Johnny Depp filmography facts for kids

Depp at the 2019 Deauville American Film Festival

Johnny Depp is an American actor, producer and musician. He has appeared in films, television series, and video games. He made his film debut in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984. In the two following years, Depp appeared in the comedy Private Resort (1985), the war film Platoon (1986), and Slow Burn (1986). A year later, he started playing his recurring role as Officer Tom Hanson in the police procedural television series 21 Jump Street (1987–1990) which he played until the middle of season 4, and during this time, he experienced a rapid rise as a professional actor.

In 1990, he starred as the title character in the films Cry-Baby and Edward Scissorhands. Throughout the rest of the decade, Depp portrayed lead roles in Arizona Dream (1993), What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Benny & Joon (1993), Dead Man (1995) and title characters Ed Wood (1994), Don Juan DeMarco (1995), and Donnie Brasco (1997). He also starred in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) as Hunter S. Thompson, The Ninth Gate (1999) as Dean Corso, and Sleepy Hollow (1999) as Ichabod Crane.

In the early 2000s, he appeared in the romance Chocolat (2000), crime film Blow (2001), action film Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), drama Finding Neverland (2004), and horror films From Hell and Secret Window (2004). In addition, Depp portrayed the title character in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and appeared in Public Enemies (2009). In 2003, he portrayed Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, starting with The Curse of the Black Pearl, and reprised the role in four sequels (2006–2017), becoming one of his most famous roles. For each performance in The Curse of the Black Pearl, Finding Neverland, and Sweeney Todd, Depp was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He also portrayed Willy Wonka and Tarrant Hightopp in the fantasy films Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) and Alice in Wonderland which each garnered over $474 million and $1 billion at the box office, respectively.

In 2010, he went on to star in The Tourist with Angelina Jolie and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy. He starred in Dark Shadows (2012) with Michelle Pfeiffer, The Lone Ranger (2013) with Armie Hammer, and Transcendence (2014) with Morgan Freeman. He reprised his role as the Tarrant Hightopp in Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) and starred in the drama Minamata (2020). Beginning in 2011, he has produced films through his company Infinitum Nihil. He has also lent his voice to the animated series King of the Hill in 2004, SpongeBob SquarePants in 2009, and Family Guy in 2012, in addition to the animated film Rango (2011). Moreover, Depp has appeared in many documentary films, mostly as himself.

Film

List of films

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Ref(s)
1984	Nightmare on Elm Street, AA Nightmare on Elm Street	Glen Lantz
1985	Private Resort	Jack
1986	Platoon	Lerner
1990	Cry-Baby	Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker
	Edward Scissorhands	Edward Scissorhands
1991	Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare	Guy on TV	Cameo, credited as Oprah Noodlemantra
1993	Arizona Dream	Axel Blackmar
	Benny & Joon	Sam
	What's Eating Gilbert Grape	Gilbert Grape
1994	Ed Wood	Ed Wood
1995	Don Juan DeMarco	Don Juan DeMarco
	Dead Man	William Blake
	Nick of Time	Gene Watson
1996	Cannes Man	Himself	Cameo
1997	Brave, TheThe Brave	Raphael	Also director and co-writer
	Donnie Brasco	Joseph D. Pistone / Donnie Brasco
1998	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Raoul Duke
1999	Ninth Gate, TheThe Ninth Gate	Dean Corso
	Astronaut's Wife, TheThe Astronaut's Wife	Commander Spencer Armacost
	Sleepy Hollow	Ichabod Crane
2000	Chocolat	Roux
	Before Night Falls	Bon Bon / Lieutenant Victor
	Man Who Cried, TheThe Man Who Cried	Cesar
2001	Blow	George Jung
	From Hell	Inspector Frederick Abberline
2003	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Captain Jack Sparrow
	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Sheldon Sands
2004	Secret Window	Mort Rainey
	Happily Ever After	L'inconnu	Cameo
	Finding Neverland	Sir James Matthew Barrie
2005	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Willy Wonka
	Corpse Bride	Victor Van Dort	Voice
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Captain Jack Sparrow
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Sweeney Todd
2009	Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, TheThe Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Imaginarium Tony 1
	Public Enemies	John Dillinger
2010	Alice in Wonderland	Mad Hatter
	Tourist, TheThe Tourist	Frank Tupelo / Alexander Pearce
2011	Rango	Rango / Lars	Voices
	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	Captain Jack Sparrow
	Rum Diary, TheThe Rum Diary	Paul Kemp	Also producer
	Hugo	N/A	Producer only
2012	21 Jump Street	Tom Hanson	Uncredited cameo
	Dark Shadows	Barnabas Collins
2013	Lone Ranger, TheThe Lone Ranger	Tonto	Also executive producer
	Lucky Them	Matthew Smith	Cameo
2014	Transcendence	Will Caster
	Tusk	Guy Lapointe
	Into the Woods	Wolf
2015	Mortdecai	Charlie Mortdecai	Also producer
	Black Mass	James "Whitey" Bulger
2016	Alice Through the Looking Glass	Hatter Tarrant Highttop
	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	Gellert Grindelwald
	Yoga Hosers	Guy Lapointe
	Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie	Donald J. Trump
2017	Black Ghiandola, TheThe Black Ghiandola	Nuclear Med Tech	Short film
	Murder on the Orient Express	Edward Ratchett
	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales	Captain Jack Sparrow
2018	Sherlock Gnomes	Sherlock Gnomes	Voice
	Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald	Gellert Grindelwald
	Professor, TheThe Professor	Richard
	City of Lies	Russell Poole
2019	Waiting for the Barbarians	Colonel Joll
2020	Minamata	W. Eugene Smith	Also producer
2023	Jeanne du Barry	Louis XV	Also co-producer
2024	Johnny Puff: Secret Mission	Johnny Puff	Voice
	Modì	N/A	Director and producer only

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Denotes works that have not yet been released

Television

Video games

Documentaries

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Johnny Depp