Depp was born in Owensboro,Kentucky, and raised in Florida. The family moved frequently during Depp's childhood, and he and his siblings lived in more than 20 different locations, settling in Miramar, Florida, in Depp's parents divorced. Depp engaged in self-harm when he was young, due to the stress of dealing with family problems, which resulted in several self- inflicted scars.

With the gift of a guitar from his mother when he was 12, Depp began playing in various garage bands.A year after his parents‘ divorce, Depp dropped out of high school to become a rock musician. He attempted to go back to school two weeks later, but the principal told him to follow his dream of being a musician. On December 24, 1983, Depp married Lori Anne Allison, the sister of his band’s bass player and singer. His wife introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage, who advised Depp to pursue an acting career.

Depp's first major role was in the 1984 classic horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street, As a fan and long-time friend of writer Hunter S. Thompson, played a version of Thompson (named Raoul Duke) in 1998's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, In 2008, he narrated the documentary film Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. Depp paid for most of Thompson's memorial event, complete with fireworks and the shooting of Thompson's ashes by a cannon, in Aspen, Colorado, where Thompson lived. He returned to Thompson's work with a film adaptation of the novel The Rum Diary, released in 2011.

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The 2003 Walt Disney Pictures film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was a major success,in which Depp's performance as the suave but shambling pirate Captain Jack Sparrow was highly praised. Studio bosses were more ambivalent at first, but the character became popular with the movie-going public. According to a survey taken by Fandango, Depp was a major draw for audiences. Depp reprised the role of Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels Dead Man's Chest (2006), At World's End (2007), and On Stranger Tides (2011), which were each also major box office successes. Depp has said that Sparrow is "definitely a big part of me,“ and he even voiced the character in the video game Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow.

Critics have described Depp‘s roles as characters who are “iconic loners.”Depp has noted this period of his career was full of “studio defined failures” and films that were “box office poison,”but he thought the studios never understood the films and did not do a good job of marketing. Depp has chosen roles which he found interesting, rather than those he thought would succeed at the box office.Gore Verbinski, has said that Depp’s character closely resembles the actor‘s personality.

Production company In 2004, Depp formed his production company Infinitum Nihil to develop projects where he will serve as actor or producer. Depp is the founder and CEO, while his sister, Christi Dembrowski, serves as president. The company's first production came in 2011 with The Rum Diary, adapted from the novel of the same name by Hunter S. Thompson. The film is written and directed by Bruce Robinson. Also in 2011, Hugo, directed by Martin Scorsese, was released. Dark Shadows, directed by Tim Burton, was released in 2012.

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