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 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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6.80 Documentary 34
6.76 Mystery 5
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6.40 History 2
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