1990s heartthrob and mega movie star Johnny Depp is celebrating his 63rd birthday today, drawing attention to both his decades-long blockbuster career as well as his controversies over the years.
Depp got his start in the industry with the 1984 film A Nightmare on Elm Street, but his true breakout role is largely considered to be Officer Tom Hanson in the TV series 21 Jump Street, which came out a few years later, in 1987.
With that show, Depp officially became a teen idol, and he was increasingly becoming a household name. That only became all the truer in the 1990s, which saw Depp in roles that remain among his most famous today. Those include his role as the titular lead in the 1990 film Edward Scissorhands, as well as his leading role as Gilbert Grape in What's Eating Gilbert Grape in 1993.
His stardom continued to grow in the early 2000s, particularly with his now famous role as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest in 2006, which remains his highest-grossing movie of all time, raking in more than $1 billion.
Depp went on to have two additional billion-dollar films (so far), with Alice in Wonderlandin 2010 and the Pirates sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides in 2011.
Depp does have a few projects currently in the works, including the upcoming Christmas movieEbenezer: A Christmas Carol, which has an expected release date of November 13, 2026. In that film, Depp will play Scrooge alongside a star-studded cast including Daisy Ridley, Rupert Grint, Ian McKellan, Sam Claflin and others.
Yet, Depp's career has seemed to slow down in recent years. There are likely myriad reasons for that, one of which may very well be the star's controversies over the last several years. Most notable among those was the highly public 2022 trial between Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard.
That trial included a range of allegations on both sides, from defamation to physical violence in the relationship.
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