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Captain Jack Sparrow is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. The character was created by screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio and is portrayed by Johnny Depp . The characterization of Sparrow is based on a combination of The Rolling Stones ' guitarist Keith Richards and Looney Tunes cartoon character Pepé Le Pew . He first appears in the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl . He later appears in the sequels Dead Man's Chest (2006), At World's End (2007), On Stranger Tides (2011), and Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017). In the films, Sparrow is one of the nine pirate lords in the Brethren Court, the Pirate Lords of the Seven Seas. He can be treacherous and survives mostly by using wit and negotiation rather than by force, opting to flee most dangerous situations and to fight only when necessary. Sparrow is introduced seeking to regain his ship, the Black Pearl , from his mutinous ...

Captain   Jack Sparrow is a fictional character in the   Pirates of the Caribbean film series. The character was created by screenwriters   Ted Elliott   and   Terry Rossio , and is portrayed by   Johnny Depp . The characterization of Sparrow is based on a combination of   The Rolling Stones ' guitarist   Keith Richards   and   Looney Tunes   cartoon character   Pepé Le Pew . He first appears in the 2003 film   Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl . He later appears in the sequels   Dead Man's Chest   (2006),   At World's End   (2007),   On Stranger Tides   (2011), and   Dead Men Tell No Tales   (2017). In the films, Sparrow is one of the nine pirate lords in the Brethren Court, the Pirate Lords of the Seven Seas. He can be treacherous and survives mostly by using wit and negotiation rather than by force, opting to flee most dangerous situations and to fight only w...

Davy Jones is a fictional character and major antagonist of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. He is portrayed by Bill Nighy . He was first mentioned in the first film The Curse of the Black Pearl , appears in the second film Dead Man's Chest and in the third film At World's End as the main antagonist, and a cameo antagonist at the end of Dead Men Tell No Tales . He is the tyrannical captain of the Flying Dutchman (based on the ghost ship of the same name), the dark lord of the Seven Seas and the archenemy of Captain Jack Sparrow and Will Turner . The computer-generated imagery used to complete Jones was named by Entertainment Weekly as the tenth favorite computer generated film character in film history, behind King Kong in 2007. [1] The work on Davy Jones by Industrial Light and Magic earned them the 2006 Academy Award for Visual Effects for Dead Man's Chest. The character is based on the superstition of Davy Jones' Locker . There is a statue of Dav...

Captain Jack Sparrow is a fictional character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. The character was created by screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio , and is portrayed by Johnny Depp . The characterization of Sparrow is based on a combination of The Rolling Stones ' guitarist Keith Richards and Looney Tunes cartoon character Pepé Le Pew . He first appears in the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl . He later appears in the sequels Dead Man's Chest (2006), At World's End (2007), On Stranger Tides (2011), and Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017). In the films, Sparrow is one of the nine pirate lords in the Brethren Court, the Pirate Lords of the Seven Seas. He can be treacherous and survives mostly by using wit and negotiation rather than by force, opting to flee most dangerous situations and to fight only when necessary. Sparrow is introduced seeking to regain his ship, the Black Pearl , from his mutinous first mate, Hector Barboss...

The Incredibles  is a 2004 American  computer-animated   superhero film  produced by  Pixar Animation Studios  and released by  Walt Disney Pictures . Written and directed by  Brad Bird , it stars the voices of  Craig T. Nelson ,  Holly Hunter ,  Sarah Vowell ,  Spencer Fox ,  Jason Lee ,  Samuel L. Jackson , and  Elizabeth Peña . Set in an alternate version of the 1960s, the film follows the Parrs, a family of superheroes who hide their powers in accordance with a government mandate, and attempt to live a quiet suburban life.  Mr. Incredible 's desire to help people draws the entire family into a confrontation with a vengeful fan-turned-foe. Bird, who was Pixar's first outside director, developed the film as an extension of the 1960s comic books and  spy films  from his boyhood and personal family life. He pitched the film to Pixar after  Warner Bros. ’ box office disappointment of his first ...