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John Travolta John Travolta is an award-winning actor who had breakout roles in 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'Grease.' He had a career revival with 'Pulp Fiction' and has starred in a wide range of additional projects.
Who Is John Travolta? John Travolta was born in New Jersey and dropped out of high school by age 16 to pursue acting. He became a star as Vinnie Barbarino in the TV series Welcome Back Kotter, followed by the highly successful films Saturday Night Fever and Grease. After a significant lull, Travolta made a career comeback in 1994 with Pulp Fiction, earning his second acting Oscar nomination and going on to star in an array of projects that included Get Shorty, Primary Colors, Battlefield Earth, Wild Hogs and American Crime Story.
Early Life John Joseph Travolta was born on February 18, 1954, in Englewood, New Jersey. The youngest of six children born into a family of entertainers, Travolta dropped out of high school by age 16 to pursue a career in acting. He made his debut in an off-Broadway production of Rain (1972) and then joined the Broadway cast of Grease as a replacement cast member in the role of Doody. He was later part of the original cast for the hit 1974 musical Over Here!, starring Patty and Maxine Andrews along with Marilu Henner.
Movies and TV Shows 'Welcome Back, Kotter,' 'The Boy in the Plastic Bubble' In 1975, Travolta shot to stardom with his role as Vinnie Barbarino in the hit TV series Welcome Back, Kotter, becoming a popular teen heartthrob. The following year, he played the lead in the critically acclaimed TV movie The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. He and actress Diana Hyland, who portrayed his mother in the film, entered into a romantic relationship that was cut short when she passed away from cancer.
'Saturday Night Fever' Having made his big-screen debut in two horror flicks — The Devil’s Rain (1975) and Carrie (1976) — international fame soon came for the young actor with two successive box office smashes, the first being Saturday Night Fever (1977). Portraying the white suit-clad Tony Manero, Travolta earned an Oscar nod for his boogeying, hip swiveling role, becoming an enduring icon for disco nightlife and 1970s culture. 'Grease' An even more mammoth hit followed the next year in the form of Grease. For his reunion with the musical, Travolta took on the lead role of cool guy Danny opposite suffering love interest Sandy, as played by Olivia NewtonJohn. The audience for Grease was massive. The film reportedly had a production budget of $6 million yet eventually earned almost $400 million at the global box office, becoming the top-grossing live-action movie musical of all time.
'Moment by Moment,' 'Two of a Kind,' 'Look Who's Talking' While it seemed Travolta could do no wrong with his run of TV and film successes, the actor saw his star power wane with forthcoming projects. After costarring with Lily Tomlin in the 1978 romantic drama Moment by Moment, he did have another hit with the 1980 romantic drama Urban Cowboy. But this was followed by a series of misses such as the Saturday Night Fever sequel Staying Alive (1983), directed by Sylvester Stallone and featuring a longer-maned Manero aiming to make it on Broadway. Other modest film outings included Two of a Kind (1983), in which he reunited with Newton-John, and Perfect (1985), costarring Jamie Lee Curtis. By the end of the 1980s, despite a brief comeback with the Look Who's Talking series, featuring Kirstie Alley, Travolta's lackluster films landed him in the has-been actor category.
Acclaim for 'Pulp Fiction,' 'Get Shorty' In 1994, Travolta made a monumental career comeback when he starred in Quentin Tarantino's classic film Pulp Fiction. Travolta earned his second Academy Award nomination for his role as hitman Vincent Vega, also entering the pantheon of favorite film scenes as seen with his mesmerizing dance with Uma Thurman. Travolta went on to win a Golden Globe for his performance in the 1995 comedy Get Shorty, in which he portrayed movie-loving, loan shark collector Chill in a movie based on the novel by Elmore Leonard. A sequel followed in 2005, Be Cool, to much more subdued reviews, though the project still offered memorable performances from Dwayne Johnson and Vince Vaughn.
'Broken Arrow,' 'Primary Colors,' 'Battlefield Earth' Other notable films from the 1990s included Broken Arrow (1996), Phenomenon (1996) and Mike Nichols' Primary Colors (1998), in which Travolta played a politician based on President Bill Clinton. Travolta ended the decade with The General's Daughter (1999) and entered the new millennium with the woeful Battlefield Earth. Based on the sci-fi novel novel by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, the 2000 film was a pet project for Travolta, a Scientologist, and was almost universally drubbed by critics.
