He was raised in Florida. He dropped out of school at age 15 in the hopes of becoming a rock musician. He fronted a series of garage bands including The Kids, which once opened for Iggy Pop. Depp got into acting after a visit to Los Angeles, California, with his former wife, Lori Anne Allison (Lori A. Depp), who introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage. He made his film debut in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). (imdb)

Frederic Fenimore Forrest, Jr. is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Chef in Apocalypse Now, When The Legends Die, It Lives Again, the neo-Nazi surplus store owner in Falling Down, Right to Kill? and for playing the writer Dashiell Hammett twice in film -- in Hammett and in Citizen Cohn. He had a role as the renegade Mexican-Indian Blue Duck in the 1989 miniseries, Lonesome Dove. He was Academy Award-nominated in the Supporting Actor category for his role in The Rose. (Wikipedia)

Credits include: 21 Jump Street, The Jacksons: An American Dream, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Dummy and Angel of Christmas