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| image = John Travolta 2.jpg
| caption = John Travolta in 2007
| birthname = John Joseph Travolta
| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1954|02|18}}
| birthplace = ], ]
| othername =
| occupation = Actor, singer, dancer
| yearsactive = 1969 ─ Present
| spouse = {{nowrap|] <br /> (m.1991, 2 children)}}
| website = http://www.travolta.com
| goldenglobeawards = ''']'''<br />1996 '']''
| goldenraspberryawards = ''']'''<br />2000 '']''; '']''<br />''']'''<br />2000 '']''<br /><small>''with anyone sharing the screen with him''</small>
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'''John Joseph Travolta''' (born February 18, 1954) is a two-time ], ] and ]-nominated and ]-winning ] ], ], and singer, best known for his leading roles in films such as '']'', '']'', and '']''.

==Biography==
===Early life===
Travolta, the youngest of six children,<ref name="Travoltaref1">{{cite news|last=Pearce|first=Garth|coauthors=|title=On the move: John Travolta|pages=|publisher=Times Online|date=2007-07-15|url=http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/article2068940.ece|accessdate=2007-07-17}}</ref> was born and raised in ], an inner-ring suburb of ]. His father, Salvatore Travolta, was a semi-professional ] player turned tire salesman and partner in a tire company,<ref></ref>and his mother, Helen Cecilia (] Burke), who was 42 when Travolta was born, 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 father was a second-generation ] and his mother was ];<ref name="Travoltaref2">{{cite news|last=|first=|coauthors=|title=Begorrah!! Travolta's Irish...|pages=|publisher=Showbiz Ireland|date=2007-01-07|url=http://www.showbizireland.com/news/july01/20-travolta01.shtml|accessdate=2007-07-17}}</ref><ref name="Travoltaref3">{{cite news|last=Grant|first=Meg|coauthors=|title=Night Moves|pages=|publisher=Reader's Digest|date=February 2005|url=http://www.rd.com/content/face-to-face-with-john-travolta/1/|accessdate=2007-07-17}}</ref> He grew up in an Irish-American neighborhood<ref name="Travoltaref4">{{cite news|last=|first=|coauthors=|title=Celebetty: John Travolta|pages=|publisher=BeatBoxBetty.com|year=2000|url=http://www.beatboxbetty.com/celebetty/johntravolta/johntravolta2/johntravolta2/johntravolta2.htm|accessdate=2007-07-17}}</ref> and has said that his household was predominantly Irish in culture. His family was ].<ref name="Travoltaref5">{{cite news|last=|first=|coauthors=|title=The Big Question: John Travolta|pages=|publisher="THE BIG QUESTION" BBC1|date=2004-01-28|url=http://cosmedia.freewinds.cx/media/articles/bbc250198.html|accessdate=2007-07-17}}</ref>

===Early career===
{{references|section|date=March 2008}}
After attending ], Travolta moved across the ] to ] and landed a role in the touring company of '']'' and on ] in '']'' singing the ]' song "]". He then moved to ] to further his career in show business.

Travolta played a messenger on the ] ] '']''. He also appeared on another CBS serial '']''. Travolta's first California-filmed television role was as a fall victim in '']'' (S2E2) in September 1972, but his first significant movie role was as Billy Nolan, a bully who played a prank on ]'s ] in the horror film '']'' (1976). Around the same time he landed his star-making role as Vinnie Barbarino in the TV ] '']'' (1975–1979) in which his sister, ], also occasionally appeared (as Arnold Horshack's mother).

==='70s stardom===
]'' (1976)]]
Around this time he also had a hit single entitled "Let Her In" peaking at number ten on the ] chart. In the next few years, he appeared in some of his most memorable screen roles: Tony Manero in '']'' (1977) and as ] in '']'' (1978). These two films were among the most commercially successful pictures of the decade and catapulted Travolta to international stardom and earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best actor. At age 24, Travolta became one of ] though he lost to ] in ]. His mother and his sister Ann appeared as extras in ''Saturday Night Fever'' and his sister Ellen appeared as a waitress in ''Grease''. Travolta performed several of the songs on the ''Grease'' soundtrack album, that eventually went on to sell more than 10 million copies. In 1980, Travolta inspired a nationwide country music craze that followed on the heels of his hit film, '']'', in which he starred with ].

