What year was Johnny Depp born?

Johnny Depp was born in 1963. More precisely, John Christopher Depp II was born on June 9, 1963, in Owensboro, Kentucky, making 1963 the single canonical answer to the quiz question.

Depp was the youngest of four children. His family moved frequently during his childhood and settled in Miramar, Florida, in 1970. He became interested in music as a teenager, received a guitar from his mother at age 12, and later dropped out of high school to pursue a career as a rock musician.

His path to acting began with a small role in the 1984 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street. He gained wider recognition on the television series 21 Jump Street before becoming known for distinctive film roles, including Edward Scissorhands and Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean series. A common mix-up is confusing Depp’s birth year with the year of his film debut: he was born in 1963 but first appeared on screen in 1984.