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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.
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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.
Known For
MTV Video Music Awards
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Oscars
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Tony Awards
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
El hormiguero
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Golden Globe Awards
The Rookies
Emergency!
The Early Show
Entertainment Tonight
The Jay Leno Show
Fear Factor
Medical Center
Celebrities Uncensored
Fat Actress
Panorama
Hart to Heart
Waking Sleeping Beauty
The Grand Knockout Tournament
The Princess
Austin Powers in Goldmember
American Crime Story
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
The Thin Red Line
Mr. T and Tina
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
Die Hart
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Wild Hogs
In a Valley of Violence
Die Hart
Look Who's Talking Too
The Punisher
Grease
Hairspray
Pulp Fiction
Staying Alive
Look Who's Talking
Broken Arrow
White Man's Burden
Primary Colors
The Experts
Mr. Saturday Night
A Civil Action
Phenomenon
Mob Land
Paradise City
The General's Daughter
Face/Off
From Paris with Love
Saturday Night Fever
Lucky Numbers
I Am Wrath
Battlefield Earth
Look Who's Talking Now!
The Forger
Old Dogs
Cash Out
Get Shorty
Be Cool
Gotti
Domestic Disturbance
Bolt
Two of a Kind
Urban Cowboy
Production Credits
Battlefield Earth
American Crime Story
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