John Travolta
Acting
- Born:
- 1954-02-18
- Place of birth:
- Englewood, New Jersey, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Travolta, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
November 1963
Buscando a Travolta
The Gentleman Thief
Propeller One-Way Night Coach
The Kick That United A Nation
High Rollers
Cash Out
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
The Shepherd
Mob Land
Die Hart
The Playboy Murders
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Paradise City
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
Hart to Heart
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Die Hart
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Fanatic
The Poison Rose
Trading Paint
Speed Kills
Studio 54
Gotti
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
Pattern Recognition
The Grease Story
The Fabulous Allan Carr
The True Story of...
Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Life on the Line
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
In a Valley of Violence
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
I Am Wrath
American Crime Story
Criminal Activities
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
Jay Leno's Garage
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
The Forger
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Kirstie
Killing Season
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
Close Up
Savages
The Scrat Show
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
I'm Still Here
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
From Paris with Love
Old Dogs
The Jay Leno Show
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Bolt
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Oprah's Big Give
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad
Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad
The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
Hairspray
Brando
Wild Hogs
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
El hormiguero
The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
Lonely Hearts
The Reichen Show
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Be Cool, Very Cool
Everyday Heroes: Real Stories from Real Firefighters
Fat Actress
Be Cool
Bio.
Ladder 49
War Journal: On the Set of The Punisher
Parkinson
A Love Song for Bobby Long
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
John Travolta: The Inside Story
The Punisher
John Travolta Remembers James Cagney
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Celebrities Uncensored
Basic
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Heart of the Festival
Fifth Gear
HBO First Look: Swordfish
Domestic Disturbance
Good Day Live
Fear Factor
Swordfish
Lucky Numbers
Battlefield Earth
The Early Show
Rove
The General's Daughter
Where Are They Now?
Our Friend, Martin
Forever Hollywood
A Civil Action
The Thin Red Line
Bee Gees: One Night Only
Junket Whore
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
Primary Colors
Mad City
She's So Lovely
The View
Face/Off
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Michael
Phenomenon
Orientation: A Scientology Information Film
Broken Arrow
America's Flying Aces: The Blue Angels 50th Anniversary
White Man's Burden
Get Shorty
Trailer Camp
Pulp Fiction
Inside the Actors Studio
Look Who's Talking Now!
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Boris and Natasha
Shout
Chains of Gold
Eyes of an Angel
Look Who's Talking Too
Seriously... Phil Collins
Look Who's Talking
The Experts
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sacrée soirée
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Basements
Scientology: The Road to Total Freedom?
Perfect
That's Dancing!
MTV Video Music Awards
Goldene Kamera
Two of a Kind
Harty
Staying Alive
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Champs-Elysées
Entertainment Tonight
Blow Out
Wetten, dass..?
Urban Cowboy
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
Moment by Moment
Grease Day USA
Grease
Saturday Night Fever
Everyman
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Carrie
Mr. T and Tina
The Captain and Tennille
The Tenth Level
Saturday Night Live
Welcome Back, Kotter
The Devil’s Rain
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Nightmare
The Rookies
Emergency!
Film '72
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Great Performances
Medical Center
Top of the Pops
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Tony Awards
Panorama
The Oscars
Sanremo Music Festival
Golden Globe Awards
That's Amore!
Black Tides
Syndicate
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