It’s John Travolta’s 62nd Birthday — See His Ever-Changing Hair Through the Years!

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Updated: Feb 22, 2017 4:38 pm·

By Samantha Faragalli

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Happy 62nd Birthday, John Travolta!

To celebrate the iconic actor's special day, click through the gallery above to see his hair evolution from 1975 to 2016. Spoiler alert: His look changes A LOT!

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September 1975

John's 'do was long and adorable during his Welcome Back Kotter years.

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December 1977

Two years later, the Saturday Night Fever star's hair was a bit shorter, but still totally swoon-worthy!

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January 1978

John (aka Danny Zuko) was undoubtedly the hottest Greaser at Rydell High School with this slicked back Grease hairstyle.

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January 1979

Luscious locks AND a beard? Perfection.

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March 1981

The movie star went short and sweet in 1981.

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January 1985

John went back to his long hair roots (literally) for the 1985 film Perfect with Jamie Lee Curtis.

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January 1991

The same year he married actress Kelly Preston, John debuted a shorter, spiked hairstyle!

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December 1995

By the mid-90s, the Pulp Fiction star's hairdo was again long and lush.

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May 2000

John chose an utterly simplistic look for the millennium.

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November 2005

The aviator's 'do was perfectly polished the year he filmed Be Cool.

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November 2008

Hair today, gone tomorrow! John went totally bald in 2008 for a movie role.

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November 2009

Just a year later, John went back to a short and slightly messy hairstyle. Exhausted yet?

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September 2011

The balding star sported a drastically different look on the set of the movie Savages in 2011.

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June 2012

Buzzed, but with a short Alfalfa sprout in the back? Confusing.

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September 2013

Back to his old Saturday Night Fever look — finally!

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May 2014

The hair on his head? Great. The hair on his chin? Not so much.

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January 2015

By 2015, John's hairdo was back to his signature look. Love it!

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May 2015

Just months after his hair looked back to normal, the star debuted a more wiry 'do reminiscent of a 1980s mullet. Not your best look, John!

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January 2016

To portray lawyer Robert Shapiro on the new FX series American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, the actor parted his strands down the middle — a great new look!

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September 1975

December 1977

January 1978

January 1979

March 1981

January 1985

January 1991

December 1995

May 2000

November 2005

November 2008

November 2009

September 2011

June 2012

September 2013

May 2014

January 2015

May 2015

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