Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp was born in Kentucky in 1963 and after dropping out of school his band, The Kids, supported Iggy Pop. After moving to LA his then wife, make-up artist Lori Allison, introduced him to Nicolas Cage. Cage, liking the cut of his jib, helped Depp debut in A Nightmare On Elm Street. After acting classes he won a small role in Platoon before appearing in the TV show 21 Jump Street for three years. He parodied himself in his first film role after it, Cry Baby, and has gone on to eschew roles in blockbusters for left-field films such as Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood and Donnie Brasco. Depp has a renowned wild side and has been arrested for fighting with photographers and trashing a hotel room. However, these days he's more likely to be found with long-term girlfriend Vanessa Paradis, his son and his daughter. The man with the sharpest cheekbones in town has also been enjoying critical and box-office appeal of late, with scene-stealing roles in Pirates Of The Caribbean, Finding Neverland and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street.