Stars and their eyes… Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp

Stars and their eyes… Johnny Depp

December 10, 2020 Staff reporters

US actor Johnny Depp has suffered with vision issues from early on in his life and is nearly blind in his left eye. The Hollywood movie star told Rolling Stone magazine he had “been blind as a bat” in his left eye since birth and is myopic in his right eye. Depp admitted he can barely see anything at all if he is not wearing his signature tinted-prescription glasses. ''Everything is just very, very blurry. I've never had proper vision.''

 

Depp, recently in the news as a result of his split from actress Amber Heard and recent domestic abuse court ruling, is most famous for his impersonation of Kohl-eyed captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise. He has also played many more quirky characters starring Alice in Wonderland, Sleepy Hollow and Edward Scissorhands, and was a memorable Willy Wonka in the remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.