John Travolta
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 18, 1954 (age 72)
- Place of birth
- Englewood, New Jersey, USA
- Credits
- 198
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
Pulp Fiction
1994Movie
Vincent Vega
Grease
1978Movie
Danny
Bolt
2008Movie
Bolt (voice)
Face/Off
1997Movie
Sean Archer
Carrie
1976Movie
Billy Nolan
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002Movie
John Travolta / Famous Goldmember ('Austinpussy')
Filmography
November 1963
2026Movie
Johnny Roselli
Buscando a Travolta
2026Movie
Self
The Gentleman Thief
2026Movie
Mason Goddard
Propeller One-Way Night Coach
2026Movie
Retiring Captain / Narrator (voice)
The Kick That United A Nation
2025Movie
Self
High Rollers
2025Movie
Mason Goddard
Cash Out
2024Movie
Mason Goddard
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
2023Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Shepherd
2023Movie
Johnny Kavanagh
Mob Land
2023Movie
Bodie Davis
Die Hart
2023Movie
Ron Wilcox
The Playboy Murders
2023TV
Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022TV
Self (archive footage)
Paradise City
2022Movie
Buck
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022Movie
Self
Hart to Heart
2021TV
Self - Interviewee
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021Movie
Self (archive footage)
Die Hart
2020TV
Ron Wilcox
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self
The Fanatic
2019Movie
Moose
The Poison Rose
2019Movie
Carson Philips
Trading Paint
2019Movie
Sam
Speed Kills
2018Movie
Ben Aronoff (Don Aronow)
Studio 54
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
Gotti
2018Movie
John Gotti
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
2017Movie
Self
Pattern Recognition
2017Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Grease Story
2017Movie
Danny Zuko
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017Movie
Self (archive footage)
The True Story of...
2017TV
Self (archive footage)
Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
2017Movie
Self - Host
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017Movie
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Life on the Line
2016Movie
Beau Ginner
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
2016Movie
Self
In a Valley of Violence
2016Movie
The Marshal
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
2016Movie
Self
I Am Wrath
2016Movie
Stanley Hill
American Crime Story
2016TV
Robert Shapiro
Criminal Activities
2015Movie
Eddie
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
2015TV
Danny Zuko (archive footage)
Jay Leno's Garage
2015TV
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self - Guest
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
2015Movie
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014TV
Self
The Forger
2014Movie
Raymond Cutter
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014TV
Self - Guest
Kirstie
2013TV
Mickey Russo
Killing Season
2013Movie
Emil Kovac
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
2013Movie
Self
Casting By
2012Movie
Self
Close Up
2012Movie
Self (archive footage)
Savages
2012Movie
Dennis
The Scrat Show
2012TV
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012Movie
(archive footage)
I'm Still Here
2010Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010Movie
(archive footage)
From Paris with Love
2010Movie
Charlie Wax
Old Dogs
2009Movie
Charlie
The Jay Leno Show
2009TV
Self - Guest
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009Movie
Ryder
Bolt
2008Movie
Bolt (voice)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008Movie
Self
Oprah's Big Give
2008TV
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
2007Movie
Self
Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad
2007Movie
Self
Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad
2007Movie
Self
The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
2007Movie
Self
Hairspray
2007Movie
Edna Turnblad
Brando
2007Movie
Self
Wild Hogs
2007Movie
Woody Stevens
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
2006Movie
Self
El hormiguero
2006TV
Self - Guest
The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
2006Movie
Self – Danny Zuko (archive footage)
Lonely Hearts
2006Movie
Elmer Robinson
The Reichen Show
2005TV
Self
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005Movie
Jim Irwin
Be Cool, Very Cool
2005Movie
Self
Everyday Heroes: Real Stories from Real Firefighters
2005Movie
Fat Actress
2005TV
John Travolta
Be Cool
2005Movie
Chili Palmer
Bio.
