"character from John Woo's 1997 film ""Face/Off"", played by Nicolas Cage and John Travolta. His fourth album is titled ""Face Off"" in reference to the movie. He released his first album, ""We Ready (I Declare War)"", in 1999. Ludacris featured Troy on his album ""Back for the First Time"" in the song ""Get Off Me."" In addition, Pastor Troy is the front man of the rap group D.S.G.B. (Down South Georgia Boyz). DSGB originated in Augusta, Georgia. He was also featured on the collaborative album ""Kings of Crunk"" by Lil Jon in the song ""Throw it Up"". Troy and then"
"John Travolta John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor, film producer, dancer, and singer. Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series ""Welcome Back, Kotter"" (1975–1979) and starring in the box office successes ""Saturday Night Fever"" (1977) and ""Grease"" (1978). His acting career declined through the 1980s, but enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s with his role in ""Pulp Fiction"" (1994), and he has since starred in films such as ""Get Shorty"", ""Broken Arrow"", ""Face/Off"", ""Swordfish"", ""Be Cool"", ""Wild Hogs"", ""Hairspray"", and ""The Taking of Pelham 123"". Travolta was nominated for"
"exercise his speciality: emotional characterisation and elaborate action. A complex story of adversaries—each of whom surgically alters their identity—law enforcement agent John Travolta and terrorist Nicolas Cage play a cat-and-mouse game, trapped in each other's outward appearance. ""Face/Off"" opened in 1997 to critical acclaim and strong attendance. Grosses in the United States exceeded $100 million. ""Face/Off"" was also nominated for an Academy Award in the category Sound Effects Editing (Mark Stoeckinger) at the 70th Academy Awards. In 2003, Mr. Woo directed a television pilot entitled ""The Robinsons: Lost in Space"" for The WB Television Network, based on the 1960s television"
"Nick Loren Nick Loren (born December 14, 1970) is an American actor, singer-songwriter, producer, and professional stunt double. He has been the professional stunt double for John Travolta and an accredited actor in over 17 films including ""From Paris with Love"", ""Old Dogs"", ""Wild Hogs"", ""Hairspray"", ""A Love Song for Bobby Long"", ""Be Cool"", ""Swordfish"", and ""Face/Off"". Loren has been featured on ""Entertainment Tonight"", ""The Insider"", ""The Hollywood Reporter"", AdAge.com, , ""Dateline NBC"", ""Eye on LA"", as well as many morning shows and magazines. In February 1996 Loren met actor John Travolta while working as a stand-in on the set"
"Face-Off (1971 film) Face-Off is a 1971 Canadian feature film produced by John F. Bassett starring Art Hindle, Trudy Young and John Vernon. The story line concerns a rookie Toronto Maple Leafs ice hockey player and his romance with a musician. Several National Hockey League players also appeared in the film. Hockey player Billy Duke joins the Toronto Maple Leafs, and must adapt to the big league game with assistance from his room-mate, George Armstrong. Meanwhile, Duke starts a relationship with rock singer Sherri Lee Nelson, who objects to Duke's often rough hockey playing. As the two become more involved,"
"acting career. These included ""Two of a Kind"" (1983), a romantic comedy reteaming him with Olivia Newton-John, and ""Perfect"" (1985), co-starring Jamie Lee Curtis. He also starred in ""Staying Alive"", the 1983 sequel to ""Saturday Night Fever"", for which he trained rigorously and lost 20 pounds; the film was a financial success, grossing over $65 million, though it too was scorned by critics. During that time Travolta was offered, but declined, lead roles in what would become box-office hits, including ""American Gigolo"" and ""An Officer and a Gentleman"", both of which went to Richard Gere. In 1989, Travolta starred with"
"for us. She loved the theater, and she was always involved with the community theater and she encouraged all of us to be in it."" Travolta married James Fridley in May 1964. Ellen and James had two children, a son, Tom Fridley (born 1965), an actor whose credits include ""Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!!"", ""Face/Off"", """", ""Summer Camp Nightmare"", """", and ""The Karate Kid"". and a daughter, Molly Allen Ritter. Molly Allen Ritter (also called Molly Allen) has been a preschool teacher, waitress, disc jockey, and actress. She wrote ""The Day Spring Wouldn't Come Out,"" a play in which"
"since starred in films such as ""Face/Off"", ""Swordfish"", ""Wild Hogs"", and ""Hairspray"". John Travolta filmography The filmography of John Joseph Travolta includes the year the film was/will be released, the name of his character, and other related notes. There is also a list of his appearances on TV series and documentaries, as well as music. Travolta first became well known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series ""Welcome Back, Kotter"" (1975–1979) and starring in the box office successes ""Saturday Night Fever"" and ""Grease"". Although his acting career declined through the 1980s, Travolta also enjoyed a resurgence in the"
