John Joseph Travolta (born February , ) is an American actor, singer,
and dancer. Travolta rose to fame during the s, appearing on the
television sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter (â€") and starring in the box
office successes Carrie (), Saturday Night Fever (), and Grease ().
His acting career declined throughout the s, but he enjoyed a
resurgence in the s with his role in Pulp Fiction (), and has since
starred in films, such as Get Shorty (), Broken Arrow (), Face/Off (),
Swordfish (), The Punisher (), Hairspray (), Bolt (), and The Taking
of Pelham ().Travolta was nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Actor for performances in Saturday Night Fever and Pulp Fiction. He
won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture â€"
Musical or Comedy for his performance in Get Shorty and has received a
total of six nominations, the most recent being in . In , he received
the IIFA Award for Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema. In
, Travolta received his first Primetime Emmy Award, as a producer of
the first season of the anthology series American Crime Story,
subtitled The People v. O. J. Simpson. He also received an additional
Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of
lawyer Robert Shapiro in the series. Travolta is also a private pilot
and owns four aircrafts.The youngest of six children, Travolta was
born and raised in Englewood, New Jersey, an inner-ring suburb of
Bergen County, New Jersey. His father, Salvatore "Sam" Travolta
(November â€" May ), was a semiprofessional American football player
turned tire salesman and partner in a tire company, Travolta Tyre
Exchange. His mother, Helen Cecilia (née Burke; January , â€"
December ), was an actress and singer who had appeared in The Sunshine
Sisters, a radio vocal group, and acted and directed before becoming a
high school drama and English teacher. His siblings Joey, Ellen, Ann,
Margaret, and Sam Travolta were all inspired by their mother's love of
theatre and drama and became actors. His father was a
second-generation Italian American with roots in Godrano, Sicily, and
his mother was Irish American. He grew up in an Irish-American
neighborhood and said that his household was predominantly Irish in
culture. He was raised Roman Catholic, but converted to Scientology in
. Travolta attended Dwight Morrow High School, but dropped out as a
junior at age in .
and dancer. Travolta rose to fame during the s, appearing on the
television sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter (â€") and starring in the box
office successes Carrie (), Saturday Night Fever (), and Grease ().
His acting career declined throughout the s, but he enjoyed a
resurgence in the s with his role in Pulp Fiction (), and has since
starred in films, such as Get Shorty (), Broken Arrow (), Face/Off (),
Swordfish (), The Punisher (), Hairspray (), Bolt (), and The Taking
of Pelham ().Travolta was nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Actor for performances in Saturday Night Fever and Pulp Fiction. He
won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture â€"
Musical or Comedy for his performance in Get Shorty and has received a
total of six nominations, the most recent being in . In , he received
the IIFA Award for Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema. In
, Travolta received his first Primetime Emmy Award, as a producer of
the first season of the anthology series American Crime Story,
subtitled The People v. O. J. Simpson. He also received an additional
Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of
lawyer Robert Shapiro in the series. Travolta is also a private pilot
and owns four aircrafts.The youngest of six children, Travolta was
born and raised in Englewood, New Jersey, an inner-ring suburb of
Bergen County, New Jersey. His father, Salvatore "Sam" Travolta
(November â€" May ), was a semiprofessional American football player
turned tire salesman and partner in a tire company, Travolta Tyre
Exchange. His mother, Helen Cecilia (née Burke; January , â€"
December ), was an actress and singer who had appeared in The Sunshine
Sisters, a radio vocal group, and acted and directed before becoming a
high school drama and English teacher. His siblings Joey, Ellen, Ann,
Margaret, and Sam Travolta were all inspired by their mother's love of
theatre and drama and became actors. His father was a
second-generation Italian American with roots in Godrano, Sicily, and
his mother was Irish American. He grew up in an Irish-American
neighborhood and said that his household was predominantly Irish in
culture. He was raised Roman Catholic, but converted to Scientology in
. Travolta attended Dwight Morrow High School, but dropped out as a
junior at age in .
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