John Travolta Biography

Birthday: 1954-02-18
Place of Birth: Englewood, New Jersey USA
Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Wiki Biography: John Travolta first gained fame as the swaggering Vinnie Barbarino on the television series "Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975). In 1977, he parlayed his teeny-bopper fame into a big-screen career with the disco blockbuster Saturday Night Fever (1977). He languished in light dramas and television movies in the 1980s, but started a comeback in 1989 with Look Who's Talking (1989). He further resuscitated his career with an Oscar nomination for his role as a heavyset sympathetic hitman in Pulp Fiction (1994) in 1994. IMDb Mini Biography By: Ray Hamel
Mini Biography One of six children born to Helen Travolta and Salvatore Travolta, John Travolta grew up in Englewood, New Jersey. His father owned a tire repair shop in Englewood. Travolta appeared in a local production of "Who'll Save the Plowboy?". His mother enrolled him in a drama school in New York, where he studied voice, dancing and acting. He decided to combine all three of these skills and become a musical comedy performer. At 16 he landed his first professional job in a summer stock production of the musical "Bye Bye Birdie". He quit school at 16 and moved to New York, and worked regularly in summer stock and on television commercials. When work became scarce in New York, he went to Hollywood and appeared in minor roles in several series. A role in the national touring company of the hit 1950s musical "Grease" brought him back to New York. An opening in the New York production of "Grease" gave him his first Broadway role at age 18. After "Grease", he became a member of the company of the Broadway show "Over Here", which starred The Andrews Sisters. After ten months in "Over Here", he decided to try Hollywood once again. Once back in Hollywood, he had little trouble getting roles in numerous television shows. He was seen on "The Rookies" (1972), "Emergency!" (1972) and "Medical Center" (1969) and also made a movie, The Devil's Rain (1975), which was shot in New Mexico. The day he returned to Hollywood from New Mexico, he was called to an audition for a new situation comedy series ABC was planning to produce called "Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975). He got the part of Vinnie Barbarino and the series went on the air during the 1975 fall season. The rest, as they say, is history.
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Filmography
TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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Welcome Back, Kotter | Vinnie Barbarino | 1975 - 1976 | Comedy |
Up Close | Himself | 1978 | Talk Show |
Two of a Kind | 1983 | Comedy | |
Broken Arrow | Maj. Vic 'Deak' Deakins | 1996 | Action |
Revealed | Himself | 2002 | |
Blow Out | Jack Terry | 2004 - 2005 | Thriller |
Phenomenon | George Malley | 2007 - 2007 | Drama |
Magic Numbers | Russ Richards | 2010 | Family |
Twist Of Fate | Zack | 2011 | |
Piha Rescue | Sean Archer | 2011 |
Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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Broken Arrow | Maj. Vic 'Deak' Deakins | 1950 | Fantasy, 0 |
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble | Tod Lubitch | 1976 | 0 |
Carrie | Billy Nolan | 1976 | Drama, Horror |
Saturday Night Fever | Tony Manero | 1977 | 0, 0, 0 |
Grease | Danny Zuko | 1978 | Biography, 0 |
Moment by Moment | Strip | 1978 | Drama, Romance |
Urban Cowboy | Bud | 1980 | 0, Biography |
Blow Out | Jack Terry | 1981 | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
Staying Alive | Tony Manero | 1983 | Biography, 0, 0 |
Two of a Kind | 1983 | Comedy, Romance, Fantasy | |
Perfect | 1985 | Drama, Romance | |
Look Who's Talking | James Ubriacco | 1989 | 0 |
The Experts | Travis | 1989 | Comedy |
Look Who's Talking Now | James Ubriacco | 1990 | |
Look Who's Talking Too | James Ubriacco | 1990 | Biography, 0 |
Shout | Jack Cabe | 1991 | |
Eyes of an Angel | 1991 | Drama | |
Chains of Gold | Scott Barnes | 1991 | Drama, Action, Thriller |
Pulp Fiction | Vincent Vega | 1994 | Crime, Thriller |
White Man's Burden | Louis Pinnock | 1995 | |
Get Shorty | Chili Palmer | 1995 | 0, Game Show |
Phenomenon | George Malley | 1996 | Drama, Fantasy |
Michael | Michael | 1996 | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy |
She's So Lovely | Joey | 1997 | Game Show, 0, Biography |
Face/Off | Sean Archer / Castor Troy | 1997 | Action, Crime, Thriller |
Mad City | 1997 | Drama, Thriller | |
The Thin Red Line | Brig. Gen. Quintard | 1998 | 0, 0, Romance |
Primary Colors | Governor Jack Stanton | 1998 | Comedy, Drama |
The General's Daughter | Paul Brenner | 1999 | 0, Game Show |
A Civil Action | Jan Schlichtmann | 1999 | Drama |
Battlefield Earth | Terl | 2000 | 0, Sport |
Domestic Disturbance | Frank Morrison | 2001 | Comedy |
Swordfish | Gabriel Shear | 2001 | 0, Comedy |
Basic | Hardy | 2003 | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
Ladder 49 | Captain Mike Kennedy | 2004 | Action, Drama, Thriller |
Be Cool | Chili Palmer | 2005 | 0, Comedy |
A Love Song for Bobby Long | Bobby Long | 2005 | Drama |
Lonely Hearts | Det. Elmer Robinson | 2006 | Comedy, Biography, 0, Game Show |
Wild Hogs | Woody Stevens | 2007 | 0 |
Hairspray | Edna Turnblad | 2007 | Comedy, Musical, Romance |
Bolt | Bolt | 2008 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy |
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | Ryder | 2009 | Game Show, 0, Comedy |
Old Dogs | Charlie | 2009 | Comedy, Family |
Savages | Dennis | 2012 | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
Killing Season | Emil Kovac | 2013 | Action, Thriller |
Gotti: In the Shadow of My Father | John Gotti Sr. | 2014 | Biography, Crime, Drama |
The Forger | Ray Cutter | 2014 | Drama |
Life on the Line | Beau | 2014 |