Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp (born John Christopher EPD II the June 9th 1963 with Owensboro, Kentucky -) is a Acteur, Réalisateur and American Producteur . Become a high-speed motorboat following its role in the televised series 21 Jump Street , its name is regularly associated with successes of American independent films, in particular those of Tim Burton, which became its realizer fetish.

Biography

Wire of an engineer and a cleaning lady, Johnny Depp was born on June 9th, 1963 in Kentucky. It has a brother, Daniel or Danny, and two sisters, Christy and Debbie. When it takes taste with the music while attending a spectacle of Gospel that his uncle, Pasteur, presented in a church, it then joined the group The Flame , which becomes The Kids and makes the first part of the round of Iggy Pop. Two years later, after having left the school at the 15 years age, its group and it go to Los Angeles, but the group does not take off and they must work in addition to their artistic activity. During this period, EPD is briefly married with the make-up girl Lori Allison and sells pens by correspondence, his wife presents Nicolas Cage then to him. This last organizes a meeting with its agent, which leads to its first role in Freddy, the nightmare one Elm street of Wes Craven.

Johnny Depp then decides to be registered with the Loft Studio in Los Angeles. Once left the school, it obtains some roles of second plan or figuration, which enable him to live correctly. Then it déccroche in 87 the main role of 21 Jump Street , series whose success will hoist it on a fragile pedestal. After four seasons to interpret Tom Hanson, it wishes to break with its image “  of idol for the adolescentes  ” conveyed by television, and succeeds, with the assistance of its agent, to break the contract (by which it was held to turn in 5 seasons of the series) to turn to the cinematographic career which tightens the arms to him.

It begins in the satirist Cry-Baby from John Waters which launches with brilliance the career of the young actor. Tim Burton offers to him in 1990 the role of the dedication which allows him, consequently occasion, to break with its image of young first: Edward scissorhands in 1991. Consequently, he becomes the actor of predilection of Burton with which he will turn also ED Wood in 1994, Sleepy Hollow in 1999, chocolate Charlie and the factory , The corpse attaches , cartoon film, in 2005 and Sweeney Todd in 2008). Follow of other less noticed collaborations which tend to give to him the indication of an actor fleeing the large productions. He will turn thus with Jim Jarmusch in Dead Man , 1995, Terry Gilliam in Las Vegas Parano and chaotic the " the man who killed Don Quichotte" who will give place to documentary the " Lost in Mancha " (realized by Keith Fulton). In 1993, Emir Kusturica offers to him a role with the measurement of its talent in Arizona Dream . In 1997, It is tested with the realization with The Brave , which does not obtain the success discounted in spite of its presentation with the Cannes festival. Its catalog of films counts for intant 47 films, it is thus difficult to detail it. It is partly for that it accepted, in 1999, a César of honor for the whole of its work.

It seems essential to speak about the adventure which constituted a turning in its career by offering an international repute to him: the role of Jack Sparrow in the trilogy " Pirate off the Caribbean " of which the first shutter (The Curse off the Black Pearl) extended in 2003. It thus finds its statute of actor bankable and release of riots which had made it flee the turning of " 21 Jump Street ". The films in which it turns after this date are almost all of successes to the boxoffice. Put aside, in 2004, Rochester, the last of the libertines ( The Libertine ), in whom the fans of Jack Sparrow probably by found themselves. The talking film indeed about one about the largest poet having lived at the 17th century, discharged notorious and free thinker, under the reign of the king Charles II of England. The two other shutters of its escapade in the world of piracy (Dead man' S Chest in 2006 and At World' S end in 2007), will come to confirm the success of the first episode. Success more than advantageous for the hard core of the team, namely Johnny EPD, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley (actors), Gore Verbinski (realizer), Jerry Bruckheimer (producing), and, of course, the company Disney.

Generally, its atypical characters in common have a certain naivety, timidity, an originality and are in shift with the common run of people. It makes an appearance in the film They married and had many children of Yvan Attal.

Companion of Vanessa Paradis since 1998, their hearth is composed of two children, Lily-Rose Melody (born in 1999) and Jack John Christopher III (born in 2002). He bought with Hollywood a residence of which " the légende" would like that it is that where the Large one Bleated Lugosi Dracula would have lived. Then, following its turnings with repetition in the Caribbean, it will fall " amoureux" from an island which it had the means of offering to its family like privileged place of holidays.

In 2006, it appeared in the posthumous clip of Johnny Cash, " God' S gonna cut you down" , as well as about thirty other artists. It appears at the end of the video, playing of the guitar.

Projects in progress

It will incarnate soon a assoiffé démoniaque barber of revenge in Sweeney Todd on Tim Burton, with dimensions of Helena Bonham Carter and Alan Rickman (left French on January 23rd, 2008). He currently works on a new project: Shantaram, of Reflected Nair, with dimensions, inter alia, of Emily Watson, whose turning is delayed because of the massive strike of the scenario writers in Hollywood.

Catalog of films (actor)

Catalog of films (realizer)

  • 1993 : Stuff with John Frusciante. Johnny Depp, accompanied by Gibby Haynes (The Butthole Surfers) comes to film the indescribable chaos in which their friend John Frusciante lives, recluse in his house of Hollywood Bld, since its departure of Red Hot Chili Peppers. A small film seizing and with the surrealist atmosphere.
  • 1997 : The Faces with Marlon Brando and itself.

This film is unfortunately not available in America.

Distinctions

  • César of honor in 1999
  • Named in the " category; better acteur" with the Pirate Oscars in 2004 for of the Caribbean 1: Curse of Black Pearl and 2005 for Neverland
  • Better performance of actor to the MTV Movie Pirate Awards 2004 for of the Caribbean 1: Curse of Black Pearl
  • Better performance of actor to the Pirate MTV Movie Awards 2007 for of the Caribbean 2: The secrecy of the cursed trunk

External bonds

  • Johnny Depp on Internet Movie Database
  • Dependence, site of fan

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