Editing 1978 in film (section)

==Births==
* January 1 – [[Christian Tessier]], Canadian actor
* January 2
**[[Raghda Khateb]], Syrian voice actress
**[[Megumi Toyoguchi]], Japanese voice actress
* January 3 – [[Kimberley Locke]], American singer-songwriter and model
* January 5
**[[Clarine Harp]], American voice actress
**[[January Jones]], American actress and model
**[[America Olivo]], American actress and singer
* January 6 – [[Tara Spencer-Nairn]], Canadian actress
* January 8 – [[Scott Whyte]], American actor
* January 9 – [[AJ McLean]], American musician, singer, dancer, actor, and entertainer
* January 10 – [[Antonio Cupo]], Canadian film and television actor
* January 14 - [[Blake Ritson]], English actor
* January 15  
** [[Eddie Cahill]], American actor
** [[Jamie Clayton]], American actress, model
* January 17
**[[Pampita]], Argentine model, actress, television personality
**[[Takatoshi Kaneko]], Japanese actor
**[[Ricky Wilson (British musician)|Ricky Wilson]], English actor, singer
* January 20 – [[Omar Sy]], French actor
* January 24
**[[Mark Hildreth (actor)|Mark Hildreth]], Canadian actor, voice actor
**[[Kristen Schaal]], American actress, comedian and writer
* January 25 – [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]], Ukrainian actor and politician
* January 27 – [[Jake Pavelka]], American pilot, television personality
* January 28 – [[Stephen Farrelly]], Irish actor and professional wrestler
* January 29 - [[Julee Cerda]], South Korean-born American actress
* February 1 - [[Bryan Dick]], English actor
* February 7 – [[Ashton Kutcher]], American actor
* February 9
**[[Fede Álvarez]], Uruguyan filmmaker
**[[A. J. Buckley]], Canadian actor
* February 10 - [[Don Omar]], Puerto Rican singer, rapper and actor
* February 11 - [[Lymari Nadal]], Puerto Rican actress, producer and screenwriter
* February 12 – 
**[[Paul Anderson (actor)|Paul Anderson]], British actor
**[[Gethin Jones]], Welsh television presenter
* February 14 – [[Danai Gurira]], actress, playwright
* February 17
**[[Ashton Holmes]], American actor
**[[Rory Kinnear]], English actor and playwright
* February 20
**[[Jay Hernandez]], American actor
**[[Julia Jentsch]], German actress
**[[Chelsea Peretti]], American comedian, actress, television writer and singer-songwriter
* February 23 – [[Kris Lemche]], Canadian actor
* February 24 – [[Nicole Lyn]], Canadian actress
* February 28 - [[Geoffrey Arend]], American actor
* March 1 – [[Jensen Ackles]], American actor
* March 3 – [[Aarti Mann]], Indian-American actress
* March 5 – [[Kimberly McCullough]], American actress, dancer, director
* March 8 – [[Nick Zano]], American actor
* March 9 – [[Katherine Parkinson]], English actress
* March 16 – [[Sophie Hunter]], English actress and singer
* March 17 – [[Patrick Seitz]], American voice actor
* March 21 
**[[Kevin Federline]], American rapper, DJ, actor, television personality, professional wrestler, and fashion model
**[[Rani Mukerji]], Indian actress
* March 23 – [[Nicholle Tom]] and [[David Tom]], American actress and actor
* March 24 – [[Amanda Brugel]], Canadian actress
* March 25
**[[Teddy Lussi-Modeste]], French film director, screenwriter and literature teacher<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 2017 |title=Teddy-Lussi-Modeste attendu mardi à l’Autre cité |url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/edition-de-verdun/2017/10/01/un-realisateur-attendu-mardi-a-l-autre-cite |website=[[L'Est Républicain]] |language=fr}}</ref>
**[[Maribeth Monroe]], American actress, writer and comedian
* March 27 - [[Romesh Ranganathan]], British actor, comedian and presenter
* March 31 - [[Daniel Mays]], English actor
* April 1
**[[JJ Feild]], British-American actor
**[[Anamaria Marinca]], Romanian actress
* April 2 – [[Deon Richmond]], American actor
* April 3 – [[Matthew Goode]], English actor
* April 6 - [[Lauren Ridloff]], deaf American actress
* April 7  
**[[Duncan James]], English actor, television presenter and singer
**[[Scott McGillivray]], Canadian television host
* April 8
**[[Paola Núñez]], Mexican actress and producer
**[[Rachel Roberts (model)|Rachel Roberts]], Canadian model and actress
* April 12 – [[Riley Smith]], American actor
* April 13 – [[Kyle Howard]], American actor
* April 14 - [[Michelle Duncan]], Scottish-Canadian actress
* April 16 – [[Lara Dutta]], Indian actress 
* April 17 – [[Ido Mosseri]], Israeli actor, singer and musician
* April 19  
**[[James Franco]], American actor
**[[Joanna Gaines]], American designer, businesswoman, entrepreneur, television personality
* April 20
**[[Matt Austin (actor)|Matt Austin]], Canadian actor
**[[Clayne Crawford]], American actor
* April 23 – [[Ian Brennan (writer)|Ian Brennan]], American writer, actor, producer
* April 26  
** [[Stana Katic]], Canadian-American actress, producer
** [[Pablo Schreiber]], Canadian actor
* April 28  
**[[Nate Richert]], American actor, musician
**[[Drew Scott]], Canadian actor, realtor, and entrepreneur
**[[Jonathan Scott (reality TV)|Jonathan Scott]], Canadian reality television personality, contractor, illusionist, and television and film producer
* April 29 – [[Tyler Labine]], Canadian actor
* April 30 – [[Sandra Huller]], German actress
* May 1 – [[James Badge Dale]], American actor
* May 2 - [[Kumail Nanjiani]], Pakistani-American comedian, actor and screenwriter
* May 4 – [[Daisuke Ono]], Japanese voice actor and singer
* May 5 – [[Santiago Cabrera]], Venezuelan-born Chilean actor
* May 8  
**[[Matthew Davis]], American actor
**[[Ana Maria Lombo]], American musician and television personality
**[[Josie Maran]], American model, actress, and entrepreneur
* May 9 – [[Daniel Franzese]], American actor, comedian and activist 
* May 10
**[[Corri English]], American actress
**[[Kenan Thompson]], American actor, comedian
* May 11 – [[Warren Brown (actor)|Warren Brown]], English actor and former professional Thai boxer
* May 12
**[[Aaron Abrams]], Canadian actor, writer
**[[Malin Åkerman]], Swedish-Canadian actress
**[[Jason Biggs]], American actor
* May 13 - [[Patrick Hughes (filmmaker)|Patrick Hughes]], Australian director and screenwriter
* May 15
**[[Caroline Dhavernas]], Canadian actress
**[[David Krumholtz]], American actor
* May 16 – [[Jim Sturgess]], English actor
* May 17 
** [[Gabriel Hogan]], Canadian-born American actor
** [[Kat Foster]], American actress
* May 18 – [[Chad Donella]], Canadian actor
* May 21 – [[Chris Santos]], American actor
* May 22 – [[Ginnifer Goodwin]], American actress
* May 24 – [[Bryan Greenberg]], American actor
* May 25 – [[Kick Gurry]], Australian actor
* May 26 – [[Laurence Fox]], English actor, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
* May 28 – [[Jake Johnson]], actor, comedian
* May 29 – [[Adam Rickitt]], English actor, singer and model
* June 2
**[[Dominic Cooper]], English actor
**[[Nikki Cox]], American actress
**[[Justin Long]], American actor
* June 4
**[[Josh McDermitt]], American film and television actor and comedian
**[[Robin Lord Taylor]], American actor
* June 5
**[[Nick Kroll]], American actor, comedian, writer and producer
**[[Jeff Schroeder]], American television and online talk show host
* June 6 - [[Judith Barsi]], American child actress (d. 1988)
* June 7 
**[[Bill Hader]], American actor, comedian
**[[Anna Torv]], Australian actress
* June 8 – [[Maria Menounos]], American actress
* June 9
**[[Michaela Conlin]], American actress
**[[Youssef Kerkour]], Moroccan-British actor
* June 10
**[[DJ Qualls]], American actor
**[[Shane West]], American actor
**[[Marko Zaror]], Chilean martial artist and actor
* June 11 – [[Joshua Jackson]], Canadian actor
* June 12 - [[Timothy Simons]], American actor and comedian
* June 13 – [[Ethan Embry]], American actor
* June 14 - [[Diablo Cody]], Canadian writer
* June 16 – [[Daniel Brühl]], German actor
* June 18 – [[Tara Platt]], American voice actress
* June 19
**[[Mía Maestro]], Argentine actress and singer-songwriter
**[[Zoe Saldana]], American actress
* June 20 
**[[Quinton Jackson]], American mixed martial artist, actor and former professional wrestler
**[[Mike Birbiglia]], American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer
* June 21 – [[Erica Durance]], Canadian actress
* June 22 - [[David Derrick Jr.]], American director and storyboard artist
* June 27 – [[Courtney Ford]], American actress
* June 28 – [[Ha Ji-won]], South Korean actress
* June 29 – 
**[[Luke Kirby]], Canadian actor
**[[Nicole Scherzinger]], American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress and television personality
* July 2 – [[Owain Yeoman]], Welsh actor
* July 3 – [[Ian Anthony Dale]], American actor
* July 4
**[[Becki Newton]], American actress
* July 6
**[[Adam Busch]], American actor, film director and singer
**[[Tia Mowry]] and [[Tamera Mowry]], American actresses
* July 9 – [[Kyle Davis (actor)|Kyle Davis]], American actor
