John Travolta

**John Joseph Travolta** (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor, dancer and singer.

## Biography

The youngest of six children, John Joseph Travolta was born and raised in Englewood, New Jersey. His father, Salvatore Travolta (November 1912 – May 1995), was a semi-professional American football player of Italian descent. His mother, Helen Cecilia (née Burke, January 1912 – December 1978), was an Irish-American actress and singer. He was raised Roman Catholic, but changed to Scientology in 1975.

Travolta was engaged with Diana Hyland who died of breast cancer in 1977, they met while filming _The Boy in the Plastic Bubble_. He married actress Kelly Preston in 1991. The couple had a son, Jett (1992–2009). Their daughter, Ella Bleu, was born in 2000. On May 18, 2010, Travolta and Preston said she was pregnant with the couple's third child. Later they said it would be a boy. Their son, Benjamin, was born on November 23, 2010 in Florida.

He starred in the movies _Grease_ with Olivia Newton-John, _Pulp Fiction_ with Samuel L. Jackson and _Hairspray_.

His wife, Kelly Preston died of breast cancer in July 2020.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1975|_The Devil's Rain_|Danny||
|1976|_Carrie_|Billy Nolan||
|1977|_Saturday Night Fever_|Tony Manero||
|1978|_Moment by Moment_|Strip Harrison||
|1978|_Grease_|Daniel "Danny" Zuko||
|1980|_Urban Cowboy_|Buford 'Bud' Uan Davis||
|1981|_Blow Out_|Jack Terry||
|1983|_Staying Alive_|Tony Manero||
|1983|_Two of a Kind_|Zack Melon||
|1985|_Perfect_|Adam Lawrence||
|1989|_The Experts_|Travis||
|1990|_Look Who's Talking Too_|James Ubriacco||
|1991|_Shout_|Jack Cabe||
|1991|_Eyes Of An Angel_|Bobby|aka _The Tender_|
|1991|_Chains of Gold_|Scott Barnes||
|1992|_Boris and Natasha: The Movie_|Himself|cameo|
|1993|_Look Who's Talking Now_|James Ubriacco||
|1994|_Pulp Fiction_|Vincent Vega||
|1995|_White Man's Burden_|Louis Pinnock||
|1995|_Get Shorty_|Chili Palmer||
|1996|_Broken Arrow_|Maj. Vic 'Deak' Deakins||
|1996|_Phenomenon_|George Malley||
|1996|_Michael_|Michael||
|1997|_She's So Lovely_|Joey Giamonti|Also executive producer|
|1997|_Face/Off_|Sean Archer/Castor Troy||
|1997|_Mad City_|Sam Baily||
|1998|_Primary Colors_|Governor Jack Stanton||
|1998|_The Thin Red Line_|Brigadier General Quintard||
|1998|_A Civil Action_|Jan Schlichtmann||
|1999|_The General's Daughter_|Warr. Off. Paul Brenner||
|2000|_Battlefield Earth_|Terl|Also producer|
|2000|_Lucky Numbers_|Russ Richards||
|2001|_Swordfish_|Gabriel Shear||
|2001|_Domestic Disturbance_|Frank Morrison||
|2002|_Austin Powers in Goldmember_|Himself / Famous Goldmember ('Austinpussy')|Cameo|
|2003|_Basic_|Tom Hardy||
|2004|_The Punisher_|Howard Saint||
|2004|_A Love Song for Bobby Long_|Bobby Long||
|2004|_Ladder 49_|Captain Mike Kennedy||
|2005|_Be Cool_|Chili Palmer||
|2005|_Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D_|James Irwin||
|2006|_Lonely Hearts_|Elmer C. Robinson||
|2007|_Wild Hogs_|Woody Stevens||
|2007|_Hairspray_|Edna Turnblad||
|2008|_Bolt_|Bolt|Voice|
|2009|_The Taking of Pelham 123_|Benard Ryder||
|2009|_Old Dogs_|Charlie Reed||
|2010|_From Paris with Love_|Charlie Wax||
|2012|_Savages_|Dennis||
|2013|_Killing Season_|Emil Kovac||
|2014|_The Forger_|Ray Cutter||
|2014|_Gummy Bear the Movie_|Gummy Bear|Voice|
|2015|_Criminal Activities_|Eddie|Post-production|
|2015|_In a Valley of Violence_|Ray Cutter|Filming|
|TBA|_A Three Dog Life_|Rich|Pre-production|

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1999|_Our Friend, Martin_|Kyle's Dad|Voice|