===Downturn===
After '']'' came a string of flops that sidelined his acting career. '']'', the sequel to ''Saturday Night Fever'', '']'', co-starring ], and '']'', a romantic comedy reteaming him with ], were all commercial disasters severely beaten up by critics. Some suggest that he was ] as a disco stud or 1970s icon, which could be the reason his agent intervened on several occasions to turn down acting roles. During that time he was offered, but turned down, lead roles in what would become box office hits, including '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''. Disenchanted, Travolta pursued flying and eventually earned his license to command aircraft. His only hit film was '']'' with ] and a baby voiced by ].

===Resurgence===
It was not until he played ] in ]'s hit '']'' (1994), for which he received an ] nomination, that his career was revived. The movie shifted him back onto the ], and he was inundated with offers. Coincidentally, before Travolta took the role he visited Tarantino, who was living in the same ramshackle apartment in Los Angeles that Travolta had inhabited when he got his start. Notable roles following ''Pulp Fiction'' include a movie-buff ] in '']'' (1995), an FBI agent in '']'' (1997), a desperate attorney in '']'' (1998), a Bill Clinton-esque presidential candidate in '']'' (1998) and a military detective in '']'' (1999).

]'']]
] at a ] dinner on November 9, 1985.]]
Travolta also starred in '']'' (2000) based on a work of ] by ], in which he played the leader of a group of aliens that enslaves humanity on a bleak future Earth. The film received almost universally negative reviews and did very poorly at the box office.<ref></ref> The film won a ] for Worst Film of the Year at the ]. Travolta, who joined ] in 1975 and endorses Hubbard's teachings, had hoped that the film would be well received and be the first in a series of Hubbard film adaptations. In 2004, Travolta played Deputy Chief Mike Kennedy in the '']''. This film was notable for being the first post-9/11 film that focused on the life of a crew of firefighters. Travolta starred as a successful businessman gone broke/biker in 2007's '']''. Travolta plays Edna Turnblad in the remake of '']'', his first musical since ''Grease''.<ref> ]</ref>

===Personal life===
Travolta married actress ] in 1991. They have a son named Jett, and a daughter named Ella Bleu.

Travolta is a certified pilot and owns five aircraft, including an ex-Australian ] airliner. The plane bears the name ''Jett Clipper Ella'' in honor of his son Jett and his daughter Ella. ] was a large operator of the Boeing 707 and used Clipper in its names. The 707 aircraft bears the marks of ], as Travolta acts as an official goodwill ambassador for the airline wherever he flies. His $4.9 million estate in the ] subdivision in ] is situated on ] with its own runway and taxiway right to the door.<ref>Kelly Preston showed a picture of this on the August 29, 2007 episode of ''Late Night With Conan O'Brien''. In a recent interview on MTV, John claimed that he 'hate all sitcoms", his pet hate being "King of Queens" </ref>

Travolta was previously involved with actress ], who died of ] in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0405076/bio|title=biography of Diana Hyland|publisher=]|accessdate = 2007-03-28}}</ref>

Travolta has been a practitioner of ] since 1975 when he was given the book '']'' while filming a movie in ].<ref>{{cite web

|url = http://www.whatisscientology.org/html/Part05/chp19/pg0308.html
|title = SUCCESSES OF SCIENTOLOGY
|publisher = Church of Scientology International
|author = Church of Scientology International
|month = May | year = 2007
|accessdate = 2007-05-21
}}
</ref>

