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John Travolta
Born: Feb 18, 1954 in Englewood, New Jersey
Occupation: Actor, Writer, Active: '70s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Blow Out
First Major Screen Credit: Welcome Back, Kotter: Season 01 (1975)
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John Barry
Born: Nov 03, 1933 in York, England
Died: Jan 30, 2011
Occupation: Actor, Active: '60s-'80s Major Genres: Drama, Action
Career Highlights: Walkabout, Goldfinger, From Russia With Love
First Major Screen Credit: Beat Girl (1960)
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John Williams
Born: Feb 08, 1932 in Flushing, Queens, New York
Occupation: Actor, Active: '60s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Science Fiction
Career Highlights: Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
First Major Screen Credit: Daddy-O (1959)
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John Cassavetes
Born: Dec 09, 1929 in New York City, New York
Died: Feb 03, 1989 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer, Active: '50s-'80s Major Genres: Drama, Crime
Career Highlights: A Woman Under the Influence, The Dirty Dozen, Faces
First Major Screen Credit: The Night Holds Terror (1955)
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John Wayne
Born: May 26, 1907 in Winterset, Iowa
Died: Jun 11, 1979
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '20s-'70s Major Genres: Western, Drama
Career Highlights: The Quiet Man, Stagecoach, Rio Bravo
First Major Screen Credit: Words and Music (1929)
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John Huston
Born: Aug 05, 1906 in Nevada, Missouri
Died: Aug 28, 1987 in Middletown, Rhode Island
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: '30s-'80s Major Genres: Drama, Adventure
Career Highlights: Chinatown, The Asphalt Jungle, The Maltese Falcon
First Major Screen Credit: The Acquittal (1923)
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John Gielgud
Born: Apr 14, 1904 in London, England, UK
Died: May 21, 2000 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
Occupation: Actor Active: '60s-'90s Major Genres: Drama, Mystery
Career Highlights: Chariots of Fire, Brideshead Revisited, Shine
First Major Screen Credit: The Good Companions (1933)
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John Ford
Born: Feb 01, 1895 in Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Died: Aug 31, 1973 in Palm Desert, California
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: teens-'60s Major Genres: Drama, Western
Career Highlights: The Quiet Man, My Darling Clementine, Stagecoach
First Major Screen Credit: Broken Coin (1915)
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John Cusack
Born: Jun 28, 1966 in Evanston, Illinois
Occupation: Actor, Writer, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: Being John Malkovich, The Grifters, Say Anything...
First Major Screen Credit: Better Off Dead (1985)
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Johnny Depp
Born: Jun 09, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky
Occupation: Actor, Writer, Director, Active: '90s-??s Major Genres: Drama, Fantasy
Career Highlights: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Dead Man, Before Night Falls
First Major Screen Credit: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
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John Lasseter
Born: 1957
Occupation: Director, Writer, Active: '80s-??s Major Genres: Children's/Family, Fantasy
Career Highlights: Toy Story 2, Toy Story, A Bug's Life
First Major Screen Credit: The Adventures of André and Wally B. (1984)
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John Turturro
Born: Feb 28, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Do the Right Thing, Clockers, To Live and Die in L.A.
First Major Screen Credit: To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
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John Malkovich
Born: Dec 09, 1953 in Christopher, Illinois
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Being , Dangerous Liaisons, Places in the Heart
First Major Screen Credit: The Killing Fields (1984)
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John Goodman
Born: Jun 20, 1952 in St. Louis, Missouri
Occupation: Actor, Active: '80s-??s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: The Big Lebowski, Sea of Love, The Big Easy
First Major Screen Credit: The Survivors (1983)
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John Sayles
Born: Sep 28, 1950 in Schenectady, New York
Occupation: Writer, Director, Actor, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy Drama
Career Highlights: Lone Star, Passion Fish, Matewan
First Major Screen Credit: Piranha (1978)
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John Landis
Born: Aug 03, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: '70s-2000s Major Genres: Comedy, Horror
Career Highlights: National Lampoon's Animal House, Trading Places, Coming to America
First Major Screen Credit: Schlock (1973)
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John Hughes
Born: Feb 18, 1950 in Lansing, Michigan
Died: Aug 06, 2009
Occupation: Writer, Director, Active: '80s-'90s Major Genres: Comedy, Children's/Family
Career Highlights: National Lampoon's Animal House, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Planes, Trains and Automobiles
First Major Screen Credit: National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
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John Belushi
Born: Jan 24, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois
Died: Mar 05, 1982 in West Hollywood, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '70s-'80s Major Genres: Comedy
Career Highlights: National Lampoon's Animal House, Goin' South, Old Boyfriends
First Major Screen Credit: Saturday Night Live: Season 01 (1975)
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John Carpenter
Born: Jan 16, 1948 in Carthage, New York
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: '70s-2000s Major Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
Career Highlights: The Thing, Halloween, Elvis
First Major Screen Credit: Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970)
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John Woo
Born: May 01, 1946 in Guangzhou Canton Prvnce, China
Occupation: Director, Writer, Active: '70s-??s Major Genres: Action, Crime
Career Highlights: The Killer, A Better Tomorrow, Face/Off
First Major Screen Credit: The Young Dragons (1973)