Johnny Depp First Movie: What was the first movie Johnny Depp appeared in?

John Christopher Depp II is an American actor, producer, and musician.

Johnny Depp is the recipient of multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards.

What was the first movie Johnny Depp appeared in?

Johnny Depp made his debut in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), before rising to prominence as a teen idol on the television series 21 Jump Street (1987–1990).

In the 1990s, Johnny Depp acted mostly in independent films, often playing eccentric characters, which included:

– What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993),
– Benny and Joon (1993),
– Dead Man (1995),
– Donnie Brasco (1997), and
– Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998).
Johnny Depp also began collaborating with director Tim Burton, starring in Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), and Sleepy Hollow (1999).

In the 2000s, Johnny Depp became one of the most commercially successful film stars by playing Captain Jack Sparrow in the Walt Disney swashbuckler film series Pirates of the Caribbean (2003–2017).

Johnny Depp received critical praise for Finding Neverland (2004), and continued his commercially successful collaboration with Tim Burton with the films Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), and Alice in Wonderland (2010).

In 2012, Johnny Depp was one of the world’s biggest film stars, and was listed by the Guinness World Records as the world’s highest-paid actor, with earnings of US$75 million.

In the 2010s, Johnny Depp began producing films through his company, Infinitum Nihil.

Johnny Depp also formed the rock supergroup Hollywood Vampires with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry, before starring as Gellert Grindelwald in the Warner Bros. Wizarding World films Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018).