JHONNY DEEP BIOGRAPHY

John Christopher Depp II, was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 9, 1963, to Betty Sue
(Wells), who worked as a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, a civil engineer.
Depp was raised in Florida. He dropped out of school when he was 15, and fronted a series of
music-garage bands, including one named The Kids. However, it was when he married Lori
Anne Allison (Lori A. Depp) that he took up the job of being a ballpoint-pen salesman to support
himself and his wife. 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, Nightmare in Elm
Street (1984), where he played a teenager who falls prey to dream-stalking demon Freddy
Krueger.
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). 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. 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).

Depp has played many characters in his career, he starred in the marvelous family blockbuster
Pirates of the Caribbean (2003), playing a character that only the likes of Depp could pull off:
the charming, conniving and roguish Captain Jack Sparrow. The film's enormous success has
opened several doors for his career and included an Oscar nomination. He appeared as the
central character in the Stephen King-based movie, La ventana secreta (2004). Depp
collaborated again with Burton in a screen adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel, Willy Wonka & the
Chocolate Factory (2005), and later in Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Dark Shadows (2012).
Off-screen, Depp has dated several female celebrities, and has been engaged to Sherilyn
Fenn, Jennifer Grey, Winona Ryder and Kate Moss. He was married to Lori Anne Allison in
1983 but they divorced her in 1985. Depp has two children with French singer-actress Vanessa
Paradis: Lily-Rose Melody, born in 1999 and Jack, born in 2002.