True Details About The Versatile Actor Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp has enjoyed an illustrious career spanning decades as one of Hollywood’s most desirable acting stars, as well as one of the movie industry’s most controversial figures.

This, though, wasn’t the life he’d initially envisioned for himself, as prior to beginning work as an actor, he’d been trying to pursue a very different entertainment career.

Here, then, is the true story of the rise and fall of Johnny Depp, one of the most complicated actors of the past fifty years.

John Jr.

Johnny Depp was born John Christoper Depp II, in Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 9, 1963. He was named after his father, John Christopher Depp, who was a civil engineer. Despite sharing his father’s name, Depp has stated that he didn’t have the best relationship with his birth father growing up.

Settling in Miramar

Depp’s family moved around frequently in his early childhood, before settling in Miramar, Florida in 1970. Here, Depp would put down roots and make friends, but it wasn’t the end of big earth-shattering upheavals within his family.

A First Divorce

When Depp was fifteen years old, his parents divorced, and his mother, Betty Sue Palmer, eventually married a man named Robert Palmer.

Unlike his biological father, Depp enjoyed a wonderful relationship with his step-father, later calling Palmer “an inspiration.”

A Dedicated Mother

Depp was the youngest of four children born to Betty Sue Palmer, who worked as a waitress. According to Depp, his mother’s upbringing was rough, as she was “raised in a shack, in the wilds of Appalachia, where the toilet was an outhouse.”