This post was inspired by my love, Anya. The Great Nicholson-Depp Debate of 2005 still rings in my ears. :-)

You know you're a great actor when you can see characters come out through still photographs. Johnny Depp is so good, that he's able to completely disappear into the characters he's portraying. You of course have to see his work to truly understand his genius, because each of his characters walk, talk, and behave radically different from each other, but just look at how different each of these faces look from one another through nothing more than photographs.

Cry Baby



Edward Scissorhands





Ed Wood







Don Juan De Marco



Before Night Falls





Donnie Brasco



Once Upon a Time in Mexico



From Hell



Finding Neverland



Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas





Charlie and the Chocolate Factory





Pirates of the Caribbean