2005Movie
Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005Movie
Self (archive footage)
Ladder 49
2004Movie
Captain Mike Kennedy
War Journal: On the Set of The Punisher
2004Movie
Self
Parkinson
2004TV
Self - Guest (archive footage), Self - Guest
A Love Song for Bobby Long
2004Movie
Bobby Long
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004Movie
Host
John Travolta: The Inside Story
2004Movie
Self
The Punisher
2004Movie
Howard Saint
John Travolta Remembers James Cagney
2003Movie
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self
Celebrities Uncensored
2003TV
Self
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003Movie
Self
Basic
2003Movie
DEA Agent Tom Hardy
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self - Guest
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
2002Movie
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
2002Movie
Self (archive footage)
Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages
2002Movie
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002Movie
John Travolta / Famous Goldmember ('Austinpussy')
Heart of the Festival
2002Movie
Self (archive footage)
Fifth Gear
2002TV
Self
HBO First Look: Swordfish
2001Movie
Domestic Disturbance
2001Movie
Frank Morrison
Good Day Live
2001TV
Self
Fear Factor
2001TV
Swordfish
2001Movie
Gabriel
Lucky Numbers
2000Movie
Russ Richards
Welcome to Hollywood
2000Movie
John Travolta
Battlefield Earth
2000Movie
Terl
The Early Show
1999TV
Self
Rove
1999TV
Self
The General's Daughter
1999Movie
Warrant Officer Paul Brenner
Where Are They Now?
1999TV
Self
Our Friend, Martin
1999Movie
Kyle's Dad (voice)
Forever Hollywood
1999Movie
Self
A Civil Action
1998Movie
Jan Schlichtmann
The Thin Red Line
1998Movie
Brig. Gen. David Quintard
Bee Gees: One Night Only
1998Movie
Self - Tony Manero/Self - Danny Zuko (archive footage)
Junket Whore
1998Movie
Self
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
1998Movie
Self
Primary Colors
1998Movie
Jack Stanton
Mad City
1997Movie
Sam Baily
She's So Lovely
1997Movie
Joey Germoni
The View
1997TV
Self
Face/Off
1997Movie
Sean Archer
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997Movie
Self
Michael
1996Movie
Michael
Phenomenon
1996Movie
George Malley
Orientation: A Scientology Information Film
1996Movie
Self
Broken Arrow
1996Movie
Vic Deakins
America's Flying Aces: The Blue Angels 50th Anniversary
1996Movie
Hosted by
White Man's Burden
1995Movie
Louis Pinnock
Get Shorty
1995Movie
Chili Palmer
Trailer Camp
1995Movie
(Archival)
Pulp Fiction
1994Movie
Vincent Vega
Inside the Actors Studio
1994TV
Self
Look Who's Talking Now!
1993Movie
James Ubriacco
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
Boris and Natasha
1992Movie
Self
Shout
1991Movie
Jack Cabe
Chains of Gold
1991Movie
Scott Barnes
Eyes of an Angel
1991Movie
Bobby
Look Who's Talking Too
1990Movie
James
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990Movie
Self
Look Who's Talking
1989Movie
James
The Experts
1989Movie
Travis
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Self - Guest
Sacrée soirée
1987TV
Self
The Grand Knockout Tournament
1987Movie
Self
Basements
1987Movie
Ben (segment "The Dumb Waiter")
Scientology: The Road to Total Freedom?
1987Movie
Self
Perfect
1985Movie
Adam Lawrence
That's Dancing!
1985Movie
Self (archive footage)
MTV Video Music Awards
1984TV
Self
Goldene Kamera
1984TV
Self
Two of a Kind
1983Movie
Zack
Harty
1983TV
Self
Staying Alive
1983Movie
Tony Manero
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983Movie
Self
Champs-Elysées
1982TV
Self
Entertainment Tonight
1981TV
Self
Blow Out
1981Movie
Jack Terry
Wetten, dass..?
1981TV
Self
Urban Cowboy
1980Movie
Bud Davis
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
1979Movie
Self
Moment by Moment
1978Movie
Strip
Grease Day USA
1978Movie
Self
Grease
1978Movie
Danny
Saturday Night Fever
1977Movie
Tony Manero
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
1976Movie
Tod Lubitch
Carrie
1976Movie
Billy Nolan
Mr. T and Tina
1976TV
Vinnie Barbarino
The Captain and Tennille
1976TV
Self - Guest
The Tenth Level
1976Movie
Lab Technician (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host
Welcome Back, Kotter
1975TV
Vinnie Barbarino
The Devil’s Rain
1975Movie
Danny
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975TV
Self
Nightmare
1974Movie
Man Outside Store (uncredited)
The Rookies
1972TV
Emergency!
1972TV
Chuck Benson
Film '72
1971TV
Self
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971TV
Great Performances
1971TV
Self
Medical Center
1969TV
Danny
Top of the Pops
1964TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self - Guest
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self - Performer
Panorama
1953TV
Himself (archive footage)
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Sanremo Music Festival
1951TV
Self - Special Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter / Nominee
ED
Movie
That's Amore!
Movie
Nick Venere
Syndicate
Movie
Special Agent Felix Miller
Black Tides
Movie
Bill Pierce
TRAVOLTAHON
Movie