Psychodynamic Personality Profile of Johnny Depp

Personality, like most core Psychology subjects, is difficult to define. Personality is essentially the science of describing and understanding people. No two people are the same; even identical twins will tell you that they are very different to their identical counterpart. There are some who are anxious and there are those who are risk-takers. There are some who are carefree while there are those who are highly-strung and there are those who are over-confident while some are just plain shy. It is this issue of differences that are fundamental to the study and examination of personality.

Johnny Depp, born June 9th, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky – self-proclaimed “barbeque capital of the world” – has led an interesting life filled with the “normal” ups and downs associated with the life of a worldly famous TV/Film Star with a twist. He lived his younger years attempting to become a rock star only to have the hopes of rock and roll success fall apart and his band split up. He then move into acting, trying to become famous that way, only for it to blow up in his face by accidentally becoming a teen pin-up and obsessed by teenage girls everywhere. In order to destroy this teen idol status, he embarked on a journey through underground filmmaking, taking on eccentric, dark and just plain weird roles. Very slowly, he has been able to prove himself to be part of the elite, nominated for countless Oscars (unable to win one as of yet though) and top billing for some of the biggest “money-spinners” in cinematic history.

Over the many years, theorists have tried to find the answers on a number of personality questions: What makes a personality so unique to the individual? What are the origins of a personality? Is personality a psychoanalytical phenomenon, a biological process or perhaps slow learning processes developed over the course of your life? These people have developed their own perspectives on personality which each try to describe a person. There are currently