Cast
John Travolta
Acting
Cast
John Travolta
Known for
Acting
Born
1954-02-18
From
Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Also known as John Joseph Travolta
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.
★8.5
MOVIE1994
Pulp Fiction
as Vincent Vega
★7.1
MOVIE1997
Face/Off
as Sean Archer
★6.5
MOVIE2008
Bolt
as Bolt (voice)
★7.4
MOVIE1978
Grease
as Danny
★6.4
MOVIE2026
Propeller One-Way Night Coach
as Retiring Captain / Narrator (voice)
★7.3
MOVIE1976
Carrie
as Billy Nolan
★6.4
MOVIE2004
The Punisher
as Howard Saint
★6.7
MOVIE1977
Saturday Night Fever
as Tony Manero
MOVIE2026
The Gentleman Thief
as Mason Goddard
★6.0
MOVIE2002
Austin Powers in Goldmember
as John Travolta / Famous Goldmember ('Austinpussy')
★6.4
MOVIE2010
From Paris with Love
as Charlie Wax
★7.4
MOVIE1998
The Thin Red Line
as Brig. Gen. David Quintard
★6.0
MOVIE2007
Wild Hogs
as Woody Stevens
★6.7
MOVIE2007
Hairspray
as Edna Turnblad
★6.5
MOVIE2025
High Rollers
as Mason Goddard
★6.3
MOVIE2001
Swordfish
as Gabriel
★6.5
MOVIE1996
Phenomenon
as George Malley
★5.5
MOVIE2013
Killing Season
as Emil Kovac
★6.4
MOVIE2012
Savages
as Dennis
★6.1
MOVIE1996
Broken Arrow
as Vic Deakins
★6.4
MOVIE2009
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
as Ryder
★5.5
MOVIE2022
Paradise City
as Buck
★7.4
MOVIE1981
Blow Out
as Jack Terry
★4.1
MOVIE2000
Welcome to Hollywood
as John Travolta
★5.8
MOVIE2016
I Am Wrath
as Stanley Hill
★6.5
MOVIE2004
Ladder 49
as Captain Mike Kennedy
★4.7
MOVIE2019
The Poison Rose
as Carson Philips
★6.1
MOVIE2016
In a Valley of Violence
as The Marshal
★5.8
MOVIE1983
Staying Alive
as Tony Manero
★5.5
MOVIE2005
Be Cool
as Chili Palmer
★6.4
MOVIE1999
The General's Daughter
as Warrant Officer Paul Brenner
★5.9
MOVIE2015
Criminal Activities
as Eddie
★6.5
MOVIE2003
Basic
as DEA Agent Tom Hardy
★6.2
MOVIE2024
Cash Out
as Mason Goddard
★5.8
MOVIE2001
Domestic Disturbance
as Frank Morrison
★5.0
MOVIE1998
Junket Whore
as Self
★5.4
MOVIE1993
Look Who's Talking Now!
as James Ubriacco
★6.3
MOVIE1989
Look Who's Talking
as James
★3.3
MOVIE2000
Battlefield Earth
as Terl
★8.3
MOVIE1999
Forever Hollywood
as Self
MOVIE2026
November 1963
as Johnny Roselli
★5.9
MOVIE2023
Die Hart
as Ron Wilcox
★5.6
MOVIE2009
Old Dogs
as Charlie
★6.8
MOVIE2004
A Love Song for Bobby Long
as Bobby Long
★5.8
MOVIE2016
Life on the Line
as Beau Ginner
★7.6
MOVIE2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE2010
I'm Still Here
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1995
Get Shorty
as Chili Palmer
★5.7
MOVIE1996
Michael
as Michael
★5.4
MOVIE2018
Speed Kills
as Ben Aronoff (Don Aronow)
MOVIE2017
Pattern Recognition
as Self (archive footage)
★5.5
MOVIE2023
Mob Land
as Bodie Davis
★5.3
MOVIE2019
Trading Paint
as Sam
★6.9
MOVIE2023
The Shepherd
as Johnny Kavanagh
★5.8
MOVIE1991
Shout
as Jack Cabe
★6.0
MOVIE2006
Lonely Hearts
as Elmer Robinson
★6.5
MOVIE1998
A Civil Action
as Jan Schlichtmann
★5.6
MOVIE1985
Perfect
as Adam Lawrence
★7.0
MOVIE2005
Bio.
