Editing 1971 in film (section)

==Births==
*January 2
**[[Taye Diggs]], American actor
**[[Renée Elise Goldsberry]], American actress and singer
*January 3 - [[Sarah Alexander]], English actress
*January 7 - [[Jeremy Renner]], American actor
*January 11 - [[Mary J. Blige]], American singer-songwriter and actress
*January 13 - [[Caspar Phillipson]], Danish actor and singer
*January 14 - [[Jennifer Dundas]], American actress
*January 15 - [[Regina King]], American actress
*January 17 - [[Youki Kudoh]], Japanese actress and singer
*January 19 - [[Shawn Wayans]], American actor, comedian, writer and producer
*January 20 - [[Questlove]], American musician, filmmaker and actor
*January 21 - [[Dylan Kussman]], American writer and actor
*January 22 - [[Katie Finneran]], American actress
*January 23 - [[Diana Barrows]], American actress, singer and dancer
*January 24
**[[Jonathan Aris]], English actor
**[[Stanislas Merhar]], French actor 
*January 27
**[[Karin Tammaru]], Estonian actress
**[[Fann Wong]], Singaporean actress, singer and model
*January 31 - [[Darren Boyd]], British actor
*February 1 
**[[Michael C. Hall]], American actor
**[[Jill Kelly (actress)|Jill Kelly]], American pornographic actress
**[[Hynden Walch]], American actress, voice actress, writer and singer
*February 2 - [[Arly Jover]], Spanish actress
*February 3 - [[Elisa Donovan]], American actress
*February 4 - [[Rob Corddry]], American actor and comedian
*February 5 - [[Myndy Crist]], American actress
*February 6 - [[Brian Stepanek]], American actor
*February 11 - [[Damian Lewis]], English actor
*February 12 - [[Scott Menville]], American actor
*February 14 - [[Noriko Sakai]], Japanese actress and singer
*February 15 
**[[Alex Borstein]], American actress
**[[Renee O'Connor]], American actress 
*February 17 - [[Denise Richards]], American actress
*February 18
**[[E. Roger Mitchell]], American actor
**[[Hiep Thi Le]], Vietnamese-American actress (d. 2017)
*February 21 - [[Andréa Burns]], American actress and singer
*February 22 - [[Lea Salonga]], Filipina actress, singer, and columnist
*February 25 - [[Sean Astin]], American actor
*February 28 - [[Tasha Smith]], American actor, director and producer
*March 1
**[[Ma Dong-seok]], South Korean-born American actor
**[[Teresa Gallagher]], American-born British actress, voice actress and singer
*March 2 
**[[Stefano Accorsi]], Italian actor
**[[Method Man]], American actor and musician
**[[Amber Smith]], American actress
*March 4 - [[Shavar Ross]], American actor, director, screenwriter, producer and editor
*March 5
**[[Yuri Lowenthal]], American voice actor
**[[Scott Mosier]], American producer, director and editor
*March 7
**[[Peter Sarsgaard]], American actor
**[[Matthew Vaughn]], English filmmaker
*March 10 - [[Jon Hamm]], American actor
*March 11 - [[Johnny Knoxville]], American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
*March 13 - [[Annabeth Gish]], American actress
*March 15 - [[Chris Patton]], American voice actor
*March 16 - [[Alan Tudyk]], American actor and voice actor
*March 22
**[[Keegan-Michael Key]], American actor, comedian, writer and producer
**[[Will Yun Lee]], American actor and martial artist
*March 24 - [[Megyn Price]], American actress
*March 25 - [[Peter Shinkoda]], Canadian actor
*March 26 - [[Francis Lawrence]], Austrian-born American filmmaker and producer
*March 27 - [[Nathan Fillion]], Canadian actor
*March 29
**[[Michael-Leon Wooley]], American theatre, film, television and voice actor
**[[Hidetoshi Nishijima (actor)|Hidetoshi Nishijima]], Japanese actor
*March 31
**[[Craig McCracken]], American cartoonist, animator, director, writer and producer
**[[Ewan McGregor]], Scottish actor
*April 1 - [[Lachy Hulme]], Australian actor and screenwriter
*April 5 - [[Krista Allen]], American actress, model and stand-up comedian
*April 7 - [[Jennifer Schwalbach Smith]], American actress
*April 12 - [[Shannen Doherty]], American actress (d. 2024)
*April 15
**[[Andy Daly]], American actor, comedian and writer
**[[Kate Harbour]], English voice actress
*April 16 - [[Peter Billingsley]], American actor, director and producer
*April 18 - [[David Tennant]], Scottish actor
*April 19
**[[Gad Elmaleh]], Moroccan-Canadian stand-up comedian and actor
**[[Desreta Jackson]], Virgin Islander actress
**[[Wendy Powell]], American voice actress
*April 24 - [[Stefania Rocca]], Italian actress
*April 28 - [[Bridget Moynahan]], American actress
*May 10
**[[Adriano Giannini]], Italian actor and voice actor
**[[Leslie Stefanson]], American actress
*May 11 - [[Nicky Katt]], American actor
