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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.

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2025 November 1963 as Johnny Roselli

2025 Cash Out 3 as Mason Goddard

2025 Syndicate as Special Agent Felix Miller

2025 Black Tides as Bill Pierce

2025 That's Amore! as Nick Venere

2025 High Rollers as Mason Goddard

2025 Rats! as Travolta

2024 Cash Out as Mason Goddard

2023 Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023 The Shepherd as Johnny Kavanagh Executive Producer

2023 Mob Land as Bodie Davis

2023 Die Hart as Ron Wilcox

2022 Paradise City as Buck

2022 American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self

2021 Mr. Saturday Night as Self (archive footage)

2021 Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)

2019 QT8: The First Eight as Self (archive footage)

2019 The Fanatic as Moose Producer

2019 The Poison Rose as Carson Philips Executive Producer

2019 Trading Paint as Sam Producer

2018 Speed Kills as Ben Aronoff (Don Aronow)

2018 Studio 54 as Self (archive footage)

2018 Gotti as John Gotti

2017 Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie as Self

2017 Pattern Recognition as Self (archive footage)

2017 The Grease Story as Danny Zuko

2017 Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees as Self - Host

2017 John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood as Self - Actor (archive footage) Thanks

2016 Life on the Line as Beau Ginner

2016 David Blaine: Beyond Magic as Self

2016 In a Valley of Violence as The Marshal

2016 Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond as Self

2016 I Am Wrath as Stanley Hill

2015 Criminal Activities as Eddie Executive Producer

2015 Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's as Self

2014 The Forger as Raymond Cutter

2014 And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)

2013 Killing Season as Emil Kovac

2013 Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking as Self

2012 Casting By as Self

2012 Close Up as Self (archive footage)

2012 Savages as Dennis

2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)

2011 Paul Williams Still Alive as Self (archive footage)

2010 I'm Still Here as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2010 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as (archive footage)

2010 From Paris with Love as Charlie Wax

2009 Old Dogs as Charlie

2009 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 as Ryder

2008 Bolt as Bolt (voice)

2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History as Self

2007 The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off' as Self (archive footage)

2007 Hairspray as Edna Turnblad

2007 Brando as Self

2007 Wild Hogs as Woody Stevens

2006 Tony Bennett: An American Classic as Self

2006 Lonely Hearts as Elmer Robinson

2006 Tarantino's Mind as Vincent Vega (archive footage)

2005 Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Jim Irwin

2005 Be Cool, Very Cool as Self

2005 Everyday Heroes: Real Stories from Real Firefighters

2005 Be Cool as Chili Palmer

2005 Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self

2005 Bio. as Self

2004 Ladder 49 as Captain Mike Kennedy

2004 A Love Song for Bobby Long as Bobby Long

2004 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies as Host

2004 John Travolta: The Inside Story as Self

2004 The Punisher as Howard Saint

2003 John Travolta Remembers James Cagney as Self

2003 Basic as DEA Agent Tom Hardy

2002 Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)

2002 Pulp Fiction: The Facts as Self (archive footage)

2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember as John Travolta / Famous Goldmember ('Austinpussy')

2001 Domestic Disturbance as Frank Morrison

2001 Swordfish as Gabriel

2000 Welcome to Hollywood as John Travolta

2000 Lucky Numbers as Russ Richards

2000 Battlefield Earth as Terl Producer

1999 The General's Daughter as Warrant Officer Paul Brenner

1999 Our Friend, Martin as Kyle's Dad (voice)

1999 Forever Hollywood as Self

1998 A Civil Action as Jan Schlichtmann

1998 The Thin Red Line as Brig. Gen. David Quintard

1998 Junket Whore as Self

1998 Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's as Self

1998 Primary Colors as Jack Stanton

1997 Mad City as Sam Baily

1997 She's So Lovely as Joey Germoni Executive Producer

1997 Face/Off as Sean Archer

1997 Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self

1996 Michael as Michael

1996 Phenomenon as George Malley

1996 Orientation: A Scientology Information Film as Self

1996 Broken Arrow as Vic Deakins

1995 White Man's Burden as Louis Pinnock

1995 Get Shorty as Chili Palmer

1995 Trailer Camp as (Archival)

1994 Pulp Fiction as Vincent Vega

1993 Look Who's Talking Now! as James Ubriacco

1992 Boris and Natasha as Self

1991 Shout as Jack Cabe

1991 Chains of Gold as Scott Barnes Writer

1991 Eyes of an Angel as Bobby

1990 Look Who's Talking Too as James

1990 Seriously... Phil Collins as Self

1989 Look Who's Talking as James

1989 The Experts as Travis

1987 The Grand Knockout Tournament as Self

1987 Basements as Ben (segment "The Dumb Waiter")

1985 Perfect as Adam Lawrence

1983 Two of a Kind as Zack

1983 Staying Alive as Tony Manero

1983 James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self

1981 Blow Out as Jack Terry

1980 Urban Cowboy as Bud Davis

1979 Rona Barrett Looks at 1978 as Self

1978 Moment by Moment as Strip

1978 Grease Day USA as Self

1978 Grease as Danny Zuko

1977 Saturday Night Fever as Tony Manero

1976 The Boy in the Plastic Bubble as Tod Lubitch

1976 Carrie as Billy Nolan

1976 The Tenth Level as Lab Technician (uncredited)

1975 The Devil's Rain as Danny

1974 Nightmare as Man Outside Store (uncredited)

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