"Travolta as having a tongue-in-cheek style in acting as characterized in his roles in ""Face/Off"", ""Broken Arrow"" and ""Battlefield Earth"". Martinez praised Travolta for making his roles ""shine"" on the aforementioned films despite not portraying ""natural characters"". He also cited Christopher de Leon as his idol since he started his career in film acting. In ""Ikaw Lang Ang Mamahalin"" he portrays Ferdinand Fuentebuella who marries a woman from a rich family to save the wealth of his own family. On the eve of Martinez's character's wedding, Fuentebuella had a one-night stand with a prostitute (portrayed by Gina Alajar and gets"
"Willis while ""Dragnet"" was the film that started the trend of adapting television shows into feature films. Permut's other notable film credits include comedies such as ""The Marrying Man"" (1991), written by critically acclaimed playwright Neil Simon, ""29th"" Street (1991), ""Captain Ron"" (1992) starring Kurt Russell, ""Eddie"" (1996) starring Whoopi Goldberg, ""Double Take"" (2001), and ""Dysfunktional Family"" (2003). On the dramatic side, Permut produced the action blockbuster ""Face/Off"" (1997) starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage, directed by John Woo and ""Consenting Adults"" (1992) directed by Academy Award nominated director Alan J. Pakula. In addition to studio films, Permut has produced"
"debut in the 1971 romantic drama ""Jennifer on My Mind"", which also featured future stars Robert De Niro and Barry Bostwick. The following year Conaway appeared in the original cast of the Broadway musical ""Grease"", as an understudy to several roles including that of the lead male character, Danny Zuko, and eventually succeeded role-originator Barry Bostwick. He played the role for 2 1/2 years while his friend John Travolta, with whom he shared a manager, later joined the show, playing the supporting role of Doody. The two would reunite in the 1978 motion picture musical ""Grease"", in which Travolta played"
"footage of veteran actors with less-experienced ones, integrating the many cameos, and the voice-overs. According to Jones, ""Malick removed scenes with dialogue whenever possible, with the final film varying greatly from the original concept"". Four months after principal photography, Malick invited Toll to a rough-cut screening of the film. In December 1998, Toll did the first color correction at the lab prior to the film's release in North America. The editing resulted in many of the well-known cast members being on screen for only a brief period. John Travolta and George Clooney's appearances are little more than cameos, yet Clooney's"
"of ""Face/Off"". Loren put his music on hold to work with Travolta. In 1997, Loren had a small role in the movie ""The General's Daughter"". In late 2007 Loren decided to go back to music, launching his debut solo album titled ""Forever Be Cool"" in June 2008. The release party was hosted by television personality Mark Steines of ""Entertainment Tonight"" and attended by Travolta, Nikki Blonsky, Luis Guzmán, Chubby Checker, and director Tony Scott. His album reached number 6 on the Top 40 AC chart in January 2009. While filming ""From Paris with Love"" in Paris, France in December 2008,"
"director Quentin Tarantino was so impressed by his audition. The role eventually went to Samuel L. Jackson, but Calderón was given a role as a bartender, Paul, who quips the famous line, ""Hey, my name's Paul and this shit's between y'all,"" to John Travolta's character Vincent Vega. Some of Calderón's other performances include ""Q&A"", ""King of New York"", ""Sea of Love"", ""The Last Castle"", ""The Firm"", ""Bad Lieutenant"", ""Four Rooms"", ""Out of Sight"", ""In the Life"", ""Clockers"", ""La Soga"", ""Cop Land"", ""Addiction"", and ""21 Grams"". He has made numerous guest appearances on television series, including recurring roles on ""Dream Street"","
"an unknown actress at the time, and both Pacino and De Palma had argued against her casting, but Bregman fought for her inclusion. Glenn Close was the original choice for the role, while others were also considered, including Geena Davis, Carrie Fisher, Kelly McGillis, Sharon Stone, and Sigourney Weaver. Bauer got his role without even auditioning. During the audition process, casting director Alixe Gordin saw Bauer and instantly noted that he was right for the role of Manny, a judgment with which both De Palma and Bregman agreed. He was the only actual Cuban in the principal cast. John Travolta"
"three-year hiatus saw Woo next direct John Travolta and Christian Slater in ""Broken Arrow."" A frenetic chase-themed film, the director once again found himself hampered by studio management and editorial concerns. Despite a larger budget than his previous ""Hard Target,"" the final feature lacked the trademark Woo style. Public reception saw modest financial success. Reluctant to pursue projects which would necessarily entail front-office controls, the director cautiously rejected the script for ""Face/Off"" several times until it was rewritten to suit him. (The futuristic setting was changed to a contemporary one.) Paramount Pictures also offered the director significantly more freedom to"
