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⁾