Biographic - Sunday January 17, 2010 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Johnny Depp Born in Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 9, 1963 and raised in Miramar Florida. Johnny Depp played guitar in a local rock band in his teens. Having opened for the likes of Iggy Pop and Billy Idol, the group relocated to Los Angeles in search of success. When the big break failed to materialize, Johnny took a job selling pens over the phone until Nicolas Cage, who was a fan of the band, persuaded him to try his hand at acting. Roles in the movies "A Nightmare on Elm Street" "Platoon" and "Private Resort" led to a starring role on the TV series "21 Jump Street." More than 10,000 fan letters a month poured in, and his fee skyrocketed to $45,000 a show. By 1990, movie stardom was beckoning, and the starring role in the offbeat "Cry Baby" was followed by the quirky box office smash "Edward Scissorhands" The 1990s established him as one of the most versatile and daring actors of his generation. The sweet "Benny & Joon" and the moving "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" contrasted with much darker fare as "The Ninth Gate" and "Sleepy Hollow" and the freaky "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas" and "Ed Wood" were countered by the mainstream "Donnie Brasco" His portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies helped make him fabulously wealthy and earned him his first Oscar nomination. He was also nominated for "Finding Neverland" and "Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" Now a father of two with a french singer Vanessa Paradis, he still retains the ability to surprise with his choice of roles. Who else but Johnny Depp would follow a portrayal of gangster John Dillinger in 2009's "Public Enemies" with the Mad Hatter in "Alice in Wonderland" and voice an episode of Spongebob Squarepants along the way?

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