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Facts

Also Known As John Joseph Travolta
Born February 18, 1954 (age 72) • Englewood • New Jersey
Married To Kelly Preston (1991–2020 [her death])
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In) "The Taking of Pelham 123" (2009) • "Emergency!" (1972) • "The Forger" (2014) • "Criminal Activities" (2015) • "From Paris with Love" (2010) • "Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975–1979) • "Blow Out" (1981) • "Be Cool" (2005) • "Phenomenon" (1996) • "Bolt" (2008) • "Grease" (1978) • "The Rookies" (1973) • "I Am Wrath" (2016) • "Hairspray" (2007) • "Primary Colors" (1998) • "The Fanatic" (2019) • "Wild Hogs" (2007) • "Michael" (1996) • "The Experts" (1989) • "Face/Off" (1997) • "The Blake & Sal Show" (2019) • "Lonely Hearts" (2006) • "Ladder 49" (2004) • "Look Who's Talking Too" (1990) • "Broken Arrow" (1996) • "Trading Paint" (2019) • "Savages" (2012) • "She's So Lovely" (1997) • "Get Shorty" (1995) • "Pulp Fiction" (1994) • "Carrie" (1976) • "Medical Center" (1974) • "In a Valley of Violence" (2016) • "The Poison Rose" (2019) • "Saturday Night Fever" (1977) • "Kirstie" (2014) • "Look Who's Talking Now" (1993) • "Shout" (1991) • "Moment by Moment" (1978) • "The Punisher" (2004) • "Mr. T and Tina" (1976) • "Life on the Line" (2015) • "Swordfish" (2001) • "The General's Daughter" (1999) • "Welcome to Hollywood" (1998) • "Speed Kills" (2018) • "Look Who's Talking" (1989) • "Gotti" (2018) • "Old Dogs" (2009) • "Staying Alive" (1983) • "White Man's Burden" (1995) • "Eyes of an Angel" (1991) • "American Crime Story" (2015–2016) • "Basic" (2003) • "Killing Season" (2013) • "A Civil Action" (1998) • "The Thin Red Line" (1998) • "The Drew Carey Show" (2001) • "Perfect" (1985) • "The Devil's Rain" (1975) • "Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law" (1972) • "Mad City" (1997) • "Domestic Disturbance" (2001) • "A Love Song for Bobby Long" (2004) • "Lucky Numbers" (2000) • "Urban Cowboy" (1980) • "Chains of Gold" (1991) • "Two of a Kind" (1983) • "Austin Powers in Goldmember" (2002) • "Battlefield Earth" (2000)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator) "Chains of Gold" (1991)
Albums "John Travolta" (1976) • "John Travolta Sings" (1996) • "Can't Let You Go" (1977) • "This Christmas" (2012) • "Two of a Kind" (1983)

Top Questions

When was John Travolta born?
John Travolta was born on February 18, 1954.
Is John Travolta married?
Kelly Preston (1991–2020 [her death])
Where was John Travolta born?
John Travolta was born in Englewood, New Jersey, United States.

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John Travolta, wearing a black cowboy hat and blue shirt, leans against a bar holding a beer bottle in a scene from the film Urban Cowboy.
John Travolta as Vinnie Barbarino
John Travolta in a white suit and Karen Lynn Gorney in a red dress dance under a disco ball on a lighted floor in a scene from Saturday Night Fever.
Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta dance together in a decorated gymnasium during a scene from Grease (1978), with a crowd of people watching in the background.
Cutting a rug with a princess
John Travolta as Vincent Vega and Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield stand side by side in suits, each aiming a gun, in a scene from the film Pulp Fiction.
Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, and Harvey Keitel in character, standing close together outside a building in a scene from the film Pulp Fiction.
“Where do you go when the record is over…”
Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta in character as Sandy and Danny from the movie Grease, posing closely together in front of a painted mural.
John Travolta as Danny Zuko leads a dance sequence in front of a red car with the male cast of Grease (1978), all wearing silver outfits, in a brightly lit studio.
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