Hollywood legend Johnny Depp’s reclusive son has been working in secret at a Paris restaurant, can exclusively reveal.
Jack, 22, the spitting image of his father, is rarely seen in public and keeps a low profile despite his celebrity genes – his mother is French singer actress Vanessa Paradis, 51.
Jack has lived in the shadows of his A-list family and unlike his sister Lily-Rose – currently starting in Dracula smash Nosferatu – prefers to stay in the background.
But has discovered he has been working in a trendy Lebanese restaurant called L’Area in the French capital’s hipster Bastille quarter.
The venue – with its exposed roof rafters and mosaic floor – is popular with music and fashion industry types and is also a haunt for movie stars including Matt Damon and Matt Dillon.
One recent review read: ‘Excellent! Always a warm welcome and delicious experience at this cosy restaurant. Good food and a wonderful host.’
Jack – who was named after his 61-year-old father and grandfather – has been working shifts behind the bar and also in the downstairs kitchen rustling up a mean mixed mezze.
Pictures of him working at the restaurant are on the venue’s social media and there is also footage of Lily-Rose, 25, preparing cocktails behind the bar.
Hollywood legend Johnny Depp’s reclusive son Jack has been working in secret at a trendy Lebanese restaurant called L’Area in Paris’ hipster Bastille quarter
Jack with restaurant owner Edouard Chueke, who told he had been working at the restaurant for two years before leaving a few months ago
Johnny Depp’s son Jack with the restaurant’s manager Edouard Chueke (right)
Jack poses behind the bar alongside his manager Edouard. His boss told that ‘Jack is a great guy; he keeps out of the limelight, but worked here behind the bar and in the kitchen’
Footage of Lily-Rose, 25, show her preparing caipirinhas cocktails behind the bar
Manager Edouard Chueke has been running the restaurant for the last 15 years and said Jack left a few months ago. But he is expecting the youngster to return later next year
Jack spent two years working in L’Area before leaving, but owner Edouard Chueke expects him to return later next year.
Mr Chueke told : ‘Jack is a great guy; he keeps out of the limelight, but worked here behind the bar and in the kitchen.
‘He was a good employee, he left a few months ago but I expect him back later next year. Good staff are hard to find.
‘I’ve been running this place for 15 years and it’s very popular with the fashion and music crowd, but also film stars come here, and Jack’s mum Vanessa Paradis and sister are regulars.
‘Lily was mixing caipirinhas behind the bar and really getting into the swing of it, she was enjoying herself.’
Vanessa has always tried to keep her children out of the spotlight when they were younger and in a 2007 interview with Belgian media underlined her aim.
She said: ‘Now I indeed keep them away from the cameras because I don’t want our children to be forced to share in our fame against their will.
‘They didn’t ask for that. Not yet. The day that they will decide for themselves to do things that might bring them into the spotlights, then I won’t stop.’
Jack Depp stands back-to-back with his manager while working behind the bar of the trendy restaurant
Jack’s mother Vanessa Paradis and sister Lily-Rose are regulars at the trendy French restaurant
Jack – who was named after his 61-year-old father and grandfather – has been working shifts behind the bar and also in the downstairs kitchen rustling up a mean mixed mezze
Jack Depp working behind the bar with his colleagues. In 2014, his father, Johnny. spoke of his relief that his son hadn’t followed him onto the big screen and said: ‘My boy, Jack, has always been a very talented draftsman’
Johnny Depp pictured with his children Jack and Lily-Rose on holiday in Japan in 2013
Pictured here is the L’Area Lebanese Restaurant in Paris where Jack Depp worked
The trendy Lebanese restaurant is located in the French capital’s hipster Bastille quarter
The venue – with its exposed roof rafters and mosaic floor – is popular with music and fashion industry types and is also a haunt for movie stars including Matt Damon and Matt Dillon
One recent review of the L’Area restaurant read: ‘Excellent! Always a warm welcome and delicious experience at this cosy restaurant. Good food and a wonderful host’
Daily Mail reporter Nick Pisa pictured here at the the L’Area Lebanese restaurant in Paris
The outside of the L’Area Lebanese restaurant where Jack’s mother Vanessa Paradis and sister are regulars
The restaurant’s manager Edouard spoke glowingly about Jack saying he was a ‘good employee’ and that ‘good staff are hard to find’
Jack’s life away from the celebrity glare is a world away from that of his sister – who has been in the limelight since she was a teenager.
In a recent interview with her friend Natalie Portman for Interview magazine, Lily-Rose shed light on Jack and revealed she had earned some ‘cool points’ from him for her new horror film.
She said: ‘This one in particular was big for me, because my brother and I both were super obsessed with Dracula when we were younger.
‘My brother used to dress up like Dracula when he was a kid for school. I was like ”Wow, if I get this part my brother’s going to finally think I’m cool.”
‘It’s the classic thing of when you have a younger sibling, they think you are so cool when you’re kids, and then when you get older, now I think he’s so cool, and I’m like “Let’s hang!” And he’s like, ‘I’m busy” but yeah I think I got some points with this one.’
In 2014, Johnny spoke of his relief that his son hadn’t followed him onto the big screen and said: ‘My boy, Jack, has always been a very talented draftsman.
‘He draws really super well. He also plays music very well. He’s got a good feel for that.
‘Aside from school plays and things, he hasn’t shown any desire to become an actor. Whew.’
Jack’s older sister Lily-Rose Depp is currently starting in Dracula smash Nosferatu
‘The film belongs to Lily-Rose Depp, whose performance is a revelation,’ declared The Hollywood Reporter , as Collider called it ‘one of the year’s best performances’
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Pictures on Jack’s social media show him playing a guitar or relaxing on the beach with friends and he is known to divide his time between France and the United States.
Jack – who speaks fluent French – was linked to French model Camille Jansen after they were spotted together in London.
On his 18th birthday she posted an image of the pair cuddling on Instagram and captioned it: “Happy birthday my love.”
Sister Lily also shared Jack’s coming of age celebrations on her Instagram and posted some unseen black and white photo booth pictures of them together as children.
She wrote: ‘My little baby Jackie is 18. My baby bro, my heart and soul happy Birthday. I love you SO MUCH!’