Editing 1980 in film (section)

== Film debuts ==
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*[[Christopher Atkins]] – ''[[The Blue Lagoon (1980 film)|The Blue Lagoon]]''
*[[James Avery]] – ''[[The Stunt Man]]''
*[[Michael Badalucco]] – ''[[Raging Bull]]''
*[[Adam Baldwin]] – ''[[My Bodyguard]]''
*[[Adrienne Barbeau]] – ''[[The Fog]]''
*[[Drew Barrymore]] – ''[[Altered States]]''
*[[Jennifer Beals]] – ''My Bodyguard''
*[[Fabrizio Bentivoglio]] – ''[[The Blue-Eyed Bandit]]''
*[[Pierce Brosnan]] – ''[[The Long Good Friday]]''
*[[Julie Carmen]] – ''[[Night of the Juggler]]''
*[[Jim Carter (actor)|Jim Carter]] – ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]''
*[[Rosalind Chao]] – ''[[The Big Brawl]]''
*[[François Cluzet]] – ''[[Cocktail Molotov]]''
*[[Robbie Coltrane]] – ''[[Death Watch]]''
*[[Barry Corbin]] – ''[[Urban Cowboy]]''
*[[Tony Cox (actor)|Tony Cox]] – ''[[Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype]]''
*[[Peter Coyote]] – ''[[Die Laughing (film)|Die Laughing]]''
*[[Joan Cusack]] – ''Cutting Loose''
*[[Willem Dafoe]] – ''[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heaven's Gate]]''
*[[John Diehl]] – ''[[Falling in Love Again (1980 film)|Falling in Love Again]]''
*[[Billy Drago]] – ''[[Windwalker (1980 film)|Windwalker]]''
*[[Frankie Faison]] – ''[[Permanent Vacation (1980 film)|Permanent Vacation]]''
*[[Miriam Flynn]] – ''[[First Family (film)|First Family]]''
*[[Michael J. Fox]] – ''[[Midnight Madness (1980 film)|Midnight Madness]]''
*[[Peter Gallagher]] – ''[[The Idolmaker]]''
*[[Richard Gant]] – ''Night of the Juggler''
*[[Michael Gross (actor)|Michael Gross]] – ''[[Just Tell Me What You Want]]''
*[[Julie Hagerty]] – ''[[Airplane!]]''
*[[Tom Hanks]] – ''[[He Knows You're Alone]]''
*[[Robert Hays]] – ''Airplane!''
*[[Linda Hunt]] – ''[[Popeye (1980 film)|Popeye]]''
*[[William Hurt]] – ''Altered States''
*[[Jeremy Irons]] – ''[[Nijinsky (film)|Nijinsky]]''
*[[Gregory Itzin]] – ''Airplane!''
*[[O-Lan Jones]] – ''Die Laughing''
*[[Don Lake]] – ''[[Don't Answer the Phone!]]''
*[[Adam LeFevre]] – ''[[Return of the Secaucus 7]]''
*[[Juliette Lewis]] – ''[[Bronco Billy]]''
*[[William H. Macy]] – ''[[Somewhere in Time (film)|Somewhere in Time]]''
*[[Ann Magnuson]] – ''The Long Island Four''
*[[Michael Maloney]] – ''[[Richard's Things]]''
*[[Sophie Marceau]] – ''[[La Boum]]''
*[[Francis Xavier McCarthy]] – ''Altered States''
*[[Christopher McDonald]] – ''[[The Hearse]]''
*[[Elizabeth McGovern]] – ''[[Ordinary People]]''
*[[Micole Mercurio]] – ''[[Alligator (film)|Alligator]]''
*[[Cathy Moriarty]] – ''Raging Bull''
*[[David Morse (actor)|David Morse]] – ''[[Inside Moves]]''
*[[Taylor Negron]] – ''[[The Gong Show Movie]]''
*[[Cynthia Nixon]] – ''[[Little Darlings]]''
*[[Richard Norton (actor)|Richard Norton]] – ''[[The Octagon (film)|The Octagon]]''
*[[Catherine O'Hara]] – ''[[Nothing Personal (1980 film)|Nothing Personal]]''
*[[Ed O'Neill]] – ''[[Cruising (film)|Cruising]]''
*[[Terry O'Quinn]] – ''Heaven's Gate''
*[[Michelle Pfeiffer]] – ''[[The Hollywood Knights]]''
*[[Cindy Pickett]] – ''[[Night Games (1980 film)|Night Games]]''
*[[Richard Portnow]] – ''[[Roadie (1980 film)|Roadie]]''
*[[Harold Ramis]]  – ''[[Caddyshack]]'' (director)
*[[Judge Reinhold]] – ''[[Running Scared (1980 film)|Running Scared]]''
*[[Marco Rodríguez (actor)|Marco Rodríguez]] – ''[[The Baltimore Bullet]]''
*[[John Rothman]] – ''[[Stardust Memories]]''
*[[Saul Rubinek]] – ''[[Death Ship (1980 film)|Death Ship]]''
*[[David Schofield (actor)|David Schofield]] – ''[[The Dogs of War (film)|The Dogs of War]]''
*[[Armin Shimerman]] – ''Stardust Memories''
*[[Jean Smart]] – ''Hoodlums''
*[[Kurtwood Smith]] – ''Roadie''
*[[Sharon Stone]] – ''Stardust Memories''
*[[David Strathairn]] – ''[[Return of the Secaucus 7]]''
*[[David Suchet]] – ''[[Schiele in Prison]]''
*[[John Turturro]] – ''Raging Bull''
*[[Gedde Watanabe]] – ''The Long Island Four''
*[[Hugo Weaving]] – ''[[Maybe This Time (1980 film)|...Maybe This Time]]''
*[[Dianne Wiest]] – ''[[It's My Turn (film)|It's My Turn]]''
*[[Bruce Willis]] – ''[[The First Deadly Sin]]''
*[[Mare Winningham]] – ''[[One-Trick Pony (film)|One-Trick Pony]]''
*[[John Witherspoon (actor)|John Witherspoon]] – ''[[The Jazz Singer (1980 film)|The Jazz Singer]]''
*[[Nicholas Woodeson]] – ''Heaven's Gate''
*[[Sean Young]] – ''[[Jane Austen in Manhattan]]''
*[[Lenore Zann]] – ''[[Hounds of Notre Dame]]''
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