pledge-of-the-yin-yangxxx

Facts:
Birth Name: John Christopher Depp II
Nickname: Mr. Stench (chosen by himself :S), "Colonel" (given to him by Hunter S. Thompson), Dipp or Deppity Dawg
Birthday: 9th of June 1963
Birthplace: Owensboro, Kentucky, USA, raised in Florida
Origin: Mostly American, is part Navajo(Native American), has said in a number of interviews that he is of Cherokee, Irish and German descent.
Parents: John Christopher Depp and Betty Sue Palmer
Siblings: Danny (a.k.a D.P.Depp), Christi (Dembrowski), Debbie
Current Residence: Owns homes near Saint Tropez, in France and Los Angeles, CA. In 2004 purchased an entire Caribbean island.
Height: 5' 10
Partner: Vanessa Paradis, a popular singer/song writer and aspiring actress in France.
Children(with Vanessa Paradis): Lily-Rose Melody Depp, born May 27, 1999
John Christopher Depp III (Jack), born April 9, 2002

Biography(from www.imdb.com) :
Johnny Depp is perhaps one of the most versatile actors of his day and age in Hollywood, who has recuperated his image greatly since his portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow in the acclaimed Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), with a supporting cast of Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, and Geoffrey Rush.

Though highly successful now, Depp's early life, strangely, was as a rebel, and he took to vandalism and narcotics. He dropped out of school when he was 15, and he fronted a series of music-garage bands, including one named The Kids. However, it was when he married Lori Anne Allison that he took up the job of being a ballpoint-pen salesman to support himself and his wife. A visit to Los Angeles, California, with his wife, however, happened to be a blessing in disguise, when he met up with actor Nicolas Cage, who advised him to turn to acting, which culminated in Depp's film debut in the low-budget horror classic, A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984), where he played a teenager who falls prey to dream-stalking demon Freddy Krueger. Three years later, Depp achieved fame as police cop Tom Hanson in the series "21 Jump Street" (1987) (1987-90), and in 1990, he was firmly established as a leading Hollywood actor with the Tim Burton movie Edward Scissorhands (1990), where he played a sad-faced, tragic hero who has scissors for hands.

From then on, Depp was selective of his choice of roles in movies, and he more often than not played dark, sinister characters on-screen. He played an undercover FBI agent in Donnie Brasco (1997), in which he co-starred with Al Pacino; a druggie in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998); and in two more Tim Burton ventures, Ed Wood (1994) and Sleepy Hollow (1999), with Christina Ricci and Casper Van Dien. He is currently filming a fifth Tim Burton film, Corpse Bride (2005), as well as being committed for another Tim Burton production, where he plays Willy Wonka in the upcoming Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), based on the classic children's novel by Roald Dahl..

During his career, Depp has, unfortunately, gotten himself under bad public scrutiny. He was accused of selling drugs at his own club, The Viper Room, in regard to the legendary celebrity, River Phoenix, who died outside the club due to drug overdose in 1993. The following year, Depp was arrested for smashing and trashing a New York suite. And, in 1999, he was arrested in London for being in a fight with paparazzi outside a restaurant.

Although he gained popularity since the success of Edward Scissorhands (1990), Depp wasn't hugely famous for many years until his portrayal of the suave, charming Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) in 2003. With the film's enormous success, it has opened several doors for Johnny Depp's career and even included an Oscar nomination. He appeared as the villain in the Stephen King-based movie, Secret Window (2004); as the kind-hearted novelist James Barrie in the factually-based Finding Neverland (2004), where he co-starred with Kate Winslet; and most recently as Rochester in the British film, The Libertine (2004).

Quotes:

(When asked by James Lipton on "Inside The Actor's Studio" what attracts him to funny hats) "I don't know, maybe I just read too much Dr. Suess as a kid."

"I don't want to be 85 years old and have my grandkids go, Ewwww. Grandpa did some dumb shit. I'd rather have them say, Wow, man, you're nuts!"
--Johnny Depp
Time Magazine, March 15, 2004

[When asked why he hides his box office good looks behind strange wigs, fake teeth, and girly squeals] "I think it's an actor's responsibility to change every time. Not only for himself and the people he's working with, but for the audience. If you just go out and deliver the same dish every time...it's meatloaf again...you'd get bored. I'd get bored."

"Sure, I find it touching, honestly, but awards are not as important to me as when I meet a 10-year-old kid who says, 'I love Captain Jack Sparrow' ... That's real magic for me."

"I don't pretend to be captain weird. I just do what I do."

On his character in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003): "Captain Jack Sparrow is like a cross between Keith Richards and Pepe Le Pew."

"I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something."

Captain Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl"

James.M.Barrie in "Finding Neverland"

Ichabod Crane in "Sleepy Hollow"

Willy Wonka in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"

More trivia!
*Featured on a rock album from British band "Oasis." He plays lead slide guitar on the track "Fade In-Out." Noel Gallagher, Oasis's lead guitarist, was allegedly too drunk to perform it himself, so celebrity pal Depp stepped in and nailed the lead on one take.
*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!"
*Adopted Goldeneye, the one-eyed Andalusian horse who played Gunpowder, Ichabod Crane's steed in Sleepy Hollow (1999), thereby saving him from the glue factory.-Awwww he's so nice! :)
*Gave Noel Gallagher a white guitar with the letter "P" on it, which Noel regularly plays during Oasis' gigs. "P" is the name of a band that Depp was in.
*Johnny was once suspended from school for mooning the gym teacher O.o lol.
*He was an inquisitive child, at 8 years old he was fascinated with Evel Knievel and World War 2.
*He was always very close to his mother, but perhaps even closer to his grandfather, who he knew as Pawpaw. He'd visit Pawpaw often, and happily recalls sunny days picking tobacco together. It was a terrible shock to the seven year old Johnny when Pawpaw died.-:'( Poor Johnny

Filmography:
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3 (2007)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2 (2006)
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (voice) (2005)
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (2005)
The Libertine (2004)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Secret Window (2004)
King Of The Hill (TV series, one episode, voice) (2004)
Ils Se Marierent Et Eurent Beaucoup D'Enfants (2004)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Lost In La Mancha (documentary) (2003)
From Hell (2001)
Blow (2001)
Chocolat (2000)
Before Night Falls (2000)
The Man Who Cried (2000)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
The Astronaut's Wife (1999)
The 9th Gate (1999)
The Source (1999)
LA Without A Map (as himself, TV) (1998)
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998)
The Brave (1997)
Donnie Brasco (1996)
The Cannes Man (as himself) (1996)
Dead Man (1995)
Nick Of Time (1995)
United States Of Poetry (TV series) (1995)
Don Juan DeMarco (1994)
Ed Wood (1994)
Arizona Dream (1993)
Benny And Joon (1993)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993)
Freddie's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Cry-Baby (1989)
21, Jump Street (TV series) (1987-90)
Slow Burn (TV) (1986)
Platoon (1986)
Private Resort (1985)
A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)


	Why Johnny you ask?! Well why not?! I feel he is one of the most diverse and interesting actors in Hollywood, as well as being one of the fittest :P So here is my lil mini shrine just for Johnny! Yayness! XD

Piczo