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Johnny Depp<\/a> gave a swashbuckling surprise to kids at Ni\u00f1o Jes\u00fas University Children’s Hospital<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n The Pirates of the Caribbean<\/a> star donned his famous Jack Sparrow getup once again to pay kids at the Madrid-based hospital a visit on Monday, June 16, as he continues to spend time in Spain to film his newest project Day Drinker<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n Photos of Depp, 62, showed the actor as his iconic pirate character touching pinkies with smiley kids as he visited them in their hospital rooms.\n<\/p>\n This isn’t the first time he has channeled Jack to visit children’s hospitals. In September 2024, the actor visited kids at Donostia University Hospital<\/a> in San Sebasti\u00e1n, Spain, per the\u00a0hospital\u2019s social media<\/a>, while the Sweeney Todd star was in town for the San Sebasti\u00e1n Film Festival.<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n Johnny Depp visiting with a patient at Ni\u00f1o Jes\u00fas University Children’s Hospital in Madrid on June 16, 2025.<\/p>\n BACKGRID<\/p>\n At that hospital, Depp visited patients admitted to the Pediatrics and Oncology ward. While there, he laughed with the children and never broke character, local newspaper\u00a0El Diario Vasco<\/a>\u00a0reported at the time.\n<\/p>\n Depp previously visited hospitals’ children\u2019s wards as Jack Sparrow around the world, from\u00a0Vancouver<\/a>, Paris, London, and Brisbane, Australia, to several cities in the U.S., per\u00a0El Diario Vasco.\n<\/p>\n Depp famously portrayed Jack in the\u00a0Pirates of the Caribbean\u00a0franchise beginning with 2003’s The Curse of the Black Pearl<\/a>, alongside Orlando Bloom<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Keira Knightley<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n He went on to reprise his role in four more Pirates films: Dead Man’s Chest<\/a>\u00a0(2006), At World’s End<\/a>\u00a0(2007),\u00a0On Stranger Tides<\/a>\u00a0(2011) and\u00a0Dead Men Tell No Tales<\/a>\u00a0(2017).<\/p>\n Johnny Depp visiting with a patient at Ni\u00f1o Jes\u00fas University Children’s Hospital in Madrid on June 16, 2025.<\/p>\n BACKGRID<\/p>\n Following his highly publicized 2022 trial<\/a> with ex-wife Amber Heard<\/a>, Depp is navigating a return to acting that began with his 2023 movie Jeanne du Barry<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n And of the planned\u00a0Pirates of the Caribbean<\/a>\u00a0reboot, franchise producer Jerry Bruckheimer<\/a> told\u00a0Entertainment Weekly<\/a> back in May 2024, “If it was up to me, [Johnny] would be in it,”\n<\/p>\n “I love him. He’s a good friend. He’s an amazing artist and he’s a unique look,” Bruckheimer, 81, added of Depp. “He created Captain Jack. That was not on the page, that was him doing a little Pep\u00e9 Le Pew and\u00a0Keith Richards<\/a>. That was his interpretation of Jack Sparrow.”\n<\/p>\n The PEOPLE App<\/a>\u00a0is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more!<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n The franchise’s future has appeared up in the air since the release Dead Men Tell No Tales.\u00a0A rep for Depp told PEOPLE in June 2022 that a report claiming he would return to the franchise was “false,”<\/a> but in July 2023, a source close to the actor said he\u00a0could potentially return<\/a>\u00a0to the series.\n<\/p>\n In December 2024,\u00a0Variety<\/a>\u00a0reported that Bruckheimer is developing two versions of a sixth Pirates movie in order to leave a potential path for Depp to return, citing anonymous sources. 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