John Travolta - Hollywood movie star and the real idol of millions, famous for his iconic roles in "Pulp Fiction", "Grease" and "Face Off."
The young actor's beautiful, flexible body and enormous talent brought him the title of one of the sexiest men, lost after gaining extra pounds, but who managed to restore its former shape and popularity, as well as overcome depression caused by career failures and the death of his beloved son.
short biography
John Travolta (in his youth, the actor was considered one of the most plastic and sexy men of our time) was born in February 1954 in Los Angeles in the family of a professional football player and a Hollywood star.
The mother of the actor Helen Cecilia, in addition to filming, actively taught acting, which her children literally absorbed with breast milk. The father of 6 children built a semblance of a stage at home, on which the kids, under the guidance of their mother, often staged amateur performances.
From the age of 6, young John danced and seemed to be made for a dance floor. From the age of 16, the teenager began performing in theaters in New Jersey, and then Broadway, where he caught the eye of the director.
In 1966, the actor entered the New York School of Dramatic Art, and then at the Dwight Morrow Drama School in Englewood, which he dropped out because of his debut role in Goodbye Bradley.
In 1975, Travolta appeared in Come Back Carter and Hell Rain, musicals that finally convinced the actor to choose the right path in life.
The actor's love for the audience was brought to him by his work in Saturday Night Fever, where John showed his dancing and dramatic talent, playing the role of a young man, a lover of dance clubs. For this work, Travolta was first nominated for a Golden Globe, but the real success brought the actor Grease, which made John a world star.
In the years that followed the iconic picture, the actor released 2 films a year, and the most memorable were his works:
- In Staying Alive, a sequel to Fever, which tells about the difficult fate of a young dancer.
- In "Prokol", where John played the role of a film studio employee who accidentally witnessed the murder of a political leader.
- In 3 parts "Look who spoke", where the actor starred with Kirsty Ellie and played the role of the foster father of a small child.
- In “Perfect,” with Jamie Lee Curtis, on the romance of two fitness trainers.
1994 Travolta played the role of a gangster in the legendary "Pulp Fiction" by Tarantino. The audience especially liked the actor's dance performed together with Uma Thurman. In 1995, John appeared in "Get Shorty," for which he received a Golden Globe, and then in "Be Cool," with Dwayne Rock Johnson.
Among the actor's memorable works are the Archangel Michael, played in the fantasy motion picture "Michael" and the role of a brigadier general in the acclaimed "Thin Red Line".
Since 1996, the stage of the actor's serious work began, marked by the performance:
- a US officer seeking justice in The General's Daughter;
- FBI officer in No Face.
2000 was a tough year for Travolta. Playing the lead role in "Battlefield: Earth", the actor starred in "the most disastrous film of the 10th anniversary" and received an anti-Oscar.
After going through several unpleasant years, John recovered and appeared:
- in "Hairspray", where he played the role of a plump woman constantly washing clothes;
- in "From Paris with Love";
- in "Casting";
- in "Real boars";
- in "On the Line of Fire";
- in Criminal Activity.
In 2016, John played the role of attorney in American Crime Story, for which he received Golden Globe and Emmy nominations.
New success was the beginning of the actor's work:
- in the "Valley of Violence";
- in "Speed kills";
- in "Studio 54"
- in "Poisonous Rose";
- in Side by Side.
Now the star of the screen and a real Hollywood legend dreams of a role in a new musical, noting, unfortunately, that viewers no longer like these genres of cinema.
Achievements and interesting facts
John Travolta (in his youth, the actor had incredibly long legs and flexibility, as if made for a dance scene) is one of the greatest film actors in Hollywood and a real musical star who became an idol of the 20th century.
Among the achievements of the actor:
- 6 nominations for the "Golden Globe" and one award for "Get the Shorty";
- 2 nominations for "Oscar", for participation in "Pulp Fiction" and "Saturday Night Fever";
- 2 MTV award nominations and 2 awards for her roles in Face Off and The Phenomenon.
- 3 Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations (works in Hairspray, Get Shorty and Pulp Fiction)
- Satur Award nominee for FBI Agent in Face Off.
- Nominated for the Television Emmy Award for American Crime Story.
