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John Travolta

John Travolta

Birthday: 1954-02-18 | 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
High Rollers

as    Mason Goddard

2025
Pulp Fiction: The Making Of

as    Self (archive footage)

2024
Cash Out

as    Mason Goddard

2024
Festival di Sanremo 2024

as    se stesso

2023
Mob Land

as    Bodie Davis

2023
The Shepherd

as    Johnny Kavanagh

2023
Die Hart

as    Ron Wilcox

2023
Imensidão Cinza

as    john travolta

2022
Paradise City

as    Buck

2019
The Poison Rose

as    Carson Philips

2019
The Fanatic

as    Moose

2019
Trading Paint

as    Sam

2018
Speed Kills

as    Ben Aronoff (Don Aronow)

2018
Gotti

as    John Gotti

2018
Gotti

as    John Gotti

2017
The Grease Story

as    Danny Zuko

2017
Pattern Recognition

as    Self (archive footage)

2017
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

as    Self - Actor (archive footage)

2016
Life on the Line

as    Beau Ginner

2016
I Am Wrath

as    Stanley Hill

2016
In a Valley of Violence

as    The Marshal