*May 12 - [[Steven Mond]], Canadian former child actor
*May 13 - [[Mido Hamada]], Egyptian-German actor
*May 14 - [[Sofia Coppola]], American actress, writer, and director
*May 17 - [[Randy Davison]], American actor
*May 22 - [[MC Eiht]], American rapper and actor
*May 25 - [[Justin Henry]], American actor
*May 26 - [[Matt Stone]], American actor, creator of [[South Park]]
*May 27 
**[[Paul Bettany]], English actor
**[[Lisa Lopes]], American singer and actress (d. 2002)
*May 30
**[[Duncan Jones]], British director, producer and screenwriter
**[[Idina Menzel]], American actress, singer and songwriter
**[[John Ross Bowie]], American actor and comedian
*31 May - [[Jon Øigarden]], Norwegian actor
*June 2
**[[Anthony Montgomery]], American actor
**[[Espen Sandberg]], Norwegian director
*June 4
**[[James Callis]], British actor
**[[Noah Wyle]], American actor
*June 5
**[[Susan Lynch]], Northern Irish actress
**[[Mark Wahlberg]], American actor and musician
*June 8 - [[Kent Faulcon]], American actor, director and writer
*June 11 - [[Kenjiro Tsuda]], Japanese actor
*June 13 - [[Bryan Massey]], American actor
*June 14 - [[Sophiya Haque]], English actress and singer (d. 2013)
*June 15 
**[[Jake Busey]], American actor
**[[Taavi Eelmaa]], Estonian actor
*June 16 
**[[Eva Püssa]], Estonian actress 
**[[Tupac Shakur]], American actor and rapper (d. 1996)
*June 18 - [[Lisa Barbuscia]], American model, singer and actress
*June 20 - [[Josh Lucas]], American actor
*June 22 - [[Mary Lynn Rajskub]], American actress and comedian
*June 28
**[[Benito Martinez (actor)|Benito Martinez]], American actor
**[[Aileen Quinn]], American actress and singer
*June 30
**[[Tom Green]], Canadian-American comedian, show host, actor and filmmaker
**[[Monica Potter]], American actress
*July 1
**[[Missy Elliott]], American musician and actress
**[[Melissa Peterman]], American actress, television host and comedian
*July 4
**[[Kate Dickie]], Scottish actress
**[[Al Madrigal]], American comedian, writer, actor and producer
*July 7 - [[Christian Camargo]], American actor, producer, writer and director
*July 8 - [[Amanda Peterson]], American actress (d. 2015)
*July 9 - [[Scott Grimes]], American actor and singer
*July 15 - [[Jim Rash]], American actor, comedian and filmmaker
*July 16 - [[Corey Feldman]], American actor
*July 18 - [[Sarah McLeod]], New Zealand actress
*July 19
**[[Kate Henshaw]], Nigerian actress
**[[Andres Puustusmaa]], Estonian actor and director
*July 20 - [[Sandra Oh]], Canadian-American actress
*July 21 - [[Charlotte Gainsbourg]], French-British actress
*July 24 - [[Patty Jenkins]], American director, screenwriter and producer
*July 25 - [[Miriam Shor]], American actress
*July 30 - [[Christine Taylor]], American actress
*July 31 - [[Eve Best]], British actress
*August 4
**[[Stuart Beattie]], Australian filmmaker
**[[Yo-Yo (rapper)|Yo-Yo]], American rapper and actress
*August 6 - [[Merrin Dungey]], American actress
*August 9
**[[Mark Povinelli]], American actor
**[[Nikki Ziering]], American model and actress
*August 10
**[[Luca Guadagnino]], Italian director and producer
**[[Justin Theroux]], American actor
*August 12
**[[Rebecca Gayheart]], American actress
**[[Yvette Nicole Brown]], American actress, comedian, writer and host
*August 13
**[[Moritz Bleibtreu]], German actor and director
**[[Heike Makatsch]], German actress, voice actress and singer
**[[Rolando Molina]], Salvadoran actor
*August 14 - [[Scott Michael Campbell]], American actor, writer, producer and director
*August 18 - [[Jacob Vargas]], Mexican-American actor
*August 20 
**[[David Walliams]], English comedian, actor, writer and television personality
**[[Ke Huy Quan]], American actor and stunt choreographer
*August 21 - [[Kristi Angus]], Canadian actress
*August 22 - [[Richard Armitage (actor)|Richard Armitage]], English actor and author
*August 25 - [[Claire Rushbrook]], English actress
*August 29 - [[Carla Gugino]], American actress
*August 31 - [[Chris Tucker]], American actor
*September 1 - [[Maury Sterling]], American actor
*September 2 - [[Katt Williams]], American actor and comedian<ref>{{Cite web |last=Castilla |first=Amira |date=2024-01-11 |title=The Evolution of Katt Williams |url=https://www.theroot.com/the-evolution-of-katt-williams-1851158503/slides/2 |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=The Root |language=en}}</ref>
*September 3 - [[Drena De Niro]], American actress and filmmaker
*September 8
