
John Travolta
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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.
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Known For

MTV Video Music Awards

The Oscars

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Tony Awards

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

El hormiguero

Golden Globe Awards

Saturday Night Live

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Medical Center

Emergency!

The Rookies

The Early Show

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Entertainment Tonight

The Jay Leno Show

Fear Factor

Celebrities Uncensored

Fat Actress

Panorama

Hart to Heart

Waking Sleeping Beauty

The Grand Knockout Tournament

The Princess

Austin Powers in Goldmember

American Crime Story

The Thin Red Line

Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Mr. T and Tina

Rona Barrett Looks at 1978

Grease

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

The Punisher

Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie

Wild Hogs

Die Hart

Look Who's Talking Too

In a Valley of Violence

Hairspray

Die Hart

I Am Wrath

Battlefield Earth

Two of a Kind

Pulp Fiction

From Paris with Love

Mr. Saturday Night

Be Cool

Urban Cowboy

White Man's Burden

Cash Out

The Experts

Staying Alive

Phenomenon

The Forger

Old Dogs

Look Who's Talking Now!

Get Shorty

High Rollers

Saturday Night Fever

Domestic Disturbance

A Civil Action

Broken Arrow

The General's Daughter

Gotti

Face/Off

Mob Land

Primary Colors

Lucky Numbers

Paradise City

Bolt

Look Who's Talking
Production Credits
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