Monday 10 June 2013

Johnny Depp at 50: The Superstar's Life and Career in Pictures

'A Nightmare on Elm Street'

Who would have thought a little horror film would not only become a massive franchise but also give birth to one of Hollywood's biggest stars? Depp got his first big screen role in 1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street, in which he played terrified teen Glen Lantz.
  
'A Nightmare on Elm Street'  


Depp with Jennifer Grey

Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey and Depp had a relationship in 1989, with it commonly speculated they were once engaged.
  

Depp with Jennifer Grey 

'21 Jump Street'

Depp infiltrated high school crime rings (and America's televisions) as officer Tom Hanson on the Fox crime show. In 1990, the actor left his 21 Jump Street days behind and went on to become an international superstar.
  
'21 Jump Street' 

'Cry-Baby'

Depp went 1950s greaser in the teen musical Cry-Baby. The 1990 film didn't light up the box office, but it did earn a cult following on home release and went on to inspire the Tony-winning musical of the same name. And for the record -- while Depp can play guitar -- it wasn't him belting out the numbers in this song. That honor went to musician James Intveld, who sang Depp's parts.
  
'Cry-Baby' 

'Edward Scissorhands'

Edward Scissorhands showed Depp at his most innocent, lonely and looking for a connection. Despite their three-year engagement, it remains his only collaboration with Winona Ryder.
  
'Edward Scissorhands' 

Depp With Winona Ryder

Depp was engaged to his Edward Scissorhands costar Winona Ryder from 1990 to 1993, and even had a tattoo in her honor.  After their breakup, he altered "Winona Forever" to read "Wino Forever."
''When I was 17, I decided my body would be a journal of skin,'' he told the New York Times in 2001. ''I jot down life experiences that mean something to me -- jot them down permanently.'Depp With Winona Ryder

'Arizona Dream'

The actor played the nephew of a businessman (Jerry Lewis) and developed feelings for an offbeat woman (Faye Dunaway) in the 1993 comedy drama.
  
'Arizona Dream' 

'What's Eating Gilbert Grape?'

Depp and a young Leonardo DiCaprio tugged at heartstrings in 1993's What's Eating Gilbert Grape? Depp played Gilbert, a young grocery store employee who must care for his morbidly obese mother and mentally challenged brother (DiCaprio).
  
'What's Eating Gilbert Grape?' 

'Ed Wood'

Ed Wood, the director of the "world's worst film," finally got the A-list treatment when Depp played him. 1994's Ed Wood remains both one of the best-loved and least commercially successful of Depp's collaborations with Tim Burton.
  

'Ed Wood' 

Depp With Kate Moss

Supermodel Kate Moss shared a romance with Depp from 1994-1998, and said it took her years to get over him. The pair attended the 1995 Golden Globes and several editions of the Cannes Film Festival together. In 1994, they were famously found by police in their trashed $1,200-per-night presidential suite in New York's Mark Hotel. Depp claimed the mess had been made by an armadillo he said was hiding in his closet. The animal was never found, and the couple was billed $9,767 for the damages.

Depp With Kate Moss

Juan DeMarco

It isn't too much of a stretch to imagine the suave Depp being the ultimate ladies' man personified in Don Juan DeMarco. He starred opposite Marlon Brando in the 1995 film, in which he played a man who thought he was literally Don Juan.
  
Juan DeMarco 

'Nick of Time'

1995's Nick of Time took its name rather literally -- taking place in real time. Depp played a widower who is pressured to assassinate the governor by two bad guys (played by Christopher Walken and Roma Maffia) who have his daughter. The film bombed at the box office, earning $8.1 million.
  
'Nick of Time' 

'Dead Man'

Depp went West in Dead Man, in which he played an accountant who hits the frontier. He soon found himself in a sticky situation after killing a man in self-defense and having a "dead or alive" reward placed over his head. The 1996 film went to Cannes and earned a little over $1 million at the box office.
 'Dead Man'

Donnie Brasco

The 1997 hit saw Depp star opposite Al Pacino. Depp played an FBI agent charged with infiltrating a crime family, with his character befriending a hitman (Pacino) and being taken under his wing. The film's screenwriter, Paul Attanasio, considers the movie a turning point for Depp -- calling it a transition from playing cutesy characters such as Edward Scissorhands to taking on manlier roles.
"He was becoming a man, not a boy," Attanasio said in 2012. "We captured that on film. It was incredibly exciting."
  
Donnie Brasco 

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