==Filmography==
]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1975 || '']'' || John ||
|-
| '']'' || Danny ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1976 || '']'' || Tod Lubitch ||
|-
| '']'' || Billy Nolan ||
|-
| 1977 || '']'' || Tony Manero ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1978 || '']'' || Strip Harrison ||
|-
| '']'' || ] ||
|-
| 1980 || '']'' || Buford 'Bud' Unid Davis ||
|-
| 1981 || '']'' || Jack Terry ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1983 || '']'' || Tony Manero ||
|-
| '']'' || Zack Melon ||
|-
| 1985 || '']'' || Adam Lawrence ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1989 || '']'' || James Ubriacco ||
|-
| '']'' || Travis ||
|-
| 1990 || '']'' || James Ubriacco ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1991 || '']'' || Jack Cabe ||
|-
| '']'' || Bobby ||
|-
| 1992 || '']'' || Himself || (cameo)
|-
| 1993 || '']'' || James Ubriacco ||
|-
| 1994 || '']'' || ] ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1995 || '']'' || ] ||
|-
| '']'' || Louis Pinnock ||
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1996 || '']'' || ] ||
|-
| '']'' || George Malley ||
|-
| '']'' || Himself || (short subject)
|-
| '']'' || Maj. Vic 'Deak' Deakins ||
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1997 || ''Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's'' || Himself || (documentary)
|-
| '']'' || Sam Baily ||
|-
| '']'' || ]/] ||
|-
| '']'' || Joey ||
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1998 || '']'' ||]||
|-
| '']'' || Brigadier General Quintard ||
|-
| '']'' || Himself || (documentary)
|-
| '']'' || Governor Jack Stanton ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1999 || '']'' || Warr. Off. Paul Brenner/Sgt. Frank White ||
|-
| '']'' || Kyle's dad || (animated educational film, voice only)
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2000 || '']'' || Himself || (documentary)
|-
| '']'' || Russ Richards ||
|-
| '']'' || Terl ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2001 || '']'' || Frank Morrison ||
|-
| '']'' || Gabriel Shear ||
|-
| 2002 || '']'' || "Austinpussy" Johann van der Smut / Goldmember ||
|-
| 2003 || '']'' || Tom Hardy ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2004 || '']'' || Captain Mike Kennedy ||
|-
| '']'' || Bobby Long ||
|-
| '']'' || Howard Saint ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2005 || '']'' || Himself || (narrator; documentary)
|-
| '']'' || ] ||
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2006 || '']'' || Elmer C. Robinson ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2007 || '']'' || Woody Stevens ||
|-
| '']''|| ] ||
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2008 || '']'' || Bolt the Dog || voice only; awaiting release
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2009 || '']'' || Lead role || post-production
|-
| '']'' || Dave || voice only; post-production
|-
| '']'' || Benard Ryder || post-production
|-
| '']'' || Lead role || filming
|}

==Salary==
] at ]'s ] theme park.]]
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* '']'' (2007) US$14 million including ''ca''. US$3 million ]
* '']'' (2004) US$20 million
* '']'' (1998) US$18 million
* '']'' (1997) US$17 million
* '']'' (1997) US$15 million

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* '']'' (1996) US$15 million
* '']'' (1996) US$18 million
* '']'' (1996) US$17 million
* '']'' (1995) US$3.5 million
* '']'' (1994) US$140,000

{{Col-end}}

==Television work==

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{{Col-1-of-2}}

* '']'' (1975)
* '']'' (cast member from 1975 - 1978) &nbsp;
* '']'' (1976)

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* '']'' (1987)
* '']'' (1991) (also writer)
* '']'' (2004) (Uncredited)

{{Col-end}}
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| title=]
| before=] <br /> for '']''
| years=1977<br />'''for '']'' '''
| after=] <br /> for '']''
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| title= Best Actor - Stockholm Film Festival
| before= N/A
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| after= N/A
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| title=]
| before=] <br /> for ''] & '']''
| years=1994<br />'''for '']'' '''
| after=] <br /> for '']''
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| before=]<br />for '']''
| years=1995<br />'''for '']'' '''<br />
| after=]<br />for '']''
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| title=Best Foreign Actor at ] Awards
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| before=]<br />for '']''
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| after=]<br />for '']''
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| before=] <br /> for '']''
| years=1995<br />'''for '']'' '''
| after=] <br /> for '']''
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| title=Favorite Actor - Drama from the ]
| before=]<br />for '']''
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| after=]<br />for '']''
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| title=Favorite Actor - Drama from the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
| before= Unknown''
| years=1996<br />'''for '']'' '''
| after=]<br />for '']''
}}
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| title=] shared with Nicolas Cage
| before=] & ] <br /> for '']''
| years=2001<br />'''for '']'' '''
| after=] & ] <br /> for '']''
}}
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==Music career==
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===Discography===
* '']'' (Original Cast Album) (1974)
* ''John Travolta'' (1976)
* ''Can't Let You Go'' (1977)
* ''Travolta Fever'' (1978)
* '']'' (movie soundtrack) (1978)
* ''The Road to Freedom'' (Scientology album) (1986)
* ''Let Her In: The Best of John Travolta'' (1996)
* ''The Collection'' (2003)
* ''Hairspray'' (2007)
* ''Whenever I'm away from you, baby
{{Col-2-of-2}}

