Early Life of Johnny Depp:
John Christopher Depp II, also known as Johnny Depp, is an American nationality-holder actor and musician. He was born on June 1963. Currently, he has lived 6 decades of his life and is now 60 years old. A global icon whose mother Betty Sue Depp was a waitress during his early childhood and whose father John Christopher Depp was a civil engineer. Depp’s parents separated ways after which his stepfather Robert Palmer became an inspiration and a role model for him.
After getting motivation from his mother and school principal, Depp began rocking in a band called The Kids in 1980. The band soon moved to Los Angeles and changed the name of the band to Six Gun Method.
His first wife Nicolas Cage when he was 20 years old. Soon, Johnny Depp and Cage became buddies. Cage introduced him to Wes Craven and arranged his audition for the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street, in which he got the role and ended up acting. He continued to get roles in the movies and soon he got a main lead role in 1987 in 21 Jump Street.
Johnny Depp has been married three times in his lifetime and also, he had many side affairs which never ended up in marriage. His first wife was Lori Anne Allison from 1983-1985. She was a makeup artist and sister of the singer in Depp’s first band. After that, he married French actress and singer Vanessa Paradis, whom he met on the sets of Ninth Gate in France in 1998. He has two children with Vanessa, a daughter Lily-Rose Melody Depp, born in 1999, and a son, Jack born in 2002. His third marriage lasted with Amber Heard from 2015-2016.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Case:
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s marriage lasted for a year only. Heard alleged John that he was abusive throughout the married year. And Depp alleged that Amber just wants premature financial resolution. In August 2016 they both signed a mutual settlement and denied the case. Later Amber donated the 7 million dollars of marriage resolution financial amount.
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Johnny Depp’s Latest News:
Johnny Depp has been in the firing news all the time. He has faced many of the legal issues in the industry. He has been into drug and alcohol use and some political issues as well. Johnny Depp has been also arrested for several issues. He has also been assaulting other people in public and private. Even his bodyguards sued him for not paying them. Latest, in 2018, a crew member of the movie, City of Lies, sued him for hitting him and verbally insulting him in public. His status has never been good.
Johnny Depp Movies:
Despite his bad status in the media for being alleged, sued again and again, and being in a relationship with so many girls, he is one of the most famous and leading actors. He has given 100 percent in famous movies in his leading roles. His famous movies include Cry-Baby by the year 1990, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape in the year 1993, Benny and Joon in 1993, Dead Man released in 1995, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in 1998.
After many other famous movies, he continued his commercially successful collaboration with Burton with the films Charlie and introduced the movies named Chocolate Factory and Corpse Bride (2005) then Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by the year 2007, and the most famous movie Alice in Wonderland in 2010.
Collaboration with Tim Burton:
Johnny Depp collaborated with Tim Burton for a long time and gave his lead roles in the films Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), and Sleepy Hollow (1999). In the 2000s, Johnny Depp became one of the most famous and successful film stars by playing Captain Jack Sparrow in the Walt Disney film series Pirates of the Caribbean (2003–2017).
Net worth:
Johnny Depp has been listed in the Guinness World Record as the highest-paid actor as he has been a leading actor. He is the only actor to earn 75 million dollars per year. He has almost 900 million dollars now, but it has been revealed that he lost 650 million dollars due to his bad habits, legal issues, and addictions.
Social Media:
Johnny Depp has 28.3 million followers on Instagram and 14 million followers on Facebook. It shows he is also popular on social media as well.
