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Johnny Depp's diverse roles, through the years.

Versatility, thy name is Johnny Depp. It is amazing when you realize the vast variety of roles Johnny Depp has donned - from romantic to wacky to scary to intense - he's been there and done it all.

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Captain Jack Sparrow

Captain Jack Sparrow

From Pirates of the Caribbean series
Capt. Jack Sparrow is one of the nine pirate lords in the Brethren Court, the Pirate Lords of the Seven Seas. He can be treacherous and survives mostly by using wit and negotiation rather than weapons or force, opting to flee most dangerous situations and fight only when necessary.
By the way, there should be a 'Captain' up there somewhere in that image.

2

Sweeney Todd

Sweeney Todd

From Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sweeney Todd is a barber.... and a serial killer. He started out as a normal London man named Benjamin Barker, with a wife and child, but was banished because a judge loved his wife. His weapon of choice is a straight razor, with which he slits his victim's throats. In some versions of the story his friend, and accomplice, Nellie (sometimes Margery or Claudette) Lovett, bakes the carcasses into meat pies.

3

Cry-baby

Cry-baby

From Cry-Baby
"Cry-Baby" Walker, a drape, and Allison, a square, create upheaval and turmoil in their little town of Baltimore by breaking the subculture taboos and falling in love.

4

William Blake

William Blake

From Dead Man
Billy Blake is an accountant who sets out for the remote town of Machine, only to be turned away from his would-be employer, blamed for a double-murder, and hounded by a trio of bounty hunters. Blake's only ally is an American Indian named Nobody who, despite his hatred of most white men, is convinced that Blake is the reincarnation of his favorite poet, William Blake.

5

Raoul Duke

Raoul Duke

From Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Raoul Duke (Depp) and Dr. Gonzo (del Toro) speed across the Nevada desert. The oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.

6

Sir James Matthew Barrie

Sir James Matthew Barrie

From Finding Neverland
J.M. Barrie was a man who found inspiration for his career-defining story from a widow (Kate Winslet) and her four children.

7

Rango

Rango

From Rango
Rango is a chameleon house pet with a very ironic identity crisis. After becoming lost in the middle of a cross-country road trip, Rango wanders into the isolated town of Dirt and becomes a sheriff in grand old Western tradition.

8

Gilbert Grape

Gilbert Grape

From What's eating Gilbert Grape
In the small town of Endora, Iowa, Gilbert Grape is busy caring for his mentally handicapped younger brother, Arnie. Gilbert has taken responsibility for repairing their shanty of a farmhouse while looking after Arnie. The relationship between the brothers is one of care and protection.

9

Donnie Brasco/ Joseph D. Pistonne

Donnie Brasco/ Joseph D. Pistonne

From Donnie Brasco
Joseph D. Pistone s an FBI undercover agent who infiltrated the Bonanno crime family in New York City during the 1970s, under the alias Donnie Brasco, aka, "The Jewel Man". Brasco maneuvers his way into the confidence of an aging hit-man, Lefty Ruggiero, who vouches for him. As Donnie moves deeper into the Mafia, he realizes that not only is he crossing the line between federal agent and criminal, but also leading his friend Lefty to an almost certain death.

10

Roux

Roux

From Chocolat
A gypsy who wanders into a quiet little French village and finds himself drawn to Vianne Rocher, an expert chocolatier and a woman of vivacious spirit.

11

Mad Hatter

Mad Hatter

From Alice in Wonderland
He is a crazy, wacky hatter who meets Alice when she shows up in Wonderland. He loves having tea parties with his best friend, the March Hare, and the Dormouse. He made a deal with time that saved him from execution, but now he has a neverending tea party, and must move down often.

12

Willy Wonka

Willy Wonka

From Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Willy Wonka proves an unparalleled genius in confectionery development, inventing seemingly impossible products that capture the world's imagination, like ice cream that never melts, and small candy eggs that hatch chocolate birds that move and chirp. From his factory, his products are shipped and sold worldwide.

13

Tonto

Tonto

From The Lone Ranger
Tonto is the Native American companion of the Lone Ranger.

14

Whitey Bulger

Whitey Bulger

From the film Black Mass
Bulger is the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston.