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• Johnny has Cherokee ancestry, inherited from his mother. His great-grandmother, Minnie, was a full-blooded Cherokee. He also has European ancestry.

• His father was a city engineer and his mother was a waitress.

• He is born on Sunday in Owensboro.

• Grew up in Florida.

• By 12, he was smoking, very soon came drinking, and drugs.

• He lost his virginity at 13.

• His mother bought him his first guitar when he was 13 years old.

• Johnny Depp's parents divorced when he was 15.

• He dropped out of school at age 17.

• By the age of 20, Depp was married, to make-up artist Lori Anne Allison, five years his senior.

• His wife introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage, who in turn introduced him to his agent.

• He formed the band The Kids who provided support for acts such as Iggy Pop.

• He sold pens by phone.

• He was green belt in karate.

• 1994: Arrested for trashing a New York apartment.

• January 1999: Arrested for being in a fight with paparazzis in front of a restaurant in London.

• Johnny plays lead slide guitar on a rock album from British band, 'Oasis'.

• He directed the film: The Brave.

• He's 5'10" and 70 kg.

• He's afraid of clowns.

• He likes to drive motorbikes.

• He has a Harley Davidson.

• He has a Porsche.

• Currently plays in a band called "P".  First disc in 1995.

• Before Depp turned it into The Viper Room, the building was owned by famous gangster, Bugsy Segal.

• A house in a house in South of France.

• An appartment in Paris.

• A house in Los Angeles.

• A night club in Los Angeles: The Viper Room where River Phoenix died of a drug overdose.

• A restaurant in Paris and New York: Man Ray.

• A bar in London: The Column.

• Island in the Bahamas.