1954-02-18 ( 71 years old ) in Englewood, New Jersey, USA

John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor, film producer, dancer, and singer. He first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever and Grease. Travolta's career re-surged in the 1990s, with his role in Pulp Fiction, and he has since continued starring in Hollywood films, including Face/Off, Ladder 49 and Wild Hogs. Travolta has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. The first, for his role in Saturday Night Fever and the second for Pulp Fiction. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance in Get Shorty. He married actress Kelly Preston in 1991. The couple had a son, Jett, (April 13, 1992 - January 2, 2009), and have a daughter, Ella Bleu, born in 2000. They were married until Kelly's untimely death at the age of 57 in 2020 from breast cancer. He was previously involved with actress Diana Hyland, whom he met while filming The Boy in the Plastic Bubble; the relationship ended when she died of breast cancer in 1977. He 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 children. 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 his front door. He has been a practitioner of Scientology since 1975 when he was given the book Dianetics while filming the movie The Devil's Rain in Durango, Mexico.

Movies

High Rollers 2025-03-14
Cash Out 2024-04-26
The Shepherd 2023-08-10
Mob Land 2023-08-04
Die Hart 2023-02-22
Paradise City 2022-11-11
The Fanatic 2019-08-30
Trading Paint 2019-02-22
Speed Kills 2018-11-16
Studio 54 2018-06-15
Gotti 2018-06-14
I Am Wrath 2016-04-14
The Forger 2014-09-10
Killing Season 2013-07-12
Casting By 2012-11-01
Close Up 2012-09-30
Savages 2012-07-06
I'm Still Here 2010-09-10
Old Dogs 2009-11-24
Bolt 2008-11-21
Hairspray 2007-07-19
Brando 2007-05-01
Wild Hogs 2007-03-02
Lonely Hearts 2006-04-30
Be Cool 2005-03-04
Bio. 2005-03-01
Ladder 49 2004-10-01
The Punisher 2004-04-15
Basic 2003-04-18
Swordfish 2001-06-08
Lucky Numbers 2000-10-27
A Civil Action 1998-12-25
Junket Whore 1998-10-12
Primary Colors 1998-03-20
Mad City 1997-11-07
Face/Off 1997-06-27
Michael 1996-12-25
Phenomenon 1996-07-05
Broken Arrow 1996-02-09
Get Shorty 1995-10-20
Pulp Fiction 1994-09-10
Shout 1991-10-04
Chains of Gold 1991-09-15
The Experts 1989-01-13
Basements 1987-05-12
Perfect 1985-05-15
Two of a Kind 1983-12-13
Staying Alive 1983-07-11
Blow Out 1981-07-24
Urban Cowboy 1980-06-06
Grease 1978-07-07
Grease Day USA 1978-06-18
Carrie 1976-11-03
Nightmare 1974-01-08