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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), Broke…
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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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John Travolta's Filmography
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November 1963
as Johnny Roselli
Buscando a Travolta
as Self
The Gentleman Thief
as Mason Goddard
Propeller One-Way Night Coach
as Retiring Captain / Narrator (voice)
The Kick That United A Nation
as Self
High Rollers
as Mason Goddard
Cash Out
as Mason Goddard
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Shepherd
as Johnny Kavanagh
Mob Land
as Bodie Davis
Die Hart
as Ron Wilcox
Paradise City
as Buck
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
as Self
No Poster
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
The Fanatic
as Moose
The Poison Rose
as Carson Philips
Trading Paint
as Sam
Speed Kills
as Ben Aronoff (Don Aronow)
Studio 54
as Self (archive footage)
Gotti
as John Gotti
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
as Self
Pattern Recognition
as Self (archive footage)
The Grease Story
as Danny Zuko
The Fabulous Allan Carr
as Self (archive footage)
Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
as Self - Host
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Life on the Line
as Beau Ginner
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
as Self
In a Valley of Violence
as The Marshal
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
as Self
I Am Wrath
as Stanley Hill
Criminal Activities
as Eddie
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
as Self
The Forger
as Raymond Cutter
Killing Season
as Emil Kovac
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
as Self
Casting By
as Self
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
Savages
as Dennis
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
I'm Still Here
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
From Paris with Love
as Charlie Wax
Old Dogs
as Charlie
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
as Ryder
Bolt
as Bolt (voice)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
as Self
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
as Self
Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad
as Self
Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad
as Self
No Poster
The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
as Self
Hairspray
as Edna Turnblad
Brando
as Self
Wild Hogs
as Woody Stevens
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
as Self
The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
as Self – Danny Zuko (archive footage)
Lonely Hearts
as Elmer Robinson
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Jim Irwin
Be Cool, Very Cool
as Self
No Poster
Everyday Heroes: Real Stories from Real Firefighters
Be Cool
as Chili Palmer
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Bio.
as Self
Ladder 49
as Captain Mike Kennedy
War Journal: On the Set of The Punisher
A Love Song for Bobby Long
as Bobby Long
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
as Host
John Travolta: The Inside Story
as Self
The Punisher
as Howard Saint
No Poster
John Travolta Remembers James Cagney
as Self
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
Basic
as DEA Agent Tom Hardy
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
No Poster
Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
as Self (archive footage)
Austin Powers in Goldmember
as John Travolta / Famous Goldmember ('Austinpussy')
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
HBO First Look: Swordfish
Domestic Disturbance
as Frank Morrison
Swordfish
as Gabriel
Lucky Numbers
as Russ Richards
Welcome to Hollywood
as John Travolta
Battlefield Earth
as Terl
The General's Daughter
as Warrant Officer Paul Brenner
Our Friend, Martin
as Kyle's Dad (voice)
Forever Hollywood
as Self
A Civil Action
as Jan Schlichtmann
The Thin Red Line
as Brig. Gen. David Quintard
Bee Gees: One Night Only
as Self - Tony Manero/Self - Danny Zuko (archive footage)
Junket Whore
as Self
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
as Self
Primary Colors
as Jack Stanton
Mad City
as Sam Baily
She's So Lovely
as Joey Germoni
Face/Off
as Sean Archer
No Poster
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
as Self
Michael
as Michael
Phenomenon
as George Malley
Orientation: A Scientology Information Film
as Self
Broken Arrow
as Vic Deakins
America's Flying Aces: The Blue Angels 50th Anniversary
as Hosted by
White Man's Burden
as Louis Pinnock
Get Shorty
as Chili Palmer
Trailer Camp
as (Archival)
Pulp Fiction
as Vincent Vega
Look Who's Talking Now!
as James Ubriacco
Boris and Natasha
as Self
Shout
as Jack Cabe
Chains of Gold
as Scott Barnes
Eyes of an Angel
as Bobby
Look Who's Talking Too
as James
Seriously... Phil Collins
as Self
Look Who's Talking
as James
The Experts
as Travis
The Grand Knockout Tournament
as Self
Basements
as Ben (segment "The Dumb Waiter")
Scientology: The Road to Total Freedom?
as Self
Perfect
as Adam Lawrence
That's Dancing!
as Self (archive footage)
Two of a Kind
as Zack
Staying Alive
as Tony Manero
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self
Blow Out
as Jack Terry
Urban Cowboy
as Bud Davis
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
as Self
Moment by Moment
as Strip
Grease Day USA
as Self
Grease
as Danny
Saturday Night Fever
as Tony Manero
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
as Tod Lubitch
Carrie
as Billy Nolan
The Tenth Level
as Lab Technician (uncredited)
The Devil’s Rain
as Danny
Nightmare
as Man Outside Store (uncredited)
No Poster
ED
No Poster
Syndicate
as Special Agent Felix Miller
TRAVOLTAHON
No Poster
That's Amore!
as Nick Venere
Black Tides
as Bill Pierce