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John Travolta
Actor, Producer, Writer
Born February 18, 1954 (68 years)
An American actor, film producer, dancer, and singer. He first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever and Grease. Travolta's career re-surged in the 1990s, with his role in Pulp Fiction, and he has since continued starring in Hollywood films, including Face/Off, Ladder 49 and Wild Hogs. Travolta has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. The first, for his role in Saturday Night Fever and the second for Pulp Fiction. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance in Get Shorty.
Travolta, the youngest of six children, was born and raised in Englewood, New Jersey, an inner-ring suburb of New York City. His father, Salvatore Travolta, was a semi-professional football player turned tire salesman and partner in a tire company. His mother, Helen Cecilia, was an actress and singer who had appeared in The Sunshine Sisters, a radio vocal group, and acted and directed before becoming a high school drama and English teacher. His siblings are Joey, Ellen, Ann, Margaret, and Sam Travolta. Travolta's father was a second-generation Italian American and his mother was Irish American; he grew up in an Irish-American neighborhood and has said that his household was predominantly Irish in culture. His family was Roman Catholic.
Travolta married actress Kelly Preston in 1991. The couple had a son, Jett, (April 13, 1992 - January 2, 2009), and have a daughter, Ella Bleu, born in 2000. On May 18, 2010, Travolta and Preston announced that she is pregnant with the couple's third child. The couple has regularly attended marriage counselling, and Travolta admits that therapy has helped the marriage. Travolta was involved with actress Diana Hyland, whom he met while filming The Boy in the Plastic Bubble; the relationship ended when she died of breast cancer in 1977.
Travolta is a certified pilot and owns five aircraft, including an ex-Australian Boeing 707–138 airliner. The plane bears the name Jett Clipper Ella in honor of his children. His $4.9 million estate in the Jumbolair subdivision in Ocala, Florida, is situated on Greystone Airport with its own runway and taxiway right to his front door.
Travolta has been a practitioner of Scientology since 1975 when he was given the book Dianetics while filming the movie The Devil's Rain in Durango, Mexico.
Filmography
| 2020 | Die Hart (TV Series) · as Ron Wilcox |
| 2019 | The Fanatic · as Moose |
| 2019 | Trading Paint · as Sam |
| 2019 | The Poison Rose · as Carson Philips |
| 2018 | Gotti · as John Gotti |
| 2018 | Speed Kills · as Ben Aronoff (Don Aronow) |
| 2017 | The Grease Story · as Danny Zuko |
| 2016 | In a Valley of Violence · as The Marshal |
| 2016 | I Am Wrath · as Stanley Hill |
| 2016 | American Crime Story (TV Series) · as Robert Shapiro |
| 2015 | Criminal Activities · as Eddie |
| 2015 | Life on the Line · as Beau |
| 2014 | The Forger · as Raymond Cutter |
| 2013 | Killing Season · as Emil Kovac |
| 2013 | Kirstie (TV Series) · as Mickey Russo |
| 2012 | Savages · as Dennis |
| 2012 | |
| 2010 | From Paris with Love · as Charlie Wax |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | 2 Everything 2 Terrible 2: Tokyo Drift · as actor |
| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 123 · as Ryder |
| 2009 | Old Dogs · as Charlie |
| 2008 | Bolt · as Bolt (voice) |
| 2008 | Tony Manero · as Tony Manero |
| 2007 | Hairspray · as Edna Turnblad |
| 2007 | Wild Hogs · as Woody Stevens |
| 2007 | Oprah's Big Give (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2006 | Lonely Hearts · as Elmer Robinson |
| 2005 | Be Cool · as Chili Palmer |
| 2005 | Sylvester Stallone Bio. · as as himself |
| 2005 | Fat Actress (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2004 | The Punisher · as Howard Saint |
| 2004 | Ladder 49 · as Captain Mike Kennedy |
| 2004 | A Love Song for Bobby Long · as Bobby Long |
| 2004 | Bitter Kas · as Danny |
| 2003 | Basic · as DEA Agent Tom Hardy |
| 2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember · as John Travolta / Famous Goldmember ('Austinpussy') |
| 2001 | Swordfish · as Gabriel Shear |
| 2001 | Domestic Disturbance · as Frank Morrison |
| 2001 | Fear Factor (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2000 | Battlefield Earth · as Terl |
| 2000 | Lucky Numbers · as Russ Richards |
| 1999 | The General's Daughter · as Paul Brenner |
| 1998 | The Thin Red Line · as Brig. Gen. David Quintard |
| 1998 | Primary Colors · as Jack Stanton |
| 1998 | A Civil Action · as Jan Schlichtmann |
| 1998 | Welcome to Hollywood · as John Travolta |
| 1997 | Face/Off · as Sean Archer / Castor Troy |
| 1997 | She's So Lovely · as Joey Germoni |
| 1997 | Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me · as Tony Manero |
| 1997 | Mad City · as Sam Baily |
| 1996 | Michael · as Michael |
| 1996 | Phenomenon · as George Malley |
| 1996 | Broken Arrow · as Vic Deakins |
| 1995 | Get Shorty · as Chili Palmer |
| 1995 | White Man's Burden · as Louis Pinnock |
| 1995 | The Drew Carey Show (TV Series) · as Vinnie Barbarino |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction · as Vincent Vega |
| 1993 | Look Who's Talking Now · as James Ubriacco |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | Shout · as Jack Cabe |
| 1991 | Eyes of an Angel · as Bobby |
| 1990 | Look Who's Talking Too · as James Ubriacco |
| 1990 | Chains of Gold · as Scott Barnes |
| 1989 | The Experts · as Travis |
| 1989 | Look Who's Talking · as James Ubriacco |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | Perfect · as Adam Lawrence |
| 1983 | Staying Alive · as Tony Manero |
| 1983 | Two of a Kind · as Zack |
| 1981 | Blow Out · as Jack Terry |
| 1980 | Urban Cowboy · as Bud Davis |
| 1978 | Grease · as Danny Zuko |
| 1978 | Moment by Moment · as Strip |
| 1977 | Saturday Night Fever · as Tony Manero |
| 1976 | Carrie · as Billy Nolan |
| 1976 | The Boy in the Plastic Bubble · as Tod Lubitch |
| 1975 | The Devil's Rain · as Danny |
| 1975 | Welcome Back, Kotter (TV Series) · as Vinnie Barbarino |
| 1972 | The Rookies (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | Emergency! (TV Series) · as Unknown |