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Age: 70
Profession: Actor
Other Profession(s): Singer
Famous For: Saturday Night Fever and Grease
Higher Education: High School Dropout
About (Profile/Biography):
In addition to being an actor and singer, Travolta is a producer. In addition to Grease, he appeared in Over Here on Broadway! As Vinnie Barbarino, he shot to stardom on Welcome Back Kotter and in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, a critically acclaimed TV movie. After two consecutive box-office hits, Saturday Night Fever and Grease, he gained international fame. His career took a series of wrong turns, and he turned down numerous golden opportunities during the rest of the 1970s. In Look Who's Talking and its sequels, he starred in a not-so-serious but commercially successful film.
Career:
First on television, he played a fall victim in Emergency!, but his first major film role came in Carrie four years later as Billy Nolan, the bully.
A role in Welcome Back, Kotter, aired on ABC between 1975 and 1979, gave him his first taste of fame as the swaggering Vinnie Barbarino.
1976: His first made-for-TV movie was The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, aired on ABC. David Vetter and Ted DeVita were the inspiration for the story because of a lack of effective immunity.
In 1980: The popular country music genre was swept up by Urban Cowboy, a Western romantic drama film that starred John Travolta as Buford Uan Davis 'Bud' and Debra Winger as Sissy.
There was a $297,000,000 box office gross for John Travolta's 1989 film Look Who's Talking. In the four years following the release of the film, two sequels followed: Look Who's Talking Too and Look Who's Talking Now.
Awards:
2 times nominated for the Oscars in the Best actor
1985: Star on the Walk of Fame
6 Golden Globe nominations
Unknown Facts:
In honor of his three daughters, Travolta owns 11 aircraft, including a Boeing 707–138 that was formerly operated by Qantas.
