John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954)\u00a0is an American actor. He began acting on television before transitioning into a\u00a0leading man in film.\u00a0His accolades\u00a0include a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award, three\u00a0Golden Globe Awards, and nominations for two\u00a0Academy Awards, a\u00a0British Academy Film Award, and three\u00a0Screen Actors Guild Awards.<\/p>\n
Travolta came to prominence starring in the\u00a0sitcom\u00a0Welcome Back, Kotter\u00a0(1975\u20131979), followed by leading roles in\u00a0Carrie\u00a0(1976),\u00a0Grease (1978),\u00a0Urban Cowboy\u00a0(1980), and\u00a0Blow Out (1981). He earned nominations for the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Actor\u00a0for his roles in\u00a0Saturday Night Fever\u00a0(1977) and\u00a0Pulp Fiction\u00a0(1994). His other notable films include\u00a0Get Shorty\u00a0(1995),\u00a0Broken Arrow\u00a0(1996),\u00a0Michael\u00a0(1996),\u00a0Face\/Off (1997),\u00a0A Civil Action\u00a0(1998),\u00a0Primary Colors (1998),\u00a0The General’s Daughter\u00a0(1999),\u00a0The Punisher\u00a0(2004),\u00a0Wild Hogs\u00a0(2007),\u00a0Hairspray (2007),\u00a0Bolt\u00a0(2008), and\u00a0Savages\u00a0(2012).<\/p>\n
Travolta returned to television, portraying lawyer\u00a0Robert Shapiro\u00a0in the series\u00a0The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story. He received an\u00a0Emmy Award\u00a0as a producer and nominations for a\u00a0Primetime 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\u00a0Die Hart (2021).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Travolta has released nine albums outside of acting, including four singles that charted on the\u00a0Billboard\u00a0Hot 100’s\u00a0Top 40. His albums typically accompanied films he starred in, such as\u00a0Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture\u00a0(1978), which topped the\u00a0Billboard\u00a0200. Travolta is also a\u00a0private pilot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954)\u00a0is an American actor. He began acting on television before transitioning into a\u00a0leading man in film.\u00a0His accolades\u00a0include a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award, three\u00a0Golden Globe Awards, and nominations for two\u00a0Academy Awards, a\u00a0British Academy Film Award, and three\u00a0Screen Actors Guild Awards. Travolta came to prominence starring in the\u00a0sitcom\u00a0Welcome Back, Kotter\u00a0(1975\u20131979), followed by leading […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-7807","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n