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John Travolta

18 Feb, 1954 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.

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존 트래볼타John Joseph Travolta約翰·屈伏塔

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Grease
74% (1978)
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Be Cool
55% (2005)
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Old Dogs
56% (2009)
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Carrie
74% (1976)
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Shout
57% (1991)
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Mad City
63% (1997)
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Perfect
56% (1985)
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Bio.
60% (2005)
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RATS!
0% (2024)
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Brando
68% (2007)
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Fear Factor
57% (2001)
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The Rookies
69% (1972)
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The View
45% (1997)
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Fat Actress
62% (2005)
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The Early Show
57% (1999)
Mr. T and Tina
50% (1976)
Harty
60% (1983)
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The Oscars
70% (1953)
Good Day Live
30% (2001)
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Hart to Heart
84% (2021)
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Rove
80% (1999)
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Tony Awards
50% (1956)
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Kirstie
46% (2013)