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John Travolta in 2007 Born John Joseph Travolta

February 18, 1954 (1954-02-18) (age 54)

Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. Other name(s) Johnny Travolta Occupation Actor, singer, dancer, producer and writer Years active 1969 - Present Spouse(s) Kelly Preston

(m.1991, 2 children) Official website [show]Awards won Golden Globe Awards Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

1996 Get Shorty Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Actor

2000 Battlefield Earth; Lucky Numbers

Worst Screen Couple

2000 Battlefield Earth

with anyone sharing the screen with him

John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is a two-time Academy Award, BAFTA Award, 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. Contents [hide] 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Early career 1.3 '70s stardom 1.4 Downturn 1.5 Resurgence 1.6 Personal life 2 Filmography 3 Salary 4 Television series 5 Music career 6 See also 7 References 8 External links 9 Further reading //

Biography

Early life

Travolta, the youngest of six children,[1] 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.[2] 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;[3][4] He grew up in an Irish-American neighborhood[5] and has said that his household was predominantly Irish in culture. His family was Roman Catholic.[6]

Early career

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 character 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),