**[[David Arquette]], American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter
**[[Martin Freeman]], English actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Martin Freeman |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbc3ea006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170530033210/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbc3ea006 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 30, 2017 |website=BFI |access-date=8 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*September 9
**[[Eric Stonestreet]], American actor and comedian
**[[Henry Thomas]], American actor
*September 14
**[[Pat Healy (actor)|Pat Healy]], American actor
**[[Kimberly Williams-Paisley]], American actress
*September 15
**[[Josh Charles]], American actor
**[[Colleen O'Shaughnessey]], American voice actress
*September 16 - [[Amy Poehler]], American actress
*September 17
**[[Felix Solis]], American actor, director and producer
**[[Ian Whyte (actor)|Ian Whyte]], Welsh actor and stuntman
*September 18 - [[Jada Pinkett Smith]], American actress
*September 19
**[[Sanaa Lathan]], American actress
**[[Selene Luna]], Mexican-American actress and comedian
*September 21 - [[Luke Wilson]], American actor
*September 22 - [[Lawrence Gilliard Jr.]], American actor
*September 27 - [[Amanda Detmer]], American actress
*September 29 - [[Mackenzie Crook]], English actor, comedian, director and writer
*September 30 - [[Jenna Elfman]], American actress
*October 5
**[[Matthew Maher (actor)|Matthew Maher]], American actor
**[[Sam Vincent (voice actor)|Samuel Vincent]], Canadian voice actor and singer
*October 6 - [[Emily Mortimer]], English actress
*October 11
**[[Justin Lin]], Taiwanese-American director
**[[Trish Sie]], American director
*October 13
**[[Sacha Baron Cohen]], English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer
**[[Luis Tosar]], Spanish actor and musician
*October 17 - [[Andy Whitfield]], Welsh actor (d. 2011)
*October 20
**[[Snoop Dogg]], American rapper, songwriter, media personality and actor
**[[Kenneth Choi]], American actor
**[[Rachel House (actress)|Rachel House]], New Zealand actress and director
*October 21 - [[Jennifer Lee (filmmaker)|Jennifer Lee]], American screenwriter, film director and [[chief creative officer]] of [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]]
*October 25 - [[Craig Robinson (actor)|Craig Robinson]], American actor, comedian, musician and singer
*October 26
**[[Rosemarie DeWitt]], American actress
**[[Anthony Rapp]], American actor and singer
**[[Phil Johnston (filmmaker)|Phil Johnston]], American screenwriter, director, producer and voice actor
*October 29 - [[Winona Ryder]], American actress
*November 2 - [[Meta Golding]], Haitian-American actress
*November 3
**[[Piret Laurimaa]], Estonian actress
**[[Dylan Moran]], Irish comedian, writer and actor
*November 4 - [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]], Indian actress
*November 9 - [[Jason Antoon]], American actor
*November 10 - [[Walton Goggins]], American actor
*November 11 - [[David DeLuise]], American actor
*November 13 - [[Noah Hathaway]], American actor
*November 14
**[[Giovanni Cirfiera]], Italian actor
**[[Marco Leonardi]], Italian actor
*November 16 - [[Justine Clarke]], Australian actress, singer, musician and television host
*November 17 - [[David Ramsey]], American actor, director and martial artist
*November 18 - [[Goran Kostić]], Serbian actor
*November 20
**[[Enrico Casarosa]], Italian-American storyboard artist, director and writer
**[[Joel McHale]], American actor, comedian, writer, producer and television host
*November 23
**[[Lisa Arch]], American actress and comedian
**[[Chris Hardwick]], American comedian, actor, television and podcast host, writer and producer
*November 24 - [[Lior Raz]], Israeli actor and screenwriter
*November 25 - [[Christina Applegate]], American actress
*November 29 - [[Naoko Mori]], Japanese actress
*December 3
**[[Joseph Gatt]], English actor
**[[Ola Rapace]], Swedish actor
*December 5
**[[Kali Rocha]], American actress
**[[Dolly Wells]], English actress and writer
*December 6 - [[Katariina Unt]], Estonian actress
*December 7 - [[DeObia Oparei]], English actor
*December 9 - [[Emma Thomas]], English producer
*December 14 - [[Natascha McElhone]], British actress
*December 17
**[[Sinan Akkuş]], Turkish-German actor
**[[Claire Forlani]], English actress
*December 18 - [[Claudia Gerini]], Italian actress
*December 21 - [[Glenn Fitzgerald]], American actor
*December 23 - [[Corey Haim]], Canadian actor (d. 2010)
*December 25
**[[Patrick Baladi]], English actor and musician
**[[Ain Mäeots]], Estonian actor, director and producer
*December 26 - [[Jared Leto]], American actor and musician