John Travolta

John Joseph Travolta

•  American Actor/Singer/Dancer

•  Born February 18 1954  (Age 59), Englewood, NJ

• Youngest of six children born to Helen Travolta and Salvatore Travolta 

•  Attended Dwight Morrow High School, dropped out at age of 16

• Moved to New York Where he made his debut in an Off Broadway production called Rain

• Then joined the Broadway cast for the musical Grease and the musical Over Here!  

• Welcome back, Kotter John Travolta's claim to fame

•  Gained international fame from the films Grease and Saturday Night Fever

•  Saturday Night Fever nominated for an Oscar, Grease nominated for Golden Globe

•  The 1980s Travolta had a bunch of poor career choice which almost ended his acting career 

• Pulp fiction revived his acting career, nominated for an Oscar

•  Acting career categorized by many highs and lows

• Most notable films Grease, Saturday Night Fever, Pulp Fiction, Hairspray, Get Shorty

•  Won 40 awards and has been nominated for another 35

• Get Shorty-Golden Globe, World Film Favorite Henrietta Award, Battlefield Earth-Razzie award for worst actor/picture/screen couple (anybody sharing the screen with him)

 Filmography

		1975 The Tenth Level John 1975 The Devil's Rain Danny 1976 The Boy in the Plastic Bubble Tod Lubitch 1976 Carrie Billy Nolan 1977 Saturday Night Fever Tony Manero 1978 Moment by Moment Strip Harrison 1978 Grease Daniel "Danny" Zuko 1980 Urban Cowboy Buford 'Bud' Uan Davis 1981 Blow Out Jack Terry 1983 Staying Alive Tony Manero 1983 Two of a Kind Zack Melon 1985 Perfect Adam Lawrence 1987 Basements Ben 1989 Look Who's Talking James Ubriacco 1989 The Experts Travis 1990 Look Who's Talking Too James Ubriacco 1991 Shout Jack Cabe 1991 Eyes of an Angel Bobby 1991 Chains of Gold Scott Barnes 1992 Boris and Natasha: The Movie Himself 1993 Look Who's Talking Now James Ubriacco 1994 Pulp Fiction Vincent Vega 1995 Get Shorty Chili Palmer 1995 White Man's Burden Louis Pinnock 1996 Michael Michael 1996 Phenomenon George Malley 1996 Orientation: A Scientology Information Film Himself 1996 Broken Arrow Maj. Vic 'Deak' Deakins 1997 Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's Himself 1997 Mad City Sam Baily 1997 Face/Off Sean Archer/Castor Troy 1997 She's So Lovely Joey Giamonti 1998 A Civil Action Jan Schlichtmann 1998 The Thin Red Line Brigadier General Quintard 1998 Junket Whore Himself 1998 Primary Colors Governor Jack Stanton 1999 The General's Daughter Warr. Off. Paul Brenner/Sgt. Frank White 1999 Our Friend, Martin Kyle's dad 2000 Welcome to Hollywood Himself 2000 Lucky Numbers Russ Richards 2000 Battlefield Earth Terl 2001 Domestic Disturbance Frank Morrison 2001 Swordfish Gabriel Shear 2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember "Austinpussy" Johann van der Smut (Goldmember) / Himself 2003 Basic Tom Hardy 2004 Ladder 49 Captain Mike Kennedy 2004 A Love Song for Bobby Long Bobby Long 2004 The Punisher Howard Saint 2005 Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D James Benson "Jim" Irwin 2005 Be Cool Chili Palmer 2006 Lonely Hearts Elmer C. Robinson 2007 Wild Hogs Woody Stevens 2007 Hairspray Edna Turnblad 2008 Bolt Bolt the Dog 2009 The Taking of Pelham 123 Benard Ryder 2009 Old Dogs Charlie Reed 2010 From Paris with Love Charlie Wax 2012 Savages Dennis
		Trademark Comedy/Musical, Dance scenes Married to actress Kelly Preston with which he has had three children His oldest son Jett died from a seizure (April, 14, 1992-January, 2, 2009) Made eight albums and had many singles Believes in Scientology  Airplane pilot with two aviation awards and also a business aircraft brand ambassador