The Big Picture: Johnny Depp Career & Biographical Notes: Dropped out of school at 15, hoping to realize his dream of becoming a rock musician Became a ballpoint-pen salesman for a time after his first marriage in order to support himself and his wife Played lead guitar on the Oasis song Fade In-Out Bought Bela Lugosi’s Hollywood home Wasn't wearing makeup for his role as Willy Wonka

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Johnny Depp Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• 1/15/10-1/21/10
• 21 Jump Street
• 5/18/12-5/24/12
• 5/6/11-5/12/11
• 6/15/12-6/21/12
• 6/22/12-6/28/12
• 9/30/11-10/7/11
• Benny & Joon
• Ed Wood
• Edward Scissorhands
• Johnny Depp Movie Roles
• Johnny Depp Trivia
• Nightmare on Elm Street, A
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• Pirates of the Caribbean Screenshots
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• Rango
• Sleepy Hollow
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

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Upcoming Movies: Release Date Film TBA 2008 Shantaram

Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
Rango	3/4/11	N/A
Alice in Wonderland	3/5/10	N/A
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	12/25/09	N/A
Public Enemies	7/1/09	N/A
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	12/21/07	R			45.10	Info
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	5/25/07	PG-13	4362	139.80	274.15	Info
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	7/7/06	PG-13	4133	135.63	401.25	Info
The Libertine	3/10/06	N/A
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride	9/16/05	PG	5	0.39	53.34	Info
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	7/15/05	PG	3770	56.18	206.46	Info
Finding Neverland	11/12/04	PG	8	0.22	51.68	Info
Secret Window	3/12/04	PG-13	3018	18.24	47.78	Info
Once Upon a Time in Mexico	9/12/03	R	3282	23.42	55.85	Info
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	7/9/03	PG-13	3269	46.63	305.41	Info
Lost in La Mancha	1/31/03	R	8	0.06	0.73	Info
From Hell	10/19/01	R	2305	11.32	31.60	Info

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Awards:

2007
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Broadcast Film Critics Association

2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes

2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes

2004
Finding Neverland

• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, BOP's Calvin Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Screen Actors' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Broadcast Film Critics Association

2003
Once Upon a Time in Mexico

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Satellites

Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actor, Screen Actors' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Satellites
• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Online Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Washington (DC) Area Film Critics Association
• Runner-up: Best Actor, BOP's Calvin Awards

1994
Ed Wood

• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes

1993
Benny & Joon

• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes

1990
Edward Scissorhands

• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes

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