John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor, film producer, dancer, and singer. He first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever and Grease. Travolta's career re-surged in the 1990s, with his role in Pulp Fiction, and he has since continued starring in Hollywood films, including Face/Off, Ladder 49 and Wild Hogs. Travolta has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. The first, for his role in Saturday Night Fever and the second for Pulp Fiction. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance in Get Shorty. Travolta, the youngest of six children, was born and raised in Englewood, New Jersey, an inner-ring suburb of New York City. His father, Salvatore Travolta, was a semi-professional football player turned tire salesman and partner in a tire company. His mother, Helen Cecilia, was an actress and singer who had appeared in The Sunshine Sisters, a radio vocal group, and acted and directed before becoming a high school drama and English teacher. His siblings are Joey, Ellen, Ann, Margaret, and Sam Travolta. Travolta's father was a second-generation Italian American and his mother was Irish American; he grew up in an Irish-American neighborhood and has said that his household was predominantly Irish in culture. His family was Roman Catholic. Travolta married actress Kelly Preston in 1991. The couple had a son, Jett, (April 13, 1992 - January 2, 2009), and have a daughter, Ella Bleu, born in 2000. On May 18, 2010, Travolta and Preston announced that she is pregnant with the couple's third child. The couple has regularly attended marriage counselling, and Travolta admits that therapy has helped the marriage. Travolta was involved with actress Diana Hyland, whom he met while filming The Boy in the Plastic Bubble; the relationship ended when she died of breast cancer in 1977. Travolta is a certified pilot and owns five aircraft, including an ex-Australian Boeing 707–138 airliner. The plane bears the name Jett Clipper Ella in honor of his children. His $4.9 million estate in the Jumbolair subdivision in Ocala, Florida, is situated on Greystone Airport with its own runway and taxiway right to his front door. Travolta has been a practitioner of Scientology since 1975 when he was given the book Dianetics while filming the movie The Devil's Rain in Durango, Mexico.
Movie | Gunner | Self | 2024-06-06 |
Movie | Die Hart | Ron Wilcox | 2023-02-22 |
Movie | Mob Land | Bodie Davis | 2023-08-04 |
Movie | The Shepherd | Johnny Kavanagh | 2023-08-10 |
Movie | Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2023-10-18 |
Movie | Becoming Al Pacino | Self (archive footage) | 2022-02-06 |
Movie | The Princess | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2022-05-30 |
Movie | American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective | Self | 2022-08-15 |
Movie | Paradise City | Buck | 2022-11-11 |
Movie | Mr. Saturday Night | Self (archive footage) | 2021-11-13 |
Series | Die Hart | Ron Wilcox | 2020-07-20 |
Movie | Trading Paint | Sam | 2019-02-22 |
Movie | The Poison Rose | Carson Philips | 2019-05-23 |
Movie | QT8: The First Eight | Self (archive footage) | 2019-10-21 |
Movie | The Fanatic | Moose | 2019-08-30 |
Movie | The Great Satan | 2018-06-12 | |
Movie | Gotti | John Gotti | 2018-06-14 |
Movie | Studio 54 | Self (archive footage) | 2018-06-15 |
Movie | Speed Kills | Ben Aronoff (Don Aronow) | 2018-11-16 |
Movie | Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees | Self - Host | 2017-04-16 |
Movie | John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2017-03-19 |
Movie | Princess Diana: Her Life, Her Death, the Truth | Self (archive footage) | 2017-05-22 |
Movie | The Grease Story | Danny Zuko | 2017-11-05 |
Movie | Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie | Self | 2017-12-22 |
Movie | Pattern Recognition | Self (Archival Footage) | 2017-12-01 |
Series | American Crime Story | Robert Shapiro | 2016-02-02 |
Movie | I Am Wrath | Stanley Hill | 2016-04-14 |
Movie | David Blaine: Beyond Magic | Self | 2016-11-16 |
Movie | Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond | Self | 2016-05-13 |
Movie | In a Valley of Violence | The Marshal | 2016-10-21 |
Movie | Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's | Self | 2015-06-13 |
Movie | Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief | Self (archive footage) | 2015-01-25 |
Movie | Life on the Line | Beau Ginner | 2015-11-05 |
Movie | Criminal Activities | Eddie | 2015-11-20 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | The Forger | Raymond Cutter | 2014-09-10 |
Movie | Killing Season | Emil Kovac | 2013-07-12 |
Series | The Scrat Show | 2012-07-06 | |
Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
Movie | Savages | Dennis | 2012-07-06 |
Movie | Close Up | Self (archive footage) | 2012-09-30 |
Movie | Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking | Self | 2012-11-20 |
Movie | Casting By | Self | 2012-11-01 |
Movie | From Paris with Love | Charlie Wax | 2010-02-04 |
Movie | I'm Still Here | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2010-09-10 |
