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The Virtuoso
With the tremendous success of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Johnny Depp vaulted to the top of Hollywood’s A-list, and his name, as well as that of his most famous character, Captain Jack Sparrow, became a household word.

Early 2004 brought Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Johnny, and recognition as Best Actor by his colleagues in the Screen Actors Guild.

Riding a wave of acclaim, Johnny added pitch-perfect portrayals of three very different writers to his filmography: the depressed Mort Rainey in Secret Window, whose life is unraveling faster than his ratty bathrobe; the compassionate J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan, in Finding Neverland, which garnered Johnny his second Best Actor Oscar nomination; and the reckless, insatiable second Earl of Rochester, John Wilmot, in The Libertine.

Johnny balanced these dramatic roles with two comic turns in 2005 for his good friend Tim Burton, who directed Johnny as eccentric confectioner Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and as the voice of confused bridegroom Victor Van Dort in Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride. Then Johnny returned to hijinks on the high seas as Captain Jack Sparrow in the sequels to Pirates of the Caribbean. Dead Man’s Chest sailed into theaters on July 7, 2006, and promptly began toppling box-office records around the world, including biggest opening day and opening weekend, and fastest movie to earn $100 million, $200 million, and $300 million domestically. The top-grossing movie of 2006, Dead Man’s Chest eventually earned more than $1 billion worldwide (yes, billion with a B), becoming only the third film in movie history to do so. 

Pirate, candymaker, Restoration rake, earnest playwright/surrogate father: Johnny Depp’s most recent work displays extraordinary range and confirms his position as the most original and versatile film actor of his generation.

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February 21 -- TV Guide, Bruce Fretts

February 28 -- Total TV Guide, Robin Lynch

February 28 -- TV Guide, Johanna Schneller

March 15 -- Time Magazine, Josh Tryrangiel

March 22 -- GAT Magazine, Jan Janssen

March 22 -- People Magazine, Michelle Tauber

May -- Esquire, John H. Richardson

May -- Playboy Magazine, Bernard Weinraub

June -- Blink, Paul Sheehan

Fall -- Biography Magazine, Stephen Rebello

October 13 -- 3AM Magazine, Evelyn Moore

October 23 -- Times Magazine, Martyn Palmer

November -- Empire, Will Lawrence

November -- Vanity Fair, Steven Daly

November 14 -- You Magazine, Gabrielle Donnelly

November 18 -- Life Magazine, Josh Young

December -- Everything France, Jim Merrett

December 7 -- OK! Magazine, Martyn Palmer



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January 14 -- Entertainment Weekly, Dave Karger

February 10 -- Rolling Stone, Erik Hedegaard

April 18 -- Time Magazine, Richard Schikel

July 4 -- Newsweek Magazine, Sean Smith

July 9 -- The London Times, Martyn Palmer

October -- SciFi, Patrick Lee

October 15 -- The London Times, Martyn Palmer

November 16 -- BBC.co.uk, Adrian Henningan

November 17 -- MyMovies.net

November 18 -- London Evening Standard, Chrissy Iley



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January 30 -- Woman, Gabrielle Donnelly

May 18 -- Rolling Stone, Barbara O'Dair

June 23 -- The Toronto Star, Peter Howell

June 25 -- Sunday Mail, Lawrie Masterson

June 25 -- USA Today, Anthony Breznican

June 26 -- MTV.com, Larry Carroll

June 26 -- Newsweek, Sean Smith

July -- GQ Magazine, Tom Carson

July 3 -- The Guardian, Chrissy Iley

July 7 -- Entertainment Weekly.com, Josh Rottenberg

July 7 -- The Independent, Elaine Lipworth

July 9 -- Newhouse News, Shawn Levy

July 9 -- The Philippine Star, Ricky Lo

July 10 -- iF Magazine.com, Emmanuel Itier

July 13 -- Rolling Stone, Mark Binelli
July 20 -- Seacoastonline.com, D. Allan Kerr

July 31 -- MSNBC.com, Eric Lundegaard

August -- FilmInk Magazine, Philip Berk