Johnny Depp!!!!!!!!!!! Biography!!!

The life of John Christopher Depp II, better known as Johnny Depp, is a tale worthy of Hollywood itself.

He was born on the 9Th June of 1963 in Owensbore, Kentucky. He was raised in Florida and at 15 years of age he dropped out of school in the hopes of becoming a rock musician. He fronted a series of garage bands including The Kids, which once opened for Iggy Pop. Depp got into acting after a visit to Los Angeles, California, with his former wife, Lori Anne Allison, who introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage. He made his film debut in A nightmare on Elm Street (1984). In 1987 he shot to stardom when he replaced Jeff Yagher in the role of undercover cop Tommy Hanson in the popular TV series "21 Jump Street".

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. 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 featured before re-joining with Burton in the lead role of Ed Wood (1994).

In 1997 he played an undercover FBI agent in the fact-based film Donnie Brasco, opposite Al Pacino, in 1998 he appeared in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, directed by Terry Gilliam and then in 1999 he appeared in the sci-fi/horror film The Astronaut's Wife. The same year he teamed up again with Burton in Sleepy Hollow, brilliantly portraying Ichabod Crane.

Depp has played many characters in his career, including another fact-based one, Insp. Fres Abberline in From Hell (2001). He stole the show from screen greats such as Antonio Banderas in the finale to Robert Rodriguez "Mariachi" trilogy, Once upon a Time In Mexico in 2003. In that same year he starred in the marvelous family blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: The curse of the Black Pearl (2003) , playing the character that only the liked of Depp could pull off: the charming, conniving and roguish Captain Jack Sparrow which also played part two and three of Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead Man's Chest and at World's End.

In 2005 Depp collaborated with Burton again in a screen adaption of Roald Dahl's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Depp latest movie again working with director Burton which is based on Stephen Sondheim's worldwide stage sensation musical, Sweeney Todd The demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Off-screen, Depp has dated several female celebrities, and has been engaged to Jennifer Grey, Winona Ryder and Kate Moss. He was married to Lori Anne Allison in 1983 but they divorced her in 1986. Depp is living with French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis, with whom he has two children: Lily-Rose Melody, born in 1999 and Jack, born in 2002.