Happy Birthday John Travolta: Actor Celebrates 58th Birthday [PHOTOS]

American actor John Travolta celebrated his 58^th birthday on Saturday.

The actor gained popularity as a Brooklyn high school student on the television sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975-79). His popularity soared on the big screen with his first blockbuster movie "Saturday Night Fever" (1977). He was nominated for the Best Actor award at the Oscars.

Since then, Travolta has acted in numerous movies performing varied roles from a disco dancer in "Saturday Night Fever," to a lover boy in American musical film "Grease" and from a mob hitman in Quentin Tarrentino's movie "Pulp Fiction" to a mafioso-turned-movie producer in "Get Shorty".

He has won several awards including the Golden Globe Best Actor award for his role in "Get Shorty" and a Lifetime Achievement award at the Chicago Film Festival in 1998. He most recently starred in "Old Dogs" along with Robin Williams, his wife Kelly Preston and his daughter Ellas Bleu Travolta.

John has received two prestigious awards, one the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Foundation Award in 2003, and the other The Living Legends Ambassador of Aviation Award in 2007.

He will star in a new movie "Killing Season" along with Robert De Niro.

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Hollywood's new 24-year-old superstar John Travolta arriving at the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, for the gala premiere of his film "Saturday Night Fever", in which he has had a spectacular success, in 1978. His companion is Kay Edwards.

John Travolta (right), Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn arrive for the premiere of She's so Lovely at the 50th Cannes Film Festival in 1997

Emma Thompson and John Travolta on the roof of the Palais Des Festivals, in Cannes before the opening of their film "Primary Colours" at the 5st annual Cannes Film Festival in 1998

Actor John Travolta (L) and Australian singer Olivia Newton-John perform a song from their musical film "Grease" during a party at Paramount studios in Hollywood September 24, 2002 celebrating the DVD release of six classic musical films including "Grease," "Saturday Night Fever," "Flashdance," and "Footloose." This was the first time they performed songs from "Grease" since 1982.

Actors John Travolta and Tim Allen (R) ride motorcycles slowly down the street, past the Georgia State Capitol, where they were promoting their latest movie "Wild Hogs" in Atlanta, Georgia February 6, 2007

Actor John Travolta, dressed as his character Ryder, is seen during the filming of "The Taking of Pelham 123" in New York's Times Square May 6, 2008.

Actor John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston kiss their daughter Ella Bleu Travolta at the premiere of their new film "Old Dogs" in Hollywood, California November 9, 2009. All three star in the film with Robin Williams

U.S. actor John Travolta waves as he walks with Qantas Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce (R) as part of Qantas 90th anniversary at Sydney Airport November 6, 2010.

U.S.actor John Travolta receives the award for best international actor during the 46th 'Goldene Kamera' (Golden Camera) awards ceremony at the Ullstein Auditorium in Berlin, February 5, 2011. The Golden Cameras are awarded by a popular German TV-magazine honouring excellence in the areas of television, film and entertainment