"Joseph Gordon-Levitt, respectively, before Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett eventually signed on. Throughout filming, Ford and Hartnett reportedly did not get along. Things apparently got so tense that the two wouldn't look each other in the eye when they're sharing scenes together with Ford calling Hartnett a ""punk"" while Hartnett responded by calling Ford an ""old fart"". They reportedly carried over the feud into the promotional tour for the film. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 30% based on 155 reviews, and an average rating of 5.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads,"
"The Conversation The Conversation is a 1974 American mystery thriller film written, produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Gene Hackman with supporting roles by John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest, Harrison Ford, Teri Garr and Robert Duvall. The plot revolves around a surveillance expert and the moral dilemma he faces when his recordings reveal a potential murder. Coppola cited the 1966 film ""Blowup"" as a key influence. However, since the film was released to theaters just a few months before Richard Nixon resigned as President, he felt that audiences interpreted the film to be a"
"Alessandro Nivola Alessandro Antine Nivola (born June 28, 1972) is an American actor and producer who has starred in feature films such as ""Face/Off"", ""American Hustle"", ""A Most Violent Year"", and a brief appearance in ""Selma"". Nivola was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His mother, Virginia (née Davis), is an artist, and his father, Pietro Salvatore Nivola (born 1944), was a professor of political science. Nivola's paternal grandfather was the Italian sculptor Costantino Nivola, and his paternal grandmother, Ruth Guggenheim, was a Jewish refugee from Germany. Nivola has described his mother as ""a WASP, from the South"", and has stated that"
"John Cazale John Holland Cazale (; ; August 12, 1935 – March 13, 1978) was an American actor. He appeared in five films over six years, all of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: ""The Godfather"", ""The Conversation"", ""The Godfather Part II"", ""Dog Day Afternoon"", and ""The Deer Hunter."" He appeared in archival footage in ""The Godfather Part III"", also nominated for Best Picture. From his start as a theater actor, he became one of Hollywood's premier character actors, starting with his role as the doomed, weak-minded Fredo Corleone opposite longtime friend Al Pacino in Francis"
"make no apology for courteously asking an entirely legitimate question about a subject you had spoken of before and which has generated more headlines than anything you've done in the last 20 years."" Richard Dreyfuss Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (; né Dreyfus; born October 29, 1947) is an American actor best known for starring in popular films during the 1970s through 1990s, including ""American Graffiti"", ""Jaws"", ""Stand by Me"", ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"", ""Down and Out in Beverly Hills"", ""The Goodbye Girl"", ""Stakeout"", ""Always"", ""What About Bob?"" and ""Mr. Holland's Opus"". Dreyfuss won the Academy Award for Best Actor"
"he acted out the fight between Rizzi and Connie. Nearing the start of filming on March 29, Michael Corleone had yet to be cast. Paramount executives wanted a popular actor, either Warren Beatty or Robert Redford. Producer Robert Evans wanted Ryan O'Neal to receive the role in part due to his recent success in ""Love Story"". Pacino was Coppola's favorite for the role as he could picture him roaming the Sicilian countryside, and wanted an unknown actor who looked like an Italian-American. However, Paramount executives found Pacino to be too short to play Michael. Dustin Hoffman, Martin Sheen, and James"
"and Best On-Screen Duo for Travolta and Cage. ""Face/Off"" is said to have inspired ""Infernal Affairs"". However, ""Infernal Affairs"" director Andrew Lau wanted to have a more realistic situation; instead of a physical face change, Lau wanted to have the characters swap identities. The concept of ""bian lian"" or ""change face"", a technique traditionally used in Chinese opera, may have been used here to depict the fluid and seamless morph of Chen and Lau's characters' identities between the ""good"" and ""bad"" sides. ""Infernal Affairs"" in turn has spawned several adaptations, notably ""The Departed"" directed by Martin Scorsese which won the"
"of Bradford and Turner the role of Anna. Their daughter Caitlin is also an actress and writer. Michael J. Shannon Michael J. Shannon (born January 24, 1943), also billed as Michael Shannon, is an American actor and playwright. Shannon has a cult following due to his appearances in cult classics such as ""Little Shop of Horrors"", ""Red Dwarf"", ""Future Cop"" and ""We'll Meet Again,"" the last two being his most substantial television roles, as Officer John Haven and Major James Kiley respectively. Shannon was born in Chicago. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Theatre Arts from Northwestern University"
"life were challenging after the cancellation of the show, Cho eventually sobered up, refocused her energy, and developed new material. She hosted the ""New Year's Rockin' Eve 95"" show with Steve Harvey. In 1997, she had a supporting role in the thriller film ""Face/Off"" starring Nicolas Cage and John Travolta, playing the role of Wanda, one of the fellow FBI agents of Travolta's primary character. In 1999, she wrote about her struggles with the show in her first one-woman show, ""I'm the One That I Want."" That year, ""I'm the One That I Want"" won ""New York"" magazine's Performance of"
