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His life, his look, his movies , yes attraction is the exact word !

A brief info about him ;

He was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 9, 1963, was raised in Florida. He was originally interested in pursuing a music career. His parents divorce by age 16, he started using drugs and alcohol. Teenage Depp dropped out of school to pursue a career in rock and roll music. Over the next few years, Depp fronted numerous garage bands – the most famous entitled The Kids, opened for Iggy Pop. Perhaps more importantly, the success of The Kids furnished Depp with a rising sense of popularity and accomplishment – ironically shot down by Iggy Pop himself during a back-stage confrontation.
Depp married by age 20 to Lori Allison, the band’s make-up artist. And under suggestion from his wife he decided to try acting. An introduction to Nicolas Cage reluctantly persuaded Depp to audition. Depp’s first film debut was in Wes Craven’s major motion picture A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

The Kids spilt-up soon after the movie’s release and Depp diverged from his first love, music, to follow a life of acting. A small role in Platoon (1986) by Oliver Stone followed.

Unwilling at first, Fox pursued Depp to star in a new series entitled 21, Jump Street.

Although Depp felt this show “beneath him,” it actually turned him into a teenybopper idol. His next movie was Edward Scissorhands (1990)
The success of this movie established his well known choice for odd and unusual roles – essentially carving a niche for himself as a serious and somewhat dark performer who always surprises audiences with his choice of roles. Ans Cry Baby(1990), it’s a classic.

He divorced from Lori Allison after 2 years. His decision to take the role in Edward Scissorhands led to the start of a relationship with his then costar Winona Ryder.
Depp described her as “the one,” despite their break up three years later.

Next came an extraordinary run of movie roles for Depp. Within five years, starting in 1993, Depp starred in an array of movies including: What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Benny and Joon, Arizona Dream, Nick of Time, and Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man. It was during this time of stressful success that Depp began to relapse. Again, an unhappy Depp began using drugs and alcohol to escape from reality

Stuck in the depths of disillusion, troubled Depp started an on-off relationship with supermodel Kate Moss (1996); almost simultaneously being arrested twice for both trashing his NY hotel room and fighting a member of the paparazzi (1999).

In 1998, Depp split with supermodel Kate Moss and started a relationship with French singer Venessa Paradis, relocating to Paris with his two children (Lily-Rose and Jack) in hope to pursue a more normal life.


Ironically, the next role he played was perhaps one of the farthest from normal – He was cast as Hunter S. Thompson in Terry Gilliam’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Work opportunities continued and Depp continued acting, starring in such films as: The Source, The 9th Gate (shot in Paris where he met Paradis), Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow, and the Oscar nominated Chocolat; all the while, Depp managed to continue his musical interests by appearing in an array of music videos (including Tom Petty’s “The Great Wide Open”), producing music with his band P, and directing several videos for his wife (2001).

Then Blow (Depp playing George Jung who helped notorious Pablo Escabar gain entrance into the US cocaine market), and From Hell comes.

Strangely, Depp disappeared in 2002 after From Hell for unknown reasons. It is speculated that the reason behind the disappearance was due to the collapse of a movie he was working on entitled The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. In 2003, it was announced that this project would be refinanced and in fact debut. When Depp did return to Hollywood, it was with none other than the smash hit Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) – which made $200 million in only four weeks.


Neverland, Secret Window (based on a Steven King story), and The Libertine (2004) followed it.


After that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Corpse Bride was released (2005)

And the awards that he had won ;

Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actor – Horror for: Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Empire Award Best Actor for: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Empire Award Best Actor for: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Actor of the Year
Audience Award Best International Actor for: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Blimp Award Favorite Male Movie Star for: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
ALFS Award Actor of the Year for: Ed Wood (1994) Also for Don Juan DeMarco (1994).
MTV Movie Award Best Comedic Performance for: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
and
Best Villain for: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
MTV Movie Award Best Performance for: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
MTV Movie Award Best Look (Mejor Look) for: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
National Movie Award Best Performance – Male for: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
People’s Choice Award Favorite Male Action Star Favorite Male Movie Star Favorite On-Screen Match-Up for: Pirates of the aribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) Shared with: Keira Knightley
People’s Choice Award Favorite Male Movie Star
Teen Choice Award Movies – Choice Actor: Comedy for: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Movies – Choice Actor: Drama/Action Adventure for: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)

Ok, I accept it was not that brief

About him;

Johnny has 13 tatoos–signifying important milestones in the actor’s life and the people he has shared time with.

Depp has been arrested several times.

Johnny plays guitar.

He is a fan of Deadsy and The Rolling Stones.

Depp is co-owner of a restaurant.

He owns an island in the Bahamas.

He has won numerous awards, most notably for Pirates of the Carribean.

He has been nominated for Academy Awards, Golden Globe and Critic’s Choice Awards.

Despite using drugs etc. , he is my favourite. What do you think . . . ?