Johnny Depp’s second appearance on this list proves both his versatility and comfort in his masculinity. Sometimes it even seems like his portrayal of Jack Sparrow has a bit of the cross-dresser in it. In Julian Schnabel’s film about gay Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas, Depp is on screen for no more than a few minutes. He plays two roles — the first, a sadistic prison warden and the second a transvestite. His pure physical presence as the latter, the flamboyant Bon Bon, is enough to sear the image of a blond-wigged red lipsticked Depp into your cinematic memory bank forever.
Top 10 Cross-Dressing Movie Performances
You knew Adam Sandler's Jack and Jill was going to be terrible. So we suggest you check out any of these gender-bending roles.
Johnny Depp in Before Night Falls
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- Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot
- Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie
- Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Julie Andrews in Victor Victoria
- Johnny Depp in Ed Wood
- Bugs Bunny in What’s Opera Doc?
- Katharine Hepburn in Sylvia Scarlett
- Alec Guinness in Kind Hearts and Coronets
- Cary Grant in I Was A Male War Bride
- Johnny Depp in Before Night Falls