Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp is modern Hollywood’s most versatile and most enigmatic star. His choice of roles is often quirky, frequently unexpected. 

In this exciting screen biography, now fully updated for its fifth edition, internationally acclaimed film critic Denis Meikle explores Johnny Depp’s career from his breakthrough roles in Edward Scissorhands, Benny & Joon and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape right up to Depp’ s most recent films, including Alice in Wonderland and The Tourist.

Meikle explores the effects that Depp’s critical and commercial stature have had on the direction of his career, and has updated the book to include a foretaste of the forthcoming movies, Rango, The Rum Diary and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.


Denis Meikle is the author of the acclaimed A History of Horrors: The Rise and Fall of the House of Hammer, Jack The Ripper: The Murders and the Movies, Vincent Price: The Art of Fear, Roman Polanski and The Ring Companion.