American actor, producer, and musician, Johnny Depp is best known for his role in the 1980s television series ’21 Jump Street,’ which catapulted him to teen idol status. He has always taken on “difficult” and “greater-than-life” parts as one of the world’s biggest movie actors. The star who possibly made the Pirates of the Caribbean film series and superhit all around the world with his outstanding performance as Captain Jack Sparrow, Johnny has a huge love for getting inked. Depp’s passion for tattoos may be seen in his numerous tattoos.
Tribe Tattoo – Johnny’s first tattoo was a ‘Cherokee Tribe,’ which he acquired when he was 17 to commemorate his Cherokee ancestry, as his great-grandmother was Cherokee. During an interview, he revealed that he got his first tattoo in honor of the Cherokee Chief.
Betty Sue – Johnny’s mother’s name was Betty Sue, and she died on May 20, 2016, in Los Angeles, California, after a long illness. In the year 1988, in honor and love for his mother, Johnny got this tattoo.
Suprematism Triangle – Ilya Chashnik, a world-famous Russian painter, created this ‘suprematism triangle’ art in 1925. Suprematism is a style of art that uses a limited palette of colors and concentrates on fundamental geometric shapes such as squares, triangles, rectangles, and circles.
Lily-Rose – Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis’ daughter Lily-Rose was born on May 27, 1999. Johnny said in an interview that Lily’s birth was a life-changing experience for him.
Winona Ryder – Previously, when filming for ‘Edward Scissorhands,’ an American romantic dark fantasy picture released in December 1990, Johnny had the tattoo for his ex-girlfriend Winona Ryder, whom he began seeing in 1990. After his breakup with her in 1993, he had this tattoo changed to ‘WINO FOREVER.’
Jack Sparrow – Of course, he has a tattoo about Pirates of the Caribbean. Captain Jack Sparrow, a fictional figure and protagonist of the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ film series, is the inspiration for this tattoo. After the film’s shooting was completed in 2003, Johnny had this tattoo done by tattoo artist Mark Mahoney. Captain Jack Sparrow’s tattoo depicts the bird flying away from him, while Johnny Depp’s tattoo depicts the bird flying towards him, with his son’s name Jack, who was born in 2002.
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