Johnny Depp

John Christopher Depp II was born on 9 June 1963. He is an American actor, musician and filmmaker, and has won a Golden Globe Award and an Actor Award (SAG) and received three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor.

He first played in several amateur rock bands, made his film debut in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), appeared in Platoon (1986) and became a teen idol on the television series 21 Jump Street. He has made eight films with director Tim Burton, including Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, often playing eccentric and unconventional characters.

He gained worldwide fame as Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean series (2003–2017) and received Oscar nominations for that role, for J. M. Barrie in Finding Neverland (2004) and for the title role in Sweeney Todd (2007). His other films include Chocolat, Public Enemies, Rango, Murder on the Orient Express and Minamata, and he played Gellert Grindelwald in the Fantastic Beasts films; his films have grossed over $10.8 billion worldwide.