He made a boat load of money and box office as Captain Sparrow.
Welcome to the Caribbean, lass.
If not for Captain Sparrow, he'd be largely unknown. He seems to go out of his way to choose non-commercial, quirky films.
I liked the first "Pirates" movie when it came out; could barely make it thru the second one. I don't even know how many they have made since or if they are even still making them.
ship! ship load.