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List of awards and nominations received by John Travolta

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This article is a list of awards and nominations received by John Travolta.

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Wins44
Nominations90
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  1. [a]
    Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
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John Travolta is an American actor who is known for his roles in film and television. Over his career he has received three Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Critics' Choice Award, a Grammy Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. He received the Cannes Film Festival's Honorary Palme d'Or in 2026.

Travolta had a career breakthrough playing young Italian-American Tony Manero living in Brooklyn in Saturday Night Fever (1977), receiving his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. The following year, he had another successful film thanks to the role of Danny Zuko in the 1978 musical Grease, earning nominations for a Golden Globe Award and the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for the film's accompanying soundtrack.

After a career downturn in the early 1990s decade, Travolta made a comeback when he played against type as Vincent Vega in Quentin Tarantino's hit Pulp Fiction (1994), for which he received nominations for his second Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He won his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the 1995 gangster comedy film Get Shorty and returned to the musical genre with the 2007 remake of Hairspray, winning the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble.

Travolta portrayed lawyer Robert Shapiro in the television series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016), receiving nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series, while also winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series as an executive producer of the show.

Major associations

Academy Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1977 Best Actor Saturday Night Fever Nominated [1]
1994 Pulp Fiction Nominated [2]
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Actor Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1994 Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role Pulp Fiction Nominated [3]
1995 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture[a] Get Shorty Nominated [4]
2007 Hairspray Nominated [5]
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BAFTA Awards

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British Academy Film Awards
1994 Best Actor in a Leading Role Pulp Fiction Nominated [6]
Britannia Awards
1998 Excellence in Film N/a Honored [7]
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Critics' Choice Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2007 Best Acting Ensemble[a] Hairspray Won [8]
Critics' Choice Television Awards
2016 Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Nominated [9]
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Emmy Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
2016 Outstanding Limited Series[b] The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Won [10]
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Nominated
2021 Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Series Die Hart Nominated
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Golden Globes

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1977 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Saturday Night Fever Nominated [11]
1978 Grease Nominated
World Film Favorites – Male N/a Won
1994 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Pulp Fiction Nominated
1995 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Get Shorty Won
1998 Primary Colors Nominated
2007 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Hairspray Nominated
2016 Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film[b] The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Won
Best Supporting Actor – Television Nominated
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Grammy Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1979 Album of the Year[c] Grease: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Nominated [12]
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Miscellaneous associations

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AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2008 Best Grownup Love Story (shared with Christopher Walken) Hairspray Won [13]
2010 Best Supporting Actor The Taking of Pelham 123 Nominated [14]
American Comedy Awards 1995 Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture – Leading Role Pulp Fiction Nominated [15]
1996 Get Shorty Won [16]
Black Reel Awards 2017 Outstanding Television Movie or Limited Series[b] The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Won [17]
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1997 Favorite Actor – Drama Phenomenon Won [18]
1998 Favorite Actor – Action/Adventure Face/Off Nominated [19]
1999 Favorite Actor – Drama A Civil Action Nominated [20]
World Artist Award N/a Honored [21]
2000 Favorite Actor – Suspense The General's Daughter Nominated [22]
David di Donatello Awards 1995 Best Foreign Actor Pulp Fiction Won [23]
Golden Apple Awards 1978 Male Star of the Year N/a Won [24]
1998 Won [25]
Golden Camera Awards 2011 Best International Actor N/a Won [26]
Golden Raspberry Awards 1984 Worst Actor Staying Alive / Two of a Kind Nominated [27]
1986 Perfect Nominated [28]
1990 Worst Actor of the Decade The Experts / Perfect / Staying Alive / Two of a Kind Nominated [29]
1992 Worst Supporting Actor Shout Nominated [30]
2001 Worst Actor Battlefield Earth and Lucky Numbers Won [31]
Worst Screen Couple[d] Battlefield Earth Won
2002 Worst Actor Domestic Disturbance / Swordfish Nominated [32]
2010 Old Dogs Nominated [33]
Worst Actor of the Decade Battlefield Earth / Domestic Disturbance
Lucky Numbers / Old Dogs / Swordfish		 Nominated
2019 Worst Actor Gotti Nominated [34]
Worst Screen Combo (shared with Kelly Preston) Nominated
2020 Worst Actor The Fanatic and Trading Paint Won [35]
Worst Screen Combo[e] N/a Nominated
Hasty Pudding Theatricals Awards 1981 Man of the Year N/a Won [36]
Hollywood Film Awards 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award N/a Honored [37]
2007 Supporting Actor of the Year Hairspray Won [38]
Ensemble of the Year[a] Won
MTV Movie & TV Awards 1995 Best Male Performance Pulp Fiction Nominated [39]
Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Samuel L. Jackson) Nominated
Best Dance Sequence (shared with Uma Thurman) Won
1996 Best Villain Broken Arrow Nominated [40]
Best Fight (shared with Christian Slater) Nominated
1997 Best Male Performance Phenomenon Nominated [41]
Best Kiss (shared with Kyra Sedgwick) Nominated
1998 Best Male Performance Face/Off Nominated [42]
Best Villain (shared with Nicolas Cage) Nominated
Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Nicolas Cage) Won
Palm Springs International Film Festival 2008 Ensemble Cast Award[a] Hairspray Won [43]
Producers Guild of America Awards 2017 Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television[b] The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Won [44]
Satellite Awards 1999 Best Cast – Motion Picture[a] The Thin Red Line Won [45]
Saturn Awards 1999 Best Actor Face/Off Nominated [46]
ShoWest Awards 1996 Male Star of the Year N/a Won [47]
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 1978 Worst Actor Moment by Moment Nominated [48]
Worst On-Screen Couple (shared with Lily Tomlin) Won
1997 Worst Actor Mad City Nominated [49]
2000 Battlefield Earth Won [50]
Worst On-Screen Couple[f] Won
Worst On-Screen Hairstyle (shared with Forest Whitaker) Won
2003 Most Annoying Fake Accent (Male) Basic Nominated [51]
Stockholm International Film Festival 1994 Best Actor Pulp Fiction Won [52]
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Critics associations

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Year Association Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1977 National Board of Review Best Actor Saturday Night Fever Won [53]
National Society of Film Critics Best Actor Nominated [54]
New York Film Critics Circle Best Actor Nominated [55]
1994 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Actor Pulp Fiction Won [56]
1995 London Film Critics' Circle Actor of the Year Won [57]
National Society of Film Critics Best Actor Nominated [58]
New York Film Critics Circle Best Actor Get Shorty Nominated [59]
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Honorary awards

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Chicago International Film Festival 1998 Lifetime Achievement Award Honored [60]
Palm Springs International Film Festival 1999 Desert Palm Achievement Award Honored [61]
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2008 Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film Honored [62]
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2012 Donostia Award Honored [63]
Zurich Film Festival Golden Eye for Lifetime Achievement Honored [64]
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2013 Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema Honored [65]
International Indian Film Academy Awards 2014 Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema Honored [66]
Cannes Film Festival 2026 Honorary Palme d'Or Honored [67]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Shared with the cast.
  2. [b]
    As a producer.
  3. [c]
    As a featured artist.
  4. [d]
    Credited as "John Travolta and anyone sharing the screen with him".
  5. [e]
    Credited as "John Travolta and any screenplay he accepts".
  6. [f]
    Credited as "John Travolta and anyone in the entire galaxy!".

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