John Travolta

1954-

Biography: life and films

John Travolta is an American actor and singer. He was born in Englewood, New Jersey, USA on 18th February 1954.

His best films as an actor include Quentin Tarantino's comedy-thriller Pulp Fiction (1994), Barry Sonnenfeld's comedy Get Shorty (1995), Steven Zaillian's A Civil Action (1998), Adam Shankman's Hairspray (2007) and Byron Howard's Bolt (2008).

John Travolta has so far appeared in 50 films and scripted 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Walt Becker (2 films), Nora Ephron (2), John Woo (2), James Bridges (2), Brian De Palma (2) and Amy Heckerling (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (22 films), Thriller (18), comedy (16), crime-thriller (12), comedy-romance (8), romance (7), Fantasy (5), comedy-drama (3) and Horror (2).

Our average rating for John Travolta over all films is: 2.7

Filmography

Key: a = actor

The Devil's Rain (1975) [a]

Carrie (1976) [a]

Saturday Night Fever (1977) [a]

Grease (1978) [a]

Moment by Moment (1978) [a]

Urban Cowboy (1980) [a]

Blow Out (1981) [a]

Staying Alive (1983) [a]

Two of a Kind (1983) [a]

Perfect (1985) [a]

Look Who's Talking (1989) [a]

The Experts (1989) [a]

Look Who's Talking Too (1990) [a]

Chains of Gold (1991) [a]

Eyes of an Angel (1991) [a]

Shout (1991) [a]

Boris and Natasha (1992) [a]

Look Who's Talking Now (1993) [a]

Pulp Fiction (1994) [a]

Get Shorty (1995) [a]

White Man's Burden (1995) [a]

Broken Arrow (1996) [a]

Michael (1996) [a]

Phenomenon (1996) [a]

Face/Off (1997) [a]

Mad City (1997) [a]

She's So Lovely (1997) [a]

A Civil Action (1998) [a]

Primary Colors (1998) [a]

The Thin Red Line (1998) [a]

The General's Daughter (1999) [a]

Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000) [a]

Lucky Numbers (2000) [a]

Domestic Disturbance (2001) [a]

Swordfish (2001) [a]

Basic (2003) [a]

A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) [a]

Ladder 49 (2004) [a]

The Punisher (2004) [a]

Be Cool (2005) [a]

Lonely Hearts (2006) [a]

Hairspray (2007) [a]

Wild Hogs (2007) [a]

Bolt (2008) [a]

Religulous (2008) [a]

Old Dogs (2009) [a]

The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) [a]

From Paris with Love (2010) [a]

Savages (2012) [a]

Killing Season (2013) [a]

Criminal Activities (2015) [a]

Life on the Line (2015) [a]



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