John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer and musician. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards.
Depp made his debut in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), before rising to prominence as a teen idol on the television series 21 Jump Street (1987–1990). In the 1990s, Depp acted mostly in independent films, often playing eccentric characters. These included What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Benny and Joon (1993), Dead Man (1995), Donnie Brasco (1997) and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998). Depp also began collaborating with director Tim Burton, starring in Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994) and Sleepy Hollow (1999).
In the 2000s, Depp became one of the most commercially successful film stars by playing Captain Jack Sparrow in the swashbuckler film series Pirates of the Caribbean (2003–present). He received critical praise for Finding Neverland (2004), and continued his commercially successful collaboration with Tim Burton with the films Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), and Alice in Wonderland (2010). In 2012, Depp was one of the world's biggest film stars, and was listed by the Guinness World Records as the world's highest-paid actor, with earnings of US$75 million. During the 2010s, Depp began producing films through his company, Infinitum Nihil, and formed the rock supergroup Hollywood Vampires with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry.
Known For
Scab Vendor: The Life and Times of Jonathan Shaw
Self
2024
Johnny Puff: Secret Mission
Johnny Puff (voice)
2024
Jeanne du Barry
Louis XV
2023
Johnny Depp: The Love of the Bizarre
Self (archive footage)
2023
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
Self (uncredited)
2022
Depp vs Heard: The Verdict
Self (archive footage)
2022
TMZ Presents | Johnny vs. Amber: From Love to Hate
Self (archive footage)
2022
Depp Vs. Heard: Winners & Losers
Self
2022
Tell Me Iggy
Self
2022
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Self (archive footage)
2022
I Am a Mutoid: A Glastonbury Hero
Self (Archive Footage)
2021
Johnny Depp: King of Cult
Self (archive footage)
2021
kid 90
Self (archive footage)
2021
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Grindelwald
2018
Brothers in Arms
Self
2018
City of Lies
Russell Poole
2018
Sherlock Gnomes
Sherlock Gnomes (voice)
2018
Murder on the Orient Express
Edward Ratchett
2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Jack Sparrow
2017
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Self (archive footage)
2017
The Black Ghiandola
Nuclear Med Tech
2017
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
Self
2016
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Gellert Grindelwald
2016
Yoga Hosers
Guy Lapointe
2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Tarrant Hightopp / Mad Hatter
2016
Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie
Donald J. Trump
2016
Black Mass
James 'Whitey' Bulger
2015
The Nightmare
Self (archive footage)
2015
Mortdecai
Charlie Mortdecai
2015
Into the Woods
Big Bad Wolf
2014
Tusk
Guy Lapointe
2014
Transcendence
Dr. Will Caster
2014
The Lone Ranger
Tonto
2013
Radioman
Self
2012
West of Memphis
Self – WM3 Supporter
2012
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
2012
Dark Shadows
Barnabas Collins
2012
21 Jump Street
Officer Tom Hanson (uncredited)
2012
Jack and Jill
Johnny Depp (uncredited)
2011
The Rum Diary
Paul Kemp
2011
Real Creatures of Dirt
Self / Rango / Lars
2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Jack Sparrow
2011
Rango
Rango / Lars (voice)
2011
The Tourist
Frank Tupelo
2010
Alice in Wonderland
Tarrant Hightopp / Mad Hatter
2010
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Imaginarium Tony 1
2009
Public Enemies
John Dillinger
2009
SpongeBob vs. the Big One
Jack Kahuna Laguna (voice)
2009
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sweeney Todd
2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Jack Sparrow
2007
According to Plan: The Making of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'
Self
2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Jack Sparrow
2006
Corpse Bride
Victor Van Dort (voice)
2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Willy Wonka
2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self
2005
Finding Neverland
Sir James Matthew Barrie
2004
The Libertine
Rochester
2004
Secret Window
Mort Rainey
2004
An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Self
2003
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
CIA Agent Jeffrey Sands
2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Jack Sparrow
2003
Hunter Goes to Hollywood
Self
2003
Lost in La Mancha
Self
2002
Blow
George Jung
2001
From Hell
Fred Abberline
2001
Chocolat
Roux
2000
Before Night Falls
Bon Bon / Lieutenant Victor
2000
The Man Who Cried
Cesar
2000
Sleepy Hollow
Ichabod Crane
1999
The Astronaut's Wife
Commander Spencer Armacost
1999
The Ninth Gate
Dean Corso
1999
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Raoul Duke
1998
The Brave
Raphael
1997
Donnie Brasco
Donnie Brasco / Joseph D. 'Joe' Pistone
1997
Dead Man
William Blake
1995
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1995
Nick of Time
Gene Watson
1995
Help! War Child
Self
1995
Don Juan DeMarco
Don Juan DeMarco
1994
Ed Wood
Ed Wood
1994
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Gilbert Grape
1993
Benny & Joon
Sam
1993
Arizona Dream
Axel Blackmar
1993
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Guy on TV
1991
Into The Great Wide Open
Eddie Rebel
1991
Edward Scissorhands
Edward Scissorhands
1990
Cry-Baby
Cry-Baby
1990
Private Resort
Jack
1985
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Glen Lantz
1984
Day Drinker
The Carnival at the End of Days
Satan
Baby Puffins & Bunny
Johnny Puff
Chaplin | Spirit of the Tramp
Self
2025
The Private Lives of Jordi Molla' & Domingo Zapata
Johnny Depp
2024
Depp V Heard
Self · (3 episodes)
2023
Puffins Impossible
Johnny Puff (voice) · (18 episodes)
2022
Johnny ve Amber: Nasıl Başladı, Nasıl Bitti?