"of the ""Los Angeles Times"" was also somewhat positive, calling the film ""borderline pleasant"" because Travolta and Alley ""are a marvelous team."" Leonard Maltin's film guide gave it two stars out of four, saying ""The first one was cute, the second one was dreadful; this third entry in the series falls somewhere in between."" Look Who's Talking Now Look Who's Talking Now is a 1993 American romantic comedy film and the third and final installment in the film series that began with ""Look Who's Talking"" in 1989. It finds John Travolta and Kirstie Alley reprising their roles as James and"
"reviews and did very poorly at the box office. Travolta's performance in ""Battlefield Earth"" also earned him two Razzie Awards. Throughout the 2000s, Travolta remained busy as an actor, starring in many films including ""Swordfish"" (2001), ""Ladder 49"" (2004), ""Be Cool"" (2005), ""Wild Hogs"" (2007), the animated film ""Bolt"" (2008), in which Travolta voiced the title character, ""The Taking of Pelham 123"" and ""Old Dogs"" (both 2009). In 2007, Travolta played Edna Turnblad in the remake of ""Hairspray"", his first musical since ""Grease"". Since 2010, Travolta has starred mostly in action films and thrillers. In 2016, he returned to TV"
"His son, John Gotti III, is a professional MMA fighter. In September 2010, Fiore Films announced that it had secured the rights from Gotti to produce a movie about his life, in particular his relationship with his father. According to ""Variety"", several producers had expressed interest, but Gotti chose Fiore, a small, newly created production company. The movie, tentatively titled ""Gotti: in the Shadow of My Father,"" was to be directed by Barry Levinson. John Travolta was cast to star as Gotti's father, and Travolta's wife, Kelly Preston, played his on-screen wife, Victoria Gotti. Junior Gotti was played by Spencer"
"Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Get Shorty (film) Get Shorty is a 1995 American crime comedy film based on Elmore Leonard's novel of the same name. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starring John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, and Danny DeVito. A sequel, titled ""Be Cool"", was released in 2005. Chili Palmer (John Travolta), a loan shark based in Miami, clashes with another mobster, Ray ""Bones"" Barboni (Dennis Farina) over a leather jacket that ""Bones"" borrowed from Palmer without permission. They have two, brief, violent confrontations, the first of which leaves Barboni"
"itself, but complimented Travolta's performance. Travolta and Whitaker both won a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for their performances in 1997. Whitaker also received an Image Award. In the same year the film was nominated for a Saturn Award. Travolta was nominated for an MTV Movie Award for his performance, as well as for Best Kiss with Kyra Sedgwick. Eric Clapton was nominated for his song ""Change the World"" and won an ASCAP Award and the BMI Film & TV Award. Thomas Newman also received a BMI Film & TV Award for the score. A remake, titled ""Phenomenon II"" was developed for"
"critics, indicating ""universal acclaim"". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of ""B+"" on an A+ to F scale. The role reversal between Travolta and Cage was a subject of praise, as were the stylized, violent action sequences. Critic Roger Ebert of the ""Chicago Sun-Times"" gave the film three out of four and remarked that, ""Here, using big movie stars and asking them to play each other, Woo and his writers find a terrific counterpoint to the action scenes: All through the movie, you find yourself reinterpreting every scene as you realize the ""other"" character is ""really"""
"Anthony Zerbe Anthony Jared Zerbe (born May 20, 1936) is an American stage, film and Emmy-winning television actor. Notable film roles include the post-apocalyptic cult leader Matthias in ""The Omega Man"", a 1971 film adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel, ""I Am Legend""; as a corrupt gambler in ""Farewell, My Lovely""; as Abner Devereaux in ""Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park""; as villain Milton Krest in the James Bond film ""Licence to Kill""; Rosie in ""The Turning Point""; Roger Stuart in ""The Dead Zone""; Admiral Dougherty in """" and Councillor Hamann in ""The Matrix Reloaded"" and ""The Matrix Revolutions""."
"deal. In January 2015, Zac Efron joined the cast of the film, and by that February Adam DeVine was reported to be in negotiations. DeVine was initially insecure about starring alongside Efron, due to the difference in physique stating, ""I was working so hard to get into great shape, because I was going to have to stand next to him."" DeVine suspected that in preparation for the role that Efron did not work out at his normal capacity to ""meet me in the middle"". In April 2015, Aubrey Plaza and Anna Kendrick joined the cast, Michelle Dockery, Rachel McAdams, Elisabeth"