John Joseph Travolta is best known for his roles in Saturday Night Fever and Pulp Fiction; for the roles that he played in these two movies, he was nominated for the Academy Award twice in the category of Best Actor. Travolta had better luck in winning an award when he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor after his performance in “Get Shorty” (1995). The films “Grease” (1978), “Face/Off” (1997), “A Civil Action” (1998), and “Ladder 49″ (2004) are some of the other films in which he gave memorable performances.
John Travolta was born in Englewood, New Jersey and has spent most of his years as a child over there. Once Travolta was done with school, he moved to New York City prime where he got his first break in Grease. After a while there, John moved to Los Angeles, California in order to pursue his acting career. John Travolta is currently married to actress Kelly Preston and they live together with their son Benjamin and daughter Ella (their eldest son Jett died in 2009) in Ocala, Florida. Unlike most celebrities, the location of his residence is well known due to the extremely popular nature of his home which has a 1.4 mile airstrip. Among the aircrafts that he owns, the Boeing 707B is the most popular one and one should note that he is an extremely efficient pilot and aeronautics enthusiast who has the qualification to fly almost any kind of civil aircraft. Among other properties that John Travolta owns, he also has a home at 4810 Woodley Avenue in the Encino district, Hollywood, California.