- Awards for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema received in 2012 in San Sebastian and in 2013 in Karlovy Vary.
Interesting Facts:
- Several nations have mixed in the blood of the actor, in particular Italians and Irish.
- Young John achieved the greatest success in the dance school in the study of tap dance.
- The actor loves airplanes. This passion arose in preschool years and accompanied John all his life. Now Travolta has a pilot's license and several of his own planes, one of which he visited Russia.
- Several times in the media there were rumors about the bisexual orientation of the actor and allegedly several men noted that they had sexual relations with the actor, but Travolta himself does not confirm the rumors.
- John danced with Princess Diana at the White House, performing the first dance with the Princess of Wales. Diana's outfit, in which she attended a social event that evening, was called "Travolta's Dress."
- The actor enjoys writing books and writing down letters, which are later used in motion pictures.
- John has never had a love for alcohol or drugs, but simply adores delicious food and chocolate.
- The actor's own star is on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and his famous dance from "Pulp Fiction" has become a cult one and is taken apart into numerous parodies.
- The actor practices Scientology, a hobby for which appeared after John's work in Hell Rain, when the Mexicans presented Travolta with the book Dianetics.
- Travolta is actively involved in charity work and constantly donates large sums of money to help sick children. In 2010, the actor personally delivered medicine and food to doctors helping the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
- The actor's luxurious mansion has a cost of $ 12.5 million, and is equipped with its own runway and a garage for 16 cars.
Figure parameters in youth and now
John Travolta in his youth was considered the real idol of millions, which millions of girls around the world dreamed of. At the dawn of his career, the handsome actor had a slender, toned figure and long legs, as if made for dancing. It is not surprising that the actor spent a lot of time on dance floors, and at the age of 16 he almost became a Broadway star.
Travolta's iconic role in Grease has made the dark-haired, leather-jacketed actor with a charming smile and a dimple on his chin the idol of millions and the most desirable man on earth.The fans were especially impressed by the actor's elastic buttocks, which brought the mind after the role in “Ideal” the title of the owner of the most beautiful male priests.
In subsequent years, the actor changed several times for the sake of roles and put on a lot of weight, reaching the bar of 100 kg. There was no trace of the fit figure of a fitness trainer in Ideal, and his passion for good food turned John into the owner of an impressive belly.
After the tragedy that happened to the actor's eldest son, Travolta plunged into deep depression, from which his wife and the birth of his third child helped him get out. Having seen the meaning of life, the actor instantly transformed, threw off excess weight and changed his hairstyle, completely shaving off his gray hair.
Subsequently, Travolta got tired of a shaved head, and he regained his thick black hair, but he did not lose his shape at 92 kg.
Actor parameters:
| Growth | 183 cm in his youth. With age, the actor's height decreased by several cm and reached 179 cm at the age of 63 |
| Weight |
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| Hair color | Dark chestnut |
| Eye color | Blue |
| Nationality | American |
| Appearance type | European |
In addition to the changes that have occurred in the actor's appearance with age, Travolta himself has repeatedly changed for the sake of new roles. So for the iconic work in "Pulp Fiction" the actor had to grow his hair, and to work in "Los" he significantly gain weight, put on glasses and get a short hairdo with bangs.
The actor reasonably considers his work in "Hairspray" to be his most striking transformation, where a 13-kilogram jumpsuit was worn on a far from thin actor every day, and then they applied complex makeup, transforming a man into a woman with pile and full lips.
Recalling his work on the picture, the actor notes that he was constantly forced to suppress the male ego in himself and remind himself that he was doing his work for the sake of art.
Plastic
John Travolta in his youth was distinguished by luxurious brown hair, a charming smile and an attractive dimple on his chin, which became a kind of iconic symbol of the actor. Having started to go bald with age, Travolta first shaved off his hair, and then decided on a hair transplant.
So, at the age of 58, the actor unpleasantly impressed fans with his updated, thick hairstyle of practical black color, which contrasted so much with the previous appearance of the actor.
Deciding to rejuvenate his face a little, John resorted to botulinum toxin injections, which made it possible to smooth out the wrinkles that appeared on the face and return the appearance to a youthful appearance. Fans of the actor favorably perceived the transformation of the idol, deciding that this is how the Hollywood star reminds himself very much in his youth.
