John Travolta Recreates '"Greased Lightnin'' "as Santa in Latest Capital One Commercial Virginia ChamleeDecember 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM 0 Paramount/Rso/Kobal/Shutterstock; Capital One/YouTube John Travolta in Grease and in the commercial John Travolta is reprising his role as Danny Zuko — but with a holiday twist The actor appears in a new Capital One commercial inspired by his 1978 film Grease In the commercial, Travola appears as Santa with a sleigh that's worthy of a new rendition of "Greased Lightnin'" John Travolta is paying homage to his Grease character Danny Zuko — but this time, as Santa ...
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Virginia ChamleeDecember 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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John Travolta in Grease and in the commercial -
John Travolta is reprising his role as Danny Zuko — but with a holiday twist
The actor appears in a new Capital One commercial inspired by his 1978 film Grease
In the commercial, Travola appears as Santa with a sleigh that's worthy of a new rendition of "Greased Lightnin'"
John Travolta is paying homage to his Grease character Danny Zuko — but this time, as Santa Claus.
Travolta, 71, appears in a new Capital One commercial in which he can be seen dressed as Santa in an automotive garage, toting his sack of toys as he eyes a high-tech sleigh.
"Ho, ho, ho, ho," he says in the ad. "Why, this sleigh could be frost-o-matic, tinsel-matic, 1.5% cash back-o-matic."
"It's Greased Lightnin'," he adds, while paying for the sleigh with a Capital One credit card.
He then launches into a near-identical rendition of "Greased Lightnin'," which he originally sung about a car in the film.
Throughout the commercial, Travolta busts out his famous dance moves alongside some of Santa's elves and a reindeer wearing sunglasses.
"Ho, ho, ho — what's in your wallet?" he says in ending the commercial, while a red convertible-like sleigh jets off into the sky with a reindeer escort.
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This isn't the first time Travolta has nodded to one of his previous film characters in a Capital One commercial. Last year, the actor teamed up with Samuel L. Jackson more than 26 years after the release of Pulp Fiction, for an ad chock-full of references to the 1994 Quentin Tarantino Oscar-winning classic.
In the 2024 ad, Travolta again plays Santa Claus as he buys Christmas gifts for his elves, adding tins of hot chocolate, bags of marshmallows and "3,000 bolo ties" — a nod to his Vincent Vega character — to his online shopping cart.
The advert ends with Travolta's Santa recreating Pulp Fiction's iconic dance scene between him and Uma Thurman — this time to the tune of Chuck Berry's "Run Run Rudolph."
Travolta has also previously payed homage to his Grease character, making a surprise June appearance at a sing-along event for the film at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The actor even came dressed as Danny Zuko, posting a photo on his Instagram of himself as an older version of the character — sporting gray hair while wearing a black leather jacket and a T-shirt.
"Tonight at the Hollywood Bowl, for the first time I surprised everyone at the GREASE Sing-A-Long and dressed up as Danny Zuko," he wrote in the post's caption. "No one knew. Not even the cast. Thank you for a great evening."
Travolta also shared a video from the surprise moment in his post, in which he could be seen walking to the stage to loud cheers from fans in the packed-out amphitheater, channeling Zuko while saying to the audience, "L.A., I thought you were going back to Australia? That's cool, that's cool, baby. You know, riding and rollin' and whatnot."
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