John Travolta
Highest Rated: 93% Face/Off (1997)
Lowest Rated: 0% Look Who's Talking Now (1993)
Birthday: Feb 18, 1954
Birthplace: Englewood, New Jersey, USA
The rollercoaster career of Hollywood star John Travolta decisively discredited the old adage that there are no second acts. The New Jersey native first gained fame as a suave, dim-witted Brooklyn high school student on the sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter" (ABC, 1975-79). Being in the right place in the right era, he became inextricably linked to pop culture trends, thanks to sensational starring roles in the disco drama "Saturday Night Fever" (1977) and the 1950s retro musical, "Grease" (1978). Travolta also had a hand in the country music revival of the early 1980s with his popular portrayal of a mechanical bull-riding oil rigger in "Urban Cowboy" (1980). Then for some reason, the biggest male movie star of the late-1970s languished throughout the next decade and beyond, his engaging talent virtually forgotten until a bold decision by Quentin Tarantino cast him in the cult mainstay "Pulp Fiction" (2004). Following the rousing response to Travolta's darkly funny performance as a junkie hit man, he was overnight commanding millions of dollars for macho hits like "Get Shorty" (1995) and "Ladder 49" (2004) and becoming one-half of a celebrated Hollywood couple after marrying Kelly Preston. Critics raved when Travolta made a belated return to his musical roots in as a tubby Baltimore stage mom in the box-office smash "Hairspray" (2007), and again when he portrayed attorney Robert Shapiro in "The People Vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story" (FX 2016). In fact, Travolta defined more than any other celebrity - save perhaps Cher and Frank Sinatra - the very idea that a so-called "has-been" could revive a career deemed long dead, coming back stronger than ever.
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John Travolta
Filmography
Movies
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20% |
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Cash Out | Mason Goddard (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet |
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The Shepherd | Johnny Kavanagh (Character) | - | 2023 |
50% |
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Mob Land | Bodie Davis (Character) | - | 2023 |
43% |
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Die Hart the Movie | Ron Wilcox (Character) | - | 2023 |
14% |
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Paradise City | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
14% |
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The Fanatic | Moose (Character) | - | 2019 |
0% |
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The Poison Rose | Carson Philips (Character) | - | 2019 |
0% |
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Trading Paint | Sam (Character) | - | 2018 |
0% |
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Speed Kills | Ben Aronoff (Character) | - | 2018 |
0% |
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Gotti | John Gotti Sr. (Character) | $4.3M | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond | Self | - | 2016 |
78% |
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In a Valley of Violence | Marshal (Character) | $50.4K | 2016 |
10% |
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I Am Wrath | Stanley Hill (Character) | - | 2016 |
0% |
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Life on the Line | Beau (Character) | - | 2015 |
48% |
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Criminal Activities | Eddie (Character) | - | 2015 |
9% |
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The Forger | Ray Cutter (Character) | - | 2014 |
10% |
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Killing Season | Emil Kovacs (Character) | $27.7K | 2013 |
50% |
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Savages | Dennis (Character) | $47.3M | 2012 |
37% |
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From Paris With Love | Charlie Wax (Character) | $24.0M | 2010 |
5% |
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Old Dogs | Charlie (Character) | $49.5M | 2009 |
51% |
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The Taking of Pelham 123 | Ryder (Character) | $65.5M | 2009 |
90% |
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Bolt | Bolt (Voice) | $114.1M | 2008 |
92% |
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Hairspray | Edna Turnblad (Character) | $118.8M | 2007 |
14% |
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Wild Hogs | Woody Stevens (Character) | $168.2M | 2007 |
48% |
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Lonely Hearts | Elmer C. Robinson (Character) | $187.4K | 2006 |
30% |
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Be Cool | Chili Palmer (Character) | $55.8M | 2005 |
44% |
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A Love Song for Bobby Long | Bobby Long (Character) | $159.2K | 2004 |
41% |
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Ladder 49 | Chief Kennedy (Character) | $74.5M | 2004 |
29% |
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The Punisher | Howard Saint (Character) | $33.7M | 2004 |
21% |
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Basic | Tom Hardy (Character) | $26.5M | 2003 |
23% |
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Domestic Disturbance | Frank Morrison (Character) | $45.2M | 2001 |
26% |
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Swordfish | Gabriel Shear (Character) | $69.8M | 2001 |
23% |
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Lucky Numbers | Russ Richards (Character) | $10.0M | 2000 |
3% |
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Battlefield Earth |
Terl, Psychlo Chief of Security (Character), Producer |
$21.5M | 2000 |
21% |
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The General's Daughter |
Paul Brenner/ |
$102.7M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Welcome to Hollywood | Self | - | 1998 |
80% |
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The Thin Red Line | Brig. Gen. Quintard (Character) | $36.4M | 1998 |
80% |
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Primary Colors | Governor Jack Stanton (Character) | $39.0M | 1998 |
64% |
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A Civil Action | Jan Schlichtmann (Character) | $56.7M | 1998 |
33% |
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Mad City | Sam Baily (Character) | $10.6M | 1997 |
93% |
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Face/Off |
Sean Archer/ |
$112.3M | 1997 |
66% |
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She's So Lovely |
Joey Germoni (Character), Executive Producer |
$7.3M | 1997 |
36% |
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Michael | Michael (Character) | $95.3M | 1996 |
49% |
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Phenomenon | George Malley (Character) | $104.6M | 1996 |
54% |
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Broken Arrow | Maj. Vic Deakins (Character) | $70.6M | 1996 |
89% |
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Get Shorty | Chili Palmer (Character) | $68.8M | 1995 |
24% |
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White Man's Burden | Louis Pinnock (Character) | $3.6M | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Eyes of an Angel | Bobby (Character) | - | 1994 |
92% |
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Pulp Fiction | Vincent Vega (Character) | - | 1994 |
0% |
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Look Who's Talking Now | James Ubriacco (Character) | $9.4M | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Chains of Gold | Scott Barnes (Character) | - | 1991 |
20% |
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Shout | Jack Cabe (Character) | $3.4M | 1991 |
13% |
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Look Who's Talking Too | James (Character) | $44.2M | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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The Experts | Travis (Character) | $89.1K | 1989 |
58% |
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Look Who's Talking | James (Character) | $137.0M | 1989 |
18% |
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Perfect | Adam (Character) | - | 1985 |
17% |
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Two of a Kind | Zack (Character) | - | 1983 |
0% |
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Staying Alive | Tony Manero (Character) | - | 1983 |
89% |
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Blow Out | Jack Terry (Character) | - | 1981 |
70% |
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Urban Cowboy | Bud (Character) | - | 1980 |
66% |
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Grease | Danny Zuko (Character) | $305.3K | 1978 |
22% |
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Moment by Moment | Strip' (Character) | - | 1978 |
82% |
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Saturday Night Fever | Tony Manero (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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The Boy in the Plastic Bubble | Tod Lubitch (Character) | - | 1976 |
93% |
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Carrie | Billy Nolan (Character) | - | 1976 |
17% |
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The Devil's Rain | Danny (Character) | - | 1975 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Heart | Guest | 2021 |
80% | 43% | Die Hart | Ron Wilcox (Character) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2018-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 41% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2015 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2016 |
84% | 90% | American Crime Story | Robert Shapiro (Character) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2012 2016 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2016 |
100% | 90% | Late Show With David Letterman | Guest | 2015 |
35% | 40% | Kirstie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
31% | No Score Yet | The Jay Leno Show | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oprah's Big Give | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Welcome Back, Kotter | Vinnie Barbarino (Character) | 1975-1979 |