Statistics:
Name:
John Christopher Depp III
Date of Birth: June 9th, 1963
Birth
Location: Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Occupation: Actor
Height:
5' 10"
Spouse: Lori Anne Allison (1983 - 1985) (divorced)
Vanessa
Paradis (? - present) 2 children
Nickname: "Mr. Stench" Self-chosen
1st Acting Appearance: Nightmare On Elm Street, A (1984) .... Glen
Lantz
1st Hit: "21 Jump Street" (1987)
Eye Colour:
Brown
Natural Hair Colour: Dark Brown
Trivia:
Chosen
by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#1). [1995]
Daughter,
with Vanessa Paradis, Lily-Rose Melody Depp, born. [27 May 1999]
Arrested
for being in a fight with paparazzis in front of a restaurant in London. [January
1999]
Ranked #67 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars
of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Chosen by People (USA) magazine as
one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world [1996]
Voted EMPIRE's (UK)
"sexiest male movie star of all time" [1995]
River Phoenix died
outside his L.A. club The Viper Room at 8852 Sunset Boulevard.
Featured
on a rock album from the british band, Oasis. Depp plays lead slide guitar on
the track, "Fade In-Out". Oasis's own lead guitarist was to drunk to
perform it himself, so celebrity pal Depp stepped in and nailed the lead on one
take.
Arrested for trashing a New York apartment [1994]
Ex-fiancees:
Sherilyn Fenn, Jennifer Grey, Winona Ryder.
When engaged to Winona Ryder,
he had 'Winona forever' tattooed on his arm. After the broke up he had the n and
a surgically removed to simply say 'Wino forever'!.
Played as guitarist
in a band called "The Kids"
Currently plays in a band called "P"
Grew
up in Florida.
Brother of D.P. Depp
Adopted Goldeneye, the one-eyed
Andalusian horse who played Gunpowder, Ichabod Crane's steed, thereby saving him
from the glue factory. (2000)
Got his "Betty Sue" tattoo May 31,
1988
Named one of E!'s "top 20 entertainers of 2001".
Son
Jack, born to him and Vanessa on April 10, 2002 in Neuilly, France, weighs in
at just over 7 lbs.
Chosen #2 on E!'s 25 sexiest entertainers list
With
Chuck E. Weiss, Depp paid a reported $350,000 for Central nightclub and turned
it into the Viper Room. Other stars in contention to buy the club in 1993 included
Arnold Schwarzenegger and (separately) Frank Stallone.
Lists British comedy
'The Fast Show' (renamed 'Brilliant' for US TV) as his favourite TV programme
of all time. He used to take tapes of the series on tour with him to keep him
amused. Made a guest appearance in the last ever sketch in its last ever episode.
Was
named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2001.
Wrote
the foreword to Mark Salisbury's biography of Tim Burton, 'Burton on Burton'.
He credits Burton's belief in him for rescuing him from being "a loser, an
outcast, just another piece of expendable Hollywood meat".
Appears
in Tom Petty's 1991 music video, "Into The Great Wide Open".
Johnny's
two children with Paradis, have the same names of the 2 main characters in "Legend"
(1985) - Lily (b. 1999) and Jack (b.2002).
His wife, Vanessa Paradis, is
a popular singer/songwriter in her native country, France; as well as an aspiring
actress.