John Travolta
Biography
John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor. He began acting on television before transitioning into a leading man in film. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Travolta came to prominence starring in the sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979), followed by leading roles in Carrie (1976), Grease (1978), Urban Cowboy (1980), and Blow Out (1981). He earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Pulp Fiction (1994). His other notable films include Get Shorty (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), Michael (1996), Face/Off (1997), A Civil Action (1998), Primary Colors (1998), The General's Daughter (1999), The Punisher (2004), Wild Hogs (2007), Hairspray (2007), Bolt (2008), and Savages (2012). Travolta returned to television, portraying lawyer Robert Shapiro in the series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story. He received an Emmy Award as a producer and nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He was also Emmy-nominated for his role in the action-comedy web series Die Hart (2021). Travolta has released nine albums outside of acting, including four singles that charted on the Billboard Hot 100's Top 40. His albums typically accompanied films he starred in, such as Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1978), which topped the Billboard 200. Travolta is also a private pilot.
Known For
Elmer Robinson
Lonely Hearts
Danny Zuko
Grease
Vincent Vega
Pulp Fiction
Sean Archer
Face/Off
Ron Wilcox
Die Hart
Warrant Officer Paul Brenner
The General's Daughter
Michael
Michael
Chili Palmer
Be Cool
Edna Turnblad
Hairspray
DEA Agent Tom Hardy
Basic
Russ Richards
Lucky Numbers
Tony Manero
Staying Alive
Captain Mike Kennedy
Ladder 49
Tony Manero
Saturday Night Fever
Jim Irwin
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Terl
Battlefield Earth
Woody Stevens
Wild Hogs
Charlie
Old Dogs
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
I'm Still Here
Billy Nolan
Carrie
Frank Morrison
Domestic Disturbance
Chili Palmer
Get Shorty
Jack Terry
Blow Out
Louis Pinnock
White Man's Burden
Howard Saint
The Punisher
James Ubriacco
Look Who's Talking Now!
Brig. Gen. David Quintard
The Thin Red Line
Jan Schlichtmann
A Civil Action
Jack Stanton
Primary Colors
Jack Cabe
Shout
James
Look Who's Talking
Gabriel
Swordfish
Charlie Wax
From Paris with Love
Zack
Two of a Kind
George Malley
Phenomenon
Sam Baily
Mad City
Bobby Long
A Love Song for Bobby Long
James
Look Who's Talking Too
Bolt (voice)
Bolt
Tod Lubitch
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Joey Germoni
She's So Lovely
Scott Barnes
Chains of Gold
Danny
The Devil's Rain
Bud Davis
Urban Cowboy
Ryder
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Johnny Kavanagh
The Shepherd
Mason Goddard
Cash Out
Adam Lawrence
Perfect
Self
Casting By
Bobby
Eyes of an Angel
Nick Venere
That's Amore!
Dennis
Savages
Self
John Travolta Remembers James Cagney
Travis
The Experts
(archive footage)
Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim
Emil Kovac
Killing Season
Mason Goddard
High Rollers
Self
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
Strip
Moment by Moment
Self
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Self
John Travolta: The Inside Story
Ben (segment "The Dumb Waiter")
Basements
Self
Bio.
Bodie Davis
Mob Land
Self
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
Raymond Cutter
The Forger
Self
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
Self
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
The Marshal
In a Valley of Violence
Self (archive footage)
Pattern Recognition
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
Eddie
Criminal Activities
Self
Orientation: A Scientology Information Film
Self
Seriously... Phil Collins
Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self (archive footage)
Close Up
Self
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
Self (archive footage)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Stanley Hill
I Am Wrath
Self
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Beau Ginner
Life on the Line
(archive footage)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
Kyle's Dad (voice)
Our Friend, Martin
Self
Junket Whore
Self
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Self
Brando
John Travolta / Famous Goldmember ('Austinpussy')
Austin Powers in Goldmember
John Gotti
Gotti
Self - Host
Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
Self
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
John Travolta
Welcome to Hollywood
Ben Aronoff (Don Aronow)
Speed Kills
Sam
Trading Paint
Danny Zuko
The Grease Story
Self
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
Moose
The Fanatic
Carson Philips
The Poison Rose
Self
Grease Day USA
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Self
Forever Hollywood
Self
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
Everyday Heroes: Real Stories from Real Firefighters
Man Outside Store (uncredited)
Nightmare
Lab Technician (uncredited)
The Tenth Level
Self - Actor (archive footage)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Studio 54
Buck
Paradise City
Self
Boris and Natasha
Self (archive footage)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Vic Deakins
Broken Arrow
Host
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Johnny Roselli
November 1963
Mason Goddard
Cash Out 3
Self (archive footage)
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
Self
Be Cool, Very Cool
Bill Pierce
Black Tides
Special Agent Felix Miller
Syndicate
(Archival)
Trailer Camp
Ed
Abu omar albaghdadi
Death2kuffar
Self
Scientology: The Road to Total Freedom?
Self
The Kick That United A Nation
Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
124
Gender
Male
Birthday
1954-02-18
Place of Birth
Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
John Joseph Travolta