John Travolta

John Travolta

Birthday: 1954-02-18

Place of birth: Englewood, New Jersey, USA

Also known as: John Joseph Travolta

imdb_id: nm0000237

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.

Played in movies:

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

Score: 10.0

Close Up

Score: 9.5

Pulp Fiction

Score: 8.5

The Grease Story

Score: 8.4

The Kick That United A Nation

Score: 8.0

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

Score: 8.0

Forever Hollywood

Score: 8.0

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

Score: 8.0

Grease Day USA

Score: 8.0

Seriously... Phil Collins

Score: 8.0

John Travolta: The Inside Story

Score: 8.0

Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Score: 7.9

Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's

Score: 7.8

Tony Bennett: An American Classic

Score: 7.7

Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie

Score: 7.7

Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees

Score: 7.6

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Score: 7.6

The Thin Red Line

Score: 7.4

Grease

Score: 7.4

Blow Out

Score: 7.4

Carrie

Score: 7.3

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

Score: 7.3

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Score: 7.3

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

Score: 7.3

David Blaine: Beyond Magic

Score: 7.1

Face/Off

Score: 7.1

Nightmare

Score: 7.0

Casting By

Score: 6.9

Our Friend, Martin

Score: 6.9

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

Score: 6.9

Eyes of an Angel

Score: 6.9

Brando

Score: 6.8

Basements

Score: 6.8

The Shepherd

Score: 6.8

A Love Song for Bobby Long

Score: 6.8

Saturday Night Fever

Score: 6.7

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

Score: 6.7

Hairspray

Score: 6.7

Bolt

Score: 6.5

Basic

Score: 6.5

Get Shorty

Score: 6.5

Ladder 49

Score: 6.5

Phenomenon

Score: 6.5

A Civil Action

Score: 6.5

The General's Daughter

Score: 6.4

Studio 54

Score: 6.4

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

Score: 6.4

Urban Cowboy

Score: 6.4

The Punisher

Score: 6.4

High Rollers

Score: 6.4

From Paris with Love

Score: 6.4

Savages

Score: 6.3

Look Who's Talking

Score: 6.3

Primary Colors

Score: 6.3

Swordfish

Score: 6.2

Mad City

Score: 6.2

Cash Out

Score: 6.2

In a Valley of Violence

Score: 6.1

Broken Arrow

Score: 6.1

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

Score: 6.1

Lonely Hearts

Score: 6.0

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Score: 6.0

Bio.

Score: 6.0

Wild Hogs

Score: 6.0

I'm Still Here

Score: 6.0

Die Hart

Score: 5.9

Criminal Activities

Score: 5.9

Two of a Kind

Score: 5.9

The Forger

Score: 5.8

She's So Lovely

Score: 5.8

Shout

Score: 5.8

Domestic Disturbance

Score: 5.8

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

Score: 5.8

Staying Alive

Score: 5.8

Life on the Line

Score: 5.8

The Grand Knockout Tournament

Score: 5.7

Michael

Score: 5.7

I Am Wrath

Score: 5.7

Perfect

Score: 5.6

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

Score: 5.6

Mob Land

Score: 5.6

Killing Season

Score: 5.5

Paradise City

Score: 5.5

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

Score: 5.5

Old Dogs

Score: 5.5

Look Who's Talking Too

Score: 5.5

Be Cool

Score: 5.5

Speed Kills

Score: 5.5

Trading Paint

Score: 5.4

Gotti

Score: 5.3

Look Who's Talking Now!

Score: 5.3

Chains of Gold

Score: 5.3

White Man's Burden

Score: 5.1

The Tenth Level

Score: 5.1

Lucky Numbers

Score: 5.1

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Score: 5.0

James Bond: The First 21 Years

Score: 5.0

The Devil's Rain

Score: 5.0

The Poison Rose

Score: 4.7

The Experts

Score: 4.5

The Fanatic

Score: 4.5

Boris and Natasha

Score: 4.0

Welcome to Hollywood

Score: 3.8

Junket Whore

Score: 3.5

Moment by Moment

Score: 3.3

Battlefield Earth

Score: 3.3

Pulp Fiction: The Facts

Score: 2.0

Trailer Camp

Score: 1.0

Orientation: A Scientology Information Film

Score: 1.0

Scientology: The Road to Total Freedom?

Score: 0.0

Death2kuffar

Score: 0.0

Ed

Score: 0.0

Syndicate

Score: 0.0

Black Tides

Score: 0.0

Be Cool, Very Cool

Score: 0.0

Cash Out 3

Score: 0.0

November 1963

Score: 0.0

Everyday Heroes: Real Stories from Real Firefighters

Score: 0.0

Pattern Recognition

Score: 0.0

Rona Barrett Looks at 1978

Score: 0.0

John Travolta Remembers James Cagney

Score: 0.0

That's Amore!

Score: 0.0

Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Scrat Show

Score: 10.0

Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales

Score: 9.0

The True Story of...

Score: 8.3

Hart to Heart

Score: 8.2

Rove

Score: 8.0

Sanremo Music Festival

Score: 7.8

Emergency!

Score: 7.8

MTV Video Music Awards

Score: 7.7

American Crime Story

Score: 7.6

The Playboy Murders

Score: 7.6

Where Are They Now?

Score: 7.5

Inside the Actors Studio

Score: 7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Score: 7.5

Jay Leno's Garage

Score: 7.3

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

Welcome Back, Kotter

Score: 7.2

The Oscars

Score: 7.0

Saturday Night Live

Score: 7.0

The Rookies

Score: 6.8

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

Score: 6.6

Top of the Pops

Score: 6.6

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Score: 6.3

Champs-Elysées

Score: 6.3

Panorama

Score: 6.2

The Early Show

Score: 6.2

Medical Center

Score: 6.1

Die Hart

Score: 6.1

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Score: 6.0

Harty

Score: 6.0

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

Great Performances

Score: 5.8

Goldene Kamera

Score: 5.7

Fear Factor

Score: 5.7

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Score: 5.6

The Captain and Tennille

Score: 5.5

Fifth Gear

Score: 5.4

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Score: 5.4

The Mike Douglas Show

Score: 5.4

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Score: 5.4

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Score: 5.4

Wetten, dass..?

Score: 5.3

Fat Actress

Score: 5.2

Sacrée Soirée

Score: 5.1

El hormiguero

Score: 4.8

The Reichen Show

Score: 4.8

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Score: 4.6

Kirstie

Score: 4.6

Mr. T and Tina

Score: 4.3

The View

Score: 4.3

Entertainment Tonight

Score: 4.1

Celebrities Uncensored

Score: 4.0

The Jay Leno Show

Score: 3.5

Good Day Live

Score: 3.0

Oprah's Big Give

Score: 1.0