Self (archive footage) · (2 episodes)
2022
Johnny vs Amber
Self (archive footage) · (2 episodes)
2021
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
Self
2021
Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan
Self (archive footage)
2020
Puffins
Johnny Puff (voice) · (348 episodes)
2020
Minamata
W. Eugene Smith
2020
I'm a LA... Get Me Out of Here!
Self - Contestant · (20 episodes)
2019
Waiting for the Barbarians
Colonel Joll
2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Self - Actor
2019
London Fields
Chick Purchase
2018
Hollywood Vampires Live at Hellfest 2018
Self
2018
The Professor
Richard Brown
2018
Hollywood Vampires - Rock in Rio 2015
Self - Guitars
2015
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015
Don Rickles: One Night Only
Self
2014
Lucky Them
Matthew Smith
2013
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
Self
2013
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Self
2012
For No Good Reason
Self
2012
Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons
Self
2012
Sunset Strip
Self
2012
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
Himself
2012
Honest Trailers
Willy Wonka (archive footage) · (2 episodes)
2012
Life's Too Short
Johnny Depp · (1 episode)
2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
Jack Sparrow (archive footage)
2011
Alice in Wonderland: Finding Alice
Self
2010
Alice in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter
Self
2010
Alice in Wonderland: Effecting Wonderland
Self
2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self (archive footage)
2010
When You're Strange
Narrator (voice)
2010
Ballybrando
Self (archive footage)
2009
Michael Mann: Making 'Public Enemies'
Self
2009
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Narrator (voice)
2008
Rock and a Hard Place: Another Night at the Agora
Self
2008
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
Self
2008
Voom Portraits
Self
2007
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Self
2007
Brando
Self
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (4 episodes)
2007
The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan
Self
2004
R.P.G
Vinnie Dooler
Brando: The Documentary
Self · (2 episodes)
2007
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Self
2006
El hormiguero
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2006
Gypsy Caravan: When the Road Bends
Self
2006
Deep Sea 3D
2006
It Came from... Baltimore!!
Self
2005
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%
Self
2004
Ed Wood: Making Bela
Self / Edward D. Wood Jr. (archive footage)
2004
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2004
Happily Ever After
L'inconnu
2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Self · (1 episode)
2004
Breakfast with Hunter
Self
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(1 episode)
2003
All the Love You Cannes!
Self
2002
Heart of the Festival
2002
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
Self
2001
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Self
2000
The Early Show
Self · (1 episode)
1999
Rove
Self · (1 episode)
1999
In Bad Taste
Self
1999
SpongeBob SquarePants
Jack Kahuna Laguna (voice) · (1 episode)
1999
L.A. Without a Map
Self / William Blake (uncredited)
1999
Family Guy
Edward Scissorhands (voice) · (1 episode)
1999
The Source
Jack Kerouac
1999
Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Self
1998
The Entertainment Biz
Self · (1 episode)
1998
Cannes Man
Self
1997
King of the Hill
Yogi Victor (voice) · (1 episode)
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
(1 episode)
1996
Divine Rapture
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
1994
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self / Presenter · (1 episode)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(1 episode)
1992
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
Self
1990
21 Jump Street
Tom Hanson · (81 episodes)
1987
Platoon
Gator Lerner
1986
Slow Burn
Donnie Fleischer
1986
Lady Blue
Lionel Viland · (1 episode)
1985
MTV Video Music Awards
Self · (1 episode)
1984
Hotel
Rob Cameron · (1 episode)
1982
Entertainment Tonight
Self · (1 episode)
1981
Great Performances
Self · (1 episode)
1971
The Oscars
Self · (3 episodes)
1953
Top Secret: Inside the World's Most Secret Agencies
Narrator (voice) · (3 episodes)