John "Johnny" Christopher Depp II, born on June 9th, 1963, Owensboro, Kentucky, US, is an actor, producer, and musician. He's regarded as one of the world's biggest movie stars, having been nominated for 3 Academy Awards for Best Actor, also winning the Golden Globe for Best Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, for his performance in the title role in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, for his portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Depp became famous while appearing on the 1980s TV series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol.