John Travolta: movies and TV shows
John Travolta has 215 credits in the archive: 152 films and 63 TV series, from 1944 to 2026. Highest rated: Pulp Fiction (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2026 · busiest year: 2007 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Propeller One-Way Night Coach | Retiring Captain / Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 72 |
| 2026 | Propeller One-Way Night Coach | Film | 6.4 | 72 | |
| 2026 | Propeller One-Way Night Coach | Film | 6.4 | 72 | |
| 2026 | Propeller One-Way Night Coach | Film | 6.4 | 72 | |
| 2026 | Propeller One-Way Night Coach | Film | 6.4 | 72 | |
| 2026 | The Gentleman Thief | Mason Goddard | Film | 4.0 | 72 |
| 2026 | November 1963 | Johnny Roselli | Film | — | 72 |
| 2025 | High Rollers | Mason Goddard | Film | 6.5 | 71 |
| 2025 | The Kick That United A Nation | Self | Film | 8.0 | 71 |
| 2024 | Cash Out | Mason Goddard | Film | 6.2 | 70 |
| 2023 | The Playboy Murders | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.6 | 69 |
| 2023 | Die Hart | Ron Wilcox | Film | 5.9 | 69 |
| 2023 | Mob Land | Bodie Davis | Film | 5.5 | 69 |
| 2023 | The Shepherd | Johnny Kavanagh | Film | 6.9 | 69 |
| 2023 | The Shepherd | Film | 6.9 | 69 | |
| 2023 | Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 8.1 | 69 |
| 2022 | Paradise City | Buck | Film | 5.5 | 68 |
| 2022 | Il était une fois Champs-Élysées | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.6 | 68 |
| 2022 | American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective | Self | Film | 4.8 | 68 |
| 2021 | Hart to Heart | Self - Interviewee | TV | 7.1 | 67 |
| 2021 | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.0 | 67 |
| 2020 | Die Hart | Ron Wilcox | TV | 6.1 | 66 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 65 |
| 2019 | The Poison Rose | Carson Philips | Film | 4.7 | 65 |
| 2019 | The Poison Rose | Film | 4.7 | 65 | |
| 2019 | Trading Paint | Sam | Film | 5.3 | 65 |
| 2019 | Trading Paint | Film | 5.3 | 65 | |
| 2019 | The Fanatic | Moose | Film | 4.4 | 65 |
| 2019 | The Fanatic | Film | 4.4 | 65 | |
| 2018 | Speed Kills | Ben Aronoff (Don Aronow) | Film | 5.4 | 64 |
| 2018 | Gotti | John Gotti | Film | 5.3 | 64 |
| 2018 | Studio 54 | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 2017 | The True Story of... | Self (archive footage) | TV | 8.3 | 63 |
| 2017 | Pattern Recognition | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 63 |
| 2017 | The Fabulous Allan Carr | Self (archive) | Film | 4.5 | 63 |
| 2017 | John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood | Self - Actor (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 63 |
| 2017 | John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood | Film | 7.3 | 63 | |
| 2017 | Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees | Self - Host | Film | 7.6 | 63 |
| 2017 | Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie | Self | Film | 7.7 | 63 |
| 2017 | The Grease Story | Danny Zuko | Film | 8.4 | 63 |
| 2016 | American Crime Story | Robert Shapiro | TV | 7.6 | 62 |
| 2016 | American Crime Story | TV | 7.6 | 62 | |
| 2016 | I Am Wrath | Stanley Hill | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 2016 | In a Valley of Violence | The Marshal | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 2016 | Life on the Line | Beau Ginner | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 2016 | David Blaine: Beyond Magic | Self | Film | 7.1 | 62 |
| 2016 | Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond | Self | Film | 6.9 | 62 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 61 |
| 2015 | Jay Leno's Garage | Self | TV | 7.3 | 61 |
| 2015 | Criminal Activities | Eddie | Film | 5.9 | 61 |
| 2015 | Criminal Activities | Film | 5.9 | 61 | |
| 2015 | Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales | Danny Zuko (archive footage) | TV | 9.0 | 61 |
| 2015 | Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's | Self | Film | 7.8 | 61 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | TV | 5.8 | 60 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 60 |
| 2014 | The Forger | Raymond Cutter | Film | 5.8 | 60 |
| 2013 | Killing Season | Emil Kovac | Film | 5.5 | 59 |
| 2013 | Kirstie | Mickey Russo | TV | 5.0 | 59 |
| 2013 | Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking | Self | Film | 6.7 | 59 |
| 2012 | Savages | Dennis | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | Film | 7.6 | 58 |
| 2012 | Casting By | Self | Film | 6.9 | 58 |
| 2012 | Close Up | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.5 | 58 |
| 2012 | The Scrat Show | TV | 10.0 | 58 | |
| 2010 | From Paris with Love | Charlie Wax | Film | 6.4 | 56 |
| 2010 | I'm Still Here | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 2010 | 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift | (archive footage) | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 2009 | The Jay Leno Show | Self - Guest | TV | 3.3 | 55 |
| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | Ryder | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 2009 | Old Dogs | Charlie | Film | 5.6 | 55 |
| 2008 | Bolt | Bolt (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 2008 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History | Self | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 2008 | Oprah's Big Give | TV | 1.0 | 54 | |
| 2007 | Hairspray | Edna Turnblad | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 2007 | Wild Hogs | Woody Stevens | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 2007 | 'Hairspray' Extentions | Self | Film | — | 53 |
| 2007 | It's 'Hairspray'! | Self | Film | — | 53 |
| 2007 | Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth | Self | Film | — | 53 |
| 2007 | Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad | Self | Film | — | 53 |
| 2007 | You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray" | Self | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 2007 | Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad | Self | Film | — | 53 |
| 2007 | Brando | Self | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 2007 | The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off | Self | Film | — | 53 |
| 2006 | El hormiguero | Self - Guest | TV | 4.7 | 52 |
| 2006 | Lonely Hearts | Elmer Robinson | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 2006 | The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease | Self – Danny Zuko (archive footage) | Film | — | 52 |
| 2006 | Tony Bennett: An American Classic | Self | Film | 7.7 | 52 |
| 2005 | The Reichen Show | Self | TV | 4.8 | 51 |
| 2005 | Be Cool | Chili Palmer | Film | 5.5 | 51 |
| 2005 | Fat Actress | John Travolta | TV | 5.0 | 51 |
| 2005 | Bio. | Self | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 2005 | Be Cool, Very Cool | Self | Film | — | 51 |
| 2005 | Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 2005 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | Jim Irwin | Film | 5.9 | 51 |
| 2005 | Everyday Heroes: Real Stories from Real Firefighters | Film | — | 51 | |
| 2004 | The Punisher | Howard Saint | Film | 6.4 | 50 |
| 2004 | Ladder 49 | Captain Mike Kennedy | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 2004 | A Love Song for Bobby Long | Bobby Long | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 2004 | War Journal: On the Set of 'The Punisher' | Self | Film | 5.0 | 50 |
| 2004 | John Travolta: The Inside Story | Self | Film | 8.3 | 50 |
| 2004 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies | Host | Film | 8.3 | 50 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 49 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 49 |
| 2003 | Basic | DEA Agent Tom Hardy | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 2003 | ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration | Self | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 2003 | Celebrities Uncensored | Self | TV | 4.8 | 49 |
| 2003 | John Travolta Remembers James Cagney | Self | Film | — | 49 |
| 2002 | Fifth Gear | Self | TV | 5.7 | 48 |
| 2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | John Travolta / Famous Goldmember ('Austinpussy') | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 2002 | Pulp Fiction: The Facts | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.0 | 48 |
| 2002 | Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages | Film | — | 48 | |
| 2002 | Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s | Self - Interviewee (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 2001 | Good Day Live | Self | TV | 3.8 | 47 |
| 2001 | Fear Factor | TV | 5.8 | 47 | |
| 2001 | Swordfish | Gabriel | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 2001 | Domestic Disturbance | Frank Morrison | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 2001 | HBO First Look: Swordfish | Film | — | 47 | |
| 2000 | Welcome to Hollywood | John Travolta | Film | 4.1 | 46 |
| 2000 | Battlefield Earth | Terl | Film | 3.3 | 46 |
| 2000 | Battlefield Earth | Film | 3.3 | 46 | |
| 2000 | Lucky Numbers | Russ Richards | Film | 5.2 | 46 |
| 1999 | Rove | Self | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1999 | Where Are They Now? | Self | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1999 | The Early Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1999 | The General's Daughter | Warrant Officer Paul Brenner | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1999 | Forever Hollywood | Self | Film | 8.3 | 45 |
| 1999 | Our Friend, Martin | Kyle's Dad (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1998 | The Thin Red Line | Brig. Gen. David Quintard | Film | 7.4 | 44 |
| 1998 | Junket Whore | Self | Film | 5.0 | 44 |
| 1998 | Primary Colors | Jack Stanton | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1998 | A Civil Action | Jan Schlichtmann | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1998 | Bee Gees: One Night Only | Self - Tony Manero/Self - Danny Zuko (archive footage) | Film | 8.1 | 44 |
| 1998 | Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Self | Film | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 43 |
| 1997 | Face/Off | Sean Archer | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1997 | She's So Lovely | Joey Germoni | Film | 5.9 | 43 |
| 1997 | She's So Lovely | Film | 5.9 | 43 | |
