John Joseph Travolta is an American actor and singer. He came to public attention during the 1970s, appearing on the television sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter and starring in the box office successes Carrie, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, and Urban Cowboy. His acting career declined throughout the 1980s, but he enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s with his role in Pulp Fiction and has since starred in the films Get Shorty, Broken Arrow, Phenomenon, Face/Off, A Civil Action, Primary Colors, Hairspray, and the title character in Bolt. Travolta was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for performances in Saturday Night Fever and Pulp Fiction. He won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for his performance in Get Shorty and has received a total of six nominations, the most recent being in 2011. In 2014, he received the IIFA Award for Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema.
Actor who starred in the popular movies Saturday Night Fever and Grease in the 1970s. He went on to star in Get Shorty, Ladder 49, Wild Hogs, Hairspray, and Swordfish after playing Vincent Vega in the critically acclaimed 1994 picture Pulp Fiction.
