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John Travolta was the youngest of six children. John was born and grew up in Englewood, New Jersey. John's brother Joey and sister Ellen are ... well known actors. The Travoltas encouraged creativity in their children. John's father built a theater in the basement of their home and nightly shows were the norm. John performed in school shows and also in local dinner theater.
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While John Travolta doesn't appear to be limiting his film career in any way, he has often said he would like to become involved with a major airline in some way. That goal was realized in 2002, when he participated in the Qantas "Spirit of Friendship" tour, piloting his own Boeing 707 on a thirteen city, 35,000 mile tour. He continues as Ambassador-at-Large for the Australia based Qantas Airways.
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On a recent press junket in Barcelona, Spain, John Travolta clearly did not want any conflict over the religious interpretation of ''Battlefield Earth,'' his latest film. It was adapted from the novel by L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology to which the actor belongs. Frederic Benudis, a journalist working for French pay TV channel Canal Plus, was warned off when he asked Travolta why no mention of Scientology was made in the press kit. A Gallic pressure group has charged that ''Battlefield'' contains subliminal images that promote the church, officially classified in Catholic France as a sect. When the reporter followed up with questions about the church's funding, Travolta uncharacteristically rose out of his chair in anger to protest that he was being ''trapped'' by the interviewer. The reporter had his video tapes confiscated for ''verification,'' but when they were returned to him they had been wiped clean.
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John Travolta has been honored twice with Academy Award nominations, the latest for his riveting portrayal of a philosophical hit-man in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. He ... received BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for this highly acclaimed role and was named Best Actor by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, among other distinguished awards. Travolta garnered further praise as a Mafioso-turned-movie producer in the comedy sensation Get Shorty, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy. In 1998 Travolta was honored by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts with the Britannia Award; and in that same year he received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Chicago Film Festival.
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John Travolta was cast in the TV movie "The Boy In The Plastic Bubble" and won critical acclaim for his performance. John was no longer thought of as just the cute Sweathog.
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John has worked steadily since then appearing in Get Shorty, Broken Arrow, Phenomenon, Michael, and Face/Off. He stumbled just a bit with Mad City, but again did well in A Civil Action.
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