--- title: Johnny Depp Impersonates Donald Trump on Ellen DeGeneres description: Johnny Depp revived his Donald Trump impersonation for an appearance on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show.' canonical: https://time.com/4343939/johnny-depp-donald-trump-impersonation-ellen-degeneres-show/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-20T21:55:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:37.662Z og:title: Watch Johnny Depp Revive His Donald Trump Impersonation on 'Ellen' og:description: "He speaks real weird" og:url: https://time.com/4343939/johnny-depp-donald-trump-impersonation-ellen-degeneres-show/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Johnny Depp Revive His Donald Trump Impersonation on 'Ellen' twitter:description: "He speaks real weird" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Johnny Depp Revive His Donald Trump Impersonation on _The Ellen DeGeneres Show_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 20, 2016 9:55 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 20, 2016 9:55 PM UTC [Johnny Depp](http://time.com/4327335/johnny-depp-disneyland-alice-through-the-looking-glass/) trotted out his scarily spot-on impression of [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4342885/donald-trump-immigration-hispanic-evangelicals/) during a recent appearance on _The Ellen DeGeneres Show_. The 52-year-old actor first impersonated the GOP presidential nominee hopeful in February for Funny or Die!’s faux-biopic, [_Art of the Deal_](http://time.com/4215308/donald-trump-johnny-depp-funny-or-die/), replicating the Donald’s distinctive hair, facial expressions and voice for the role. Depp told DeGeneres that he wasn’t sure if he would be able to successfully impersonate Trump, but that he took on the project because it “sounded like fun.” He also conceded that “it was difficult — he speaks real weird.” At DeGeneres’ urging, Depp gave the audience a small sample of his impersonation, gruffly remarking, “I have built a papier-mâché wall \[for\] Mexico. It costs $17.99\. Fabulous!” You can watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4343939/johnny-depp-donald-trump-impersonation-ellen-degeneres-show/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4343939/johnny-depp-donald-trump-impersonation-ellen-degeneres-show/"},"headline":"Watch Johnny Depp Revive His Donald Trump Impersonation on The Ellen DeGeneres Show","datePublished":"2016-05-20T21:55:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:37.662Z","description":"The actor noted, \"He speaks real weird\"","url":"https://time.com/4343939/johnny-depp-donald-trump-impersonation-ellen-degeneres-show/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Ellen Degeneres","Donald Trump","Johnny Depp"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4343939/johnny-depp-donald-trump-impersonation-ellen-degeneres-show/","name":"Watch Johnny Depp Revive His Donald Trump Impersonation on The Ellen DeGeneres Show"}}]}] ```