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27 amazing facts about Johnny Depp
List of great facts about American actor, film producer, musician and pirate - Johnny Depp.
If you love him, you will love these facts!
His full name is John Christopher Depp II.
He has three siblings;
Johnny Depp is of Cherokee, German, Irish and Navajo ancestry.
He moved to Florida with his family at the age of 7.
As a child, Johnny Depp was allergic to chocolate.
At the age of 15, he dropped out of school to pursue a career in music.
His band The Kids opened for rocker Iggy Pop.
He married Lori Anne Allison in 1983. He has never been married since.
Through Lori, he met Nicholas Cage, who encouraged him to act.
His first lead role was in 1984 as Glen Lantz in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street.
A long-term partnership with director Tim Burton began in 1990, when he played the main character, Edward Scissorhands.
He started a relationship with fellow country star Winona Ryder in the early 90s. He got her name tattooed on his body, now "Wino Forever".
Since Edward Scissorhands, Depp and Burton have worked together in: 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.
While working on Sleepy Hollow, he adopted Goldeneye, the horse he worked with on the set.
In 1993, he owned the nightclub, The Viper Room.
He was arrested twice;
Johnny Depp was introduced onto Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999.
He and longtime partner Vanessa Paradis have two children together - Lily-Rose Melody Depp (1999) and John Christopher “Jack” Depp III (2002).
In 2003, he became famous as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of a Black Pearl.
He famously kept some of his golden teeth after shooting.
After his daughter fell ill, he disguised himself as Jack Sparrow, read stories to the children, and donated £ 1,000,000 to Great Ormond Street Hospital.
People magazine voted him the 'Sexiest man' in 2009.
In the same year, he donated his salary from The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus to Matilda Ledger, daughter of the deceased actor Heath Ledger.
Depp and his family divide their time between the Bahamas, France and LA.
He likes to grow grapes and make wine in Saint-Tropez.
He owns a 1960 Triumph Bonneville 650cc motorcycle.
To this day, Depp's favorite characters are Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, and Captain Jack Sparrow.
