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John Travolta

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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.

Films Featuring John Travolta

Lonely Hearts

20066.1

Grease

19787.4

Pulp Fiction

19948.5

Face/Off

19977.1

Die Hart

20235.9

The General's Daughter

19996.4

Be Cool

20055.5

Michael

19965.7

Hairspray

20076.7

Basic

20036.5

Lucky Numbers

20005.1

Staying Alive

19835.8

Ladder 49

20046.5

Saturday Night Fever

19776.7

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

20055.8

Battlefield Earth

20003.3

Wild Hogs

20076.0

Old Dogs

20095.6

I'm Still Here

20106.0

Carrie

19767.3

Domestic Disturbance

20015.8

Get Shorty

19956.5

Blow Out

19817.4

White Man's Burden

19955.1

The Punisher

20046.4

Look Who's Talking Now!

19935.4

The Thin Red Line

19987.4

A Civil Action

19986.5

Primary Colors

19986.3

Shout

19915.8

Look Who's Talking

19896.3

From Paris with Love

20106.5

Swordfish

20016.3

Two of a Kind

19835.8

Phenomenon

19966.5

Mad City

19976.2

A Love Song for Bobby Long

20046.8

Look Who's Talking Too

19905.5

Bolt

20086.6

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

19765.6

She's So Lovely

19975.9

Chains of Gold

19915.5

The Devil’s Rain

19755.0

Urban Cowboy

19806.5

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

20096.4

Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s

200210.0

The Shepherd

20236.9

Cash Out

20246.2

Perfect

19855.6

Casting By

20126.9

Eyes of an Angel

19917.2

That's Amore!

That's Amore!

Savages

20126.4

John Travolta Remembers James Cagney

John Travolta Remembers James Cagney

2003

The Experts

19894.6

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

20127.5

Killing Season

20135.5

High Rollers

20256.5

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

20166.9

Moment by Moment

19783.6

Tony Bennett: An American Classic

20067.7

John Travolta: The Inside Story

20048.3

Basements

19876.8

Bio.

20057.0

Mob Land

20235.5

Rona Barrett Looks at 1978

1979

The Forger

20145.8

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

19987.5

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

20224.8

In a Valley of Violence

20166.1

Pattern Recognition

2017

Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

20238.1

Criminal Activities

20155.9

Orientation: A Scientology Information Film

19963.0

Seriously... Phil Collins

19908.0

James Bond: The First 21 Years

19836.7

Close Up

20129.5

David Blaine: Beyond Magic

20167.1

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

200510.0

I Am Wrath

20165.8

The Grand Knockout Tournament

19876.8

Life on the Line

20165.8

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

20106.1

Our Friend, Martin

19997.1

Junket Whore

19985.0

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

19977.3

Brando

20076.8

Austin Powers in Goldmember

20026.0

Gotti

20185.3

Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees

20177.6

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

20136.7

Welcome to Hollywood

20004.2

Speed Kills

20185.4

Trading Paint

20195.3

The Grease Story

20178.4

Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie

20177.7

The Fanatic

20194.4

The Poison Rose

20194.7

Grease Day USA

19788.3

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

20088.0

Forever Hollywood

19998.3

Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's

20157.8

Everyday Heroes: Real Stories from Real Firefighters

Everyday Heroes: Real Stories from Real Firefighters

2005

Nightmare

19747.0

The Tenth Level

19765.3

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

20177.1

Studio 54

20186.5

Paradise City

20225.4

Boris and Natasha

19924.5

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

20215.0

Broken Arrow

19966.1

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

20048.3

November 1963

2026

The Gentleman Thief

20265.8

Pulp Fiction: The Facts

20025.0

Be Cool, Very Cool

Be Cool, Very Cool

2005

Black Tides

Black Tides

Syndicate

Syndicate

Trailer Camp

19953.7

Scientology: The Road to Total Freedom?

1987

The Kick That United A Nation

20258.0

That's Dancing!

19856.9

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

20038.0

America's Flying Aces: The Blue Angels 50th Anniversary

19969.0

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Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages

Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages

2002

Bee Gees: One Night Only

19988.1

Propeller One-Way Night Coach

20266.3

War Journal: On the Set of The Punisher

20045.0

The Fabulous Allan Carr

20175.0

The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease

2006

You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"

20076.0

Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth

2007

'Hairspray' Extentions

2007

It's 'Hairspray'!

2007

Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad

2007

Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad

2007

HBO First Look: Swordfish

HBO First Look: Swordfish

2001

The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off

The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off

2007

Buscando a Travolta

2026