FrameThrower · Actors · Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp
25 films · 1,936 frames · top-billed in 21 · 1984–2018
Born 9 June 1963 · Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
John Christopher Depp II is an American actor, producer and musician. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards.
He made his debut in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), before rising to prominence as a teen idol on the television series 21 Jump Street (1987–1990). In the 1990s, he acted mostly in independent films, often playing eccentric characters. These included What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Benny and Joon (1993), Dead Man (1995), Donnie Brasco (1997) and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 25 films · 1,936 frames · top-billed in 21 · 1984–2018
- Golden Globe Awards2008
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role2004
- Donostia Award2021
- Disney Legends2015
- People's Choice Awards2011
- MTV Movie Award for Best Villain2008
- MTV Movie Award for Best Performance2007
- Medal of the City of Paris2006
- MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance2004
- Honorary César1999
- list of orders, decorations, and medals of Serbia
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,936 frames from the 25 films we hold. This is the look of the work Johnny takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 25 films we hold, 49% of their frames are night, 49% low key — the look of the work Johnny takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Transcendence
2014 · Dr. Will Caster
The Lone Ranger
2013 · Tonto
Dark Shadows
2012 · Barnabas Collins
Rango
2011 · Rango / Lars (voice)
The Tourist
2010 · Frank Tupelo
Alice in Wonderland
2010 · Tarrant Hightopp / Mad Hatter
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007 · Sweeney Todd
Deep Sea 3D
2006
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
2005 · Willy Wonka
Corpse Bride
2005 · Victor Van Dort (voice)
The Man Who Cried
2000 · Cesar
Sleepy Hollow
1999 · Ichabod Crane
Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
1998 · Raoul Duke
Dead Man
1995 · William Blake
Ed Wood
1994 · Ed Wood
Edward Scissorhands
1990 · Edward Scissorhands
Cry Baby
1990 · Wade 'Cry-Baby' Walker
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
· Jack Sparrow
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
· Jack Sparrow
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
· Jack Sparrow
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
· Jack Sparrow
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018 · Grindelwald
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016 · Gellert Grindelwald
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009 · Imaginarium Tony 1
A Nightmare On Elm Street
1984 · Glen Lantz
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,936 frames from Johnny Depp's 25 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.