John Travolta

Travolta married actress Kelly Preston in 1991 and presently have two children Ella Bleu and Benjamin. Their eldest son Jett was autistic and suffered from Kawasaki disease and died on a vacation in the Bahamas.

He was raised Roman Catholic, but converted to Scientology in 1975 to which he was introduced after reading the book Dianetics. Scientology teaches that people are immortal beings who have forgotten their true nature.

Travolta was born on February 18, 1954 in Englewood, New Jersey, where his father, Salvatore was a semi-professional American football player who owned a tire repair shop while his mother, Helen Cecilia was an actress and singer.

The youngest of six children, his siblings were Joey, Ellen, Ann, Margaret, and Sam. He attended Dwight Morrow High School, but dropped out as a junior at age 17 in 1971.

Travolta moved to New York City and got a role in a touring company of the musical Grease and the Broadway hit, Over Here. He then moved to Los Angeles for better prospects.

His first television role was of a fall victim in, Emergency!, in 1972, but his first significant movie role was as Billy Nolan, a bully in the horror film, Carrie, four years later.

His role as the swaggering Vinnie Barbarino in the TV sitcom, Welcome Back, Kotter, aired on ABC from 1975 to1979. It gave him the first taste of fame.

He starred in ‘The Boy in the Plastic Bubble’, a 1976 made-for-TV movie, aired on ABC TV network. It was inspired by the lives of David Vetter and Ted DeVita, who lacked effective immune systems.

Urban Cowboy, a 1980 western romantic drama film about the love-hate relationship between Buford Uan Davis 'Bud' played by John Travolta and Sissy played by Debra Winger, captured the decade’ popularity of Country Music

The 1977 dance film, Saturday Night Fever, starred Travolta as Tony Manero, a carefree young man. It was a huge commercial success, and significantly helped to popularize disco music around the world

In ‘Grease’ a 1978 musical film, he starred opposite Olivia Newton John. It was successful both critically and at the box office. Its soundtrack album ended the year as the second-best selling album.

Pulp Fiction, a 1994 crime film directed by Quentin Tarantino, revitalized the actor’s career taking on the character of Vincent Vega, The most significant films of its era, it made $213,928,762 at the box-office.