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Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp
John Depp II - born 9 June 1963, in Owensboro, Kentucky - is bold and beautiful, and - these days, at least - he makes films that make him happy.

After cropping up in A Nightmare on Elm Street and Platoon, things really took off in 1987 with 21 Jump Street. Four seasons of the US cop show made Depp a poster-boy sex symbol - a tag he hated and began dismantling immediately.

The double-whammy of Edward Scissorhands and Cry Baby established his fondness for the weird and wonderful, and the 12 years from 1990 only continued this trend.

Then came Captain Jack Sparrow. The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has rightly made Depp a huge superstar, but he's still all about vivid variety.

An unfussy but totally committed actor, he has a peculiarly British sense of humour (which meant he once championed The Fast Show to a room of bewildered American mates), and currently lives in Paris with long-term belle Vanessa Paradis and their two children.

And he's soon to be Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street...

Wise words: "Sure, I find it touching, honestly, but awards are not as important to me as when I meet a 10-year-old kid who says: 'I love Captain Jack Sparrow' ... That's real magic for me."


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Johnny Depp - news / articles


  • Depp 'pocketing £21 million' for fourth Pirates - 17 November 2009
    -Johnny Depp has reportedly signed a whopping £21 million pay deal to star in the fourth instalment of the Pirates Of The Caribbean film franchise.- -The movie hunk has proved popular in his role as eccentric high seas character Captain Jack Sparrow - the first


  • Depp's departure rumours 'unfounded' - 30 September 2009
    -Movie bosses have blasted reports Johnny Depp is set to abandon ship - he isn't quitting the Pirates Of The Caribbean film franchise.- -The actor sparked speculation he'll be replaced in his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in future instalments after telling the Los An


  • Depp tackles vampires - 17 August 2009
    -Johnny Depp is bidding to take his favourite childhood TV show, vampire thriller Dark Shadows, to the big screen. - -Depp and regular collaborator, director Tim Burton, hope to turn the '60s series - about a man struck down with a vampire curse - into a movie franch

Johnny Depp - what members say


  • Donnie Brasco
  • Donnie Brasco review by wolfenchild from London, England
    Rated - 5 stars Donnie Brasco 4 February 2004
    ...Brasco centers around the true story of FBI Agent, Joseph D. Pistone, played by Johnny Depp, who infiltrates the mafia of New York, by befriending Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggeri...  
  • Sleepy Hollow
  • Sleepy Hollow review by from Midlands, UK
    Rated - 4 stars Comedy, horror and romance all in one film! 1 January 2005
    ...Comedy, horror and romance all in one film! Johnny Depp gives a great comic performance on par with his turn in Pirates of the Caribbean as the scientist sent to investiga...  
  • Platoon
  • Platoon review by A customer from Cornwall
    Rated - 5 stars Welcome to the 'Nam 20 September 2003
    ...lid in every way imaginable. Familiar faces like John C. McGinley, Keith David, Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Dillon and Tony Todd are all perfect in limited, but im...  