as Self
★7.1
MOVIE2016
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE2018
Gotti
as John Gotti
★7.1
MOVIE1999
Our Friend, Martin
as Kyle's Dad (voice)
★6.3
MOVIE1998
Primary Colors
as Jack Stanton
★8.0
MOVIE2003
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE1980
Urban Cowboy
as Bud Davis
★4.6
MOVIE1989
The Experts
as Travis
★4.4
MOVIE2019
The Fanatic
as Moose
MOVIETBA
Syndicate
as Special Agent Felix Miller
MOVIE2005
Be Cool, Very Cool
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE1997
Mad City
as Sam Baily
MOVIE2007
'Hairspray' Extentions
as Self
★5.9
MOVIE1983
Two of a Kind
as Zack
★6.5
MOVIE2018
Studio 54
as Self (archive footage)
★10.0
MOVIE2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
★5.8
MOVIE2014
The Forger
as Raymond Cutter
★5.9
MOVIE1997
She's So Lovely
as Joey Germoni
MOVIETBA
ED
★8.0
MOVIE2025
The Kick That United A Nation
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE2012
Casting By
as Self
★5.5
MOVIE1990
Look Who's Talking Too
as James
★5.0
MOVIE1975
The Devil’s Rain
as Danny
★5.2
MOVIE2000
Lucky Numbers
as Russ Richards
MOVIE2001
HBO First Look: Swordfish
★7.1
MOVIE1991
Eyes of an Angel
as Bobby
★6.9
MOVIE1985
That's Dancing!
as Self (archive footage)
★5.0
MOVIE2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
★5.0
MOVIE2002
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
as Self (archive footage)
★6.8
MOVIE1987
Basements
as Ben (segment "The Dumb Waiter")
★5.0
MOVIE2004
War Journal: On the Set of 'The Punisher'
as Self
★8.3
MOVIE1978
Grease Day USA
as Self
★4.5
MOVIE2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr
as Self (archive)
★6.1
MOVIE2010
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE2007
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
as Self
★4.5
MOVIE1992
Boris and Natasha
as Self
MOVIE2006
The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
as Self – Danny Zuko (archive footage)
★8.1
MOVIE1998
Bee Gees: One Night Only
as Self - Tony Manero/Self - Danny Zuko (archive footage)
MOVIETBA
Black Tides
as Bill Pierce
★5.1
MOVIE1995
White Man's Burden
as Louis Pinnock
★8.0
MOVIE1990
Seriously... Phil Collins
as Self
★3.6
MOVIE1978
Moment by Moment
as Strip
★6.7
MOVIE2013
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
as Self
MOVIE2007
It's 'Hairspray'!
as Self
★9.5
MOVIE2012
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2007
Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE1983
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self
MOVIETBA
That's Amore!
as Nick Venere
★7.3
MOVIE2017
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
★5.6
MOVIE1976
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
as Tod Lubitch
★6.9
MOVIE2016
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
as Self
★7.6
MOVIE2017
Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
as Self - Host
MOVIE2007
Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad
as Self
★7.7
MOVIE2006
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
as Self
MOVIE2002
Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages
MOVIE1987
Scientology: The Road to Total Freedom?
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE1987
The Grand Knockout Tournament
as Self
★5.9
MOVIE2005
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Jim Irwin
★7.0
MOVIE1974
Nightmare
as Man Outside Store (uncredited)
MOVIE2007
Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad
as Self
★8.4
MOVIE2017
The Grease Story
as Danny Zuko
★8.1
MOVIE2023
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1996
America's Flying Aces: The Blue Angels 50th Anniversary
as Hosted by
★8.3
MOVIE2004
John Travolta: The Inside Story
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE1976
The Tenth Level
as Lab Technician (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1998
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
as Self
★7.7
MOVIE2017
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
as Self
★3.0
MOVIE1996
Orientation: A Scientology Information Film
as Self
★5.5
MOVIE1991
Chains of Gold
as Scott Barnes
★7.3
MOVIE1997
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
as Self
MOVIE2007
The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
as Self
MOVIE1979
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE2007
Brando
as Self
★4.8
MOVIE2022
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE2002
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
★8.3
MOVIE2004
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
as Host
★7.8
MOVIE2015
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
as Self
★3.7
MOVIE1995
Trailer Camp
as (Archival)
MOVIE2005
Everyday Heroes: Real Stories from Real Firefighters
MOVIE2003
John Travolta Remembers James Cagney
as Self