John Travolta
Acting
Born February 18, 1954 · Englewood, New Jersey, USA
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.
Films (123)
Black Tides
2026
November 1963
2026
The Kick That United A Nation
2025
High Rollers
2025
Cash Out
2024
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
2023
The Shepherd
2023
Mob Land
2023
Die Hart
2023
Paradise City
2022
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
The Fanatic
2019
The Poison Rose
2019
Trading Paint
2019
Speed Kills
2018
Studio 54
2018
Gotti
2018
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
2017
Pattern Recognition
2017
The Grease Story
2017
Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
2017
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
Life on the Line
2016
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
2016
In a Valley of Violence
2016
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
2016
I Am Wrath
2016
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
2016
Criminal Activities
2015
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
2015
The Forger
2014
Killing Season
2013
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
2013
Casting By
2012
Close Up
2012
Savages
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
I'm Still Here
2010
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
From Paris with Love
2010
Old Dogs
2009
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009
Bolt
2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
Hairspray
2007
Brando
2007
Wild Hogs
2007
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
2006
Lonely Hearts
2006
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005
Be Cool, Very Cool
2005
Everyday Heroes: Real Stories from Real Firefighters
2005
Be Cool
2005
Bio.
2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
Ladder 49
2004
A Love Song for Bobby Long
2004
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
John Travolta: The Inside Story
2004
The Punisher
2004
John Travolta Remembers James Cagney
2003
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
Basic
2003
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
2002
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
2002
Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages
2002
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002
Domestic Disturbance
2001
Swordfish
2001
Lucky Numbers
2000
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
Battlefield Earth
2000
The General's Daughter
1999
Our Friend, Martin
1999
Forever Hollywood
1999
A Civil Action
1998
The Thin Red Line
1998
Junket Whore
1998
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
1998
Primary Colors
1998
Mad City
1997
She's So Lovely
1997
Face/Off
1997
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
Michael
1996
Phenomenon
1996
Orientation: A Scientology Information Film
1996
Broken Arrow
1996
America's Flying Aces: The Blue Angels 50th Anniversary
1996
White Man's Burden
1995
Get Shorty
1995
Trailer Camp
1995
Pulp Fiction
1994
Look Who's Talking Now!
1993
Boris and Natasha
1992
Shout
1991
Chains of Gold
1991
Eyes of an Angel
1991
Look Who's Talking Too
1990
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990
Look Who's Talking
1989
The Experts
1989
The Grand Knockout Tournament
1987
Basements
1987
Scientology: The Road to Total Freedom?
1987
Perfect
1985
That's Dancing!
1985
Two of a Kind
1983
Staying Alive
1983
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
Blow Out
1981
Urban Cowboy
1980
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
1979
Moment by Moment
1978
Grease Day USA
1978
Grease
1978
Saturday Night Fever
1977
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
1976
Carrie
1976
The Tenth Level
1976
The Devil’s Rain
1975
Nightmare
1974