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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1954-02-18
Place of birth
Englewood, New Jersey, USA
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Cast
Lonely Hearts
2006
6.00
Grease
1978
7.40
Pulp Fiction
1994
8.49
Face/Off
1997
7.05
Die Hart
2023
5.92
The General's Daughter
1999
6.40
Michael
1996
5.71
Be Cool
2005
5.46
Hairspray
2007
6.66
Basic
2003
6.51
Lucky Numbers
2000
5.10
Staying Alive
1983
5.77
Ladder 49
2004
6.45
Saturday Night Fever
1977
6.73
Battlefield Earth
2000
3.31
Wild Hogs
2007
5.97
Old Dogs
2009
5.54
I'm Still Here
2010
5.96
Carrie
1976
7.33
Domestic Disturbance
2001
5.76
Get Shorty
1995
6.50
Blow Out
1981
7.40
White Man's Burden
1995
5.14
The Punisher
2004
6.35
Look Who's Talking Now!
1993
5.32
The Thin Red Line
1998
7.45
A Civil Action
1998
6.46
Primary Colors
1998
6.27
Shout
1991
5.80
Look Who's Talking
1989
6.27
Swordfish
2001
6.25
From Paris with Love
2010
6.35
Two of a Kind
1983
5.90
Phenomenon
1996
6.47
Mad City
1997
6.25
A Love Song for Bobby Long
2004
6.80
Look Who's Talking Too
1990
5.47
Bolt
2008
6.53
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
1976
5.61
She's So Lovely
1997
5.90
Chains of Gold
1991
5.30
The Devil's Rain
1975
5.00
Urban Cowboy
1980
6.40
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009
6.35
The Shepherd
2023
6.83
Cash Out
2024
6.24
Perfect
1985
5.62
Casting By
2012
6.86
Eyes of an Angel
1991
6.90
That's Amore!
0.00
Savages
2012
6.34
The Experts
1989
4.50
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
7.60
Killing Season
2013
5.53
High Rollers
2025
6.59
Moment by Moment
1978
3.30
John Travolta: The Inside Story
2004
8.00
Basements
1987
6.80
Bio.
2005
6.00
Mob Land
2023
5.56
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
1979
0.00
The Forger
2014
5.82
In a Valley of Violence
2016
6.12
Pattern Recognition
2017
0.00
Criminal Activities
2015
5.91
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990
8.00
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
5.00
Close Up
2012
9.50
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
2016
7.10
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
10.00
I Am Wrath
2016
5.70
The Grand Knockout Tournament
1987
5.70
Life on the Line
2016
5.75
Our Friend, Martin
1999
6.90
Junket Whore
1998
3.50
Brando
2007
6.80
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002
6.00
Gotti
2018
5.32
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
3.77
Speed Kills
2018
5.43
Trading Paint
2019
5.40
The Grease Story
2017
8.40
The Fanatic
2019
4.46
The Poison Rose
2019
4.72
Grease Day USA
1978
8.00
Forever Hollywood
1999
8.00
Nightmare
1974
7.00
The Tenth Level
1976
5.10
Studio 54
2018
6.41
Paradise City
2022
5.50
Boris and Natasha
1992
4.00
Broken Arrow
1996
6.06
November 1963
0.00
Cash Out 3
0.00
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
2002
2.00
Be Cool, Very Cool
2005
0.00
Black Tides
0.00
Syndicate
0.00
Trailer Camp
1995
1.00
Ed
0.00
Death2kuffar
2008
0.00
The Kick That United A Nation
2025
8.00
That's Dancing!
1985
7.00