Johnny Depp - filmography


  • The Rum Diary (2010)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Amber Heard,  Giovanni Ribisi
    Director: Bruce Robinson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Paul Kemp is a freelance journalist who finds himself at a critical turning point in his life while writing for a run-down newspaper in the Caribbean. Paul is challenged on many levels as he tries to carve out a more secure niche for himself amidst a group of lost souls all bent on self-destruction.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 6 members
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  • Public Enemies - BLU-RAY Version (2009)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Christian Bale,  Marion Cotillard
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    *This title is currently unavailable for rental.* Based on author Bryan Burrough's ambitious tome 'Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-43', director Michael Mann (HEAT, LAST OF THE MOHICANS) has crafted a sprawling historical crime drama that follows the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 51 members
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  • Secret Window on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  John Turturro,  Timothy Hutton
    Director: David Koepp
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on a Stephen King novella, the psychological thriller SECRET WINDOW is reminiscent of an Alfred Hitchcock film. Eccentric author Mort Rainey (Johnny Depp) finds his life spiralling out of control. With a drinking problem and a cigarette habit he can't shake, Mort can barely function when his ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 32,663 members
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  • Blow on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Penelope Cruz,  Penelope Cruz
    Director: Ted Demme
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    George Jung (Johnny Depp) doesn't want to live like his father (Ray Liotta)--always short of money and constantly berated by his mother (Rachel Griffiths). So he sets off for California to live on the beach, where he finds he can make a living selling drugs. Soon George's drug dealing business ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 13,753 members
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  • The Ninth Gate on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Lena Olin,  Frank Langella
    Director: Roman Polanski
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on a novel by Arturo Perez-Reverte (THE CLUB DUMAS) and coscripted by director Roman Polanski, THE NINTH GATE was Polanski's first feature after a long break following the release of 1995's DEATH AND THE MAIDEN--in between, there was an aborted project that faltered when designated star John ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 8,280 members
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  • Donnie Brasco on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Johnny Depp,  Michael Madsen
    Director: Mike Newell
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Joe Pistone (Johnny Depp) is an FBI who ingratiates himself into the Mafia pecking order by posing as "jewel man" Donnie Brasco. He finds his loyalties divided when Lefty Ruggiero, a jaded hit man, takes him on as a protege and places real trust in him. The two men form a friendship--and a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 21,770 members
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  • The Brave on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Marlon Brando,  Marshall Bell
    Director: Johnny Depp
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Johnny Depp writes, directs and stars in this tense drama about a man racing to save his own life. Depp plays Raphael, whose family are struggling to make ends meet and defy poverty. He seeks a more secure future for his family when he meets the sinister McCarthy (Brando) who offers him $30000 to ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 2,720 members
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  • Nick Of Time on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Christopher Walken,  Charles S. Dutton
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    In John Badham's NICK OF TIME, Johnny Depp stars as Gene Watson, a mild-mannered, widowed accountant, and the father of six-year-old Lynn (Courtney Chase). While in Los Angeles's Union Station, they are abducted by a mysterious couple posing as police officers, Mr. Smith (Christopher Walken) and Ms...read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 4,118 members
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  • Dead Man on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Gary Farmer,  Gabriel Byrne
    Director: Jim Jarmusch
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    William Blake (Johnny Depp) set out on an exciting journey to start his life over in a new town with a new job. He never could have prepared himself for what was to come. Through a mysterious chain of events, he becomes involved in a love triangle that ends in a double murder--with him as the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 4,489 members
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  • Arizona Dream on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Faye Dunaway,  Jerry Lewis
    Director: Emir Kusturica
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A romantic comedy about the adventures of an innocent dreamer in the weird landscape of the American West. Caught between childhood and adulthood he finds himself back in his hometown where he becomes involved with a wealthy widow and her stepdaughter.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 2,292 members
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  • Ed Wood on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Martin Landau,  Sarah Jessica Parker
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A stranger-than-fiction true story of the early career of Edward D. Wood, Jr., the undisputed "worst movie director of all time," Tim Burton's ED WOOD is nevertheless a delightful, zany, and ultimately moving film. Wood was the auteur behind GLEN OR GLENDA
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 13,645 members
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  • Cry Baby on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Amy Locane,  Susan Tyrrell
    Director: John Waters
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Cult director John Waters goes mainstream -- sort of -- in this send-up of 1950s teen melodramas. Heart-throb Johnny Depp stars in the title role as a glamorous delinquent who heads a gang of hoods known as the Drapes. Trouble starts when Cry-Baby falls for a squeaky clean blonde from a rival group,..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 4,206 members
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  • Platoon on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Charlie Sheen,  Willem Dafoe,  Tom Berenger
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In PLATOON, Oliver Stone uses his experience as an infantryman in Vietnam to convey the immediacy of guerrilla warfare: the brutal heat of the jungle, the brushes with such wildlife as snakes and leeches, and, most powerfully, the presence of the unseen enemy. Charlie Sheen stars as Chris, a raw ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 30,146 members
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  • Private Resort (1985)
    Starring: Rob Morrow,  Johnny Depp
    Director: George Bowers
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Johnny Depp and Rob Morrow star as two sex-starved teens out for the adventure of their lives in this outrageous Spring Break comedy filled with sand, surf and skin!
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 36 members
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  • A Nightmare On Elm Street 1 on DVD (1984)
    Starring: John Saxon,  Johnny Depp,  Ronee Blakley
    Director: Wes Craven
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A hellish, razor-fingered monster enters the dreams of the teenage residents of a bucolic town and systematically slaughters them in their sleep--until one courageous young woman does battle with the predatory fiend. An excellent, surprisingly surrealistic genre entry from the master, Wes Craven.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 11,177 members
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  • 21 Jump Street - First Season (4 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Peter DeLuise,  Frederic Forrest
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Johnny Depp stars as Tom Hanson, a baby-faced rookie cop assigned to the Jump Street unit, an elite division of the police force specialising in the undercover infiltration of high schools in order to fight and prevent juvenile crime. Hanson soon learns that teenagers are equally at threat from ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,241 member
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  • Breakfast with Hunter
    Starring: John Cusack,  Benicio Del Toro,  Johnny Depp
    Director: Wayne Ewing
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Breakfast with Hunter is a feature length documentary starring the infamous outlaw journalist Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. The film chronicles Dr. Thompson's successful attempt to avoid being placed in the system - jail and/or rehabilitation - by rogue Aspen City cops that conspired to bust him for ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 23 members
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Johnny Depp - watch online


  • Nick of Time to Watch Now (1995)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Christopher Walken,  Charles S. Dutton
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 88 minutes
    The clock is ticking for Johnny Depp in Nick Of Time, a twist-filled, race-against-time thriller directed by John Badham (Drop Zone, Saturday Night Fever). And indeed it is a race, filmed in "real time" so that onscreen events unfold minute by nail-biting minute as they would in real life. No ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 25 members
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Johnny Depp facts

5 most recent films

Rango - 4.0 stars
Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides - 4.5 stars
Alice in Wonderland - 4.5 stars
The Three Stooges - 4.5 stars
The Rum Diary - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Alice in Wonderland - 4.5 stars
Pirates of the Caribbean - Curse of the Black Pearl - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Pirates Of The Caribbean - The Curse Of The Black Pearl - 4.0 stars
Edward Scissorhands - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Platoon - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Private Resort - 3.0 stars
Breakfast with Hunter - 3.5 stars
The Rum Diary - 3.5 stars
Rango - 4.0 stars
Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides - 4.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Keira Knightley - 9 times - show films
Orlando Bloom - 9 times - show films
Helena Bonham-Carter - 8 times - show films
Michael Gough - 7 times - show films
Geoffrey Rush - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Tim Burton - 16 times - show films
Gore Verbinski - 10 times - show films
Albert Hughes - 4 times - show films
Oliver Stone - 3 times - show films
Mike Johnson - 3 times - show films


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