===Singles===
* "You Set My Dreams To Music" (1969)
* "Goodnight Mr. Moon" (1969)
* "Rainbows" (1969)
* "Settle Down" (1970)
* "Moonlight Lady" (1971)
* "Right Time Of The Night" (1972)
* "Big Trouble" (1972)
* "What Would They Say" (1973)
* "Back Doors Crying" (1973)
* "Dream Drummin'" (1974)
* "Easy Evil" (1975)
* "Can't Let You Go" (1975)
* "Let Her In" (1976)
* "Slow Dancin'" (1976)
* "It Had To Be You" (1976)
* "I Don't Know What I Like About You Baby" (1976)
* "Baby, I Could Be So Good At Lovin' You" (1977)
* "Razzamatazz" (1977)
* "Sandy" (1978)
* "Greased Lightnin'" (1978)
* "Never Gonna Fall In Love Again" (1980)
* "Hooker Madness" (1983)
* "I Thought I Lost You" (2008)
{{Col-end}}

== See also ==
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==Further reading==
* Brigitte Tast (ed.) ''John Travolta'' (Hildesheim/Germany 1978) ISBN 3-88842-103-9.

==References==
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John Travolta
John Travolta in 2007
BornJohn Joseph Travolta
Occupation(s)Actor, singer, dancer
Years active1969 ─ Present
Spouse(s)Kelly Preston
(m.1991, 2 children)
Websitehttp://www.travolta.com

John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is a two-time Academy Award, BAFTA Award and Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor, dancer, and singer, best known for his leading roles in films such as Saturday Night Fever, Grease, and Pulp Fiction.

Biography

Early life

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,and his mother, Helen Cecilia (née Burke), who was 42 when Travolta was born, 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 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 Catholic.

Early career

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After attending Dwight Morrow High School, Travolta moved across the Hudson River to New York City and landed a role in the touring company of Grease (the musical) and on Broadway in Over Here! singing the Sherman Brothers' song "Dream Drummin'". He then moved to Los Angeles to further his career in show business.

Travolta played a messenger on the CBS soap opera The Edge of Night. He also appeared on another CBS serial The Secret Storm. Travolta's first California-filmed television role was as a fall victim in Emergency! (S2E2) in September 1972, but his first significant movie role was as Billy Nolan, a bully who played a prank on Sissy Spacek's Carrie White in the horror film Carrie (1976). Around the same time he landed his star-making role as Vinnie Barbarino in the TV sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979) in which his sister, Ellen, also occasionally appeared (as Arnold Horshack's mother).

'70s stardom

File:John Travolta in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble 4.jpg
Travolta in one of his earliest roles, in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976)

Around this time he also had a hit single entitled "Let Her In" peaking at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In the next few years, he appeared in some of his most memorable screen roles: Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever (1977) and as Danny Zuko in Grease (1978). These two films were among the most commercially successful pictures of the decade and catapulted Travolta to international stardom and earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best actor. At age 24, Travolta became one of the youngest performers ever nominated for the Best Actor Oscar though he lost to Richard Dreyfuss in The Goodbye Girl. His mother and his sister Ann appeared as extras in Saturday Night Fever and his sister Ellen appeared as a waitress in Grease. Travolta performed several of the songs on the Grease soundtrack album, that eventually went on to sell more than 10 million copies. In 1980, Travolta inspired a nationwide country music craze that followed on the heels of his hit film, Urban Cowboy, in which he starred with Debra Winger.

Downturn

After Urban Cowboy came a string of flops that sidelined his acting career. Staying Alive, the sequel to Saturday Night Fever, Perfect, co-starring Jamie Lee Curtis, and Two of a Kind, a romantic comedy reteaming him with Olivia Newton-John, were all commercial disasters severely beaten up by critics. Some suggest that he was typecast as a disco stud or 1970s icon, which could be the reason his agent intervened on several occasions to turn down acting roles. During that time he was offered, but turned down, lead roles in what would become box office hits, including American Gigolo, Flashdance, An Officer and a Gentleman, Splash and Fatal Attraction. Disenchanted, Travolta pursued flying and eventually earned his license to command aircraft. His only hit film was Look Who's Talking with Kirstie Alley and a baby voiced by Bruce Willis.

Resurgence

It was not until he played Vincent Vega in Quentin Tarantino's hit Pulp Fiction (1994), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, that his career was revived. The movie shifted him back onto the A-list, and he was inundated with offers. Coincidentally, before Travolta took the role he visited Tarantino, who was living in the same ramshackle apartment in Los Angeles that Travolta had inhabited when he got his start. Notable roles following Pulp Fiction include a movie-buff loan shark in Get Shorty (1995), an FBI agent in Face/Off (1997), a desperate attorney in A Civil Action (1998), a Bill Clinton-esque presidential candidate in Primary Colors (1998) and a military detective in The General's Daughter (1999).

