Name: John Travolta

　　Nickname: Bone (as a child)

　　Birth date: Feb. 18, 1954

　　Birthplace: Englewood, NJ

　　Spouse: Kelly Preston  (September 12, 1991 - present);

　　one son, one daughter

　　Education: High school dropout*

　　Trivia:

　　(Oct. 1997) Ranked 21 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.

　　Richard Gere practically owes* his film career to Travolta. Travolta turned down the leads for Days of Heaven (1978), American Gigolo (1980) and An Officer and a Gentleman, all of which went to Gere.

　　Travolta married Kelly Preston twice. Their first wedding on Sep. 5, 1991, by a French scientologist minister*, was declared illegal*. The couple met during the filming of The Experts (1989).

　　Was the youngest of six siblings*.

　　During the filming of The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976) (TV) he fell in love with Diana Hyland, 18 years his senior. She died of cancer in his arms in 1977.

　　He pilots* three Gulfstream jets and a Lear jet. Also owns a Boeing 707.

　　Was signed on to play rock star Jim Morrison (I) in an early '80s biopic about The Doors. Due to legal problems, the project was dropped.

　　Did yoga* and boxing* to cut his love handles for the film Swordfish (2001).

　　His favorite film is Dandy (1942), Yankee Doodle.

　　Was told to gain 30 pounds (13.5 kg) for his role in the movie Primary Colors.

　　Owns homes in Santa Barbara, California, Florida, Maine and in his wife's home state of Hawaii

　　Salary

　　The General's Daughter (1999)  US$20 million

　　Primary Colors (1998)  US$18 million

　　Face/Off (1997)  US$15 million

　　Mad City (1997)  US$20 million

　　Phenomenon (1996)  US$8 million

　　Broken Arrow (1996)  US$7 million

　　Get Shorty (1995)  US$3.5 million

　　Pulp Fiction (1994)  US$140,000

　　dropout n. 退学

　　owe...to... 应该把...归功于

　　minister n. 牧师

　　illegal adj. 不合法的

　　siblings n. 兄弟姐妹

　　yoga n. 瑜珈

　　boxing n. 拳击

　　pilot vt. 驾驶(飞机等) 

　　One of six children born to Helen and Salvatore Travolta, John Travolta grew up in Englewood, New Jersey.

　　His father owned a tire repair shop in Englewood. His mother enrolled* him in a drama* school in New York, where he studied voice, dancing, and acting. He decided to combine all three of these skills and become a musical comedy performer.

　　At 16, John landed his first professional job in a summer stock* production of the musical Bye Bye Birdie.

　　John Travolta quit school at 16 and moved to New York. He worked regularly in summer stock and on TV commercials*. When work was scarce in New York, he went to Hollywood and appeared in minor roles in several series.

　　A role in the national touring company of the hit fifties musical Grease brought him back to New York. An opening in the New York production of Grease gave John his first Broadway role at age 18.

　　After Grease, John became a member of the company of the Broadway show Over Here, which starred the famed Andrews Sisters.

　　After 10 months in Over Here, John decided to try Hollywood once again. Once in Hollywood, John had no trouble getting roles in numerous TV shows. He was seen on The Rookies, Emergency, and Medical Center and also made a movie, Devil's Rain.

　　Devil's Rain was made in New Mexico. The day he returned to Hollywood from New Mexico, John was called to an audition* for a new situation comedy series ABC was planning to produce called Welcome Back, Kotter. John got the part of Vinnie Barbarino and the series went on the air during the 1975 fall season.

　　During the '80s John Travolta's career suffered with several box office failures, but in 1994, he made one of the most stunning* comebacks in entertainment history by starring in Pulp Fiction, the critically acclaimed* crime drama written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.

　　(SD-Agencies)

　　enrol v. 注册，入学

　　drama n. 戏剧

　　summer stock 夏季轮演剧目剧团

　　commercial n. 广告

　　audition n. 试镜

　　acclaim v. 称赞

　　stunning adj. 令人震惊的