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June 9th, 2008 - Happy Birthday Johnny Depp!
By Allie | June 9, 2008
John Christopher “Johnny” Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is a American actor.
He’s 45!
He’s best known for his portrayals of offbeat and eccentric characters such as the title character in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series and Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
He has collaborated with director and close friend Tim Burton in six films: Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007).
Depp has also garnered acclaim for his portrayals of real life figures such as Edward Wood Jr., Joseph Pistone and George Jung. Films featuring Depp have grossed over $2.2 billion at the United States box office and over $4.7 billion worldwide. Depp has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Depp was born in Owensboro, Kentucky. He has one brother, Danny, and two sisters, Christie (now his personal manager) and Debbie. Depp has German, Cherokee (mostly from a great-grandmother), and Irish ancestry. The book Johnny Depp: A Kind of Illusion states that the Depp family originated with a French Huguenot, Pierre Deppe or Dieppe, who settled in Virginia around 1700. Depp has said he doesn’t know the origin of his surname, but jokes that the name translates to “idiot” in German (it is actually a minor insult meaning fool). The family moved frequently during Depp’s childhood, and he and his siblings lived in more than 20 different locations, settling in Miramar, Florida, in 1970. In 1978, Depp’s parents divorced. He engaged in self-harm as a child, due to the stress of dealing with family problems and his own insecurity. He has seven or eight scars from practicing self-harm. In a 1993 interview, he explained his self-injury by saying, “My body is a journal in a way. It’s like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something, a specific time in your life when you make a mark on yourself, whether you do it yourself with a knife or with a professional tattoo artist”.
Depp’s mother bought her son a guitar when he was 12, and Depp began playing in various garage bands. His first band was in honor of his girlfriend Meredith. A year after his parents’ divorce, Depp dropped out of high school to become a rock musician. As he once explained on Inside the Actors Studio, he attempted to go back to school two weeks later, but the principal told him to follow his dream of being a musician.
On December 24, 1983, Depp married Lori Anne Allison, a makeup artist and sister of his band’s bass player and singer. During Depp’s marriage, his wife worked as a makeup artist while he worked a variety of odd jobs, including a telemarketer for ink pens. Later, his wife introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage, who advised Depp to pursue an acting career. In 1985, Depp and Allison divorced. After his marriage ended, Depp dated and was engaged to Sherilyn Fenn (whom he met on the set of the 1985 short film Dummies). He also dated Winona Ryder, Jennifer Grey, and model Kate Moss.
Personal Life:
Since 1998, Depp has had a relationship with Vanessa Paradis, a French actress and singer whom he met while filming The Ninth Gate.
Although Depp has not remarried, he has stated that having children has given him “real foundation, a real strong place to stand in life, in work, in everything”.
“You can’t plan the kind of deep love that results in children. Fatherhood was not a conscious decision. It was part of the wonderful ride I was on. It was destiny; kismet. All the math finally worked.”
The family divides its time between their home in Meudon, located in the suburbs of Paris, and their villa in Plan-de-la-Tour, a small town an hour and a half from Saint-Tropez, in the south of France. Depp also acquired a vineyard estate in the Plan-de-la-Tour area in 2007.
Other June 9th Birthdays:
Michael J. Fox-Actor -47
Gloria Reuben-Actress -44
Michaela Conlin-Actress -30
Natalie Portman-Actress -27
Mae Whitman-Actress -20
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3 Responses to “June 9th, 2008 - Happy Birthday Johnny Depp!”
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June 9th, 2008 at 10:24 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHNNY!!
June 9th, 2008 at 10:31 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHNNY DEPP AND HAVE A GOOD DAY.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:44 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! i love ya.