John Travolta short for John Joseph Travolta is a very illustrious American singer and actor. He is known as the singer of the ’90s and is known for his really amazing performances and very popular hits of him with has been awarded and recognized by so many great organizations. He has been in the field of music for about 50 years and has seen many ups and downs in his life.
He holds many box office record-breaking moments and has been on top of Billboard so many times. He has acted in so many movies like Primary Colors (1998), Broken Arrow (1996), Get Shorty (1995), etc. He has been awarded awards like Academy Award for Best Actor and Golden Globe Award. In 2014, he received IIFA Award for Outstanding Performance in International Cinema.
John Travolta Net Worth
John Travolta’s net worth is estimated at $250 million, according to a report on celebrity net worth. Looking at the 2020 statistics, John Travolt is now the 20th actor in terms of net worth. He had increased his worth from the previous years and is said to have increased net worth in the following coming years.
Early Life
John Travolta the sixth-youngest son of Salvatore (Sam) Travolta, who was a semi-professional American football player, and Helen Cecilia, who was an actress, singer, and high school English teacher.
Travolta attended Dwight Morrow High School but dropped out in 1971 at the age of 17. He and his sisters Ellen Travolta, Margaret Travolta, and brother Joey Travolta were all inspired by their mother who was an actress.
Career
Travolta appeared in his first film Carrie, a horror film in which he struggles Sissy Spacek’s character. Travolta’s sister also appeared in the same film.
Travolta released a single titled “Let her In” which reached number 10 on the Billboard charts. He later played two roles in different movies and both movies were record-breaking films of the decade. In the same year, he performed with Debra Winger.
Travolta was honored with two awards, American Academy of Achievement and the Golden Plate Award of Awards Council member General Chuck Yeager, USAF.
Travolta co-produced a sci-fi film Battlefield Earth, based on the novel of the same name by L. Ron Hubbard. Ultimately, the film was not a huge success and did not secure a position at the box office and was a failure.
Jett died while on Christmas vacation in the Bahamas. Since 2010, Travolta worked mainly in movies and thrillers. He returned to the first season of the anthology series American Crime Story, where he played the role of a lawyer Robert Shapiro. In 2012, a male masseur sued Travolta for sexual assault and battery. The case was later dismissed by the court after the allegations were proven false.
Travolta career went smoothly. Travolta also kept his head bald. Later, in 2020, his wife died Kelly Preston, which shocked him a lot. He was not heard from after that as he wanted to give time to his family and children.
Personal Life
Travolta played a character in the movie “The Boy in the Plastic Bubble” where he met the co-actress Diana Hyland he was dating. They had a good relationship, but Diana died of breast cancer in 1977. He then dated French actress and occasional singer Catherine Deneuve, but the relationship did not last long and ended in 1985.
He married actress Kelly Preston in 1991 and they had three children named Jett (1992-2009), Ella Bleu (born 2000), and Benjamin (born 2010). Travolta’s wife underwent treatment for breast cancer at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, but eventually died later in 2020.
Real Estate
In 1993, Travolta brought a home in LA’s Brentwood neighborhood that is spread out in 2.35-acre and it worth $3.5 million total. John and Kelly brought another house in LA Calabasas in 2019 which is worth in total $2.65 million.
Travolta owns several planes like Bombardier Challenger CL-601 and has his private airport for large planes. Outside of LA, he has bought a lot of property and a Manson in Clearwater that measures to be the 50-acre estate in Maine.
Conclusion
John Travolta is an amazing personality, and that’s worth a lot. He has a collection of airplanes and is variously affectionate to his wife and children. He is known for the movies Grease, Pulp Fiction, and Swordfish.
He has been awarded many prestigious and notable awards like Golden Globe Award for his excellent works in film. Travolta is a person who can manage both his professional and personal life and always takes care of his family.