Johnny Depp, one of the most popular Hollywood actors and presently also a singer and film producer, is recognised all around the world and popular for his talent and charisma. His movie career that started in the 80s continues to be a success to this day and he also has a passionate fan-base from all around the world. He has already won the Golden Globe Award for best actor and has been nominated for the Academy Award as well.
Here are some interesting facts about Johnny Depp:
Although known as Johnny Depp, his full name happens to be John Christopher Depp.
You can find Jonny Depp’s name in the records of Guinness Book of World Records of 2012 where he was listed as the highest paid actor with 75 million dollars’ worth of pay checks.
He happens to be fond of collecting fake moustaches and guns as well. He has a huge collection of both.
Celebrities can be fans too! Johnny Depp admitted to have been a great fan of Evel Knievel, the late international icon known as a daredevil for his daring stunts.
He began smoking at the age of 12.
Apart from being known for his talent as an actor, Depp also happens to be a great singer. Albums produced by music band Oasis have many songs that have been sung by him. In the 1997 album titled Be Here Now, he has played the lead guitar for the song named fade-in-out.
Johnny Depp had dropped out of High School at the age of sixteen. At that time he wanted to become a musician and started focusing on his singing career.
Depp owns one of the islands in the Bahamas and a vineyard in Plan-de-la-Tour in France.
He has 13 tattoos done on his body, each said to be signifying an event of his life. He believes that these are like scars that sailors used to make on their body to recall names and events in their life.
He turned down the lead role for the movie Speed, offered to him in 1994.
After having starred the in lead role of 21 Jump Street, a television series on Fox Television, he rose to fame and transformed into one of the most popular teen idols of his time.
The People’s magazine voted Johnny Depp as the Sexiest Man Alive twice and also declared him as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in 2001.
An interesting habit that Johnny Depp has in order to avoid the media from following him is to check in to hotels using fictitious and funny names. Some of the names used by him include Mr Stench and Emma Roid.
He had been arrested in 1999 after he got into a brawl with the paparazzi outside a restaurant in London when he was dining with partner Vanessa Paradis. Also arrested in 1994, he had allegedly caused serious damage to a hotel room in New York City.
Depp was earlier married to Lori Allison and dated 4 other celebrities namely, Sherilyn Fenn, model Kate Moss, Jennifer Grey and also actress Winona Ryder. He has two children with partner Vanessa Paradis.
Johnny Depp continues to be one of the most mysterious and enduring screen actors of all time. He will be known for his contribution to contemporary cinema.
