John Travolta
Known for: Acting
Born: February 18, 1954
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
140 movies · 58 TV shows, newest first
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November 1963
2026
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Buscando a Travolta
2026
5.8
The Gentleman Thief
2026
6.3
Propeller One-Way Night Coach
2026
8.0
The Kick That United A Nation
2025
6.5
High Rollers
2025
6.2
Cash Out
2024
8.1
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
2023
6.9
The Shepherd
2023
5.5
Mob Land
2023
5.9
Die Hart
2023
7.6
The Playboy Murders
2023
6.5
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
5.4
Paradise City
2022
4.8
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022
7.1
Hart to Heart
20215.0
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
6.1
Die Hart
2020
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
4.4
The Fanatic
2019
4.7
The Poison Rose
2019
5.3
Trading Paint
2019
5.4
Speed Kills
2018
6.5
Studio 54
2018
5.3
Gotti
2018
7.7
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
2017
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Pattern Recognition
2017
8.4
The Grease Story
2017
5.0
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
8.3
The True Story of...
2017
7.6
Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
2017
7.1
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
5.8
Life on the Line
2016
7.1
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
2016
6.1
In a Valley of Violence
2016
6.9
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
2016
5.8
I Am Wrath
2016
7.6
American Crime Story
2016
5.9
Criminal Activities
2015
9.0
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
2015
7.3
Jay Leno's Garage
2015
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
7.8
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
2015
4.2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
5.8
The Forger
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
5.0
Kirstie
2013
5.5
Killing Season
2013
6.7
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
2013
6.9
Casting By
2012
9.5
Close Up
2012
6.4
Savages
201210.0
The Scrat Show
2012
7.5
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
6.0
I'm Still Here
2010
6.1
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
6.5
From Paris with Love
2010
5.6
Old Dogs
2009
3.3
The Jay Leno Show
2009
6.4
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009
6.6
Bolt
2008
8.0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
20081.0
Oprah's Big Give
2008
6.0
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
2007
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Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth
2007
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'Hairspray' Extentions
2007
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It's 'Hairspray'!
2007
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Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad
2007
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Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad
2007NR
The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
2007
6.7
Hairspray
2007
6.8
Brando
2007
6.0
Wild Hogs
2007
7.7
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
2006
4.7
El hormiguero
2006
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The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
2006
6.1
Lonely Hearts
20064.8
The Reichen Show
2005
5.8
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005
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Be Cool, Very Cool
2005NR
Everyday Heroes: Real Stories from Real Firefighters
2005
5.0
Fat Actress
2005
5.5
Be Cool
2005
7.0
Bio.
2005
10.0
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
6.5
Ladder 49
2004
5.0
War Journal: On the Set of The Punisher
2004
6.8
A Love Song for Bobby Long
2004
8.3
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
8.3
John Travolta: The Inside Story
2004
6.4
The Punisher
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John Travolta Remembers James Cagney
2003
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
4.9
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
8.0
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
6.5
Basic
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
10.0
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
2002
5.0
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
2002NR
Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages
2002
6.0
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002
5.7
Fifth Gear
2002NR
HBO First Look: Swordfish
2001
5.8
Domestic Disturbance
20013.8
Good Day Live
2001
5.8
Fear Factor
2001
6.3
Swordfish
2001
5.2
Lucky Numbers
2000
4.2
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
3.3
Battlefield Earth
2000
6.2
The Early Show
1999
7.5
Rove
1999
6.4
The General's Daughter
19997.5
Where Are They Now?
1999
7.1
Our Friend, Martin
1999
8.3
Forever Hollywood
1999
6.5
A Civil Action
1998
7.4
The Thin Red Line
1998
8.1
Bee Gees: One Night Only
1998
5.5
Junket Whore
1998
7.5
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
1998
6.3
Primary Colors
1998
6.2
Mad City
1997
5.9
She's So Lovely
1997
4.3
The View
1997
7.1
Face/Off
19977.3
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
5.7
Michael
1996
6.5
Phenomenon
1996
3.0
Orientation: A Scientology Information Film
1996
6.1
Broken Arrow
1996
9.0
America's Flying Aces: The Blue Angels 50th Anniversary
1996
5.1
White Man's Burden
1995
6.5
Get Shorty
1995
3.7
Trailer Camp
1995
8.5
Pulp Fiction
1994
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Inside the Actors Studio
1994
5.4
Look Who's Talking Now!
1993
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
4.5
Boris and Natasha
1992
5.8
Shout
1991
5.5
Chains of Gold
1991
7.2
Eyes of an Angel
1991
5.5
Look Who's Talking Too
1990
8.0
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990
6.3
Look Who's Talking
1989
4.6
The Experts
1989
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
5.7
Sacrée soirée
1987
6.8
The Grand Knockout Tournament
1987
6.8
Basements
1987
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Scientology: The Road to Total Freedom?
1987
5.6
Perfect
1985
6.9
That's Dancing!
1985
7.9
MTV Video Music Awards
19845.7
Goldene Kamera
1984
5.8
Two of a Kind
19838.0
Harty
1983
5.8
Staying Alive
1983
6.7
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
6.8
Champs-Elysées
1982
4.3
Entertainment Tonight
1981
7.4
Blow Out
1981
5.6
Wetten, dass..?
1981
6.5
Urban Cowboy
1980
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Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
1979
3.6
Moment by Moment
1978
8.3
Grease Day USA
1978
7.4
Grease
1978
6.7
Saturday Night Fever
1977
5.6
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
1976
7.3
Carrie
19765.6
Mr. T and Tina
1976
7.0
The Captain and Tennille
1976
5.3
The Tenth Level
1976
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
7.2
Welcome Back, Kotter
1975
5.0
The Devil’s Rain
1975
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
7.0
Nightmare
1974
6.9
The Rookies
1972
8.0
Emergency!
19725.1
Film '72
1971
6.5
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
6.1
Great Performances
1971
6.4
Medical Center
1969
6.6
Top of the Pops
1964
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
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Tony Awards
1956
6.3
Panorama
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
7.9
Sanremo Music Festival
1951
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944NR
That's Amore!
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Black Tides
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Syndicate
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