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John Travolta

Acting
Known For

71 Years Old

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Travolta, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Englewood, New Jersey, USA on 18th February 1954

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Top of the Pops
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark Image
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Image
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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Wetten, dass..? Image
Wetten, dass..?
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The View Image
The View
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Panorama
Himself (archive footage)
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Good Day Live
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Great Performances Image
Great Performances
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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Golden Globe Awards
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Golden Globe Awards
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Golden Globe Awards
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Golden Globe Awards
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Champs-Elysées
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Sanremo Music Festival
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Sacrée soirée
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The Mike Douglas Show
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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The Rookies
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The Jay Leno Show
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The Reichen Show
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
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Medical Center
Danny
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Jay Leno's Garage
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The Captain and Tennille
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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
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Saturday Night Live Image
Saturday Night Live
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Goldene Kamera Verleihung
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American Crime Story Image
American Crime Story
Robert Shapiro
Where Are They Now? Image
Where Are They Now?
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MTV Video Music Awards
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Emergency! Image
Emergency!
Chuck Benson
Tony Awards Image
Tony Awards
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El hormiguero
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Rove
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The Oscars
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Harty
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Fifth Gear
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The Playboy Murders
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Fear Factor Image
Fear Factor
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Pulp Fiction
Vincent Vega
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The True Story of...
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Die Hart Image
Die Hart
Ron Wilcox
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Fat Actress
John Travolta
Hart to Heart Image
Hart to Heart
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Welcome Back, Kotter Image
Welcome Back, Kotter
Vinnie Barbarino
The Early Show Image
The Early Show
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Il était une fois Champs-Élysées Image
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
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Grease
Danny Zuko
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Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
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From Paris with Love
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Cash Out Image
Cash Out
Mason Goddard
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Mob Land
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Entertainment Tonight
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Bolt
Bolt (voice)
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Face/Off
Sean Archer
The Punisher Image
The Punisher
Howard Saint
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High Rollers
Mason Goddard
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Austin Powers in Goldmember
John Travolta / Famous Goldmember ('Austinpussy')
Hairspray Image
Hairspray
Edna Turnblad
Carrie Image
Carrie
Billy Nolan
The Thin Red Line Image
The Thin Red Line
Brig. Gen. David Quintard
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Swordfish
Gabriel
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The Scrat Show
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Ryder
I Am Wrath Image
I Am Wrath
Stanley Hill
Die Hart Image
Die Hart
Ron Wilcox
Wild Hogs Image
Wild Hogs
Woody Stevens
Be Cool Image
Be Cool
Chili Palmer
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Phenomenon
George Malley
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Broken Arrow
Vic Deakins
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Kirstie
Mickey Russo
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Saturday Night Fever
Tony Manero
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Inside the Actors Studio
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The Shepherd Image
The Shepherd
Johnny Kavanagh
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Paradise City
Buck
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Look Who's Talking
James
Get Shorty Image
Get Shorty
Chili Palmer
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The General's Daughter
Warrant Officer Paul Brenner
Savages Image
Savages
Dennis
A Civil Action Image
A Civil Action
Jan Schlichtmann
Gotti Image
Gotti
John Gotti
Primary Colors Image
Primary Colors
Jack Stanton
Staying Alive Image
Staying Alive
Tony Manero
Blow Out Image
Blow Out
Jack Terry
Mad City Image
Mad City
Sam Baily
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Ladder 49
Captain Mike Kennedy
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In a Valley of Violence
The Marshal
Look Who's Talking Too Image
Look Who's Talking Too
James
The Poison Rose Image
The Poison Rose
Carson Philips
Look Who's Talking Now! Image
Look Who's Talking Now!
James Ubriacco
Old Dogs Image
Old Dogs
Charlie
Basic Image
Basic
DEA Agent Tom Hardy
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Killing Season
Emil Kovac
Michael Image
Michael
Michael
QT8: The First Eight Image
QT8: The First Eight
Self (archive footage)
Urban Cowboy Image
Urban Cowboy
Bud Davis
I'm Still Here Image
I'm Still Here
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Celebrities Uncensored
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Battlefield Earth
Terl
Lonely Hearts Image
Lonely Hearts
Elmer Robinson
A Love Song for Bobby Long Image
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Bobby Long
Life on the Line Image
Life on the Line
Beau Ginner
Perfect Image
Perfect
Adam Lawrence
The Devil's Rain Image
The Devil's Rain
Danny
Criminal Activities Image
Criminal Activities
Eddie
Domestic Disturbance Image
Domestic Disturbance
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The Forger Image
The Forger
Raymond Cutter
The Fanatic Image
The Fanatic
Moose
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Two of a Kind
Zack
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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
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Trading Paint
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And the Oscar Goes To...
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Oprah's Big Give
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Studio 54
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Speed Kills
Ben Aronoff (Don Aronow)
The Experts Image
The Experts
Travis
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood Image
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
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The Boy in the Plastic Bubble Image
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Tod Lubitch
Lucky Numbers Image
Lucky Numbers
Russ Richards
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective Image
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
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Welcome to Hollywood Image
Welcome to Hollywood
John Travolta
Eyes of an Angel Image
Eyes of an Angel
Bobby
She's So Lovely Image
She's So Lovely
Joey Germoni
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Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
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Mr. T and Tina
Vinnie Barbarino
Close Up Image
Close Up
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Brando Image
Brando
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Casting By Image
Casting By
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Boris and Natasha
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November 1963
Johnny Roselli
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Junket Whore
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Paul Williams Still Alive Image
Paul Williams Still Alive
Self (archive footage)
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon Image
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Jim Irwin
Shout Image
Shout
Jack Cabe
David Blaine: Beyond Magic Image
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
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2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift Image
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
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Our Friend, Martin Image
Our Friend, Martin
Kyle's Dad (voice)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History Image
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
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Tony Bennett: An American Classic Image
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
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Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking Image
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
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The Grand Knockout Tournament
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
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Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees Image
Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
Self - Host
Tarantino's Mind Image
Tarantino's Mind
Vincent Vega (archive footage)
White Man's Burden Image
White Man's Burden
Louis Pinnock
Basements Image
Basements
Ben (segment "The Dumb Waiter")
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That's Amore!
Nick Venere
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood Image
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's Image
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
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Forever Hollywood Image
Forever Hollywood
Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years Image
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
The Grease Story Image
The Grease Story
Danny Zuko
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies Image
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Host
The Tenth Level Image
The Tenth Level
Lab Technician (uncredited)
Pulp Fiction: The Facts Image
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
Self (archive footage)
John Travolta: The Inside Story Image
John Travolta: The Inside Story
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Grease Day USA Image
Grease Day USA
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Mr. Saturday Night Image
Mr. Saturday Night
Self (archive footage)
Seriously... Phil Collins Image
Seriously... Phil Collins
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Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond Image
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
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Moment by Moment Image
Moment by Moment
Strip
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s Image
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles Image
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie Image
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
Self
Chains of Gold Image
Chains of Gold
Scott Barnes
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's Image
Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
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Be Cool, Very Cool
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John Travolta Remembers James Cagney
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Bio. Image
Bio.
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Nightmare Image
Nightmare
Man Outside Store (uncredited)
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978 Image
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
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Trailer Camp Image
Trailer Camp
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Cash Out 3
Mason Goddard
The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off' Image
The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'
Self (archive footage)
Orientation: A Scientology Information Film Image
Orientation: A Scientology Information Film
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Pattern Recognition Image
Pattern Recognition
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Black Tides
Bill Pierce
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Syndicate
Special Agent Felix Miller
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Everyday Heroes: Real Stories from Real Firefighters