
John Joseph Travolta is an American actor, 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.
Film | 420 Awards - 2nd Annual Event | Himself / Various (archive footage) | 2020-04-20 |
Film | The Fanatic | Moose | 2019-08-30 |
Film | The Poison Rose | Carson Philips | 2019-05-23 |
Film | Trading Paint | Sam | 2019-02-22 |
Serial | Bolt's Adventures | Bolt | 2019-09-13 |
Film | Speed Kills | Ben Aronoff (Don Aronow) | 2018-11-16 |
Film | Studio 54 | Self (archive footage) | 2018-06-15 |
Film | Gotti | John Gotti | 2018-06-14 |
Film | The Great Satan | 2018-06-12 | |
Film | Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie | Himself | 2017-12-22 |
Film | The Grease Story | Danny Zuko | 2017-11-05 |
Film | Princess Diana: Her Life - Her Death - The Truth | Self (archive footage) | 2017-05-22 |
Film | Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees | Himself | 2017-04-16 |
Film | I Am Wrath | Stanley Hill | 2016-04-14 |
Serial | American Crime Story | Robert Shapiro | 2016-02-02 |
Film | David Blaine: Beyond Magic | Himself | 2016-11-16 |
Film | Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond | Himself | 2016-05-13 |
Film | In a Valley of Violence | The Marshal | 2016-10-21 |
Film | Criminal Activities | Eddie | 2015-11-20 |
Film | Life on the Line | Beau | 2015-11-05 |
Film | Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's | Himself | 2015-06-13 |
Film | Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief | Himself (archive footage) | 2015-01-25 |
Film | The Forger | Raymond Cutter | 2014-09-10 |
Film | And the Oscar Goes To... | 2014-02-01 | |
Film | Killing Season | Emil Kovac | 2013-07-12 |
Film | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | 2012-02-04 | |
Film | Savages | Dennis | 2012-07-06 |
Film | Casting By | Himself | 2012-09-09 |
Film | Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking | Himself | 2012-11-20 |
Film | Paul Williams Still Alive | Himself (archive footage) | 2011-09-11 |
Film | The Secrets of Scientology | Himself (archive footage) | 2010-09-28 |
Film | Grease Sing-A-Long | Danny | 2010-07-23 |
Film | From Paris with Love | Charlie Wax | 2010-02-04 |
Film | Old Dogs | Charlie | 2009-11-24 |
Film | The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | Ryder | 2009-06-11 |
Film | Bolt | Bolt (voice) | 2008-11-21 |
Film | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History | Himself | 2008-10-14 |
Film | Hairspray | Edna Turnblad | 2007-07-19 |
Film | Brando | Himself | 2007-05-01 |
Film | Wild Hogs | Woody Stevens | 2007-03-02 |
Film | Lonely Hearts | Elmer C. Robinson | 2006-04-30 |
Film | Tony Bennett: An American Classic | Himself | 2006-11-22 |
Serial | Fat Actress | Unknown | 2005-03-06 |
Film | Be Cool | Chili Palmer | 2005-03-04 |
Film | Sylvester Stallone Bio. | as himself | 2005-03-01 |
Film | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | Jim Irwin | 2005-01-01 |
Film | Ladder 49 | Captain Mike Kennedy | 2004-10-01 |
Film | A Love Song for Bobby Long | Bobby Long | 2004-09-02 |
Film | John Travolta: The Inside Story | Himself | 2004-04-22 |
Film | The Punisher | Howard Saint | 2004-04-15 |
Serial | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Film | Basic | Hardy | 2003-04-18 |
Film | Pulp Fiction: The Facts | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-20 |
Film | Austin Powers in Goldmember | John Travolta / Famous Goldmember ('Austinpussy') | 2002-07-26 |
Film | Swordfish | Gabriel Shear | 2001-06-07 |
Serial | Fear Factor | Unknown | 2001-06-11 |
Film | Domestic Disturbance | Frank Morrison | 2001-10-28 |
Film | Lucky Numbers | Russ Richards | 2000-10-27 |
Film | Battlefield Earth | Terl | 2000-05-10 |
Film | Battlefield Earth: Evolution & Creation | Himself | 2000-05-01 |
Film | The General's Daughter | Paul Brenner | 1999-06-18 |
Film | Our Friend, Martin | Kyle's Dad | 1999-01-12 |
Film | Forever Hollywood | Himself | 1999-01-01 |
Film | A Civil Action | Jan Schlichtmann | 1998-12-25 |
Film | Welcome to Hollywood | John Travolta | 1998-10-01 |
Film | Primary Colors | Jack Stanton | 1998-03-20 |
Film | The Thin Red Line | Brig. Gen. David Quintard | 1998-03-05 |
Film | Face/Off | Sean Archer / Castor Troy | 1997-06-27 |
Serial | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Film | She's So Lovely | Joey Germoni | 1997-08-29 |
Film | Mad City | Sam Baily | 1997-11-07 |
Film | Michael | Michael | 1996-12-25 |
Film | Phenomenon | George Malley | 1996-07-05 |
Film | Broken Arrow | Maj. Vic 'Deak' Deakins | 1996-02-09 |
Film | White Man's Burden | Louis Pinnock | 1995-12-01 |
Film | Get Shorty | Chili Palmer | 1995-10-20 |
Film | Pulp Fiction | Vincent Vega | 1994-09-10 |
Film | Look Who's Talking Now! | James Ubriacco | 1993-11-05 |
Serial | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Film | Boris and Natasha | John Travolta | 1992-04-17 |
Film | Shout | Jack Cabe | 1991-10-04 |
Film | Chains of Gold | Scott Barnes | 1991-09-15 |
Film | Eyes of an Angel | Bobby | 1991-07-26 |
Film | Look Who's Talking Too | James Ubriacco | 1990-12-14 |
Film | Look Who's Talking | James Ubriacco | 1989-10-12 |
Film | The Experts | Travis | 1989-01-13 |
Film | The Grand Knockout Tournament | Himself | 1987-06-19 |
Film | Basements | Ben (segment "The Dumb Waiter") | 1987-05-12 |
Film | Perfect | Adam Lawrence | 1985-06-07 |
Film | That's Dancing! | Himself | 1985-01-01 |
Film | Staying Alive | Tony Manero | 1983-07-11 |
Film | Two of a Kind | Zack | 1983-01-01 |
Film | Blow Out | Jack Terry | 1981-07-24 |
Film | Urban Cowboy | Bud Davis | 1980-06-06 |
Film | Moment by Moment | Strip | 1978-12-22 |
Film | Grease | Danny Zuko | 1978-07-07 |
Film | Grease Day USA | Himself | 1978-06-18 |
Film | Saturday Night Fever | Tony Manero | 1977-12-16 |
Film | The Boy in the Plastic Bubble | Tod Lubitch | 1976-11-12 |
Film | Carrie | Billy Nolan | 1976-11-03 |
Serial | The Captain and Tennille | Unknown | 1976-09-20 |
Film | The Tenth Level | Lab Technician (uncredited) | 1976-08-26 |
Serial | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Serial | Welcome Back, Kotter | Vinnie Barbarino | 1975-09-09 |
Film | The Devil's Rain | Danny | 1975-07-01 |
Film | Nightmare | Man Outside Store (uncredited) | 1974-01-08 |
Serial | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
Serial | Emergency! | Unknown | 1972-01-22 |
Serial | The Academy Awards | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |
Serial | Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 1944-01-20 |