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.
133 movies · 58 shows
Propeller One-Way Night Coach
2026·6.4
The Kick That United A Nation
2025·8.0
High Rollers
2025·6.5
Cash Out
2024·6.2
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
2023·8.1
The Shepherd
2023·6.9
Mob Land
2023·5.5
Die Hart
2023·5.9
Paradise City
2022·5.4
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022·4.8
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021·5.0
The Fanatic
2019·4.4
The Poison Rose
2019·4.7
Trading Paint
2019·5.3
Speed Kills
2018·5.4
Studio 54
2018·6.5
Gotti
2018·5.3
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
2017·7.7
Pattern Recognition
2017·0.0
The Grease Story
2017·8.4
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017·4.5
Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
2017·7.6
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017·7.3
Life on the Line
2016·5.8
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
2016·7.1
In a Valley of Violence
2016·6.1
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
2016·6.9
I Am Wrath
2016·5.8
Criminal Activities
2015·5.9
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
2015·7.8
The Forger
2014·5.8
Killing Season
2013·5.5
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
2013·6.7
Casting By
2012·6.9
Close Up
2012·9.5
Savages
2012·6.4
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012·7.6
I'm Still Here
2010·6.0
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010·6.1
From Paris with Love
2010·6.4
Old Dogs
2009·5.6
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009·6.4
Bolt
2008·6.6
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008·8.0
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
2007·6.0
Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth
2007·0.0
'Hairspray' Extentions
2007·0.0
It's 'Hairspray'!
2007·0.0
Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad
2007·0.0
Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad
2007·0.0
The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
2007·0.0
Hairspray
2007·6.7
Brando
2007·6.8
Wild Hogs
2007·6.0
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
2006·7.7
The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease
2006·0.0
Lonely Hearts
2006·6.0
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005·5.8
Be Cool, Very Cool
2005·0.0
Everyday Heroes: Real Stories from Real Firefighters
2005·0.0
Be Cool
2005·5.5
Bio.
2005·7.0
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005·10.0
Ladder 49
2004·6.5
War Journal: On the Set of 'The Punisher'
2004·5.0
A Love Song for Bobby Long
2004·6.8
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004·8.3
John Travolta: The Inside Story
2004·8.3
The Punisher
2004·6.4
John Travolta Remembers James Cagney
2003·0.0
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003·8.0
Basic
2003·6.5
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
2002·10.0
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
2002·5.0
Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages
2002·0.0
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002·6.0
HBO First Look: Swordfish
2001·0.0
Domestic Disturbance
2001·5.8
Swordfish
2001·6.3
Lucky Numbers
2000·5.2
Welcome to Hollywood
2000·4.2
Battlefield Earth
2000·3.3
The General's Daughter
1999·6.4
Our Friend, Martin
1999·7.1
Forever Hollywood
1999·8.3
A Civil Action
1998·6.5
The Thin Red Line
1998·7.4
Bee Gees: One Night Only
1998·8.1
Junket Whore
1998·5.0
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
1998·7.5
Primary Colors
1998·6.3
Mad City
1997·6.2
She's So Lovely
1997·5.9
Face/Off
1997·7.1
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997·7.3
Michael
1996·5.7
Phenomenon
1996·6.5
Orientation: A Scientology Information Film
1996·3.0
Broken Arrow
1996·6.1
America's Flying Aces: The Blue Angels 50th Anniversary
1996·9.0
White Man's Burden
1995·5.1
Get Shorty
1995·6.5
Trailer Camp
1995·3.7
Pulp Fiction
1994·8.5
Look Who's Talking Now!
1993·5.4
Boris and Natasha
1992·4.5
Shout
1991·5.8
Chains of Gold
1991·5.5
Eyes of an Angel
1991·7.2
Look Who's Talking Too
1990·5.5
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990·8.0
Look Who's Talking
1989·6.3
The Experts
1989·4.6
The Grand Knockout Tournament
1987·6.8
Basements
1987·6.8
Scientology: The Road to Total Freedom?
1987·0.0
Perfect
1985·5.6
That's Dancing!
1985·6.9
Two of a Kind
1983·5.9
Staying Alive
1983·5.8
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983·6.7
Blow Out
1981·7.4
Urban Cowboy
1980·6.5
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
1979·0.0
Moment by Moment
1978·3.6
Grease Day USA
1978·8.3
Grease
1978·7.4
Saturday Night Fever
1977·6.7
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
1976·5.6
Carrie
1976·7.3
The Tenth Level
1976·5.3
The Devil’s Rain
1975·5.0
Nightmare
1974·7.0