John Travolta

John Joseph Travolta is an American actor, voice actor, dancer, and singer, who gained popularity in the 1970s after his starring role as Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino in the ABC sitcom, , as well as playing Tony Manero and Danny Zuko in the box office successes: and (respectively). He also co-starred with Kirstie Alley in the   as James Ubriacco. Other well-known film appearances include , , , (1976), , , , , , and .
For Disney, he voiced the title character of the 2008 Disney animated feature film Bolt and played Charlie Reed along with his late wife, Kelly Preston as Vicki Greer and their daughter, Ella Bleu as Emily Greer in the 2009 comedy film Old Dogs. He also portrayed Vincent Vega in the 1994 Miramax film Pulp Fiction, George Malley in the 1996 Touchstone Pictures film Phenomenon, Jan Schlichtmann in A Civil Action, Mike Kennedy in Ladder 49, and Woody Stevens in Wild Hogs. Additionally, he played Johnny Kavanaugh in The Shepherd, which he also executive produced.
==Working for Disney==
John Travolta provided the voice for the successful 2008 animated feature film Bolt. In interviews after the movie, Travolta speaks much of his work with Disney Animation Studios and the experience of proving the voice work for animated dog and a main character, Bolt. John Travolta has been asked many times in the past to do animated features, however, according to the actor himself, Bolt was the first character that intrigued him.
In an interview with a reporter from CBS Travolta explained:
"I've been asked several times over the years to do animated feature. However, Bolt was the first time that indicated as the right character. Whenever anyone asks you what animal you remind yourself of, people always chose the dog for me and I didn't disagree with them. So when I read this script and saw this character, so gutless, so, kind of, naive and fun and touching, I said, you know, maybe this is the one to do."
When speaking of his work with the animators Travolta often mentions the voice recording and how they would take inspiration from his facial expressions.
"They do need your expressions of your face to animate so sometimes they will film you a little bit whilst you're doing your voice and they'll take ideas from your own expressions. I think the biggest compliment I got was that the animators really enjoyed sketching to my voice."
==Roles==
Bolt transparent pose.png|Bolt(Bolt)
Charlie Reed.jpg|Charlie Reed(Old Dogs)
Travolta in Wild Hogs.jpg|Woody Stevens(Wild Hogs)
Johnny Kavanaugh.jpg|Johnny Kavanaugh(The Shepherd)
==Gallery==
Kirstie, John and Kelly.jpg|John Travolta with his late co-star Kirstie Alley and his late wife, Kelly Preston at a social event in 2007.
John Travolta behind the scenes Bolt.jpg|John Travolta behind the scenes of Bolt.
John Travolta with Bolt at movie premiere.jpg|John Travolta with Bolt at the film's premiere in November 2008.
John Travolta Kelly Preston Vanity Fair.jpg|John Travolta and Kelly Preston at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
John Travolta TIFF.jpg|John Travolta attending the 2014 Toronto International Film Fest.
John Travolta visits Jimmy Fallon.jpg|John Travolta visiting in June 2018.
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John Grease reunion.jpg|John Travolta and the late Olivia Newton-John attending the 40th Anniversary screening of in August 2018.
==Trivia==
*He was one of several actors considered to voice Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story before Tim Allen was cast.
*Travolta's mullet hairstyle in inspired Jon Favreau's 1999 hairstyle as Happy Hogan in Iron Man 3.
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