A mụrụ Depp na Owensboro, Kentucky, nke kachasị nta n'ime ụmụ anọ nke Betty Sue Palmer (née Wells), onye na-elekọta ụlọ, na John Christopher Depp, onye injinia obodo. Depp na-agakarị mgbe ọ bụ nwata. Ya na ụmụnne ya biri ihe karịrị ebe 20 dị iche iche, na-emesị biri na Miramar, Florida na 1970. Ndị nne na nna Depp gbara alụkwaghịm na 1978 mgbe ọ dị afọ 15. Nne ya lụrụ Robert Palmer, onye Depp kpọrọ "ihe mkpali".
15 afọ