Travolta at a London premiere for Wild Hogs
Travolta dancing with Diana, Princess of Wales at a White House dinner on November 9, 1985.

Travolta also starred in Battlefield Earth (2000) based on a work of science fiction by L. Ron Hubbard, in which he played the leader of a group of aliens that enslaves humanity on a bleak future Earth. The film received almost universally negative reviews and did very poorly at the box office. The film won a Razzie Award for Worst Film of the Year at the 2000 awards. Travolta, who joined Scientology in 1975 and endorses Hubbard's teachings, had hoped that the film would be well received and be the first in a series of Hubbard film adaptations. In 2004, Travolta played Deputy Chief Mike Kennedy in the Ladder 49. This film was notable for being the first post-9/11 film that focused on the life of a crew of firefighters. Travolta starred as a successful businessman gone broke/biker in 2007's Wild Hogs. Travolta plays Edna Turnblad in the remake of Hairspray, his first musical since Grease.

Personal life

Travolta married actress Kelly Preston in 1991. They have a son named Jett, and a daughter named Ella Bleu.

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 son Jett and his daughter Ella. Pan American World Airways was a large operator of the Boeing 707 and used Clipper in its names. The 707 aircraft bears the marks of Qantas, as Travolta acts as an official goodwill ambassador for the airline wherever he flies. 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 the door.

Travolta was previously involved with actress Diana Hyland, who died of breast cancer in 1977.

Travolta has been a practitioner of Scientology since 1975 when he was given the book Dianetics while filming a movie in Durango, Mexico.

Filmography

John Travolta (1991).
Year Title Role Notes
1975 The Tenth Level John
The Devil's Rain Danny
1976 The Boy in the Plastic Bubble Tod Lubitch
Carrie Billy Nolan
1977 Saturday Night Fever Tony Manero
1978 Moment by Moment Strip Harrison
Grease Danny Zuko
1980 Urban Cowboy Buford 'Bud' Unid Davis
1981 Blow Out Jack Terry
1983 Staying Alive Tony Manero
Two of a Kind Zack Melon
1985 Perfect Adam Lawrence
1989 Look Who's Talking James Ubriacco
The Experts Travis
1990 Look Who's Talking Too James Ubriacco
1991 Shout Jack Cabe
Eyes Of An Angel Bobby
1992 Boris and Natasha: The Movie Himself (cameo)
1993 Look Who's Talking Now James Ubriacco
1994 Pulp Fiction Vincent Vega
1995 Get Shorty Chili Palmer
White Man's Burden Louis Pinnock
1996 Michael Michael
Phenomenon George Malley
Orientation: A Scientology Information Film Himself (short subject)
Broken Arrow Maj. Vic 'Deak' Deakins
1997 Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's Himself (documentary)
Mad City Sam Baily
Face/Off Sean Archer/Castor Troy
She's So Lovely Joey
1998 A Civil Action Jan Schlichtmann
The Thin Red Line Brigadier General Quintard
Junket Whore Himself (documentary)
Primary Colors Governor Jack Stanton
1999 The General's Daughter Warr. Off. Paul Brenner/Sgt. Frank White
Our Friend, Martin Kyle's dad (animated educational film, voice only)
2000 Welcome to Hollywood Himself (documentary)
Lucky Numbers Russ Richards
Battlefield Earth Terl
2001 Domestic Disturbance Frank Morrison
Swordfish Gabriel Shear
2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember "Austinpussy" Johann van der Smut / Goldmember
2003 Basic Tom Hardy
2004 Ladder 49 Captain Mike Kennedy
A Love Song for Bobby Long Bobby Long
The Punisher Howard Saint
2005 Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D Himself (narrator; documentary)
Be Cool Chili Palmer
2006 Lonely Hearts Elmer C. Robinson
2007 Wild Hogs Woody Stevens
Hairspray Edna Turnblad
2008 Bolt Bolt the Dog voice only; awaiting release
2009 Old Dogs Lead role post-production
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey Dave voice only; post-production
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Benard Ryder post-production
From Paris with Love Lead role filming

Salary

The handprints of John Travolta in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park.

