John Travolta

Acting · 6.9 popularity

Age

Movies

140

Born: February 18, 1954
From: Englewood, New Jersey, USA
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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.

Works

140 films

Pulp Fiction

19948.5

The Punisher

20046.4

The Gentleman Thief

20266.0

Face/Off

19977.1

Grease

19787.4

Bolt

20086.6

From Paris with Love

20106.4

Carrie

19767.3

Austin Powers in Goldmember

20026.0

Staying Alive

19835.8

Broken Arrow

19966.1

Swordfish

20016.3

Wild Hogs

20076.0

The Thin Red Line

19987.4

Get Shorty

19956.5

Saturday Night Fever

19776.7

Blow Out

19817.4

Old Dogs

20095.6

Hairspray

20076.7

Propeller One-Way Night Coach

20266.5

Phenomenon

19966.5

Be Cool

20055.5

I Am Wrath

20165.8

High Rollers

20256.5

Ladder 49

20046.5

Die Hart

20235.9

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

20096.4

Savages

20126.4

Cash Out

20246.2

Killing Season

20135.5

Battlefield Earth

20003.3

Paradise City

20225.4

Mob Land

20235.5

The General's Daughter

19996.4

The Poison Rose

20194.7

Look Who's Talking Now!

19935.4

Lonely Hearts

20066.1

Basic

20036.5

Look Who's Talking

19896.3

Speed Kills

20185.4

A Civil Action

19986.5

Primary Colors

19986.3

I'm Still Here

20106.0

Look Who's Talking Too

19905.5

Domestic Disturbance

20015.8

Urban Cowboy

19806.5

In a Valley of Violence

20166.1

Life on the Line

20165.8

Welcome to Hollywood

20004.2

Michael

19965.7

Mad City

19976.2

The Forger

20145.8

Gotti

20185.3

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

20127.5

November 1963

2026

Junket Whore

19985.0

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

20106.1

The Shepherd

20236.9

The Fanatic

20194.4

Trailer Camp

19953.7

Bio.

20057.0

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

200510.0

A Love Song for Bobby Long

20046.8

Criminal Activities

20155.9

She's So Lovely

19975.9

Trading Paint

20195.3

The Devil’s Rain

19755.0

Studio 54

20186.5

Perfect

19855.6

Forever Hollywood

19998.3

Two of a Kind

19835.9

The Experts

19894.6

John Travolta: The Inside Story

20048.3

Shout

19915.8

David Blaine: Beyond Magic

20167.1

Lucky Numbers

20005.2

White Man's Burden

19955.1

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

20038.0

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

20177.3

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

19765.6

2026

Eyes of an Angel

19917.2

Pattern Recognition

2017

That's Dancing!

19856.9

Our Friend, Martin

19997.1

Tony Bennett: An American Classic

20067.7

'Hairspray' Extentions

2007

James Bond: The First 21 Years

19836.7

Bee Gees: One Night Only

19988.1

The Kick That United A Nation

20258.0

War Journal: On the Set of 'The Punisher'

20045.0

Close Up

20129.5

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

20136.7

You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"

20076.0

The Fabulous Allan Carr

20174.5

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

20215.0

The Grand Knockout Tournament

19876.8

Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth

2007

Brando

20076.8

Grease Day USA

19788.3

Seriously... Phil Collins

19908.0

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

19987.5

Syndicate

2026

The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off

2007

Casting By

20126.9

Scientology: The Road to Total Freedom?

1987

Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages

2002

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

20055.8

Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

20238.1

Be Cool, Very Cool

2005

Pulp Fiction: The Facts

20025.0

That's Amore!

2026

Boris and Natasha

19924.5

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

20224.8

Basements

19876.8

Chains of Gold

19915.5

Rona Barrett Looks at 1978

1979

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

20166.9

The Tenth Level

19765.3

HBO First Look: Swordfish

2001

Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad

2007

Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad

2007

Moment by Moment

19783.6

Nightmare

19747.0

The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease

2006

The Grease Story

20178.4

Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees

20177.6

Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's

20157.8

America's Flying Aces: The Blue Angels 50th Anniversary

19969.0

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

20088.0

It's 'Hairspray'!

2007

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

20048.3

Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie

20177.7

Black Tides

2026

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

19977.3

Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s

200210.0

Orientation: A Scientology Information Film

19963.0

John Travolta Remembers James Cagney

2003

Everyday Heroes: Real Stories from Real Firefighters

2005

Buscando a Travolta

2026