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⁾