<Li> Wicked Wench / Black Pearl </Li> <Li> Queen Anne's Revenge </Li> <P> Captain Jack Sparrow is a fictional character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series . The character was created by screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, and is portrayed by Johnny Depp . The characterization of Sparrow is based on a combination of The Rolling Stones' guitarist Keith Richards and Looney Tunes cartoon character Pepé Le Pew . He first appears in the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl . He later appears in the sequels Dead Man's Chest (2006), At World's End (2007), On Stranger Tides (2011), and Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017). </P> <P> In the films, Sparrow is one of the nine pirate lords in the Brethren Court, the Pirate Lords of the Seven Seas . He can be treacherous and survives mostly by using wit and negotiation rather than by force, opting to flee most dangerous situations and to fight only when necessary . Sparrow is introduced seeking to regain his ship, the Black Pearl, from his mutinous first mate, Hector Barbossa . Later he attempts to escape his blood debt to the legendary Davy Jones while fighting the East India Trading Company . </P>

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