Johnny Depp

John Christopher Depp II started as a musician before landing his first film role in A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984. A stint on 21 Jump Street from 1987 to 1990 made him a teen idol, but he spent the next decade chasing stranger, riskier parts - What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Dead Man, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - and building a long collaboration with Tim Burton that began with Edward Scissorhands in 1990 and ran through eight films. Pirates of the Caribbean turned him into a global star in 2003, earning him the first of three Oscar nominations and anchoring a franchise that ran until 2017. He collected a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, an Honorary César, and over $10.8 billion in worldwide box office. In 2022, he won a defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard; the jury awarded him $15 million and her $2 million in her countersuit, and the trial became a cultural flashpoint on abuse, credibility, and celebrity.