It’s John Travolta’s 62nd Birthday — See His Ever-Changing Hair Through the Years!
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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![John travolta 1975](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-travolta-1975.jpg?fit=800%2C964&quality=86&strip=all)
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September 1975
John's 'do was long and adorable during his Welcome Back Kotter years.
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![John travolta 1977](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-travolta-1977.jpg?fit=800%2C980&quality=86&strip=all)
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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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![John travolta grease](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-travolta-grease.jpg?fit=621%2C870&quality=86&strip=all)
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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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![John travolta 1979](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-travolta-1979.jpg?fit=800%2C1171&quality=86&strip=all)
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January 1979
Luscious locks AND a beard? Perfection.
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![John travolta 1981](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-travolta-1981.jpg?fit=800%2C1089&quality=86&strip=all)
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March 1981
The movie star went short and sweet in 1981.
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![John travolta 1985](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-travolta-1985.jpg?fit=800%2C1329&quality=86&strip=all)
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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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![John travolta 1991](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-travolta-1991.jpg?fit=800%2C1371&quality=86&strip=all)
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January 1991
The same year he married actress Kelly Preston, John debuted a shorter, spiked hairstyle!
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![John travolta 1995](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-travolta-1995.jpg?fit=800%2C1284&quality=86&strip=all)
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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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![John travolta 2000](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-travolta-2000.jpg?fit=800%2C1335&quality=86&strip=all)
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May 2000
John chose an utterly simplistic look for the millennium.
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![John travolta 2005](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-travolta-2005.jpg?fit=800%2C569&quality=86&strip=all)
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November 2005
The aviator's 'do was perfectly polished the year he filmed Be Cool.
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![John travolta 2008](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-travolta-2008.jpg?fit=800%2C600&quality=86&strip=all)
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November 2008
Hair today, gone tomorrow! John went totally bald in 2008 for a movie role.
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![John travolta 2009](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-travolta-2009.jpg?fit=800%2C1238&quality=86&strip=all)
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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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![John travolta 2011](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-travolta-2011.jpg?fit=800%2C1051&quality=86&strip=all)
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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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![John travolta 2012](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-travolta-2012.jpg?fit=800%2C631&quality=86&strip=all)
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June 2012
Buzzed, but with a short Alfalfa sprout in the back? Confusing.
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![John travolta 2013](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-travolta-2013.jpg?fit=800%2C1202&quality=86&strip=all)
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September 2013
Back to his old Saturday Night Fever look — finally!
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![John travolta 2014](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-travolta-2014.jpg?fit=800%2C1103&quality=86&strip=all)
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May 2014
The hair on his head? Great. The hair on his chin? Not so much.
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![John travolta 2015](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-travolta-2015.jpg?fit=800%2C1218&quality=86&strip=all)
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January 2015
By 2015, John's hairdo was back to his signature look. Love it!
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![John travolta 5](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-travolta-5.jpg?fit=800%2C916&quality=86&strip=all)
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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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![John travolta 4](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-travolta-4.jpg?fit=800%2C953&quality=86&strip=all)
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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!