Jonny Depp
John Christopher Depp II (Owensboro, Kentucky, June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer, director, screenwriter and musician. He was nominated three times to the Oscar and received a Golden Globe, an award from the Actors Guild and a César.
He began his career in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street as Glen Lantz, one of the victims of Freddy Krueger. Two years later, he had a supporting role in Platoon directed by Oliver Stone. However, fame came to him when he played Tom Hanson in the television series 21 Jump Street, which made him an adolescent idol, while working on it, Depp starred in the film Edward Scissorhands, which earned him his first nomination Golden Globe and recognition by the critics. He subsequently starred in most of the films he worked on, including the box office hit Sleepy Hollow (1999), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and its sequels, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). ), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2008), Alice in Wonderland (2010) and its sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016), among others.
Part of his most recognized collaborations are those he forms with director Tim Burton, with whom he participated in eight films: Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Charlie and the chocolate factory ( 2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd (2007), Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Dark Shadows (2012). In his introduction to Burton on Burton, a book of interviews with the director, the actor called this "a brother, a friend and a brave soul."
His most blockbuster films have been the Pirates of the Caribbean saga with more than 3.9 billion dollars, followed by Alice in Wonderland with a worldwide income of 1024 million, Charlie and the chocolate factory with 474 million and The Tourist with 278 million worldwide, Vanity Fair ranked it second in the list of "The forty celebrities in Hollywood with more earnings in 2010", with an estimated revenue of 100 million dollars. In 2003 and 2009 he was chosen as the sexiest man alive in the world by the American magazine People.
Private Life
Depp married makeup artist Lori Anne Allison on December 20, 1983, but divorced in 1985.
During the 1990s, he became involved with many women, including Sherilyn Fenn, Jennifer Gray, Winona Ryder and Kate Moss, the best known of whom was Ryder, with whom he spent three years, since July 1990. During their courtship, Depp tattooed the phrase "Winona Forever" -Winona forever-on her arm but, after the separation, she modified it to "Wino Forever" -Brach forever.
After his separation from Moss, he began a relationship with French actress and singer Vanessa Paradis, whom he met on the set of The Ninth Gate, in France, in 1998. [citation needed] The couple had a daughter, Lily-Rose Melody - born on May 27, 1999 - and a son, John Christopher III - born on April 9, 2002. - The family divided their time between Hollywood and the countryside of southern France, and also had apartments in Paris and Manhattan . In June 2012, after fourteen years of relationship, they announced their separation, with respect to the rupture, Depp said: "The last couple of years has been hectic ... Sometimes, certainly unpleasant, but that is the nature of the breaks, I suppose, especially when there are children involved [...] Relationships are difficult. Especially in my situation, because you are constantly outside or they are outside, with what is hard. It was not easy for her. It was not easy for me. It was not easy for children [...] It's hard for everyone, for Vanessa it has not been easy, for me it has not been easy. Children are the most complicated, because they come first. You can not protect them, because you would be lying to them. So at least you can be honest with them and tell them the absolute truth, it was very important not to play dumb ».
During his separation from Paradis, the actor struck up a close friendship with heavy metal singer Marilyn Manson. On this, the musician said "Johnny and I were never colleagues of drinks, although he was the one who introduced me to absinthe, I can blame him for that. I think there was a kind of destiny that brought us together recently. We were both going through certain problems in strange areas of our minds and our lives, and being with him made me happier, and it seemed to him as well. We could call it a bromance ».
Career
His film career began in 1984, when he met Nicolas Cage through his wife Lori Anne Allison and he encouraged him to try his luck as an actor. His first role was in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street, directed by Wes Craven. Depp attended the audition and was so pleased with the daughter of the producer that he was finally elected, Craven said that Depp "had a calm charisma (...) In a certain sense he exercised an attraction similar to that of James Dean. very powerful as well as subtle, my teenage daughter and her friends attended the casting and everyone bet on Depp without hesitation, her sexual attractiveness among women is undeniable. "In the film, she portrayed Glen Lantz, the protagonist's boyfriend. His character dies at the hands of the main villain Freddy Krueger. His television debut was a year later, when he played Lionel Viland in the drama series Lady Blue. He also co-starred in the comedy Private Resort (1985) and worked on the short film Dummies as Pete. Depp became a teenage idol in the late 1980s with his portrayal of policeman Tommy Hanson in the television series 21 Jump Street, which began airing in 1987. The police drama showed the dedication of some young agents when investigating and solving crimes in juvenile environments, such as institutes and universities, Depp accepted the role as it represented an opportunity to work alongside Frederic Forrest, who played Captain Richard Jenko. Later, he decided to appear alone in a film of the series, released in 2012, in which Depp and some members of the original cast made cameos.
In 1986 he participated in Platoon, Oliver Stone, where he played Gator Lerner, a soldier of the Vietnam War who uses drugs in his spare time with his companions. The film won several awards, including the Oscar for best film. That same year he made some scenes for the film Thrashin ', although he was fired after several disagreements with the producer, and also appeared in the short film R. P. G. in the role of Vinnie Dooler and in the telefilm Slow Burn as Donnie Fleischer. A year later he was in the episode "Unfinished Business" of the ABC Hotel series as Rob Cameron and he also took on the role of Vince in the sequel R. P. G. II.