"I think everybody's weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it."

Johnny Depp

Johnny has worked with many amazing directors and actors such as young Leonardo DiCaprio in the beautiful film What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993), lovely Kate Winslet in Finding Neverland (2004) and the legendary Marlon Brando in Don Juan DeMarco (1994) (Johnstone 2006).

Johnny has acted in many films and the list is too long to write about each one in this two-three pages biography (for a more comprehensive biography refer to Johnny Depp The Illustrated Biography). One of the films that I find him to be utterly mesmerising in is Jim Jarmusch’s philosophical Western, black and white film Dead Man (1995). The story starring Johnny as William Blake (ibid) is strange yet poetic and the combination of black and white cinematographer and the soulful music score by Neil Young is very captivating.

Another character that Johnny has portrayed amazingly is the iconic Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie and sequels, the first film was released in 2003. His interpretation of Jack Sparrow is a combination of the romantic cartoon skunk Pepe LePew and guitarist Keith Richards (ibid). Johnny was nominated for the 2004 Academy Awards for Best Performance for his role of Captain Jack Sparrow (ibid). 

Johnny is very handsome and sexy (voted as the sexiest man numerous times), but he is so much more than just his good looks. He is artistic, perceptive, versatile, odd and a true individualist. Johnny has remained true to his first love, music (Bingham 2005).  He has appeared in and directed many music videos and has wrote part of the soundtrack for Once upon a Time in Mexico (2003) (ibid). He has turned down many blockbuster movies, including Lestat in Interview with a Vampire, which was taken by Tom Cruise and Officer Jack Traven in Speed, which was instead played by the wonderful Keanu Reeves (ibid). Johnny acts in films, probably minus a few chosen roles in his very earlier years, that have some or deeper meanings to him instead for fame and fortune. He is unique and very talented and this resonates through his many different and wonderful characters.

Reference List:

• Johnstone, N. 2006. Johnny Depp The Illustrated Biography. Australia: Carlton Books Ltd.
• Bingham, J. 2005. Johnny Depp. Great Britain: Harcourt Education Ltd.
• Attanasio, P. 1987. 'Platoon' (R). http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/platoonrattanasio_a0ad90.htm. (accessed October 29, 2012).
• Ehirsch6. 2010. Best Tim Burton/Johnny Depp movies. http://www.imdb.com/list/rOpZpeTqOjc/. (accessed November 3, 2012).  

Images in this mini biography are copied from google images and http://www.fanpop.com/spots/johnny-depp/images