John Travolta

John Joseph Travolta
1954 -
American born Englewood

Nickname Bone (as a child) . Height 6' 2" (1.88 m) . 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. Spouse Kelly Preston (12 September 1991 - present) 2 children.

2004: A Light Knight's Odyssey (2007) , American Dog (2008) , Dallas (2007) , Hairspray (2007) , Tony Bennett: An American Classic (2006) , Wild Hogs (2007) , Lonely Hearts (2006) , Be Cool (2005) , Ladder 49 (2004) , A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) , The Punisher (2004) , Basic (2003) , Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) , Domestic Disturbance (2001) , Swordfish (2001) , Lucky Numbers (2000) , Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000) , The General's Daughter (1999) , Our Friend, Martin (1999) , A Civil Action (1998) , The Thin Red Line (1998) , Primary Colors (1998) , Mad City (1997) , Face/Off (1997) ,She's So Lovely (1997) , Michael (1996) , Phenomenon (1996) , Broken Arrow (1996) , Get Shorty (1995) , White Man's Burden (1995) , "Saturday Night Live" (1994) , Pulp Fiction (1994) , Look Who's Talking Now (1993) , Shout (1991) , Eyes of an Angel (1991) , Chains of Gold (1991) , Look Who's Talking Too (1990) , Look Who's Talking (1989) , The Experts (1989) , Basements (1987) , Perfect (1985) , Two of a Kind (1983) , Staying Alive (1983) , Blow Out (1981) , Urban Cowboy (1980) , "Welcome Back, Kotter" (1978) , Moment by Moment (1978) , Grease (1978) , Saturday Night Fever (1977) , The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976) , Carrie (1976) , The Devil's Rain (1975) , The Tenth Level (1975) , "Medical Center" (1974) , "The Rookies" (1973) , "Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law" (1972) , "Emergency!" (1972)