Travolta nonetheless persevered and returned with 2001’s Swordfish, an unevenly rendered cyber thriller that co-starred Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman and Don Cheadle. Other projects from the decade included Love Song for Bobby Long (2004), Ladder 49 (2004) and the hit bromance comedy Wild Hogs (2007).
Gender Bender in 'Hairspray' Travolta returned to his musical roots with the 2007 film adaptation of the Broadway smash Hairspray (which in itself was based on the 1988 film by John Waters). The flick tells the story of a plump youngster who wants to be a performer on a local dance show. Travolta played the girl's mother, Edna Turnblad, with Christopher Walken playing husband Wilbur. With the help of wigs, makeup and costumes, Travolta convincingly transformed himself into a large, vivacious woman, showing off his vocal abilities once again and earning another Golden Globe nomination.
'Bolt,' 'Old Dogs,' 'From Paris With Love' Travolta then voiced the lead role in the animated Disney film Bolt (2008), playing a lost dog who believes he’s a superhero. He also performed the duet "I Thought I Lost You" with co-star Miley Cyrus for the film’s ending credits. In 2009, he appeared in Old Dogs, a comedic Disney film costarring Robin Williams and Bernie Mac about two business partners who are unexpectedly charged with the care of 7-year-old twins. The following year, Travolta played goateed FBI agent Charlie Wax in the action flick From Paris With Love. He was part of another edgy outing more than two years later in Oliver Stone’s Savages. Off the big screen, Travolta caused a big media stir at the 2014 telecast of the Academy Awards when he introduced actress/singer Idina Menzel’s performance of “Let It Go,” only to mispronounce her name as “Adele Dazeem.” He later sent Menzel an email and flowers as an apology.
'The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story' After Travolta appeared in the 2014 thriller The Forger, it was announced in early 2015 that he would join the cast of the FX anthology series The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, looking at the Simpson arrest and the volatile circumstances surrounding the related 1995 murder trial. The Ryan Murphy-produced project featured Cuba Gooding Jr., Sarah Paulson, Sterling K. Brown and Nathan Lane alongside Travolta as defense attorney Robert Shapiro. The series debuted on Feb 2, 2016, and later that year, Travolta received a Golden Globe nomination for his supporting role.
'Gotti' Back in 2011, Travolta signed on to play John Gotti in a biopic of the notorious mob boss. However, the film hit many snags, taking years to get off the ground, and by the time filming began in 2016, stars like Al Pacino and Joe Pesci had already dropped out. Gotti finally earned its release in spring 2018, with Travolta's leading performance unable to stave off the film's poor reviews. Putting the negative publicity of Gotti behind him, Travolta resumed his screen work in 2019 with the racing movie Trading Paint and the neonoir The Poison Rose.
Wife and Children Travolta married actress Kelly Preston in 1991. The couple's first son, Jett, was born on April 13, 1992, and their daughter Ella Bleu, born in 2000. Of fatherhood, Travolta has said, "Having kids is something you can't always do. Kids are like lightning. You grab that lightning when you can get it." Preston passed away on July 12, 2020, after a two year battle with breast cancer. Death of Jett Travolta Tragedy struck the Travolta family when their son, Jett, died on January 2, 2009, during a family vacation in the Bahamas. A coroner's report determined the cause of death to be a seizure. In May 2010, nearly 16 months after their son's death, the couple announced that they were expecting another child. Son Benjamin was born in November of that year.
Interesting Facts About John Travolta Fans Didn't Know He met his late wife, Kelly Preston, on the set of the 1989 film, *The Experts*:
At the time, Preston was married to actor Kevin Gage. But that didn't stop their love as they got together after her divorce. They ended up getting engaged in 1991 in Switzerland and welcomed three children.
He's still super close to his *Grease* co-star, Olivia Newton-John:
The pair first met on the 1978 musical film. "We were together not that long ago, about three months ago, and we text each other all the time," he told Us Weekly in 2019.
He was born on February 18, 1954, and he is a famous American actor, singer, dancer. Besides all these Travolta is also a… pilot. He actually owns four planes! John Travolta was the youngest of six children. His father, Salvatore “Sam” Travolta was a semiprofessional American football player turned tire salesman and partner in a tire company, Travolta Tyre Exchange.
