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

Vincent Vega (archive footage)

O Código Tarantino

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?

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

123

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-02-18

Place of Birth

Englewood, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As

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