Movie | Old Dogs | Charlie | 2009-11-24 |
Movie | The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | Ryder | 2009-06-10 |
Movie | Waking Sleeping Beauty | Self (archive footage) | 2009-09-05 |
Series | Oprah's Big Give | Unknown | 2008-03-02 |
Movie | Bolt | Bolt (voice) | 2008-11-21 |
Movie | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History | Self | 2008-10-14 |
Movie | Wild Hogs | Woody Stevens | 2007-03-02 |
Movie | Brando | Self | 2007-05-01 |
Movie | Hairspray | Edna Turnblad | 2007-07-19 |
Movie | Tarantino's Mind | Vincent Vega (archive footage) | 2006-01-04 |
Movie | Lonely Hearts | Elmer Robinson | 2006-04-30 |
Movie | Tony Bennett: An American Classic | Self | 2006-11-22 |
Movie | Bio. | Self | 2005-03-01 |
Series | Fat Actress | Unknown | 2005-03-07 |
Movie | Be Cool | Chili Palmer | 2005-03-04 |
Movie | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | Jim Irwin | 2005-09-23 |
Series | The Reichen Show | 2005-11-11 | |
Movie | John Travolta: The Inside Story | Self | 2004-04-22 |
Movie | The Punisher | Howard Saint | 2004-04-15 |
Movie | Crossings: John Woo | Self | 2004-06-20 |
Movie | A Love Song for Bobby Long | Bobby Long | 2004-09-02 |
Movie | Ladder 49 | Captain Mike Kennedy | 2004-10-01 |
Series | Celebrities Uncensored | Unknown | 2003-06-04 |
Movie | Basic | DEA Agent Tom Hardy | 2003-04-18 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | John Travolta Remembers James Cagney | Self | 2003-09-30 |
Movie | Austin Powers in Goldmember | John Travolta / Famous Goldmember ('Austinpussy') | 2002-07-26 |
Movie | Swordfish | Gabriel Shear | 2001-06-08 |
Series | Fear Factor | Unknown | 2001-06-11 |
Movie | Domestic Disturbance | Frank Morrison | 2001-10-28 |
Series | Good Day Live | Unknown | 2001-09-17 |
Movie | Battlefield Earth | Terl | 2000-05-12 |
Movie | Lucky Numbers | Russ Richards | 2000-10-27 |
Movie | Forever Hollywood | Self | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Kyle's Dad (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
Series | Where Are They Now? | Unknown | 1999-06-07 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
Series | Rove | Himself | 1999-09-22 |
Movie | The General's Daughter | Warrant Officer Paul Brenner | 1999-06-18 |
Movie | Primary Colors | Jack Stanton | 1998-03-20 |
Movie | Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Self | 1998-06-19 |
Movie | Welcome to Hollywood | John Travolta | 1998-10-01 |
Movie | A Civil Action | Jan Schlichtmann | 1998-12-25 |
Movie | The Thin Red Line | Brig. Gen. David Quintard | 1998-12-23 |
Movie | Face/Off | Sean Archer | 1997-06-27 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | She's So Lovely | Joey Germoni | 1997-08-29 |
Movie | Mad City | Sam Baily | 1997-11-07 |
Movie | Phenomenon | George Malley | 1996-07-05 |
Movie | Broken Arrow | Vic Deakins | 1996-02-09 |
Movie | Michael | Michael | 1996-12-25 |
Movie | Get Shorty | Chili Palmer | 1995-10-20 |
Movie | White Man's Burden | Louis Pinnock | 1995-12-01 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
Movie | Pulp Fiction | Vincent Vega | 1994-09-10 |
Movie | Look Who's Talking Now! | James Ubriacco | 1993-11-05 |
Movie | Boris and Natasha | Self | 1992-04-17 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Eyes of an Angel | Bobby | 1991-07-26 |
Movie | Shout | Jack Cabe | 1991-10-04 |
Movie | Chains of Gold | Scott Barnes | 1991-09-15 |
Movie | Look Who's Talking Too | James Ubriacco | 1990-12-14 |
Movie | The Experts | Travis | 1989-01-13 |
Movie | Look Who's Talking | James Ubriacco | 1989-10-12 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Movie | Basements | Ben (segment "The Dumb Waiter") | 1987-05-12 |
Movie | The Grand Knockout Tournament | Self | 1987-06-19 |
Movie | That's Dancing! | Himself | 1985-01-18 |
Movie | Perfect | Adam Lawrence | 1985-05-15 |
Movie | Staying Alive | Tony Manero | 1983-07-11 |
Movie | James Bond: The First 21 Years | Self | 1983-05-27 |
Series | Harty | Unknown | 1983-09-20 |
Movie | Two of a Kind | Zack | 1983-12-13 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
Movie | Blow Out | Jack Terry | 1981-07-24 |
Movie | Urban Cowboy | Bud Davis | 1980-06-06 |
Movie | Grease Day USA | Self | 1978-06-18 |
Movie | Moment by Moment | Strip | 1978-12-22 |
Movie | Grease | Danny Zuko | 1978-07-07 |
Movie | Saturday Night Fever | Tony Manero | 1977-12-16 |
Movie | The Tenth Level | Lab Technician (uncredited) | 1976-08-26 |
Series | The Captain and Tennille | Unknown | 1976-09-20 |
Movie | Carrie | Billy Nolan | 1976-11-03 |
Series | Mr. T and Tina | Vinnie Barbarino | 1976-09-25 |
Movie | The Boy in the Plastic Bubble | Tod Lubitch | 1976-11-12 |
Movie | The Devil's Rain | Danny | 1975-07-01 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Series | Welcome Back, Kotter | Vinnie Barbarino | 1975-09-09 |
Movie | Nightmare | Man Outside Store (uncredited) | 1974-01-08 |
Series | Emergency! | Unknown | 1972-01-22 |
Series | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
Series | Medical Center | Unknown | 1969-09-24 |
Series | The Oscars | John Travolta | 1953-03-19 |