John Travolta Biography
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Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954 in
Englewood, New Jersey) is an American actor.
He
became famous for his appearance in Saturday Night
Fever and Grease at the height of the disco era, as
well as for his portrayal of Vinnie Barbarino on the
television sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter. After that,
his career more or less slumped until he played
Vincent Vega in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction,
for which he received an Academy Award nomination.
Travolta also played a lead role in the panned
Battlefield Earth (which, oddly enough, is based in
a work of pulp fiction), in which he plays the
leader of a group of aliens that enslave humanity in
a bleak future Earth. The film received almost
universally negative reviews and did poorly at the
box office. Travolta, who is a Scientologist
(converted 1975) and idolizes the late L. Ron
Hubbard, had hoped that the film would be
well-received and be the first in a series of
Hubbard film adaptations. His affiliation with
Scientology has caused some controversy. In 1998 he
was a plaintiff of a lawsuit involving a former
member of the Church that claims that he was
promised by the Church that his homosexuality could
be cured. The lawsuit alledged that the organization
frequently cited Travolta as proof that the
organization could in fact change a person's sexual
orientation. A lawyer for Travolta replied, "This
looks like complete hogwash. Travolta is a happily
married man, which proves he isn't gay"." Depite his
lawyer's contention, rumors of Travolta's
homosexuality persist.
He is
married to actress Kelly Preston and father of two
children. Previously he was involved with actress
Diana Hyland, who died of breast cancer (reportedly
in Travolta's arms).
Travolta is a qualified pilot, and owns five
airplanes, including a former Qantas Boeing 707-138.
The plane bears the name "Jett Clipper Ella". Pan Am
was a large operator of the 707 and used Clipper in
their names. The plane is named for his son Jett and
daughter Ella. His house in Ocala, Florida has its
own runway and taxiway right to the door. In 1993
Travolta successfully performed an emergency landing
of a plane with electric trouble at Washington
Reagan National Airport.
Travolta has a summer home in Islesboro, Maine.
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