Celebrities Then And Now: They Have Really Changed!
John Travolta
| Famous For: Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Pulp Fiction |
Networth: $170 Million |
| Currently Known For: Actor, Singer, Pilot |
Famous Years: 1978 – Present |
| Birthdate: February 18, 1954 |
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John Travolta was born on February 18, 1954 in Englewood, New Jersey. At 16 he landed his first professional job in the musical “Bye Bye Birdie”, so he quit school and moved to New York. An opening in the New York production of “Grease” gave him his first Broadway role at age 18. After “Grease”, he became a member of the company of the Broadway show “Over Here”. He was seen on Medical Center (1969), The Rookies (1972), Emergency! (1972), and The Devil’s Rain (1975). He also played the role of Vinnie Barbarino in Welcome Back, Kotter (1975). He received an Academy Award nomination in 1977 for “Saturday Night Fever”.
Travolta’s success continued with “Grease” and “Urban Cowboy” and then things would eventually slow down for him. His success started back up in 1994’s “Pulp Fiction”, when he got his second Oscar nomination. Travolta has seen another revival in his career since then, and earned praise in the recent series, “American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson”.
Travolta has also seen many changes in his weight. Travolta was once down to his lowest adult weight for “Grease” when he was weighing in at 165 pounds. In the 1990’s, Travolta had put on weight intentionally for his role in “Primary Colors”, which brought him up to 211 pounds. Travolta said that he loves cheeseburgers, and that “it’s been fun gaining it” when talking about it intentionally, but that “It’s been fun losing it too, because then it’s about monitoring your diet and exercising. I can lose the weight in five or six weeks, and as long as I’m busy, I can keep it off.” By the time the late 2000’s rolled around, Travolta had seen his weight climb steadily, and he surprised people in 2013, losing a lot of weight, where he looked closer to his “Grease” days as he started to get close to 60 years old.
Travolta will be busy in the next few years, as he will be starring in “The Life and Death of John Gotti” and “Speed Kills”.
