Ihe nkiri mbụ Depp mere bụ na ihe nkiri egwu A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), ebe ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka enyi nwoke nke dike nwanyị bụ Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) na otu n'ime ndị Freddy Krueger gburu. Mgbe ọ rụchara ọrụ na ihe nkiri ọchị Private Resort (1985), onye isi ihe nkiri nke ihe nkiri ahụ nyere Depp ọrụ na-eduzi ihe nkiri skating Thrashin'(1986) site n'aka onye na-emepụta ihe nkiri ahụ, mana onye na-emepụta ya mechara mebie mkpebi ahụ. Kama nke ahụ, Depp pụtara na obere nkwado dị ka onye na-ekwu okwu Vietnamese na Oliver Stone's Vietnam War drama Platoon (1986). Ajụjụ: Olee ihe nkiri Depp mere?
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