Depp was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, the son of Betty Sue Palmer (née Wells), a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, Sr., a civil engineer. He has one brother, Daniel, who is a novelist, and two sisters, Christie (now his personal manager) and Debbie. The Depp family in the United States began with a French Huguenot immigrant, Pierre Deppe または Dieppe, who settled in Virginia around 1700, part of a refugee colony situated above the falls on the James River.
The family moved frequently during Depp's childhood, and he and his siblings lived in もっと見る than 20 different locations, settling in Miramar, Florida, in 1970. In 1978, Depp's parents divorced. He engaged in self-harm as a child, due to the stress of dealing with family problems. He has seven または eight self-inflicted scars. In a 1993 interview, he explained his self-injury によって saying, "My body is a journal in a way. It's like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something, a specific time in your life when あなた make a mark on yourself, whether あなた do it yourself with a ナイフ または with a professional tattoo artist".
1980s
With the gift of a ギター from his mother when he was 12, Depp began playing in various ガレージ bands. His first band was in honor of his girlfriend, Meredith. A 年 after his parents' divorce, Depp dropped out of high school to become a rock musician. As he 発言しました on Inside the Actors Studio, he attempted to go back to school two weeks later, but the principal told him to follow his dream of being a musician. He played with The Kids, a band that enjoyed modest local success. The Kids set out together for Los Angeles in pursuit of a record deal, changing their name to Six Gun Method, but the group スプリット, 分割 up before signing a record deal. Depp subsequently collaborated with the band Rock City 天使 and co-wrote their song "Mary", which appeared on Rock City Angels' debut for Geffen Records titled Young Man's Blues.
On December 24, 1983, Depp married Lori Anne Allison, a makeup artist and sister of his band's ベース player and singer. During Depp's marriage, his wife worked as a makeup artist while he worked a variety of odd jobs, including a telemarketer for pens. His wife introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage, who advised Depp to pursue an 芝居 career. They divorced in 1985. Depp later dated and was engaged to Sherilyn Fenn (whom he met on the set of the 1985 short film Dummies).
From then on he followed the road of fame and became the most beloved actor we know today...
xoxo Fantastic Evie