* July 11 
**[[Dustin Demri-Burns]], English actor, comedian, and writer
**[[Jonjo O'Neill (actor)|Jonjo O'Neill]], Irish actor
**[[Thomas Stone]], Hungarian pornographic actor
* July 12
** [[Topher Grace]], American actor
** [[Michelle Rodriguez]], American actress
* July 15 – [[Greg Sestero]], American actor, writer
* July 17
**[[Justine Triet]], French film director, screenwriter and editor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justine Triet |url=https://www.semainedelacritique.com/en/directors/justine-triet |access-date=7 June 2023 |website=[[Critics' Week|La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes]]}}</ref>
** [[R. J. Williams]], American actor, television host, CEO of Young Hollywood
* July 20 
**[[Charlie Korsmo]], American former child actor
**[[Anatol Yusef]], English stage, film and television actor
* July 21
**[[Justin Bartha]], American actor
**[[Josh Hartnett]], American actor
* July 22
**[[Damien Bonnard]], French actor
**[[A. J. Cook]], Canadian actress
* July 23 - [[Pearry Reginald Teo]], Singaporean filmmaker (d. 2023)
* July 24 – [[Jeff Mauro]], American actor, chef
* July 27 - [[Jeff Fowler]], American director and animator
* July 29 - [[Paul King (director)|Paul King]], British writer and director
* August 2 – [[Natashia Williams]], American actress, model
* August 3 
**[[Tommy Dewey]], American actor, producer, writer
**[[Shanelle Workman]], American actress, voice actress, producer and director
* August 4 – Mick Cain, American actor
* August 6 – [[Lee Ji-ah]], South Korean actress
* August 7 - [[David Caves]], Northern Irish actor
* August 8 – [[Countess Vaughn]], American actress
* August 10
**[[Leo Fitzpatrick]], American actor
**[[Alison Folland]], American actress and filmmaker
* August 18 – [[Andy Samberg]], American actor, comedian
* August 19 - [[Michelle Borth]], American actress
* August 20 – [[Kris Smith]], English Australian model, television presenter and rugby league footballer
* August 22 – [[James Corden]], English singer, actor, television host
* August 23
** [[Kobe Bryant]], American actor and basketball player<ref>{{Cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->  |title=Kobe Bryant, 1978-2020: Coverage from The Athletic |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1563062/2020/01/26/kobe-bryant-1978-2020-coverage-from-the-athletic/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> (d. 2020)
** [[Andrew Rannells]], American actor, voice actor, singer
* August 24 – [[Beth Riesgraf]], American actress
* August 25 – [[Kel Mitchell]], American actor, comedian
* August 28 – [[Sam Wills]], New Zealand prop comic, busker, clown, and mime
* August 30 – [[Gianpaolo Venuta]], Canadian actor
* August 31 – [[Mike Erwin]], American actor
* September 1 - [[Nathalie Cox]], British actress
* September 3 – [[Nick Wechsler (actor)|Nick Wechsler]], American actor
* September 4 – [[Wes Bentley]], American actor
* September 5
**[[James Ponsoldt]], American director, actor and screenwriter
**[[Yu Nan]], Chinese actress
* September 7 – [[Devon Sawa]], Canadian actor
* September 12 – [[Benjamin McKenzie]], American actor
* September 16
**[[Carolina Dieckmann]], Brazilian actress
**Ebonie Smith, American former actress and model
* September 18 – [[Billy Eichner]], American comedian, actor, writer, and television personality
* September 20 – [[Charlie Weber (actor)|Charlie Weber]], American actor
* September 21 – [[Paulo Costanzo]], Canadian actor
* September 22 – [[Daniella Alonso]], American actress and fashion model
* September 23 – [[Anthony Mackie]], American actor
* September 24 - [[Christopher Nowinski]], American author, co-founder and executive director of the Concussion Legacy Foundation; as well as a former professional wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment
* September 25 – [[Rossif Sutherland]], Canadian actor
* September 28 – [[Lucas Bryant]], Canadian actor
* September 29 – [[Nathan West]], American actor
* September 30 - [[Stark Sands]], American actor
* October 1 – [[Katie Aselton]], American actress, film director and producer
* October 3
**[[Christian Coulson]], English actor
**[[Shannyn Sossamon]], American actress
* October 6 - [[Lindsey Pearlman]], American actress (d. 2022)
* October 7
**[[Joe Armstrong (actor)|Joe Armstrong]], English actor
**[[Hattie Morahan]], English actress
* October 9 – [[Randy Spelling]], American actor
