Charming rogue pirate Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is back for a grand, swashbuckling, nonstop joyride filled with devilish pirate humor, monstrous sea creatures and breathtaking black magic. Now, Jack's got a blood debt to pay – he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghostly Ruler of the Ocean Depths…but ever-crafty Jack isn't about to go down without a fight. Along the way, dashing Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and the beautiful Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) get caught up in the thrilling whirlpool of misadventures stirred up in Jack's quest to avoid eternal damnation by seizing the fabled Dead Man’s Chest!

Cast overview, first billed only:

Johnny Depp .... Jack Sparrow
Orlando Bloom .... Will Turner
Keira Knightley .... Elizabeth Swann
Jack Davenport .... Norrington
Bill Nighy .... Davy Jones
Jonathan Pryce .... Governor Weatherby Swann
Lee Arenberg .... Pintel
Mackenzie Crook .... Ragetti
Kevin McNally .... Gibbs
David Bailie .... Cotton
Stellan Skarsgård .... Bootstrap Bill
Tom Hollander .... Cutler Beckett
Naomie Harris .... Tia Dalma
Martin Klebba .... Marty
Alex Norton .... Captain Bellamy

Directed by

Gore Verbinski

Writing credits

Ted Elliott (written by)
Terry Rossio (written by)
Ted Elliott (characters)
Terry Rossio (characters)
Stuart Beattie (characters)
Jay Wolpert (characters)

Produced by

Jerry Bruckheimer .... producer
Bruce Hendricks .... executive producer
Peter Kohn .... associate producer
Eric McLeod .... executive producer
Chad Oman .... executive producer
Pat Sandston .... associate producer
Mike Stenson .... executive producer