Unfortunately, plastic surgery is very addictive, and the actor, inspired by the changes, decided on a radical transformation by performing a contour facelift. The changed appearance of the star, demonstrated in the "American Crime Theory" did not like the fans of the actor.
The sunken cheeks and tight skin gave Travolta's face a waxy look, erased all the individual facial features and made the legend of "Pulp Fiction" more like Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Appearance after plastic
The initial changes in the actor's appearance were a bit unusual for the audience, but did not spoil John Travolta, although many fans unanimously agreed that the actor was very clean-shaven head, which gave him a more brutal and youthful look, especially in combination with a small mustache.
The subsequent transformation of the star practically destroyed the entire personality of the movie star, significantly rejuvenating, but also making the movie idol almost unrecognizable.
The sunken cheeks, strongly lifted skin and a smoothed dimple on the cheeks gave Travolta a Terminator look, and the business suits the actor wore while working on American Crime Story complemented his resemblance to Arnold Schwarzenegger during his political career.
Actor's diet
In his youth, John Travolta had a toned body and even had the title of the owner of the "most beautiful buttocks" but by the beginning of the 200s, he significantly gained weight and completely forgot his previously favorite dances.
The actor notes that he felt comfortable enough in the weight of 100 kg, until one day he saw his wife laughing and depicting gag reflexes while standing completely naked in front of the mirror. Looking at himself with his eyes, Travolta's wife realized that he had turned into a real ruin and decided to actively tackle himself, especially since his role in Swordfish also required this.
Having decided to change himself, the actor began to adhere to the annual weight loss program, one of which was the need to change the diet. Having given up his favorite cheeseburgers and seafood dishes, John cut his usual portion of food in exactly half and began to regularly visit the gym.
As a result of the restrictions, the actor managed to lose weight up to 92 kg and regain his fit look, which he carefully maintains. Now the star's diet consists of protein foods, vegetables and fruits, with the complete exclusion of the previously favorite fast food.
His only weakness, which the actor could not refuse, was chocolate, which Travolta eats up to 5 times a week. According to the fame of the actor, chocolate completely changes the chemical processes in his body and causes an incredible feeling of delight, for which it is worth living.
Sport
Actively engaged in dancing in his youth, John Travolta, after 40 years, completely abandoned training and returned to classes only after 55 years. Having abandoned the increased loads, the actor preferred to exercise on cardiovascular equipment and run in the morning, which allowed him to lose about 10 kg of excess weight.
Now the actor uses home simulators several times a week, and calls flying his own plane his favorite sport.who actively help him keep fit.
Personal life
John Travolta first fell in love in 1976, when he met actress Diana Hyland on the set of Under the Hood. Despite the fact that the actress was 18 years older than John and played his mother, a romance began between them. A year later, Diana died of cancer in Travolta's arms.
The actor was very upset by the death of his beloved and fell into a deep depression, which he could recover from only 10 years later, after meeting the actress Kelly Preston, who became his wife. After 2 years of marriage, the couple had a son, Jett, and then a daughter, Ella Blue. At the age of 16, the actor's eldest son died of an epileptic seizure in a family home in the Bahamas.
Travolta was very upset by the death of the child and the subsequent accusations of his alleged guilt for the death of his son. At 48, John became a father for the third time with the birth of his son Benjamin.
The Travolta family is considered exemplary in Hollywood. For more than 40 years, the actor has remained loyal to his wife Kelly Preston and considers her a real "gift from heaven". Several years ago, rumors appeared in the press about the alleged homosexual relationships of the young Travolta, but the actor did not comment on the gossip.
Together with his wife and children, John lives in a family mansion in the Hollywood Hills worth 12 mln dollars. USA and equipped with the latest technology. The actor has his own aircraft fleet, a take-off area and a garage for 16 cars.
John Travolta is a Hollywood legend who became famous after working in Grease and Pulp Fiction. The flexible young, dark-haired actor, who was a regular on dance floors, became a real idol of millions in his youth, but later changed a lot, returning to his previous form only in the middle of the 20th century after playing the roles of FBI agents.
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