Why Johnny Depp Has Never Won An Oscar
Johnny Depp has become one of the most popular and beloved actors of his generation thanks to his versatility and the variety of movies he has starred in, of which some have earned him nominations to some of the most important awards in the industry, as are the Academy Awards – and yet, he hasn’t won an Oscar yet. Johnny Depp’s career started with a bang as he was cast as Glen Lantz in Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984. The following year, he starred in the comedy Private Resort and made his TV debut in one episode of the detective series Lady Blue.
Depp had a minor role in Oliver Stone’s Platoon before landing the lead role in the police procedural TV series 21 Jump Street, which established him as a teen idol. Although the series made him a widely known name in the industry, he wasn’t comfortable with the experience of being a teen idol and started choosing roles based on interest rather than box office success. This led him to star in movies like John Waters’ Cry-Baby, Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands, and the coming-of-age drama What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, and he started getting nominations for different awards.
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Depp continued taking part in a variety of projects and his collaborations with Tim Burton became more frequent and popular, but his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was a turning point in his career. Pirates of the Caribbean was a major box office success and gave Depp his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in 2004, followed by a second one the next year for his role as J.M. Barrie in Finding Neverland, and another one in 2008 for his performance as
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