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1972|_Emergency!_|Chuck Benson|Episode: Kids|
|1972|_Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law_||Episode: A Piece of God|
|1973|_The Rookies_|Eddie Halley|Episode: Frozen Smoke|
|1974|_Nightmare_|Man Outside Store||
|1974|_Medical Center_|Danny|Episode: Saturday's Child|
|1976|_The Tenth Level_|College Student||
|1976|_Mr T. and Tina_|Vinnie Barbarino|Episode: Pilot|
|1976|_The Boy in the Plastic Bubble_|Tod Lubitch|Movie|
|1975–79|_Welcome Back, Kotter_|Vinnie Barbarino|79 episodes|
|1987|_Basements_|Ben||
|1989|_Boris and Natasha_|Himself|Movie|
|2001|_The Drew Carey Show_|Vinnie Barbarino|Episode: What's Wrong with This Episode IV|
|2014|_Kirstie_|Mickey Russo|Episode: Mickey & Maddie|

## Discography

|Year|Title|style="width:50px;"|<small>US</small>||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1974|_Over Here!_|style="text-align:center;"|—||
|1976|_John Travolta_|style="text-align:center;"|39||
|1977|_Can't Let You Go_|style="text-align:center;"|66||
|rowspan="2"|1978|_Travolta Fever_|style="text-align:center;"|161|
|_Grease_|style="text-align:center;"|1|||
|1983|_Two of a Kind_|style="text-align:center;"|26||
|1986|_The Road to Freedom_|style="text-align:center;"|—||
|1996|_Let Her In: The Best of John Travolta_|style="text-align:center;"|—||
|2003|_The Collection_|style="text-align:center;"|—||
|2007|_Hairspray_|style="text-align:center;"|—||

## Awards and nominations

|Year|Nominated Work|Award|Result|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|1977|rowspan="4"|_Saturday Night Fever_|National Board of Review Award for Best Actor||
|New York Film Critics Circle Award|3rd place|||||
|rowspan="2"|1978|Academy Award for Best Actor||||
|Golden Globe Award for Best Actor||||||
|1979|_Grease_|Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy||||
|1984|_Staying Alive_ and _Two of a Kind_|Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor||||
|1986|_Perfect_|Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor||||
|1990|_Two of a Kind_, _Staying Alive_, _Perfect_ and _The Experts_|Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor of the Deacade||||
|1992|_Shout_|Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor||||
|rowspan="2"|1994|rowspan="13"|_Pulp Fiction_|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor||
|Stockholm Film Festival Award for Best Actor||||||
|rowspan="11"|1995|Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role||||
|Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama||||||
|BAFTA Award for Best Actor||||||
|Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role||||||
|Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor||||||
|Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards for Best Actor|3rd place|||||
|David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actor||||||
|London Critics Circle Film Award for Actor of the Year||||||
|MTV Movie Awards for Dance Sequence||||||
|MTV Movie Awards for Best On-Screen Duo||||||
|National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|3rd place|||||
|1995|rowspan="5"|_Get Shorty_|New York Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Actor|||
|rowspan="6"|1996|Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical||||
|Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast||||||
|American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture||||||
|Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor||||||
|rowspan="2"|_Broken Arrow_|MTV Movie Award for Best Villain||||
|MTV Movie Award for Best Fight||||||
|rowspan="3"|1997|rowspan="3"|_Phenomenon_|Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor - Drama||
|MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance||||||
|MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss||||||
|rowspan="5"|1998|rowspan="5"|_Face/Off_|Saturn Award for Best Actor||
|Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor - Action/Adventure||||||
|MTV Movie Awards for Best On-Screen Duo||||||
|MTV Movie Award for Male Performance||||||
|MTV Movie Award for Villain||||||
|rowspan="2"|1999|rowspan="2"|_Primary Colors_|Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical||
|Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Comedy/Musical Actor||||||
|rowspan="2"|1999|_The Thin Red Line_|Satellite Award for Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble|||
|_A Civil Action_|Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor - Drama|||||
|2000|_The General's Daughter_|Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor - Suspense||||
|rowspan="3"|2001|rowspan="3"|_Battlefield Earth_|Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Couple||
|Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor||||||
|Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture||||||
|2002|_Swordfish_ and _Domestic Disturbance_|Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor||||
|2006|_The Boy in the Plastic Bubble_|TV Land Award for Blockbuster Movie of the Week||||
|rowspan="2"|2007|rowspan="7"|_Hairspray_|Hollywood Film Award for Ensemble of the Year||
|Women Film Critics Circle Award for Hall of Shame||||||
|rowspan="5"|2008|Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture||||
|Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture||||||
|Critics Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble||||||
|Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Music, Adapted Song||||||
|Palm Springs International Film Festival Award for Best Ensemble||||||
|2009|_Bolt_|Critics Choice Award for Best Song||||
|2010|_Lucky Numbers_, _Battlefield Earth_, _Swordfish_, _Domestic Disturbance_ and _Old Dogs_|Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor of the Decade||||
|2010|_Old Dogs_|Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor||||

## Infobox (person)

- **image**: Travolta 05 (48686383962) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Travolta at Fan  Expo 25 August 2019
- **birth name**: John Joseph Travolta
- **birth place**: Englewood, New Jersey, USA
- **occupation**: Actor, dancer, producer, singer, writer, pilot
- **years active**: 1972–present
- **website**: http://www.travolta.com