Johnny Depp Character Analysis

I chose Johnny Depp for a number of reasons, the first being that he’s incredibly well known, according to Forbes magazine, he is number twelve on their list of highest paid actors. Not only is he incredibly famous, but he’s incredibly famous for playing oddball characters, so I wanted to find out if there was a reason behind him choosing to portray these roles. The is due to me finding out that he has an anxiety disorder, so I wanted to see if I could pinpoint where his disorder might have stemmed from in his upbringing.
Born on June 9th, 1963 as John Christopher Depp II, the youngest of four children. He was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, a small town in the Midwest. There his parents John Depp senior, and Betty Sue worked hard to provide for their family, his mother a waitress, and his father a city engineer. Depp grew up with a great admiration for his mother, who worked very hard to provide for her children. Although he had loving parents, they often moved around due to his father searching for work. Depp recounts living in twenty different houses up until he was fifth teen. To this day he feels anxious whenever he packs for a trip, because …show more content…
Although young Depp had a deep fondness for his grandfather, and to this day says he has not been able to totally deal with the loss. Today he turns to the supernatural to cope with his death, choosing to believe that he can feel his grandfather’s presence near him at all times.
As stated Depp has anxiety, he even suffers from panic attacks regularly. This led me to choose the Interpsychic theory to analyze Depp’s disorder. Interpsychic, or internal psychological processes of the individual, dealing mainly with social and cultural functions rather than the previous sexual and biological functions from Freud. (Engler 85) According to Harry Sullivan, Anxiety is any painful feeling or emotion that may arise from organic needs or social insecurity. (Engler