In 1994, Depp collaborated with Tim Burton with the comedy-drama biopic Ed Wood, which saw Depp portray Edward D. Wood Jr. who is often regarded as the Worlds Worst Film Director. The film gained immense critical acclaim, Janet Maslin from The New York Times stated Johnny Depp proved himself as an established certified great actor. Depp captures all the can-do optimism that kept Ed Wood going, thanks to an extremely funny ability to look at the silver lining of any cloud. Depp was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance. In 1995 Depp starred in three films, his first release was Don Juan DeMarco opposite Marlon Brando. Depp plays a man who believes himself to be Don Juan, the greatest lover in the world. The film was a box-office hit. Next he appeared in the Western Dead Man, the film was shot entirely in black-and-white. The film did poor business and gained mixed critical reviews. Depp then appeared in the financially and critically failure Nick of Time where plays an accountant who is forced into a situation where he is told to kill a politician to save his kidnapped daughter. In 1997, Depp starred alongside with Al Pacino in the crime drama Donnie Brasco directed by Mike Newell. Depp portrayed Joseph D. Pistone, an undercover FBI Agent and takes up the pseudo name Donnie Brasco in order to infiltrate the Mob. In order to research his role more thoroughly Depp spent time hanging out with the real-life Joe Pistone. The film opened to immense financial and critical success, and is considered one of Depps finest performance.
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