


On Wednesday, Depp channeled his inner Jack Sparrow as he thanked his 'sweet' fans while leaving court.

He married actress/producer Amber Heard in 2015, divorcing a few years later.'He's around here somewhere!' Johnny Depp slips into character as Captain Jack Sparrow after fan screams her love for Pirates of the Caribbean lead outside court Depp has two children with his former long-time partner, French singer/actress Vanessa Paradis: Lily-Rose Melody, born in 1999 and John Christopher "Jack" III, born in 2002. He was married to Lori Anne Allison in 1983, but divorced her in 1985. Off-screen, Depp has dated several female celebrities, and has been engaged to Sherilyn Fenn, Jennifer Grey, Winona Ryder and Kate Moss. Depp collaborated again with Burton in a screen adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), and later in Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Dark Shadows (2012). He appeared as the central character in the Stephen King-based movie, Secret Window (2004) as the kind-hearted novelist James Barrie in the factually-based Finding Neverland (2004), where he co-starred with Kate Winslet and Rochester in the British film, The Libertine (2004). The film's enormous success has opened several doors for his career and included an Oscar nomination. In that same year he starred in the marvelous family blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), playing a character that only the likes of Depp could pull off: the charming, conniving and roguish Capt. He stole the show from screen greats such as Antonio Banderas in the finale to Robert Rodriguez's "mariachi" trilogy, Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003). Depp has played many characters in his career, including another fact-based one, Insp. The same year he teamed up again with Burton in Sleepy Hollow (1999), brilliantly portraying Ichabod Crane. In 1997 he played an undercover FBI agent in the fact-based film Donnie Brasco (1997), opposite Al Pacino in 1998 he appeared in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), directed by Terry Gilliam and then, in 1999, he appeared in the sci-fi/horror film The Astronaut's Wife (1999). He continued to gain critical acclaim and increasing popularity by appearing in many features before re-joining with Burton in the lead role of Ed Wood (1994). Following the film's success, Depp carved a niche for himself as a serious, somewhat dark, idiosyncratic performer, consistently selecting roles that surprised critics and audiences alike. In 1990, after numerous roles in teen-oriented films, his first of a handful of great collaborations with director Tim Burton came about when Depp played the title role in Edward Scissorhands (1990).
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In 1987 he shot to stardom when he replaced Jeff Yagher in the role of undercover cop Tommy Hanson in the popular TV series 21 Jump Street (1987). A visit to Los Angeles, California, with his wife, however, happened to be a blessing in disguise, when he met up with actor Nicolas Cage, who advised him to turn to acting, which culminated in Depp's film debut in the low-budget horror film, A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), where he played a teenager who falls prey to dream-stalking demon Freddy Krueger. Depp, he took a job as a ballpoint-pen salesman to support himself and his wife. He dropped out of school when he was 15, and fronted a series of music-garage bands, including one named 'The Kids'. John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II was born on Jin Owensboro, Kentucky, to Betty Sue Palmer (née Wells), a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, a civil engineer.
