Johnny Depp

John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer, and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor. He rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol.

Since then, Depp has taken on challenging and "larger-than-life" roles, starting with a supporting role in Oliver Stone's Vietnam War film Platoon in 1986, then playing the title character in the romantic dark fantasy Edward Scissorhands (1990). He later found box office success in the fantasy adventure film Sleepy Hollow (1999), the fantasy swashbuckler film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and its sequels, the musical adventure film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), the fantasy film Alice in Wonderland (2010) and voicing the title character in the animated action comedy western Rango (2011). He has collaborated on eight films with director and friend Tim Burton.

Depp is regarded as one of the world's biggest film stars. He has gained worldwide critical acclaim for his portrayals of such people as screenwriter-director Ed Wood in Ed Wood, undercover FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone in Donnie Brasco, "gonzo" journalist Hunter S. Thompson in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, cocaine kingpin George Jung in Blow, author J. M. Barrie in Finding Neverland, and the Depression Era outlaw John Dillinger in Michael Mann's Public Enemies. Films featuring Depp have grossed over $3.1 billion at the United States box office and over $7.6 billion worldwide. His most commercially successful films are the Pirates of the Caribbean films, which have grossed $3 billion; Alice in Wonderland which grossed $1 billion; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which grossed $474 million; and The Tourist which grossed $278 million worldwide.

56th Golden Globe Awards

56th
Golden Globe Awards

January 24, 1999

Picture - Drama:
Saving Private Ryan

Picture - Musical or Comedy:
Shakespeare in Love

TV Series - Drama:
The Practice

TV Series - Musical or Comedy:
Ally McBeal

The 56th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1998, were held on January 24, 1999 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Actor – Drama

Jim Carrey – The Truman Show

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy

Michael Caine – Little Voice

Best Actress – Drama

Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy

Gwyneth Paltrow – Shakespeare in Love

63rd Golden Globe Awards

63rd
Golden Globe Awards

January 16, 2006

Picture - Drama:
Brokeback Mountain

Picture - Musical or Comedy:
Walk the Line

TV Series - Drama:
Lost

TV Series - Musical or Comedy:
Desperate Housewives

Miniseries or TV Movie:
Empire Falls

The 63rd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 2005, were presented on January 16, 2006 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Los Angeles, California.

The ceremony aired on Monday rather than its traditional Sunday after the previous years ceremony's ratings were negatively impacted by the popularity of Desperate Housewives.

Winners and nominees

These are the nominees for the 63rd Golden Globe Awards. Winners are listed at the top of each list.

Film

Films with multiple nominations

The following 19 films received multiple nominations:

Films with multiple wins

Television

Series with multiple nominations

The following 16 series received multiple nominations:

Series with multiple wins

Trivia

67th Golden Globe Awards

67th
Golden Globe Awards

January 17, 2010

Motion Picture – Drama:
Avatar

Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:
The Hangover

Director:
James Cameron

TV Series – Drama:
Mad Men

TV Series – Musical / Comedy:
Glee

Miniseries or television film:
Grey Gardens

The 67th Golden Globe Awards was telecasted live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 17, 2010 by NBC, from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM (PST) and 8:00PM – 11:00 PM (EST) (01:00–04:00 Monday January 18 UTC). The ceremonies were hosted by Ricky Gervais, and were broadcast live for the first time.

Nominations were announced on December 15, 2009. Among films, Up in the Air led with six nominations, followed by Nine with five and Avatar and Inglourious Basterds with four each.Matt Damon, Sandra Bullock, Meryl Streep, and Anna Paquin were each nominated twice; Damon as Best Actor - Comedy and Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture; Bullock as Best Actress in both the Comedy and Drama categories; Streep competing against herself as Best Actress in the Comedy category; and Paquin as Best Actress – TV Series Drama and as Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film. Television programs receiving multiple nominations include Glee, Dexter, Damages, Mad Men, House, and 30 Rock.