John Travolta is an American actor, producer, and singer.
He first became well known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979) and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever and Grease . His acting career declined throughout the 1980s, but enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s with his role in Pulp Fiction , and he has since starred in films such as Face/Off , Swordfish , Wild Hogs , Hairspray and I Am Wrath .
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1975 | The Devil's Rain | Danny | |
1976 | Carrie | Billy Nolan | |
1977 | Saturday Night Fever | Anthony "Tony" Manero | |
1978 | Grease | Daniel "Danny" Zuko | |
Moment by Moment | Strip Harrison | ||
1980 | Urban Cowboy | Buford 'Bud' Una Davis | |
1981 | Blow Out | Jack Terry | |
1983 | Staying Alive | Anthony "Tony" Manero | |
Two of a Kind | Zack Melon | ||
1985 | Perfect | Adam Lawrence | |
1989 | The Experts | Travis | |
Look Who's Talking | James Ubriacco | ||
1990 | Look Who's Talking Too | ||
1991 | Shout | Jack Cabe | |
Eyes of an Angel | Bobby | ||
1993 | Look Who's Talking Now | James Ubriacco | |
1994 | Pulp Fiction | Vincent Vega | |
1995 | Get Shorty | Chili Palmer | |
White Man's Burden | Louis Pinnock | ||
1996 | Michael | Michael | |
Phenomenon | George Malley | ||
Orientation: A Scientology Information Film | Himself | Short film | |
Broken Arrow | Maj. Vic 'Deak' Deakins | ||
1997 | Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Himself | Documentary film |
Mad City | Sam Baily | ||
Face/Off | Sean Archer / Castor Troy | ||
She's So Lovely | Joey Giamonti | Also executive producer | |
1998 | A Civil Action | Jan Schlichtmann | |
The Thin Red Line | Brigadier General Quintard | ||
Junket Whore | Himself | Documentary film | |
Primary Colors | Governor Jack Stanton | ||
1999 | The General's Daughter | Warr. Officer Paul Brenner | |
Our Friend, Martin | Mr. Langon | Voice; Direct-to-video | |
2000 | Battlefield Earth | Terl | Also producer |
Lucky Numbers | Russ Richards | ||
Welcome to Hollywood | Himself | Cameo; Mockumentary | |
2001 | Domestic Disturbance | Frank Morrison | |
Swordfish | Gabriel Shear | ||
2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Himself as "Austinpussy" Goldmember | Cameo |
2003 | Basic | Tom Hardy | |
2004 | Ladder 49 | Captain Mike Kennedy | |
A Love Song for Bobby Long | Bobby Long | ||
The Punisher | Howard Saint | ||
2005 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D | James Benson "Jim" Irwin | Voice; Documentary film |
Be Cool | Chili Palmer | ||
2006 | Lonely Hearts | Elmer C. Robinson | |
2007 | Wild Hogs | Woody Stevens | |
Hairspray | Edna Turnblad | ||
2008 | Bolt | Bolt | Voice |
2009 | The Taking of Pelham 123 | Dennis 'Ryder' Ford | |
Old Dogs | Charlie Reed | ||
2010 | From Paris with Love | Charlie Wax | |
2012 | Savages | Dennis Cain | |
Casting By | Himself | Documentary film | |
2013 | Killing Season | Emil Kovac | |
2014 | The Forger | Ray Cutter | |
2015 | Life on the Line | Beau Ginner | Direct-to-video |
Criminal Activities | Eddie | Also executive producer | |
2016 | In a Valley of Violence | Marshal Clyde Martin | |
I Am Wrath | Stanley Hill | Direct-to-video | |
2018 | Gotti | John Gotti | Also executive producer |
Speed Kills | Ben Aronoff | Direct-to-video | |
2019 | Trading Paint | Sam Munroe | |
The Poison Rose | Carson Phillips | ||
The Fanatic | Moose | ||
2022 | Paradise City | Arlene Buckley | Direct-to-video |
2023 | Mob Land | Bodie Davis | |
The Shepherd | Johnny Kavanagh | Short film | |
2024 | Cash Out | Mason Goddard | Direct-to-video |
