Johnny Depp is an American actor, producer, and musician who rose to fame as a teen idol by working in the 1980s television series ’21 Jump Street’. Being one of the world’s biggest film stars, he has always taken up ‘challenging’ and ‘greater-than-life’ roles. Depp’s interest in ink is very apparent from his various tattoos. Take a look!

1. ‘Cherokee Tribe’ Tattoo

Tattoo: ‘Cherokee Tribe’ Tattoo on his right arm.

Meaning: Johnny’s first tattoo was a ‘Cherokee Tribe’ which he got inked when he was 17, to honor his Indian heritage, as his great-grandmother was a Cherokee. In an interview, Johnny said,

I started getting tattoos when they were sort of verboten in Hollywood… 1983, 1984. I was 17 when I got the first one a Cherokee chief, to honor my Indian heritage.”

2. ‘Betty Sue’ Tattoo

Tattoo: ‘Betty Sue’ Tattoo on his left arm.

Meaning: ‘Betty Sue’ was the name of Johnny’s mother, who died on May 20, 2016, in Los Angeles, California, due to long illness. This tattoo was inked by the tattoo artist, Jonathan Shaw, on May 31, 1988.

3. ‘WINO FOREVER’ Tattoo

‘WINONA FOREVER’ (left) and ‘WINO FOREVER’ (right)

Tattoo: ‘WINO FOREVER’ Tattoo on his right arm.

Meaning: Earlier, Johhny had the tattoo for his ex-girlfriend, Winona Ryder, whom he started dating in 1990, while shooting for ‘Edward Scissorhands’, an American romantic dark fantasy film, released in December 1990. Later, he got this tattoo modified into ‘WINO FOREVER’ after splitting up with her in 1993.

4. ‘Suprematism Triangle’ Tattoo

Tattoo: ‘Suprematism Triangle’ Tattoo on his left shoulder.

Meaning: This ‘suprematism triangle’ tattoo is a painting by the world-famous Russian painter, Ilya Chashnik, in 1925. This tattoo was inked by the tattoo artist, Jonathan Shaw, in 1993. Suprematism is an art that is done by using a limited range of colors and focuses on the basic geometric forms, like squares, triangles, rectangles, and circles.