John Travolta was born in 1954 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States.
He is the youngest of six siblings, and his father, Salvatore travolta, was a semi-professional football player who became a salesperson and partner in a company. His mother, Helen Cecilia, who was 42 years old when she gave birth to John, was an actress and singer who had been part of the musical group “The sunshine Sisters” and acted briefly before becoming a school teacher.
After dropping out of school Dwight Morrow High School Before his time, he moved to New York to get a job as a singer.
He landed a role in the musical company of “Grease” and in Broadway, on “Over Here”, singing the song “Dream Drummin”. John likewise recorded singles for the local record company, but the songs were quickly forgotten.
Eventually he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his show business career. He played a messenger on the CBS soap opera, “The Edge of night”. Also, he appeared on that channel, in the series “The secret Storm “.
Her first important role in California was as a victim in “Emergency”, In 1972, but his first big role in the cinema was in the role of Billy nolan, on “Carrie”(1976), starring Sissi Spacek.
At that time he developed his well-known character of Vinnie barbarino, in the television comedy “Welcome Back, Kotter”(1975-1979), in which his sister EllenI also participate occasionally.
Travolta made several television commercials during these years, for firms such as Band-Aid, Haggar Slacks and Mony Insurance, among others.
At this time he would also achieve a successful single, entitled “Let Her In“, Which reached number 10 on the Billboard top 100 chart.
In the years that followed, he had some of his most memorable performances. Among them are Tony Manero, on “Saturday Night Fever”(1977), and Danny Zucko, on “Grease”(1978), with Olivia Newton John Y Stockard Channing.
These films were among the most commercial of the decade and catapulted John to international stardom. His mother and sister Ann, appeared as extras in “Saturday night fever“, and his sister Ellen, had a participation in “Grease”. Travolta He performed several of the latter’s songs on a soundtrack that went on sale, and eventually reached some 10 million copies sold.
In 1980, he inspired a revolution in the country’s country music, starring with Debra Winger, “City Cowboy”.
After this, came a series of failures that permeated his career: “Staying alive, the fever continues “(1983), “Such for which”(1983) with Olivia Newton John Y “Perfect “(1985) with Jamie Lee Curtis.
Some suggest that his lack of success was due to his being stigmatized as a 1970s disco idol, which may have resulted in his agent rejecting other types of roles, such as “American GIgolo”, “Splash” Y “Fatal Attraction”.
Disenchanted, Travolta He continued with his flying lessons and obtained his license to pilot aircraft. His only recognized film of these years was “Look who’s talking”(1989), together with Kristy alley and a baby whose voice was lent by Bruce Willis. Then the second and third part of it would come, in which he would again be the protagonist.
It wasn’t until I played Vincent Vega, on “Pulp fiction”(1994), by the director Quentin Tarantino, that his career was revived and was nominated for an award Oscar. The film returned it to the first category of Films, and it was flooded with offers again.
Notable films that followed the preceding one were “How to conquer Hollywood”(1995) with Rene Russo, Gene Hackman Y Danny DeVito, “face to face”(1997) with Nicolas Cage, “Primary Colors”(1998) with Billy Bob Thornton, Emma thompson Y Kathy Bates, Y “The General’s daughter “(1999) with Madeleine stowe Y James cromwell.
Also, I star in “Battlefield: the land “(2000) with Forest whitaker, which was based on a science fiction work by L. Ron Hubbard, and in which he played the leader of a group of aliens. The film had very bad reviews and very little collection, despite the wishes of John, who was a follower of Hubbard since he had joined Scientology in 1975.
Other films of these years were “Winning Combination”(2000) in which he starred with Lisa kudrow, “Operation Swordfish “(2001) with Hugh jackman Y Halle berry, “BASIC”(2003) with Connie Nielsen Y Samuel L. Jackson, Y “A song from the past”(2004) with Scarlett Johansson.
In 2004, he also played the role of Chief Mike Kennedy, on “Brigade 49 “, co-starring Joaquin Phoenix. The film was notable for being the first to focus on the rescuers’ struggle from the September 11, 2001 tragedy.
The following year, he was seen alongside Uma Thurman Y Vince vaughn, on “Be Cool ”. Later, he had the role of a successful executive who returns to his adventures as a motorcycle rider, in “Wild pigs ”(2007), a film that included William H. Macy, Tim allen Y Ray liotta.
That same year, “Hairspry”, Which marked a return to the musicals of the beginning of his career. The film included a large list of actors such as Michelle pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Queen latifah, among others.
Soon it will be seen in “Bolt”(2008), “Old dogs”(2009) with Robin williams, “The Taking of Pelma 123 “(2009) with Denzel Washington, Y “Quantum Quest, a Cassini Space Odyssey “.
In his personal life, he married the actress Kelly preston, in 1991. They have a son named Jett, and a daughter named Ella Blue.
Previously, he was involved with the actress Diana Hyland who died of breast cancer, in 1977.
Since 1975, he has been a member of the movement of the Scientology.
Besides being an actor, John He is a certified pilot and owns five airplanes, including a Boeing 707-138. His passion for flying is so great that he wrote a story for children, called Propeller One Way Night Coach, About an 8-year-old boy crossing the US by plane, during the 1950s.