John Travolta
- Acting
- February 18, 1954 · Englewood, New Jersey, USA
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
- Buscando a Travolta · Self
- The Gentleman Thief · Mason Goddard
- Propeller One-Way Night Coach · Retiring Captain / Narrator (Voice), Director
- The Kick That United A Nation · Self
- High Rollers · Mason Goddard
- Cash Out · Mason Goddard
- Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles · Self
- The Shepherd · Johnny Kavanagh, Executive producer
- Mob Land · Bodie Davis
- Die Hart · Ron Wilcox
- The Playboy Murders · Self
- Il était une fois Champs-Élysées · Self
- Paradise City · Buck
- American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective · Self
- Hart to Heart · Self
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend · Self
- Die Hart · Ron Wilcox
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- The Fanatic · Moose, Producer
- The Poison Rose · Carson Philips, Executive producer
- Trading Paint · Sam, Producer
- Speed Kills · Ben Aronoff (Don Aronow)
- Studio 54 · Self
- Gotti · John Gotti
- Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie · Self
- Pattern Recognition · Self
- The Grease Story · Danny Zuko
- The Fabulous Allan Carr · Self
- The True Story of... · Self
- Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees · Self
- John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood · Self, Thanks
- 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, Producer
- Criminal Activities · Eddie, Executive producer
- Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales · Danny Zuko (archive footage)
- Jay Leno's Garage · Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- 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
- Kirstie · Mickey Russo
- Killing Season · Emil Kovac
- Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking · Self
- Casting By · Self
- Close Up · Self
- Savages · Dennis
- The Scrat Show
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · (archive footage)
- I'm Still Here · Self
- 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift · (archive footage)
- From Paris with Love · Charlie Wax
- Old Dogs · Charlie
- The Jay Leno Show · Self
- The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 · Ryder
- Bolt · Bolt (Voice)
- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History · Self
- Oprah's Big Give
- You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray" · Self
- Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad · Self
- Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad · Self
- The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off · Self
- Hairspray · Edna Turnblad
- Brando · Self
- Wild Hogs · Woody Stevens
- Tony Bennett: An American Classic · Self
- El hormiguero · Self
- The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease · Self
- Lonely Hearts · Elmer Robinson
- The Reichen Show · Self
- Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon · Jim Irwin
- Be Cool, Very Cool · Self
- Everyday Heroes: Real Stories from Real Firefighters
- Fat Actress · John Travolta
- Be Cool · Chili Palmer