Television work

Awards and achievements
Preceded byDavid Carradine
for Bound For Glory 		National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
1977
for Saturday Night Fever 		Succeeded byJon Voight
for Coming Home
Preceded byN/A Best Actor - Stockholm Film Festival
1994
for Pulp Fiction 		Succeeded byN/A
Preceded byAnthony Hopkins
for The Remains of the Day & Shadowlands 		Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
1994
for Pulp Fiction 		Succeeded byNicolas Cage
for Leaving Las Vegas
Preceded byAnthony Hopkins
for The Remains of the Day 		London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
1995
for Pulp Fiction
Succeeded byJohnny Depp
for Ed Wood
Preceded byAnthony Hopkins
for The Remains of the Day 		Best Foreign Actor at David di Donatello Awards
1995
for Pulp Fiction
Succeeded byHarvey Keitel
for Smoke
Preceded byN/A 1995 MTV Movie Awards#Best Dance Sequence shared with Uma Thurman
2001
for Pulp Fiction 		Succeeded byN'A
Preceded byTom Hanks
for Forrest Gump 		Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
1995
for Get Shorty
Succeeded byDenzel Washington
for Courage Under Fire
Preceded byHugh Grant
for Four Weddings and a Funeral 		Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1995
for Get Shorty 		Succeeded byTom Cruise
for Jerry Maguire
Preceded byTom Hanks
for Forrest Gump 		Favorite Actor - Drama from the American Comedy Awards
1996
for Get Shorty 		Succeeded byNathan Lane
for The Birdcage
Preceded byUnknown Favorite Actor - Drama from the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
1996
for Phenomenon 		Succeeded byLeonardo DiCaprio
for Titanic
Preceded byNicolas Cage & Sean Connery
for The Rock 		1998 MTV Movie Awards#Best On-Screen Duo shared with Nicolas Cage
2001
for Face/Off 		Succeeded byJackie Chan & Chris Tucker
for Rush Hour

Music career

Discography

  • Over Here! (Original Cast Album) (1974)
  • John Travolta (1976)
  • Can't Let You Go (1977)
  • Travolta Fever (1978)
  • Grease (movie soundtrack) (1978)
  • The Road to Freedom (Scientology album) (1986)
  • Let Her In: The Best of John Travolta (1996)
  • The Collection (2003)
  • Hairspray (2007)
  • Whenever I'm away from you, baby

Singles

  • "You Set My Dreams To Music" (1969)
  • "Goodnight Mr. Moon" (1969)
  • "Rainbows" (1969)
  • "Settle Down" (1970)
  • "Moonlight Lady" (1971)
  • "Right Time Of The Night" (1972)
  • "Big Trouble" (1972)
  • "What Would They Say" (1973)
  • "Back Doors Crying" (1973)
  • "Dream Drummin'" (1974)
  • "Easy Evil" (1975)
  • "Can't Let You Go" (1975)
  • "Let Her In" (1976)
  • "Slow Dancin'" (1976)
  • "It Had To Be You" (1976)
  • "I Don't Know What I Like About You Baby" (1976)
  • "Baby, I Could Be So Good At Lovin' You" (1977)
  • "Razzamatazz" (1977)
  • "Sandy" (1978)
  • "Greased Lightnin'" (1978)
  • "Never Gonna Fall In Love Again" (1980)
  • "Hooker Madness" (1983)
  • "I Thought I Lost You" (2008)

See also

Further reading

  • Brigitte Tast (ed.) John Travolta (Hildesheim/Germany 1978) ISBN 3-88842-103-9.

References

  1. Pearce, Garth (2007-07-15). "On the move: John Travolta". Times Online. Retrieved 2007-07-17. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. John Travolta Biography (1954-)
  3. "Begorrah!! Travolta's Irish..." Showbiz Ireland. 2007-01-07. Retrieved 2007-07-17. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. Grant, Meg (February 2005). "Night Moves". Reader's Digest. Retrieved 2007-07-17. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. "Celebetty: John Travolta". BeatBoxBetty.com. 2000. Retrieved 2007-07-17. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  6. "The Big Question: John Travolta". "THE BIG QUESTION" BBC1. 2004-01-28. Retrieved 2007-07-17. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  7. rotten tomatoes about "Battlefield Earth"
  8. Travolta on becoming a woman, interview with stv/movies, June 2007 stv.tv
  9. Kelly Preston showed a picture of this on the August 29, 2007 episode of Late Night With Conan O'Brien. In a recent interview on MTV, John claimed that he 'hate all sitcoms", his pet hate being "King of Queens"
  10. "biography of Diana Hyland". IMDB. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
  11. Church of Scientology International (2007). "SUCCESSES OF SCIENTOLOGY". Church of Scientology International. Retrieved 2007-05-21. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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