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John Travolta is an American actor. He was born on February 18, 1954 in New Jersey and moved to New York City after graduating from high school, where he was a cast member of the musical "Grease." He starred in "Saturday Night Fever", "Rocky", "Pulp Fiction", "Wild Hogs", "Look Who's Talking", "Hairspray", "Face/Off" and his voice is of the lead character in the animated movie "Bolt".He married actress Kelly Preston in 1991 and his son from that marriage, Jett, died on January 2, 2009 at 16 years of age. Travolta and Preston also have a daughter, Ella Bleu.
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