Johnny Depp's Great and Fabulous Life

John Christpher Depp Jr. Was born in Owensboro, Kentucky. Born on June 9, 1963, he was the last born of four children. His family moved a lot because of his fathers job, being a civil engineer he was needed many places. The family lived in a motel for about a year in Miramar, Florida, when Johnny was seven. That was until his father found a new job. At 12 years old Johnny started using drugs and self-harm to deal with stress from his family. His parents divorced when he was 15, being the youngest he had to pick up the child support from his dad. Johnny dropped out of high school at 16 and joined a garage band, The Kids, that became very well known. Not known enough, they all lived in a friends car for the longest time. Johnny met and married Lori Allison at 20 years old. Johnny and his wife moved to L.A. The same year with his band in hopes of making it into the world. To make extra money to help, they sold pens on the side for telemarketers. In L.A. his wife introduced him to her old boyfriend, Nicolas Cage. Nicolas Cage thought he would make it well in the Acting business. Cage let him get to know a Hollywood agent and in no time he was in the movie "Nightmare on Elm Street". About this time Johnny and his wife split, and so did his band. He then began private lessons. The lessons led him into great films such as: "Cry-Baby", "Edwards Scissorhands", and "Benny and Joon". Depp then suffered though drugs and depression. He met Kate Moss creating a public relationship not lasting long. Moving on, he met Vanessa Paradis whom gave birth to his first two children. Rumors were spread throughout the media that the couple split. Later Depps representative confirmed the rumor. Johnny Depp got into "The Prirate's of the Caribbean" movies from 2004 - 2007/ Taking a break he starred in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street." He returned for "Pirates of the Carribbean" movies and finished his last film of "Dark Shadows" in 2012. Source: http://www.biography.com/people/johnny-depp-9542522?page=4