John Christopher Depp II is his full name. 1)
On June 9, 1963, he was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, USA.2)
He has three elder siblings: Debbie and Christie, as well as Daniel.3)
Johnny Depp's ancestors include Cherokee, German, Irish, and Navajo.4)
He relocated to Florida with his family when he was seven years old.5)
Johnny Depp was allergic to chocolate as a youngster.6)
His band, The Kids, previously opened for Iggy Pop.7)
In 1983, he married Lori Anne Allison. He has never married again.8)
He met Nicholas Cage through Lori, who pushed him to pursue acting.9)
In 1984, he played Glen Lantz in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street.10)
Tim Burton's long-running work with him began in 1990, when he featured as the main character, Edward Scissorhands.11)
In the early 1990s, he began dating fellow actress Winona Ryder. He had her name tattooed on his arm, which now reads 'Wino Forever'.12)
Depp and Burton have collaborated on other films since Edward Scissorhands, including Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Corpse Bride, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Alice in Wonderland, and Dark Shadows.13)
He adopted Goldeneye, the horse he worked with at the start of Sleepy Hollow, while working on it. He refused to have the horse put down.14)
He owned The Viper Room nightclub in 1993. After River Phoenix's death, he later sold it.15)
He was arrested twice: once in 1994 for trashing a New York hotel room and again in 1999 for fighting with paparazzi in London.16)
Johnny Depp was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999.17)
He and his long-term girlfriend Vanessa Paradis have two children: Lily-Rose Melody Depp (1999) and John Christopher “Jack” Depp III (2002).18)
In 2003, he rose to fame as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl.19)
He kept some of the gold teeth once the movie (Pirates of the Caribbean) was over.20)
When his daughter became ill, he dressed up as Captain Jack Sparrow, told stories to the kids, and gave £1,000,000 to Great Ormond Street Hospital.21)
In 2009, People Magazine named him the “Sexiest Man Alive”.22)
He also gave his salary from The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus to Matilda Ledger, the daughter of the late actor Heath Ledger.23)
Depp and his family live in the Bahamas, France, and Los Angeles.24)
In Saint-Tropez, he likes grape planting and winemaking.25)
He has a 650cc Triumph Bonneville motorbike from the 1960s.26)
Depp's favorite characters to play to this day are Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, and Captain Jack Sparrow.27)
He has never won an Academy Award for his roles as Edward Scissorhands or Willy Wonka! Despite this, he has received three Best Actor nominations for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Finding Neverland, and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.28)
In 1994, Johnny reportedly vandalized the Mark Hotel in New York City. You'll never guess who he blamed for the destruction… It's an armadillo!29)
Johnny has acknowledged to liking to play with Barbie dolls.30)