Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

Birth Date: June 09, 1963
Birth Place: Owensboro, Ky.

Johnny Depp is known for playing eccentric characters – from his work with horror-meister director Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands, Sweeney Todd) to Disney's edgy Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

With his shock of black hair and distinctive high cheekbones, the Kentucky-born Depp has progressed from '80s teen heartthrob in the Fox TV series 21 Jump Street, to PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive in 2003. But he hasn't relied on his stunningly sexy good looks, having notoriously spurned conventional leading-man roles in Titanic and Speed. Rarely seen in Hollywood, Depp, who previously dated Winona Ryder and Kate Moss, lives quietly in the south of France with actress Vanessa Paradis and their two children.