Johnny Depp filmography
is an American actor, producer and musician. He started his film career by playing Glen Lantz in the 1984 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street. He also appeared in the 1986 film Platoon with Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, and Willem Dafoe. In the 1990s, he starred as the title characters in the films Cry-Baby, Edward Scissorhands, Arizona Dream, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Benny & Joon, Ed Wood, Don Juan DeMarco, Dead Man and Donnie Brasco. He also starred in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Hunter S. Thompson, The Ninth Gate as Dean Corso, and Sleepy Hollow as Ichabod Crane.
In the 2000s, he was in the films Chocolat, Blow, From Hell, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Finding Neverland, Secret Window, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, ', and Public Enemies. He plays Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, starting with 2003's '. For his roles in The Curse of the Black Pearl, Finding Neverland, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Depp was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.
In 2010, Depp was cast as the Mad Hatter in the live-action film Alice in Wonderland. The same year, he went on to star in The Tourist with Angelina Jolie and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy. He has starred in The Rum Diary with Amber Heard, Dark Shadows with Michelle Pfeiffer, The Lone Ranger with Armie Hammer, and Transcendence with Morgan Freeman.
His television work includes playing Officer Thomas "Tom" Hanson, Jr. in the crime drama 21 Jump Street from 1987 to 1990. He has also lent his voice to the animated series King of the Hill in 2004, SpongeBob SquarePants in 2009, and Family Guy in 2012.
Depp has been described as one of the most versatile and prolific actors of his generation.
Film
| Title | Year | Role | Director | Notes | |
| ' | 1984 | Glen Lantz | Wes Craven | ||
| Private Resort | 1985 | Jack Marshall | George Bowers | ||
| Platoon | 1986 | Lerner | Oliver Stone | ||
| Cry-Baby | 1990 | Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker | John Waters | ||
| Edward Scissorhands | 1990 | Edward Scissorhands | Tim Burton | ||
| ' | 1991 | Glen Lantz | Rachel Talalay | Cameo | |
| Arizona Dream | 1993 | Axel Blackmar | Emir Kusturica | ||
| Benny & Joon | 1993 | Sam | Jeremiah S. Chechik | ||
| What's Eating Gilbert Grape | 1993 | Gilbert Grape | Lasse Hallström | ||
| Stuff | 1993 | Himself | Documentary short | ||
| Ed Wood | 1994 | Ed Wood | Tim Burton | ||
| Don Juan DeMarco | 1995 | Don Juan / John R. DeMarco | Jeremy Leven | ||
| Dead Man | 1995 | William Blake | Jim Jarmusch | ||
| Nick of Time | 1995 | Gene Watson | John Badham | ||
| Cannes Man | 1996 | Himself | Richard Martini | Cameo | |
| Donnie Brasco | 1997 | Donnie Brasco / Joseph D. Pistone | Mike Newell | ||
| The Brave | 1997 | Raphael | Himself | Also writer | |
| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | 1998 | Raoul Duke | Terry Gilliam | ||
| L.A. Without a Map | 1998 | Himself / William Blake | Mika Kaurismäki | Cameo | |
| The Ninth Gate | 1999 | Dean Corso | Roman Polanski | ||
| The Astronaut's Wife | 1999 | Spencer Armacost | Rand Ravich | ||
| Sleepy Hollow | 1999 | Ichabod Crane | Tim Burton | ||
| Chocolat | 2000 | Roux | Lasse Hallström | ||
