Johnny Depp is an American actor, producer, and musician who rose to fame as a teen idol by working in the 1980s television series ’21 Jump Street’. Being one of the world’s biggest film stars, he has always taken up ‘challenging’ and ‘greater-than-life’ roles. Depp’s interest in ink is very apparent from his various tattoos. Take a look!
Meaning: Johnny’s first tattoo was a ‘Cherokee Tribe’ which he got inked when he was 17, to honor his Indian heritage, as his great-grandmother was a Cherokee. In an interview, Johnny said,
I started getting tattoos when they were sort of verboten in Hollywood… 1983, 1984. I was 17 when I got the first one a Cherokee chief, to honor my Indian heritage.” 2. ‘Betty Sue’ Tattoo
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Meaning: ‘Betty Sue’ was the name of Johnny’s mother, who died on May 20, 2016, in Los Angeles, California, due to long illness. This tattoo was inked by the tattoo artist, Jonathan Shaw, on May 31, 1988.
Meaning: Earlier, Johhny had the tattoo for his ex-girlfriend, Winona Ryder, whom he started dating in 1990, while shooting for ‘Edward Scissorhands’, an American romantic dark fantasy film, released in December 1990. Later, he got this tattoo modified into ‘WINO FOREVER’ after splitting up with her in 1993.
Meaning: This ‘suprematism triangle’ tattoo is a painting by the world-famous Russian painter, Ilya Chashnik, in 1925. This tattoo was inked by the tattoo artist, Jonathan Shaw, in 1993. Suprematism is an art that is done by using a limited range of colors and focuses on the basic geometric forms, like squares, triangles, rectangles, and circles.
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Meaning: Johnny Depp got the tattoo of the symbol used in various scenes in the movie, ‘The Brave’, directed and co-written by Johnny Depp, which was released in 1997. This tattoo was inked by the tattoo artist, Jonathan Shaw, in 1998. Johnny explained the meaning behind this symbol. He said,
Meaning: This tattoo was inked somewhere between February 1, 1994, and March 21, 1994. In an interview in 1995, Johnny was asked about this tattoo, to which he replied,
I just have always felt very close to the number three, for some reason I like it. One night I was at a friend’s house who’s a tattoo artist and I said, ‘Put a number three on my hand.’ I don’t know why. I just felt it. It’s been a very important number for me.”
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Three is a sort of special number for me. It’s a very creative number. Triangle, trinity — you know, two people make another person. Three is a mystical, magical number.”
Meaning: Lily-Rose is the name of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, who was born on May 27, 1999. This tattoo was inked in November 1999 by the tattoo artist, Jonathan Shaw. In an interview, Johnny described how Lily’s birth was a life-changing experience for him. He said,
When Lily-Rose arrived, you know it was sorta like . . . boom! You hit the pavement and it’s strong beneath you and suddenly you realize, ‘Ah, that’s what it’s for. That’s why you care about integrity or doing things without compromise. It’s for that. It’s for her.”
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Meaning: This tattoo is inspired by the tattoo of Captain Jack Sparrow, a fictional character and protagonist of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ film series. Johnny got this tattoo inked by the tattoo artist, Mark Mahoney, in 2003, after the completion of shooting of the film. Johnny Depp’s tattoo has the bird coming towards him, with his son’s name Jack, who was born in 2002, while Captain Jack Sparrow’s tattoo has the bird going away from him. In an interview, Johnny said,
Johnny is very close to his children and explained that the birth of his children has changed his life completely. He said,
Having children has given me a real foundation, a real strong place to stand in life, in work, in everything. … You cannot plan the kind of deep love that results in children. Fatherhood was not a conscious decision. It was part of the wonderful ride I was on. It was destiny. All the math finally worked.” 10. ‘Question Mark’ Tattoo
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Meaning: In 1991, Johnny got inked the tattoo of the ‘question mark with a tiny cross’ on his right leg by the tattoo artist, Jonathan Shaw. The same tattoo was inked by Johnny on Jonathan’s left knee.
Meaning: Johnny got this tattoo inked in December 2007. This is a quote from the book by James Joyce, titled ‘A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man’.
