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{{Infobox actor
| name = John Travolta
| image = John Travolta.jpg
| caption = John Travolta in 1983.
| birthname = John Joseph Travolta
| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1954|02|18}}
| birthplace = ], ]
| othername =
| occupation = Actor, singer, dancer
| yearsactive = 1969 ─ present
| spouse = {{nowrap|] <br> (1991 — present)}}
| influences =
| influenced =
| website = http://www.travolta.com
| goldenglobeawards = ''']'''<br>1996 '']''
| goldenraspberryawards = ''']'''<br>2000 '']''; ]<BR>''']'''<br>2000 '']''<br>''with anyone sharing the screen with him''
}}

'''John Joseph Travolta''' (born ], ]) is an ]-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=]|url=http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/article2068940.ece|accessdate=2007-07-17}}</ref> was born in ]. His father, Salvatore Travolta, was a semi-professional ] player turned tire salesman and partner in a tire company.<ref></ref> 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. Travolta's 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=]|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> Travolta grew up in an Irish-American neighborhood<ref name="Travoltaref4">{{cite news|last=|first=|coauthors=|title=Celebetty: John Travolta|pages=|publisher=BeatBoxBetty.com|date=]|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=]|url=http://cosmedia.freewinds.cx/media/articles/bbc250198.html|accessdate=2007-07-17}}</ref>

===Early career===
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After dropping out of ] after his junior year, Travolta moved to ] to get a job as a performer. He landed a role in the touring company of '']'' and on ] in '']'' singing the ]' song "]". Travolta also cut singles for a local record company, but the songs were quickly forgotten. But eventually, he moved to ] to further his career in show business.

Travolta played a messenger on the CBS soap opera '']''. 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 major movie role 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). (Travolta also had appeared in various TV commercials during this time span, appearing in ads for ], ] and ] Insurance among others.)

==='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. 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).

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] at a ] dinner on ] ].]]
] December 2006.]]
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 airplanes, including an ex-Australian ] airliner. The plane bears the name ''Jett Clipper Ella'' in honour 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 US$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 ], ] 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>
In 1992, he wrote and illustrated a short children's book entitled ''Propeller One-Way Night Coach'' about the fictional journey of an 8-year-old boy named Jeff across the USA in the 1950s.{{Fact|date=June 2007}}

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
|date = May 2007
|accessdate = 2007-05-21
}}
</ref> In 1998, he was cited in a court case as an example, along with Tom Cruise, claimed by the Church of Scientology of the Church's ability to "cure" homosexuals.<ref>Section 136, (court papers). Retrieved March 20, 2008.</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2"| ] || '']'' || Unknown ||
|-
| '']'' || Danny ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| ] || '']'' || Tod Lubitch ||
|-
| '']'' || Billy Nolan ||
|-
| ] || '']'' || Tony Manero ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| ] || '']'' || Strip Harrison ||
|-
| '']'' || Danny Zuko ||
|-
| ] || '']'' || Buford 'Bud' Uan Davis ||
|-
| ] || '']'' || Jack Terry ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| ] || '']'' || Tony Manero ||
|-
| '']'' || Zack Melon ||
|-
| ] || '']'' || Adam Lawrence ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| ] || '']'' || James Ubriacco ||
|-
| '']'' || Travis ||
|-
| ] || '']'' || James Ubriacco ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| ] || '']'' || Jack Cabe ||
|-
| '']'' || Bobby ||
|-
| ] || '']'' || Himself || (cameo)
|-
| ] || '']'' || James Ubriacco ||
|-
| ] || '']'' || ] ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| ] || '']'' || ] ||
|-
| '']'' || Louis Pinnock ||
|-
|rowspan="4"| ] || '']'' || Michael ||
|-
| '']'' || George Malley ||
|-
| '']'' || Himself || (short subject)
|-
| '']'' || Maj. Vic 'Deak' Deakins ||
|-
|rowspan="4"| ] || ''Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's'' || Himself || (documentary)
|-
| '']'' || Sam Baily ||
|-
| '']'' || ] ||
|-
| '']'' || Joey ||
|-
|rowspan="4"| ] || '']'' ||]||
|-
| '']'' || Brigadier General Quintard ||
|-
| '']'' || Himself || (documentary)
|-
| '']'' || Governor Jack Stanton ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| ] || '']'' || Warr. Off. Paul Brenner/Sgt. Frank White ||
|-
| '']'' || Kyle's dad || (animated educational film, voice only)
|-
|rowspan="3"| ] || '']'' || Himself || (documentary)
|-
| '']'' || Russ Richards ||
|-
| '']'' || Terl ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| ] || '']'' || Frank Morrison ||
|-
| '']'' || Gabriel Shear ||
|-
| ] || '']'' || "Austinpussy" Johann van der Smut / Goldmember ||
|-
| ] || '']'' || Hardy ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| ] || '']'' || Captain Mike Kennedy ||
|-
| '']'' || Bobby Long ||
|-
| '']'' || Howard Saint ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| ] || '']'' || Himself || (narrator; documentary)
|-
| '']'' || ] ||
|-
|rowspan="1"| ] || '']'' || Elmer C. Robinson ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| ] || '']'' || Woody Stevens ||
|-
| '']''|| Edna Turnblad ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| ] || '']'' || Henry the Dog || (voice only; prost-production)
|-
| '']'' || TBA || post-production
|-
|rowspan="2"| ] || '']'' || TBA || filming
|-
| '']'' || Dave || (voice only)
|}

==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

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==Television work==

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

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

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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
| years=1994<br />'''for '']'' '''
| after= N/A
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| title=]
| before=] <br /> for ''] & '']''
| years=1994<br />'''for '']'' '''
| after=] <br /> for '']''
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| title=]
| before=]<br />for '']''
| years=1995<br />'''for '']'' '''<br />
| after=]<br />for '']''
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| title=Best Foreign Actor at ] Awards
| before=]<br />for '']''
| years=1995<br />'''for '']'' '''<br />
| after=]<br />for '']''
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| title=] shared with Uma Thurman
| before=N/A''
| years=2001<br />'''for '']'' '''
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| title=]
| 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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{{succession box
| title=Favorite Actor - Drama from the ]
| before=]<br />for '']''
| years=1996<br />'''for '']'' '''
| after=]<br />for '']''
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{{succession box
| title=Favorite Actor - Drama from the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
| before= Unknown''
| years=1996<br />'''for '']'' '''
| after=]<br />for '']''
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{{succession box
| 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)

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===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)

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

==References==
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==External links==
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