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Joey Travolta (born 14 October 1950) is an American actor, singer, and director.

Born into a show business family, Travolta began a signing career in 1978 as a recording artist on Casablanca Records. The following year he made his acting debut starring in the feature film Sunnyside for Filmways Productions. Other members of the Travolta family in the entertainment business include the Academy Award-nominated actor John Travolta; Broadway actress Ellen Travolta; matinee idol Rikki Lee Travolta; television actress Margaret Travolta; playwright Molly Allen Ritter; and character actors Tom Fridley, Sam Travolta, and Annie Travolta.

Additional acting credits include work with legendary director John Landis on multiple feature film projects: Beverly Hills Cop III
with Eddie Murphy and Hector Elizondo, Oscar
with Sylvester Stallone and Chazz Palminteri, and Susan's Plan with Adrian Paul and Dan Aykroyd. He was also a series regular on the WB television hit Movie Stars. Stage performances include starring roles in Bye Bye Birdie
, Guys and Dolls
, and West Side Story.

After several development deals with Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios, Travolta entered the independent film route to maintain greater control of his projects, with a greater concentration on directing and producing. He wrote and directed Diva Las Vegas in 1989, which went on to win the Italian Funny Film Festival. In 1991 he produced and starred in Da Vinci's War with James Russo and Michael Nouri. He later produced and starred in the sequel, To The Limit, which also featured Nouri and Anna Nicole Smith. Travolta made directing his main priority in 1994. He immediately directed the action thrillers Hard Vice starring Shannon Tweed and Navajo Blues starring Steven Bauer. Subsequent titles include Minus Zero starring Academy Award nominee Pat Morita, Laws of Deception starring C. Thomas Howell and Brian Austin Green, Detour starring Michael Madsen and Academy Award nominee Gary Busey, Mel starring Jack Scalia and Academy Award winner Ernest Borgnine, Partners starring Casper Van Dien, Enemies of Laughter starring Peter Falk, and Waiting to Live starring Lee Majors and second generation star Alison Eastwood.

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