Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 18, 1954
Place of Birth
Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Credits
197 titles
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
Filmography
November 1963
Johnny Roselli
The Gentleman Thief
Mason Goddard
Propeller One-Way Night Coach
Retiring Captain / Narrator (voice)
The Kick That United A Nation
Self
High Rollers
Mason Goddard
Cash Out
Mason Goddard
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Shepherd
Johnny Kavanagh
Mob Land
Bodie Davis
Die Hart
Ron Wilcox
The Playboy Murders
Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage)
Paradise City
Buck
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
Self
Hart to Heart
Self - Interviewee
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
Die Hart
Ron Wilcox
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
The Fanatic
Moose
The Poison Rose
Carson Philips
Trading Paint
Sam
Speed Kills
Ben Aronoff (Don Aronow)
Studio 54
Self (archive footage)
Gotti
John Gotti
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
Self
Pattern Recognition
Self (archive footage)
The Grease Story
Danny Zuko
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
The True Story of...
Self (archive footage)
Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
Self - Host
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Life on the Line
Beau Ginner
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
Self
In a Valley of Violence
The Marshal
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
Self
I Am Wrath
Stanley Hill
American Crime Story
Robert Shapiro
Criminal Activities
Eddie
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
Danny Zuko (archive footage)
Jay Leno's Garage
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
The Forger
Raymond Cutter
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Kirstie
Mickey Russo
Killing Season
Emil Kovac
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
Self
Casting By
Self
Close Up
Self (archive footage)