John Travolta
Acting
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.
Propeller One-Way Night Coach
as Retiring Captain / Narrator (voice)
Age 72
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 69 (now 72)
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
as Self
Age 68 (now 72)Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
Age 66 (now 72)
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
as Self
Age 63 (now 72)
Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
as Self - Host
Age 63 (now 72)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Age 63 (now 72) John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Thanks
Age 63 (now 72)
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
as Self
Age 62 (now 72)
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
as Self
Age 61 (now 72)
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
as Self
Age 58 (now 72)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Age 57 (now 72)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
Age 56 (now 72)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
as Self
Age 54 (now 72)
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
as Self
Age 52 (now 72)
The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
as Self – Danny Zuko (archive footage)
Age 52 (now 72)
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Jim Irwin
Age 51 (now 72)Everyday Heroes: Real Stories from Real Firefighters
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Age 51 (now 72)
War Journal: On the Set of 'The Punisher'
as Self
Age 50 (now 72)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
as Host
Age 50 (now 72)
John Travolta Remembers James Cagney
as Self
Age 49 (now 72)
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
Age 49 (now 72)
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Age 48 (now 72)
Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages
Austin Powers in Goldmember
as John Travolta / Famous Goldmember ('Austinpussy')
Age 48 (now 72)
The General's Daughter
as Warrant Officer Paul Brenner
Age 45 (now 72)
Bee Gees: One Night Only
as Self - Tony Manero/Self - Danny Zuko (archive footage)
Age 44 (now 72)
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
as Self
Age 44 (now 72)
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
as Self
Age 43 (now 72)
Orientation: A Scientology Information Film
as Self
Age 42 (now 72)
America's Flying Aces: The Blue Angels 50th Anniversary
as Hosted by
Age 41 (now 72)
Scientology: The Road to Total Freedom?
as Self
Age 33 (now 72)
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
as Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage)
Age 68 (now 72)
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
as Danny Zuko (archive footage)
Age 61 (now 72)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Age 61 (now 72) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Vincent Vega (archive footage)
Age 61 (now 72)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Age 60 (now 72)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Age 8 (now 72)
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Also Known As
John Joseph Travolta, ジョン・トラヴォルタ
IMDB
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