
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.
Movie | Trading Paint | Sam | 2019 |
Movie | Gotti | John Gotti | 2018-06-15 |
Movie | Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees | Himself | 2017-04-16 |
Series | American Crime Story | Robert Shapiro | 2016-02-02 |
Movie | I Am Wrath | Stanley Hill | 2016-04-14 |
Movie | David Blaine: Beyond Magic | Himself | 2016-11-16 |
Movie | Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond | Himself | 2016-05-13 |
Movie | In a Valley of Violence | The Marshal | 2016-10-21 |
Movie | Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief | Himself (archive footage) | 2015-01-25 |
Movie | Criminal Activities | Eddie | 2015-11-20 |
Movie | Life on the Line | Beau | 2015-11-05 |
Movie | The Forger | Raymond Cutter | 2014-09-10 |
Movie | Killing Season | Emil Kovac | 2013-07-12 |
Movie | Savages | Dennis | 2012-07-06 |
Movie | Casting By | 2012-09-09 | |
Movie | Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking | Himself | 2012-11-20 |
Movie | From Paris with Love | Charlie Wax | 2010-02-05 |
Movie | The Secrets of Scientology | Himself (archive footage) | 2010-09-28 |
Movie | Old Dogs | Charlie | 2009-11-24 |
Movie | The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | Ryder | 2009-06-11 |
Movie | Bolt | Bolt (voice) | 2008-11-21 |
Movie | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History | 2008-10-14 | |
Movie | Wild Hogs | Woody Stevens | 2007-03-02 |
Movie | Brando | Himself | 2007-05-01 |
Movie | Hairspray | Edna Turnblad | 2007-07-13 |
Movie | Lonely Hearts | Elmer C. Robinson | 2006-04-30 |
Movie | Tony Bennett: An American Classic | 2006-11-21 | |
Movie | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | Jim Irwin | 2005-01-01 |
Series | Fat Actress | Unknown | 2005-03-06 |
Movie | Be Cool | Chili Palmer | 2005-03-04 |
Movie | The Punisher | Howard Saint | 2004-04-15 |
Movie | Ladder 49 | Captain Mike Kennedy | 2004-10-01 |
Movie | John Travolta: The Inside Story | Himself | 2004-04-22 |
Movie | A Love Song for Bobby Long | Bobby Long | 2004-09-02 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Basic | Hardy | 2003-04-18 |
Movie | Austin Powers in Goldmember | John Travolta / Famous Goldmember ('Austinpussy') | 2002-07-26 |
Series | Fear Factor | Unknown | 2001-06-11 |
Movie | Domestic Disturbance | Frank Morrison | 2001-10-30 |
Movie | Swordfish | Gabriel Shear | 2001-06-07 |
Movie | Battlefield Earth: Evolution & Creation | Himself | 2000-05-01 |
Movie | Battlefield Earth | Terl | 2000-05-10 |
Movie | Lucky Numbers | Russ Richards | 2000-10-27 |
Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Kyle's Dad | 1999-01-12 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
Movie | The General's Daughter | Paul Brenner | 1999-06-18 |
Series | Rove | Himself | 1999-09-22 |
Movie | A Civil Action | Jan Schlichtmann | 1998-03-05 |
Movie | The Thin Red Line | Brig. Gen. David Quintard | 1998-12-25 |
Movie | Primary Colors | Jack Stanton | 1998-03-20 |
Movie | Welcome to Hollywood | John Travolta | 1998-10-01 |
Movie | Face/Off | Sean Archer | 1997-06-27 |
Movie | She's So Lovely | Joey Germoni | 1997-08-29 |
Movie | Mad City | Sam Baily | 1997-11-07 |
Movie | Broken Arrow | Maj. Vic 'Deak' Deakins | 1996-02-09 |
Movie | Phenomenon | George Malley | 1996-07-05 |
Movie | Michael | Michael | 1996-12-25 |
Movie | Get Shorty | Chili Palmer | 1995-10-20 |
Movie | White Man's Burden | Louis Pinnock | 1995-12-01 |
Movie | Pulp Fiction | Vincent Vega | 1994-09-10 |
Movie | Look Who's Talking Now! | James Ubriacco | 1993-11-05 |
Movie | Boris and Natasha | John Travolta | 1992-04-17 |
Movie | Shout | Jack Cabe | 1991-10-04 |
Movie | Eyes of an Angel | Bobby | 1991-07-26 |
Movie | Chains of Gold | Scott Barnes | 1991-09-15 |
Movie | Look Who's Talking Too | James Ubriacco | 1990-12-14 |
Movie | Look Who's Talking | James Ubriacco | 1989-10-12 |
Movie | The Experts | Travis | 1989-01-13 |
Movie | Basements | Ben (segment "The Dumb Waiter") | 1987-05-12 |
Movie | The Grand Knockout Tournament | Himself | 1987-06-19 |
Movie | That's Dancing! | Himself | 1985-01-01 |
Movie | Perfect | Adam | 1985-06-07 |
Movie | Staying Alive | Tony Manero | 1983-07-11 |
Movie | Two of a Kind | Zack | 1983-01-01 |
Series | Live with Regis and Kathie Lee | Unknown | 1983-04-04 |
Series | Wanna bet, that..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
Movie | Blow Out | Jack Terry | 1981-07-24 |
Movie | Urban Cowboy | Bud Davis | 1980-06-06 |
Movie | Grease | Danny Zuko | 1978-07-07 |
Movie | Moment by Moment | Strip | 1978-12-22 |
Movie | Saturday Night Fever | Tony Manero | 1977-12-16 |
Movie | The Tenth Level | College Student (uncredited) | 1976-08-26 |
Series | The Captain and Tennille | Unknown | 1976-09-20 |
Movie | Carrie | Billy Nolan | 1976-11-03 |
Movie | The Boy in the Plastic Bubble | Tod Lubitch | 1976-11-12 |
Series | Mr. T and Tina | Vinnie Barbarino | 1976-09-25 |
Movie | The Devil's Rain | Danny | 1975-07-01 |
Series | Welcome Back, Kotter | Vinnie Barbarino | 1975-09-09 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Series | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
Series | Emergency! | Unknown | 1972-01-22 |
Series | Medical Center | Unknown | 1969-09-24 |
Series | The Academy Awards | John Travolta | 1953-03-18 |