* October 10
**[[Trevor Eyster]], American actor
**[[Edan Gross]], American former child actor
**[[Jodi Lyn O'Keefe]], American actress
* October 11
**[[Wes Chatham]], American actor
**[[Trevor Donovan]], American actor
* October 14 – [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]], American singer, actor
* October 15
**[[Devon Gummersall]], American actor
**[[Matt Lutz]], American actor
* October 16 – [[Kala Savage]], American actress
* October 18 – [[Wesley Jonathan]], American actor
* October 21
**[[Will Estes]], American actor
**[[Michael McMillian]], American actor
* October 26 – 
**[[CM Punk]], American mixed martial artist, comic book writer and retired professional wrestler
**[[Anthony Carrino]], American contractor, designer, developer and television personality
* October 27 – [[David Walton (actor)|David Walton]], American actor
* October 28
**[[Gwendoline Christie]], English actress and model
**[[Justin Guarini]], American singer and actor
* October 30 - [[Matthew Morrison]], American singer, actor
* October 31 – [[Brian Hallisay]], American actor
* November 1 – [[Mary Kate Schellhardt]], American actress
* November 2
**[[Oliver Chris]], English actor
**[[Whit Hertford]], American theatre director, writer and actor
* November 7 - [[Will Gluck]], American director, producer, screenwriter and composer
* November 8 – [[Keir O'Donnell]], Australian-American actor
* November 9 – [[Sisqó]], American singer, actor, songwriter
* November 10
**[[David Paetkau]], Canadian actor
**[[Diplo]], American actor, DJ, record producer, rapper, songwriter
* November 12
**[[Nicolas Giraud]], French actor and filmmaker
**[[Alexandra Maria Lara]], Romanian-German actress
**[[Ashley Williams (actress)|Ashley Williams]], American actress
* November 13 - [[Marit Velle Kile]], Norwegian former actress
* November 17
**[[Nonso Anozie]], British actor
**[[Zoe Bell]], New Zealand stuntwoman, actress
**[[Tom Ellis (actor)|Tom Ellis]], Welsh actor
**[[Rachel McAdams]], Canadian actress
* November 19 – [[Eric Nenninger]], American actor
* November 20 - [[Nadine Velazquez]], American actress and model
* November 21 – [[Yasmine Al Massri]], International actress, dancer, video artist and human rights advocate
* November 23 – [[Kayvan Novak]], British actor, voice actor, and comedian
* November 24 – [[Katherine Heigl]], American actress
* November 25 – [[Taís Araújo]], Brazilian actress
* November 26 – [[Jun Fukuyama]], Japanese voice actor and singer
* November 28 – [[Jodie Resther]], Canadian actress
* November 29 – [[Lauren German]], American actress
* November 30
*[[Gael García Bernal]], Mexican film actor, director, and producer
* December 1
**[[Camille Cottin]], French actress and comedian
**[[Stefan Kapičić]], Serbian actor
* December 6 - [[K. D. Aubert]], American actress
* December 7
**[[Shiri Appleby]], American actress
**[[Kristofer Hivju]], Norwegian film actor, producer and writer
* December 8 – [[Ian Somerhalder]], American actor
* December 9 – [[Jesse Metcalfe]], American actor
* December 10 - [[Summer Phoenix]], American actress
* December 12 - [[Gbenga Akinnagbe]], American actor and writer
* December 13 – [[Cameron Douglas]], American actor
* December 15 – [[Will Wikle]], American actor and reality television personality
* December 16 – [[Joe Absolom]], English actor
* December 17 – [[Douglas Tait (actor)|Douglas Tait]], American actor, stuntman, filmmaker
* December 18
**[[Josh Dallas]], American actor
**[[Katie Holmes]], American actress
**[[Ravi Patel (actor)|Ravi Patel]], American actor
* December 21 
**[[Charles Dera]], American pornographic actor, dancer, model, martial artist, and former U.S. Marine
**[[Mike Vitar]], American actor
* December 22 – [[Mia Tyler]], American actress, model, author, visual artist, media personality, socialite, fashion designer, talent manager and music promoter
* December 23 - [[Josh Cowdery]], American actor
* December 24 – [[Carlson Twins]], American actors, models
* December 25 – [[Jeremy Strong (actor)|Jeremy Strong]], American film, television, and stage actor
* December 27 - [[Lisa Jakub]], Canadian writer and former actress
* December 28 – [[John Legend]], American composer and actor
* December 30 – [[Tyrese Gibson]], American actor, singer, model
* December 31 – [[Johnny Sins]], pornographic actor, director, and Internet personality