


This led to Depp’s screen debut in the low-budget horror movie A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), where he played a teenager who preyed on Freddy Krueger’s dream stalking demon. He met actor Nicolas Cage during a trip to Los Angeles, California, with his wife, who encouraged him to pursue acting. When he was 15 years old, he left school and fronted many music-garage bands, including “The Kids.” He accepted a ballpoint pen salesperson job after marrying Lori A. In Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 9, 1963, John Christopher “Johnny” Depp II was born to his parents, waitress Betty Sue Palmer (née Wells) and civil engineer John Christopher Depp.ĭepp grew up in Florida.
