Yes, Johnny Depp and Shane MacGowan are best friends.
John Depp is an American actor and musician. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and two BAFTA awards.
Depp made his feature film debut in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and appeared in Platoon (1986), before rising to prominence as a teen idol on the television series 21 Jump Street (1987–1990).
While Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the Celtic punk band Pogues.
He was born on 25 December 1957 in Pembury, Kent, the son of Irish immigrants.
MacGowan lived in many parts of southeast England such as Brighton, London, and London’s home counties. He attended an English public school.
In 1971, MacGowan graduated with a literature scholarship from Holmewood House preparatory school in Langton Green, Kent, and was subsequently accepted into Westminster School.