Johnny Depp

Childhood
• Born John Christopher Depp on June 9th 1963 in
Owensboro, Kentucky.
• His mother Betty Sue Palmer was a waitress, and
his father John Christopher Depp was an engineer.
• He was the youngest of four children.
• The family often moved because of the father’s
job but finally settled in Florida.
• Depp hated his new home and started smoking
and experimented with drugs and alcohol.
• Johnny`s parents divorced when he was only 15 .
 Youth
• As a result Johnny dropped out of school.
• He wanted to pursue a career in rock music and
joined a band as a guitarist.
• Soon John moved to Los Angles along with his
band.
• There he met and married
a makeup artist Lori
•Allison.
She introduced him to
Nicolas Cage who
suggested that he should
try his luck with acting.
 Career: Start
•Depp made his film debut in
1984 in “A Nightmare on Elm
Street”.
• Later he starred in a popular TV
serial named “21 Jump Street”.
Career: Breakthrough
• His next big breakthrough
came with the movie
“Edward Scissorhands”
which was directed by
Tim Burton in 1990.
• The flick turned to be a
huge success.
• It gave Depp the
reputation of a serious,
dark and unusual
performer.
 Career: Success
• Next came an extraordinary run of movie roles. 
 Awards
Golden Globe Award , MTV Movie Award,
Blockbuster Entertainment Award, Empire Award
Nomination: Best Actor
1990 – “Edward Scissorhands”
1993 – “Benny and Joon”
2000 — “Sleepy Hollow”
2004, 2008, 2009 -“Pirates of the Caribbean 1,2,3”
2006 – “Charlie and the chocolate factory”
2008 – “Sweeney Todd the demon barber”
2010 – “Alice in Wonderland”
The sexiest man alive
Depp was named The
sexiest man alive by the
magazine “People” 3 times.
John`s divorce from Lori
Allison caused multiple
love affairs including
Sherilyn Fenn, Jennifer
Gray, Winona Ryder,
supermodel Kate Moss . 
 Family
In 1998, Depp split with Kate Moss and
started a relationship with the French singer
Vanessa Paradise. Soon he moved to Paris
with his two children (Lily-Rose and Jack) in
hope to have a more normal life. 
 Johnny had homes in Los Angeles (the USA)
and in the south of France. When Johnny
wasn’t filming, he lived in France with
Vanessa and their children. 
  Johnny and Vanessa were together for 14
years. But now they have split and live
separately. Though they are still on friendly
terms with each other.
  Check yourself
Task 1. True or False
1)Johnny Depp is the nickname of the actor.
2)He was the only child in the family.
3)Johnny changed many schools as a boy.
4)His parents divorced when he was a
teenager.
5)Johnny was a very good student.
6)He dreamt of the career of a rock musician.
7)His first wife was a waitress.
8)It was Nicolas Cage who suggested him to
try himself as an actor.
Task 2. Choose the correct
  variant
1)Depp made his debut in the film:
a)“21 Jump Street”
b)“A Nightmare on Elm Street”
2) The film “Edward Scissorhands” was
a)a great success b) a great failure
3) His most nominated film is
a) the series “Pirates of the Caribbean”
b) “Charlie and the chocolate factory”
4) Depp`s longest relations were with
a)Winona Ryder b) Vanessa Paradise
5) Depp has got
a) two sons b) a son and a daughter
 Keys:
 
Task 1. True or Task 2. Choose the correct variant
False
1) False 1)b
2) False 2)a
3) True 3)a
4) True 4)b
5) False 5)b
6) True
7) False
8) True
 Sources of information
Photos- http://yandex.ru/images
Biography facts-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Depp
http://www.johnnydepp-zone.com/deppster/