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 Date of Birth 9 June 1963Location of Birth Owensboro, Kentucky
Rare among American actors, Depp has made a name for himself effortlessly switching between mainstream movies and left-of-centre projects.
Highlights of a richly diverse career include Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow and Pirates of the Caribbean - for which Depp's camp rogue earned him a 2004 Oscar nomination.
After a failed career as a teenage rock star (he played in almost 20 bands and once opened for Iggy Pop), he turned his hand to acting.
He was briefly married to makeup artist Lori Allison and she introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage, who arranged an interview with his agent.
That meeting resulted in Depp's feature film debut in Wes Craven's Nightmare on Elm Street, after which he had his first screen lead, in Private Resort.
Depp achieved teen idol status in the TV series 21 Jump Street, but after four seasons, he wanted out, with the hope of making the transition to the big screen.
He starred in both in John Waters' Cry-Baby and went on to attract critical acclaim opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in What's Eating Gilbert Grape.
Following this with Tim Burton's contemporary fairy story Edward Scissorhands, Depp stayed with Burton in the affectionate tribute-come-spoof of Hollywood's horror B-movies, Ed Wood.
Subsequent appearances include Donnie Brasco and Depp made his feature directorial debut with The Brave in 1997, a film he also co-wrote and starred in.
Premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, the film also featured Marlon Brando, but earned mostly negative reviews, with most faulting its weak script.
Roles followed in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and The Astronaut's Wife before Depp re-teamed with Burton again to make the gothic thriller Sleepy Hollow.
In 2000, he starred as gypsy in the surreal drama Chocolat and played the detective hunting down Jack the Ripper in From Hell.
Ted Demme cast him as marijuana maestro George Jung in Blow and he went on to land his most celebrated role as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean.
High profile romances have included model Kate Moss and Edward Scissorhands co-star (he had his Winona Forever tattoo replaced with Wino Forever).
He is now with French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis, living in the south of France with their two children.
In 2004, he essayed a blocked writer in the thriller Secret Window and portrayed children's writer JM Barrie in Finding Neverland.
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