The Transformers film and Hollywood heart-throb Johnny Depp were among the big winners at the 17th annual MTV Movie Awards.

Depp picked up gongs for best comedy performance in Pirates of the Caribbean and best villain in Sweeney Todd.

When Depp collected his award for his performance as pirate Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, he said: "You can ask anybody, I'm not a very funny person."

Other winners included Will Smith who won the male performance award, a statuette depicting a bucket of golden popcorn, for his role as a post-apocalyptic survivor in I Am Legend.

Smith said: "I haven't always made great movies but I've been trying real hard, I've dedicated my life to creating and trying to do things that are different."

Ellen Page won the female trophy for playing a pregnant teen in Juno and said, "I just got to be that lucky girl that played that incredible character."

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