| Before Night Falls | 2000 | Lt. Victor / Bon Bon | Julian Schnabel | ||
| The Man Who Cried | 2000 | Cesar | Sally Potter | ||
| Blow | 2001 | George Jung | Ted Demme | ||
| From Hell | 2001 | Frederick Abberline | Hughes brothers | ||
| Once Upon a Time in Mexico | 2003 | Sheldon Sands | Robert Rodriguez | ||
| ' | 2003 | Captain Jack Sparrow | Gore Verbinski | ||
| Happily Ever After | 2004 | L'inconnu | Yvan Attal | Cameo | |
| Secret Window | 2004 | Morton "Mort" Rainey / John Shooter | David Koepp | ||
| Finding Neverland | 2004 | J. M. Barrie | Marc Forster | ||
| The Libertine | 2004 | John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester | Laurence Dunmore | ||
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 2005 | Willy Wonka | Tim Burton | ||
| Corpse Bride | 2005 | Victor Van Dort | Tim Burton | Voice role | |
| ' | 2006 | Captain Jack Sparrow | Gore Verbinski | ||
| ' | 2007 | Captain Jack Sparrow | Gore Verbinski | ||
| 2007 | Benjamin Barker / Sweeney Todd | Tim Burton | |||
| Public Enemies | 2009 | John Dillinger | Michael Mann | ||
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | 2009 | Tony | Terry Gilliam | ||
| Alice in Wonderland | 2010 | Tarrant Hightopp / Mad Hatter | Tim Burton | ||
| The Tourist | 2010 | Frank Tupelo / Alexander Pearce | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | ||
| Rango | 2011 | Rango / Lars / Raoul Duke | Gore Verbinski | Voice role | |
| ' | 2011 | Captain Jack Sparrow | Rob Marshall | ||
| The Rum Diary | 2011 | Paul Kemp | Bruce Robinson | Also producer | |
| Jack and Jill | 2011 | Himself | Dennis Dugan | Uncredited cameo | |
| Hugo | 2011 | Martin Scorsese | Producer | ||
| 21 Jump Street | 2012 | Thomas "Tom" Hanson, Jr., DEA | Phil Lord Christopher Miller | Uncredited cameo | |
| Dark Shadows | 2012 | Barnabas Collins | Tim Burton | ||
| The Lone Ranger | 2013 | Tonto | Gore Verbinski | Also executive producer | |
| Lucky Them | 2013 | Matthew Smith | Megan Griffiths | Cameo | |
| Transcendence | 2014 | Dr. Will Caster | Wally Pfister | ||
| Tusk | 2014 | Guy LaPointe | Kevin Smith | Credited as Guy LaPointe | |
| Into the Woods | 2014 | The Big Bad Wolf | Rob Marshall | ||
| Mortdecai | 2015 | Charlie Mortdecai | David Koepp | Also producer | |
| Black Mass | 2015 | James "Whitey" Bulger | Scott Cooper | ||
| Yoga Hosers | 2016 | Guy LaPointe | Kevin Smith | ||
| ' | 2016 | Donald Trump | Jeremy Konner | ||
| Alice Through the Looking Glass | 2016 | Tarrant Hightopp / Mad Hatter | James Bobin | ||
| Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | 2016 | Gellert Grindelwald | David Yates | Cameo | |
| The Black Ghiandola | 2017 | Nuclear Med Tech | Sam Raimi Catherine Hardwicke Theodore Melfi | Short film | |
| ' | 2017 | Captain Jack Sparrow | Joachim Rønning Espen Sandberg | ||
| Murder on the Orient Express | 2017 | Edward Ratchett / John Cassetti | Kenneth Branagh | ||
| Sherlock Gnomes | 2018 | Sherlock Gnomes | John Stevenson | Voice role | |
| London Fields | 2018 | Chick Purchase | Matthew Cullen | Uncredited cameo | |
| 2018 | Gellert Grindelwald | David Yates | - | ||
| The Professor | 2018 | Richard Brown | Wayne Roberts | - | |
| City of Lies | 2018 | Russell Poole | Brad Furman | ||
| Waiting for the Barbarians | 2019 | Colonel Joll | Ciro Guerra | ||
| Minamata | 2020 | W. Eugene Smith | Andrew Levitas | ||
| Untitled third Fantastic Beasts film | 2021 | Gellert Grindelwald | David Yates |