He had 5 siblings: Joey, Ellen, Ann, Margaret, and Sam Travolta. All of them were inspired by their mother’s love of theatre and drama and became actors. His father was a second-generation Italian American with roots in Godrano, Sicily, and his mother was Irish American. He was raised Roman Catholic. He converted to Scientology in 1975, and since then he has given many interviews explaining things about Scientology, and why he chose it. Travolta attended Dwight Morrow High School but dropped out as a junior at age 17 in 1971. After dropping out of school, he moved into New York City, to become an actor. His big break came into the age of 18, with the movie Saturday Night Fever, following the huge hit Grease. Travolta rose to fame during the 1970s, appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979), and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Grease (1978). His acting career declined through the 1980s. His career “came back from the dead” in the 1990s with his role in Pulp Fiction (1994). He was nominated for an Oscar. He has since starred in films such as Get Shorty (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), Face/Off (1997), Swordfish (2001), The Punisher (2004), Bolt (2008), and The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009).
Travolta was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for performance in Saturday Night Fever. At the time he was only 24 and one of the youngest actors to receive this honor. His mother and sister were also given minor roles in Saturday Night Fever. Another one of his sisters played a waitress in Grease. He won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for his performance in Get Shorty. He has received a total of six nominations, the most recent being in 2011. In 2010, he received the IIFA Award for Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema. In 2016, Travolta received his first Primetime Emmy Award, as a producer of the first season of the anthology series American Crime Story. He also received an additional Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of lawyer Robert Shapiro in the series. Travolta had quite a few girlfriends, before ending up with the love of his life. He was in a relationship with actress Diana Hyland, whom he met while filming The Boy in the Plastic Bubble in 1976. They remained together until Hyland’s death from breast cancer on March 27, 1977. Hyland passed away while Travolta was filming Saturday Night Live. Filming stopped at the time to accommodate him while he attended his beloved’s funeral. In 1980, Travolta dated French actress Catherine Deneuve. He also had an on-again/off-again relationship with actress Marilu Henner, which ended permanently in 1985. He married actress Kelly Preston in 1991. Actually, they got married twice, but only because the first marriage with a Scientologist minister was deemed illegal. They bought a house in Islesboro, Maine, where they raised their family. They had three children: Jett, Ella Bleu , and Benjamin .
Jett was born in 1992, Ella in 2000 and Benjamin in 2010. They have regularly attended marriage counseling, and Travolta has stated that therapy has helped the marriage. They resided in Ocala, Florida. On July 12, 2020, Kelly Preston died after two years of treatment for breast cancer at the age of 57. John Travolta announced it to the public through a touching Instagram post. His wife’s death came 11 years after their son’s, Jett, death. Jett Travolta died at the age of 16 in the Bahamas on the 2nd of January in 2009. Jett had a history of seizures from the age of two. He had also been hospitalized at 15 months old with Kawasaki disease and was on the autism spectrum. He suffered a seizure after hitting his head on a bathtub, and Jett is said to have been found unconscious by a maid who then raised the alarm.
John Travolta was initially suspected of wrongdoing in the treatment of his son. The actor alleged he’d been blackmailed by Tarino Lightbourne, the ambulance driver who was called to attend to his son, and his lawyer Pleasant Bridgewater. In a $25m extortion case, Lightbourne and Tarino were accused of demanding money from Travolta and threatening to release evidence to the media of Travolta’s supposed wrongdoing. John Travolta and Kelly Preston founded the Jett Travolta Foundation, after their son’s death to honor him. It is a non-for-profit set out to help children with special needs and has assisted other famous organizations in their pursuits, like the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy. Travolta has also released many of his own songs. His song “Let Her In.” was good enough at his musical pursuits that this song made it to the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1976. Travolta landed the title role of John Gotti in his film Gotti because the family requested him themselves. Then, Pitbull was so thrilled by Travolta’s transformation into the crime boss that he offered to help with
the film’s musical score. Except for the leading roles he became famous for, John Travolta also played a cartoon dog in the animated Disney picture Bolt. Travolta played the part of the lead dog in the movie, which was nominated for multiple awards.