TBA | That's Amore! † | Nick Venere | [1] |
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1972 | Emergency! | Chuck Benson | Episode: "Kids" [2] |
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Episode: "A Piece of God" | ||
1973 | The Rookies | Eddie Halley | Episode: " Frozen Smoke" |
1974 | Medical Center | Danny | Episode: "Saturday's Child" |
1975 | The Tenth Level | John | Television film |
1975–1979 | Welcome Back, Kotter | Vincent "Vinnie" Barbarino | 79 episodes |
1976 | Mr. T and Tina | Vinnie Barbarino | Episode: "Pilot" |
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble | Tod Lubitch | Television film | |
1987 | Basements: The Dumb Waiter | Ben | |
The Grand Knockout Tournament | Himself | Participant; Television special | |
1991 | Chains of Gold | Scott Barnes | Television film; also writer |
1992 | Boris and Natasha: The Movie | Himself | Cameo; Television film |
1994 | Saturday Night Live | Himself | Host; Episode: "John Travolta/Seal" |
2005 | Fat Actress | Himself | Episode: "Big Butts" |
2014 | Kirstie | Mickey | Episode: "Mickey & Maddie" |
2016 | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | Robert Shapiro | 10 episodes; also producer |
2020 | Die Hart | Ron Wilcox | 10 episodes |
2024 | Sanremo Music Festival 2024 | Himself | Guest; Annual music festival |
Year | Title | Artist | Notes |
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1989 | Liberian Girl | Michael Jackson | |
2019 | 3 to Tango | Pitbull | [3] [4] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | Capital One | Santa | |
2023 |
Year | Album | US |
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1974 | Over Here! (musical) | — |
1976 | John Travolta | 39 |
1977 | Can't Let You Go | 66 |
1978 | Travolta Fever | 161 |
Grease (soundtrack) | 1 | |
1983 | Two of a Kind (soundtrack) | 26 |
1986 | The Road to Freedom (collaboration) | — |
1996 | Let Her In: The Best of John Travolta | — |
2003 | The Collection | — |
2007 | Hairspray (soundtrack) | — |
2012 | This Christmas (with Olivia Newton-John) | 81 |
Year | Title | US Billboard | US Cash Box | US Record World | US AC | CAN | CAN AC | UK |
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1974 | "Dream Drummin'" | |||||||
1975 | "Easy Evil" | |||||||
"Can't Let You Go" | ||||||||
1976 | "You Set My Dreams to Music" | |||||||
"Goodnight Mr. Moon" | ||||||||
"Rainbows" | ||||||||
"Settle Down" | ||||||||
"Moonlight Lady" | ||||||||
"Right Time of the Night" | ||||||||
"Big Trouble" | ||||||||
"What Would They Say" | ||||||||
"Back Doors Crying" | ||||||||
"Let Her In" | 10 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 12 | |||
"Whenever I'm Away from You" | 38 | 62 | 61 | |||||
"Slow Dancin'" | ||||||||
"It Had to Be You" | ||||||||
"I Don't Know What I Like About You Baby" | ||||||||
1977 | "All Strung Out on You" | 34 | 28 | 30 | ||||
"Baby, I Could Be So Good at Lovin' You" | ||||||||
"Razzamatazz" | ||||||||
1978 | "You're the One That I Want" (with Olivia Newton-John) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
"Summer Nights" (with Olivia Newton-John) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||
"Sandy" | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||
"Greased Lightnin'" | 47 | 45 | 11 | |||||
1980 | "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" | — | — | — | — | |||
1983 | "Take a Chance" (with Olivia Newton-John) | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | ||
1997 | "Two Sleepy People" (with Carly Simon) | — | — | — | — | |||
2008 | "I Thought I Lost You" (with Miley Cyrus) | — |
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