Meaning: Johnny got this tattoo inked for his ex-girlfriend, Vanessa Paradis (dated 1998-2012), and their two children, Lily-Rose Depp (born on May 27, 1999) and Jack Depp (born on April 9, 2002). However, the couple got split in 2012. The tattoo has three red-colored hearts, in which two hearts are attached, which signifies the bond between the children.
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Meaning: Johnny was very close to his grandfather, Jim, who died when Johnny was just nine years old. In an interview with Vanity Fair magazine, Johnny was asked about this tattoo, to which he replied that it’s a portrait of his grandfather. He further explained,
We were very, very close, and I lost him. I was about nine. He was a wonderful model. He drove a bus during the day and ran moonshine at night. He was a Robert Mitchum type, a man’s man. He just said things as they were.” 14. ‘Mother’s Portrait’ Tattoo
Meaning: Since childhood, Johnny was very close to his mother, Betty Sue, who died on May 20, 2016, due to prolonged illness. This is not the first time when Johnny got inked the tattoo for his beloved mother as earlier too he got inked his mother’s name ‘Betty Sue’ on his left arm on Mar 31, 1988. This portrait tattoo was inked in 2009 at the ‘Shamrock Social Club’ in Sunset Boulevard. In a press conference for ‘Pirates of Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ Johnny was asked about this tattoo, to which he replied,
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In an interview with ‘Us Magazine in 1989’, Johnny called his mother his ‘best friend’ and acknowledged her hard work and said,
Meaning: Johnny Depp was very close to his friend, Hunter S. Thompson who was an American journalist and author. Thompson started the ‘Gonzo Journalism’ movement (a style of journalism that is written without the claims of objectivity, including the reporter as the part of the story by a first-person narrative).
Just below this ‘Gonzo Fist’ tattoo, Johnny got inked the birthyear (1937) and death year(2005) of Hunter, who committed suicide at the age of 67, due to serious health problems. In an interview, Johnny was asked about this tattoo, to which he replied,
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I feel he’s still with me. There are certain people in your life who have gone away, people you love, and you think about them every day.” 16. ‘Skull with Crossed Bones’ Tattoo
Meaning: Johnny got this tattoo inked about the film series, ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’, in which Johnny Depp played the role of ‘Captain Jack Sparrow’, who is a fictional character and protagonist of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ film series.
Meaning: ‘Ogum’ is an Afro-American deity. ‘Salve’ is Portuguese/Latin word which means ‘save’ in English. He got this tattoo when he was on a trip to Hawaii in 2010.
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Meaning: Johnny got a ‘rook’ tattoo based on an Eastern Kentucky’s card game called ‘Rook’. Johnny changed the number 2 of the card as the number 3 (his favorite) number. He got this tattoo inked in August 2011. In an interview with BBC on November 7, 2011, Johnny said,
That’s a Rook. Rook was a card game, an old-school card game that my grandfather played all the time. I remember him playing that very well.” 20. ‘Harley Davidson Skeleton Key’ Tattoo
Meaning: Johnny got this tattoo inked with his friend, Damien Echols, at the same time, but not in the same place. This tattoo was inked by the tattoo artist, Mark Mahoney. Here’s what Damien said about this tattoo,
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One was a skeleton key because for me when I was a child, I thought that a skeleton key could literally open any door. So that if you ever got your hands on a skeleton key, you’d be almost unstoppable—no barrier could hold you back. It seemed like an incredibly magical thing. For me now, that’s still what it represents. That one we did simultaneously. He was in L.A. and I was in New York and we were on the phone at the same time both sending each other photographs back and forth, keeping track of the progress and everything else. I was at a shop on Franklin Street called Majestic Tattoo and there was a guy named Alejandro Lopez that worked there. He only worked there for a few weeks. … Now anytime I want something, he’ll come to my apartment.” 21. ‘NO REASON’ Tattoo
Meaning: Johnny got this tattoo about Marilyn Manson’s song, ‘Overneath the Path of Misery’, which was released in 2012. Marilyn Manson has the same tattoo but on his left wrist.
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