Johnny Depp Nominated for Actor in a Lead Role in “Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street” at 80TH Academy Awards

Johnny Depp will be looking to capture his first Academy Award on Feb. 24 after earning a nomination for Actor in a Lead Role for his performance in “Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.’

Depp plays the title character, Sweeney Todd, who unleashes a murderous assault against a variety of clients who sit in his barber’s chair.

Twice Depp has been nominated for an Oscar, “Finding Neverland” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” but both times the Academy Award slipped past him.

Joining Depp in the list of nominees for Actor in a Lead Role are George Clooney, “Michael Clayton”; Daniel Day-Lewis, “There Will Be Blood”; Tommy Lee Jones, “In the Valley of Elah”; and Viggo Mortensen, “Eastern Promises.”

The 80th Academy Awards will air Feb. 24 at 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC.

*TransWorldNews*

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