John Travolta Biography

Biography

turned out to be just some mediocre pictures that were easily forgettable though he later fared better in "Look Who's Talking" (1989).

As he kept encountering disappointing results during the early 1990s in his 1991 films of "Shout" and "Eyes of an Angel", not to mention the two sequels to "Look Who's Talking", John did not put much high hopes when Quentin Tarantino cast him to play a philosophical hit man named Vincent Vega opposite Uma Thurman's Mia Wallace in "Pulp Fiction" (1994). To his surprise, the picture not only was commercially successful, but also obtained huge praise from either critics and audience, especially that for his brilliant portrayal which directed him to once again be nominated at Academy Awards in the same category by 1995 along with others of BAFTA Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. This fantastic attainment undeniably brought him back to the spotlight besides restored his status as one of the A-list actors in Hollywood.

Showered with numerous promising film offers, John carefully selected the roles he was about to take to thus find himself creating success after another up to the end of 1990s through a series of blockbuster movies, namely "Get ...

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Shorty" (1995), "Broken Arrow" (1996), "Phenomenon" (1996), "Michael" (1996), "Face/Off" (1997), and "The General's Daughter" (1999). Nevertheless, this blue-eyed actor again faced a failure after his next feature, "Battlefield Earth" (2000), which he also produced based on L. Ron Hubbard's sci-fi novel of the same title, was critically panned down by critics while became a box-office disaster for it was only able to garner about $21 million despite its expensive production budget of $73 million. Unaffected with the poor result of the movie, he went on filming his 2001 movies of "Swordfish" and "Domestic Disturbance", followed by enactments in "Basic" (2003) then "The Punisher" (2004) alongside Thomas Jane.

Bounced back with a strong turn in "Ladder 49" (2004) which was both well reviewed and received before reprising his role in "Get Shorty" sequel, "Be Cool" (2005), John moved quite steadily to maintain his hold in film industry, acquiring the first billing in "Lonely Hearts" (2007) and "Wild Hogs" (2007) while making a very surprising performance as Tracy Turnblad's mother in musical flick "Hairspray." Though his portrayal drew some criticism from individuals in the gay community, the latter nonetheless turned out to be a huge success either critically and commercially, even ...