From Jack Sparrow to Willy Wonka: The many faces of Johnny Depp

To be versatile is a skill To adopt a different look and live the character is Johnny Depp From Captain Jack Sparrow to Willy Wonka the myriad of faces have only one thing in common Johnny DeppAs Hollywoods chameleon turns 59 today we look back at the times he experimented with his looks to fit into the shoes of his charactersCharacter Captain Jack Sparrow Pirates of the Caribbean franchise 2003presentTheres only one reason why Pirates of the Caribbean is one of the most popular film franchises Johnny Depp Despite his braided hair shabby wardrobe and scruffy look he turned out to be everyones favourite and made his character Captain Jack Sparrow a memorable oneHe earned 2 Golden Globe nominations and 1 Oscar nomination for his role in Pirates of the Caribbean films The most recent film from the series was released in 2017 titled Dead Men Tell No TalesCharacter Titular role in Edward Scissorhands 1990Johnny Depp plays the titular role of Edward Scissorhands in this romantic dark fantasy directed by Tim Burton The film depicts the story of an artificial man named Edward an unfinished creation who has scissors for hands Edward is taken in by a family and he ends up falling in love with their teenage daughter portrayed by Winona Ryder Johnny Depp earned a Golden Globe nomination for hismelancholicperformanceCharacter The Mad Hatter Alice In Wonderland 2010Johnny Depp plays Tarrant Hightopp The Mad Hatter in this movie based on English author Lewis Carrolls 1865 fantasy novel Alices Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel Through the LookingGlass Johnny Depp brings out a human side to the strangeness of the character that the Mad Hatter isCharacter Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007Johnny Depp delivers a horrifying performance as a barber who murders his customers out of vengeance He took singing lessons to prepare for his role in Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Johnny Depp won the Golden Globe award and earned himself an Oscar nomination for his performanceCharacter Willy Wonka Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005Johnny Depp plays Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory a musical adventure film directed by Tim Burton based on the 1964 British book of the same name by Roald Dahl He makes the audience sympathise with him by portraying a reclusive chocolate mogul in search of an heir friends and family Johnny earned a Golden Globe nomination for his eccentric performanceCharacter Tonto The Lone Ranger 2013This Gore Verbinski directed western action film which is based on a radio series of the same name The film starred Johnny Depp as Tonto the narrator of the events and Armie Hammer as John Reid The Lone Ranger The character wears blackandwhite face paint and a deceased crow on his head According to Depp the inspiration for the costume was a painting entitled I Am Crow by Kirby SattlerAlso Read How Johnny Depps lawyer Camille Vasquez became an internet sensation