Depp akaberekerwa muOwensboro, Kentucky, mudiki pavana vana vaBetty Sue Palmer (née Wells), mushandi wemuhotera, naJohn Christopher Depp, injinjini yezvivakwa. Depp akafamba kazhinji panguva yehudiki hwake. Iye nevanin'ina vake vaigara munzvimbo dzinopfuura makumi maviri dzakasiyana, pakupedzisira vakagara muMiramar, Florida muna 1970. Vabereki vaDepp vakarambana muna 1978 paakanga ava nemakore gumi nemashanu. Amai vake vakaroora Robert Palmer, uyo Depp akadana kuti "furo".
Makore 1970