| 1997 | Mad City | Sam Baily | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1997 | Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life | Self | Film | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1996 | Phenomenon | George Malley | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1996 | Broken Arrow | Vic Deakins | Film | 6.1 | 42 |
| 1996 | Michael | Michael | Film | 5.7 | 42 |
| 1996 | Orientation: A Scientology Information Film | Self | Film | 3.0 | 42 |
| 1996 | America's Flying Aces: The Blue Angels 50th Anniversary | Hosted by | Film | 9.0 | 42 |
| 1995 | Get Shorty | Chili Palmer | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1995 | White Man's Burden | Louis Pinnock | Film | 5.1 | 41 |
| 1995 | Trailer Camp | (Archival) | Film | 3.7 | 41 |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Vincent Vega | Film | 8.5 | 40 |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | TV | 7.6 | 40 |
| 1993 | Look Who's Talking Now! | James Ubriacco | Film | 5.4 | 39 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | TV | 5.4 | 38 | |
| 1992 | Boris and Natasha | Self | Film | 4.5 | 38 |
| 1991 | Shout | Jack Cabe | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1991 | Eyes of an Angel | Bobby | Film | 7.1 | 37 |
| 1991 | Chains of Gold | Scott Barnes | Film | 5.5 | 37 |
| 1991 | Chains of Gold | Film | 5.5 | 37 | |
| 1990 | Look Who's Talking Too | James | Film | 5.5 | 36 |
| 1990 | Seriously... Phil Collins | Self | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1989 | Look Who's Talking | James | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1989 | The Experts | Travis | Film | 4.6 | 35 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | TV | 5.6 | 34 | |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 34 |
| 1987 | Sacrée soirée | Self | TV | 5.7 | 33 |
| 1987 | Basements | Ben (segment "The Dumb Waiter") | Film | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1987 | The Grand Knockout Tournament | Self | Film | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1987 | Scientology: The Road to Total Freedom? | Self | Film | — | 33 |
| 1985 | Perfect | Adam Lawrence | Film | 5.6 | 31 |
| 1985 | That's Dancing! | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 31 |
| 1984 | MTV Video Music Awards | Self | TV | 7.8 | 30 |
| 1984 | Goldene Kamera | Self | TV | 5.7 | 30 |
| 1983 | Staying Alive | Tony Manero | Film | 5.8 | 29 |
| 1983 | Harty | Self | TV | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1983 | Two of a Kind | Zack | Film | 5.9 | 29 |
| 1983 | James Bond: The First 21 Years | Self | Film | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self | TV | 6.8 | 28 |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? | Self | TV | 5.4 | 27 |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight | Self | TV | 4.3 | 27 |
| 1981 | Blow Out | Jack Terry | Film | 7.4 | 27 |
| 1980 | Urban Cowboy | Bud Davis | Film | 6.5 | 26 |
| 1979 | Rona Barrett Looks at 1978 | Self | Film | — | 25 |
| 1978 | Grease | Danny | Film | 7.4 | 24 |
| 1978 | Grease Day USA | Self | Film | 8.3 | 24 |
| 1978 | Moment by Moment | Strip | Film | 3.6 | 24 |
| 1977 | Saturday Night Fever | Tony Manero | Film | 6.7 | 23 |
| 1976 | Carrie | Billy Nolan | Film | 7.3 | 22 |
| 1976 | The Captain and Tennille | Self - Guest | TV | 7.0 | 22 |
| 1976 | Mr. T and Tina | Vinnie Barbarino | TV | 5.6 | 22 |
| 1976 | The Boy in the Plastic Bubble | Tod Lubitch | Film | 5.6 | 22 |
| 1976 | The Tenth Level | Lab Technician (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 22 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 21 |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self | TV | 6.0 | 21 |
| 1975 | Welcome Back, Kotter | Vinnie Barbarino | TV | 7.3 | 21 |
| 1975 | The Devil’s Rain | Danny | Film | 5.0 | 21 |
| 1974 | Nightmare | Man Outside Store (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 20 |
| 1972 | Emergency! | Chuck Benson | TV | 7.9 | 18 |
| 1972 | The Rookies | TV | 6.9 | 18 | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 17 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 17 |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | TV | 6.5 | 17 | |
| 1969 | Medical Center | Danny | TV | 6.4 | 15 |
| 1964 | Top of the Pops | TV | 6.7 | 10 | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 8 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Guest | TV | 5.8 | 7 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Performer | TV | — | 2 |
| 1953 | Panorama | Himself (archive footage) | TV | 6.3 | 0 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 0 |
| 1951 | Sanremo Music Festival | Self - Special Guest | TV | 7.9 | 2 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 9 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee / Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 9 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 9 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter / Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 9 |
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| Syndicate | Special Agent Felix Miller | Film | — | — | |
| That's Amore! | Nick Venere | Film | — | — | |
| Black Tides | Bill Pierce | Film | — | — |