radically out of context and slung about irresponsibly by the news media. There was no anti-American sentiment. In fact, it was just the opposite. I am an American. I love my country and have great hopes for it.

It is for this reason that I speak candidly and sometimes critically about it. I have benefited greatly from the freedom that exists in my country and for this I am eternally grateful. France and the whole of Europe have a great culture and an amazing history. Most important thing, though, is that people there know how to live!

In America they've forgotten all about it. I'm afraid that the American culture is a disaster. I can remember when I finished Edward Scissorhands , looking in the mirror as the girl was doing my make-up for the last time and thinking -- it was like the 90th or 89th day of shooting -- and I remember looking and going, "Wow, this is it.

I'm saying goodbye to this guy, I'm saying goodbye to Edward Scissorhands". Just writing that sentence feels genuinely shocking, and yet, by now perhaps, it should not. For a start, the allegation that he was physically abusive to his ex-wife Amber Heard emerged more than four years ago, after she applied for a temporary restraining order against him following their divorce, citing domestic abuse.

It should also not be a shock, given how many other hugely famous men have been accused of abusing women. Sean Connery was alleged to have beaten his first wife and frequently defended hitting women. But Depp is a very different figure from Connery. The latter represented alpha masculinity and aggressive sexuality. Depp, however, represented something else. I often wonder about these online Depp fans, given that they are most likely in their 30s and 40s. Such online stanning from the middle-aged is unusual, and yet that it is Depp who inspires it says a lot about him: both what he represented to my generation, and how far he has fallen.

Depp may appeal. It was always risky for Depp to pursue this case. Aside from everything else, Depp had always been unusually eloquent for an A-lister, with a courtly, old-fashioned conversational style. That was part of his appeal; now he was lobbing insults like a six-year-old. Somewhere, amid all the drugs and the drink, Depp seemed to lose his mind.

As I looked at the photos of him, turning up to court looking like a self-parody in his perma-present piratical scarf and blue-tinted sunglasses, to argue over whether it was human or terrier excrement in his bed, I felt horrified, of course, but I also felt sad.

This was not how it was supposed to go. For those who came of age in the 90s, Depp represented a different way of being famous. He complicated the narrative. Along with Phoenix and Keanu Reeves, he was part of a holy trinity of grunge heart-throbs.

They were the opposite of the Beverly Hills boys, or Brad Pitt and DiCaprio, because they seemed embarrassed by their looks, even resentful of them. This uninterest in their own prettiness made them seem edgy, even while their prettiness softened that edge.

They signified not just a different kind of celebrity, but a different kind of masculinity: desirable but gentle, manly but girlish. Depp in particular was the cool pinup it was safe to like, and the safe pinup it was cool to like.

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Star Sign: Gemini. Getting Started Contributor Zone ». The group became successful enough to open for the Talking Heads and the Bs, but they barely made ends meet. Depp lived for months in a friend's '67 Chevy Impala. In , at the age of 20, Depp met and married year-old makeup artist Lori Allison. That same year, the couple moved to L. Still living on a shoestring budget, Depp and his bandmates supported themselves by selling pens for a telemarketing firm.

A year later, Depp fell into acting when his wife introduced him to her ex-boyfriend, actor Nicolas Cage. Cage saw potential in Depp, and introduced the hopeful musician to a Hollywood agent. After several small roles as an extra, Depp landed his first legitimate movie role in the horror film Nightmare on Elm Street By , the Kids had broken up — and so had Depp's marriage. After his split with Allison, Depp struck up a relationship with actress Sherilyn Fenn, whom he met on the set of the short film Dummies They were briefly engaged, but split shortly after.

After their break-up, Depp then met and proposed to actress Jennifer Grey ; their romance was also short-lived. Depp started to study acting in earnest, first in classes at the Loft Studio in Los Angeles and then with a private coach. The lessons paid off in when he replaced actor Jeff Yagher in the role of undercover cop Tommy Hanson in the popular Canadian-filmed television series 21 Jump Street.

The role thrust Depp into almost immediate stardom; he became a teen idol overnight, though he resented that label. When his contract on Jump Street expired in , he leapt at the opportunity to pursue weightier roles. In , Depp starred in the John Waters '50s-kitsch musical Cry-Baby , which became a cult hit and succeeded in changing his image. That same year, he received an opportunity to exhibit his versatility as an actor in the titular role of Tim Burton 's fantasy film, Edward Scissorhands.

Following the film's success, Depp carved a niche for himself as a serious, somewhat dark, idiosyncratic performer, consistently selecting roles that surprise critics and audiences alike. It was during shooting for Edward Scissorhands that Depp met co-star Winona Ryder , whom he'd been eyeing since a brief meeting at the premiere for her film Great Balls of Fire The two began dating on the set and soon became a Hollywood power couple.

Five months after their first date, Depp and Ryder became engaged. To solidify their love, Depp even had "Winona Forever" tattooed on his right arm.

The couple split, however, in after Ryder's parents forbade their daughter to marry.