John Christopher Depp II, an American actor and musician, was born on June 9, 1963. In addition to being nominated for three Academy Awards and two BAFTA awards, he has won other honours, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Before becoming well-known as a teen idol on the television series 21 Jump Street (1987–1990), Depp made his feature film debut in the horror movie A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). He then had an appearance in Platoon (1986). Depp primarily appeared in indie films with auteur filmmakers in the 1990s, frequently as oddball characters. These included Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Benny and Joon (1993), Dead Man (1995), and Cry-Baby (1990). Depp also started his long-lasting partnership with Tim Burton, playing the main roles in the films Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), and Sleepy Hollow (1999).
Because of his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in the Walt Disney swashbuckler film series Pirates of the Caribbean (2003–2017), Depp became one of the most financially successful movie stars of the 2000s. Along with receiving praise for Chocolat (2000), Finding Neverland (2004), and Public Enemies (2009), he also worked with Burton on the commercially successful Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), and Alice in Wonderland (2010) films.
With earnings of US$75 million a year, Depp was recognised by Guinness World Records as the highest-paid actor in the world in 2012. Depp was one of the top film stars in the world in 2012 Depp started making films in the 2010s through his business, Infinitum Nihil. Before playing Gellert Grindelwald in the Wizarding World flicks Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), he also gained praise for Black Mass (2015) and co-founded the rock band Hollywood Vampires with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry.
Johnny Depp Net Worth
He allegedly received $55 million upfront for the fourth “On Stranger Tides” Pirates of the Caribbean film and $20 million for his role in the Fantastic Beasts film. With earnings of $75 million, he was recognised as the highest-paid actor in the world in the Guinness World Records of 2012.
He rose to fame thanks to the 1987 television series 21 Jump Street. However, it is said that his breakout performance came in the 1990 film Edward Scissorhands, which was directed by Tim Burton (with whom he has collaborated on a total of 9 films to date).