Editing 1981 in film (section)

==Births==
* January 1 - [[Eden Riegel]], American actress
* January 6
**[[Betty Gabriel]], American actress
**[[Rinko Kikuchi]], Japanese actress and director
**[[Jérémie Renier]], Belgian actor
* January 8 – [[Genevieve Cortese]], American actress
* January 15 - [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]], American rapper and actor
* January 17
**[[Scott Mechlowicz]], American actor
**[[Diogo Morgado]], Portuguese actor
* January 18 - [[Antje Traue]], German actress
* January 20
**[[Daniel Cudmore]], Canadian actor
**[[Crystal Lowe]], Canadian actress and director
* January 21
**[[Amanda Aday]], American actress
**[[Izabella Miko]], Polish actress and dancer
**[[David F. Sandberg]], Swedish filmmaker
* January 22
**[[O. T. Fagbenle]], British actor, writer and director
**[[Willa Ford]], American singer, songwriter, model, television personality and actress
**[[Beverley Mitchell]], American actress
* January 23 - [[Julia Jones]], American actress
* January 24 – [[Carrie Coon]], American actress
* January 25 - [[Charlie Bewley]], English actor and producer
* January 28 
** [[Gen Hoshino]], Japanese actor and singer
** [[Elijah Wood]], American actor
* January 29 - [[Tenoch Huerta]], Mexican actor
* January 30 – [[Chieko Higuchi]], Japanese voice actress
* January 31 – [[Justin Timberlake]], American singer and actor
* February 2 - [[Emily Rose (actress)|Emily Rose]], American actress
* February 5
** [[Lee Eon]], South Korean actor and model (d. [[2008 in film|2008]])
** [[Sara Foster]], American actress
** [[Nora Zehetner]], American actress
* February 8 – [[Jim Parrack]], American actor
* February 9 – [[Tom Hiddleston]], English actor
* February 10
**[[Uzo Aduba]], American actress
**[[Stephanie Beatriz]], Argentine actress
* February 11
**[[Sonia Rolland]], French-Rwandan actress
**[[Kelly Rowland]], American singer and actress
* February 12
**[[Jesse Hutch]], Canadian actor
**[[Lauri Lagle]], Estonian actor, director and screenwriter
* February 14 - [[Patrick Heusinger]], American actor
* February 17 – 
**[[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]], American actor
**[[Paris Hilton]], American media personality, singer and actress
* February 19 – [[Beth Ditto]], American singer-songwriter
* February 20 - [[Majandra Delfino]], American actress and singer
* February 22 – [[Elodie Yung]], French actress
* February 23
**[[Josh Gad]], American actor and comedian 
**[[Mai Nakahara]], Japanese voice actress<ref>{{Cite book|date=April 2004|title=Japan Voice Producer Directory 2004|volume=1|page=219|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=978-4095263014}}</ref>
* February 25 - [[Manuel Garcia-Rulfo]], Mexican actor
* February 26 - [[Demetrius Grosse]], American actor and producer
* February 27 - [[Josh Groban]], American singer-songwriter and actor
* March 2 
** Amos Crawley, Canadian actor
** [[Bryce Dallas Howard]], American actress
* March 3
**[[Austin Highsmith Garces]], American actress
**[[Eugene (actress)|Eugene]], South Korean actress and singer
* March 5 - [[Hanna Alström]], Swedish actress
* March 6 – [[Ellen Muth]], American actress
* March 11
**[[David Anders]], American actor
**[[Matthias Schweighöfer]], German actor and filmmaker
* March 17 - [[Nicky Jam]], American singer and actor
* March 18 - [[Chris Geere]], English actor
* March 20 - [[Jake Hoffman (actor)|Jake Hoffman]], American actor and writer
* March 21 - [[Rini Bell]], American actress
* March 22 - [[Tiffany Dupont]], American actress
* March 23 - [[Luciana Carro]], Canadian actress
* March 24 - [[Philip Winchester]], American actor
* March 27 - [[Quim Gutiérrez]], Spanish actor
* March 28 – [[Julia Stiles]], American actress
* March 29
** [[Alexander Fehling]], German actor
** [[Alain Moussi]], Canadian/Gabonese actor and stuntman
* March 30 - [[Katy Mixon]], American actress
* March 31 – [[Ryōko Shintani]], Japanese voice actress
* April 1 - [[Hannah Spearritt]], English actress and singer
* April 8 - [[Taylor Kitsch]], Canadian actor and model
* April 10
** [[Laura Bell Bundy]], American actress
** [[Michael Pitt]], American actor
* April 13 – [[Courtney Peldon]], American actress
* April 17 - [[Charlie Hofheimer]], American actor
* April 19
** [[Hayden Christensen]], Canadian actor
** [[Catalina Sandino Moreno]], Colombian actress
* April 23 – [[Gemma Whelan]], English actress
* April 26
**[[Mariana Ximenes]], Brazilian actress
**[[Luke Ford]], Canadian-Australian actor
**[[Amit Shah (actor)|Amit Shah]], English actor
* April 28
**[[Jessica Alba]], American actress
**[[Toby Leonard Moore]], Australian actor
**[[Catherine Reitman]], Canadian-American actress, producer and writer
* April 29 - [[Alex Vincent (actor)|Alex Vincent]], American actor and writer
* April 30
**[[Kunal Nayyar]], British actor
**[[Emma Pierson]], English actress
**[[Rose Rollins]], American actress
* May 2 – [[Rina Satō]], Japanese voice actress
* May 3 – [[Natalie Tong]], Hong Kong actress and model
* May 5 
**[[Danielle Fishel]], American actress
**[[Farid Kamil]], Malaysian actor and film director
* May 10 – [[Qurrat Ann Kadwani]], American actress
* May 11 
**[[JP Karliak]], American actor, voice actor and comedian
**[[Austin O'Brien]], American actor
* May 12 – [[Rami Malek]], American actor
* May 13 - [[Ryan Piers Williams]], American actor, director and writer
* May 15 – [[Jamie-Lynn Sigler]], American actress
* May 16 - [[Joseph Morgan (actor)|Joseph Morgan]], English actor
* May 18 - [[Allen Leech]], Irish actor
* May 28 – [[Laura Bailey (voice actress)|Laura Bailey]], American voice actress
* May 29
**[[Justin Chon]], American actor, director and YouTube personality
**[[Anders Holm]], American actor, comedian, writer and producer
* June 1
**[[Johnny Pemberton]], American actor, comedian and podcaster
**[[Amy Schumer]], American comedian and actress
* June 4 – [[T.J. Miller]], American actor, stand-up comedian, producer and writer 
* June 7 – [[Larisa Oleynik]], American actress
* June 9 – [[Natalie Portman]], Israeli-American actress
* June 10 – [[Jonathan Bennett (actor)|Jonathan Bennett]], American actor
* June 12
**[[Jeremy Howard (actor)|Jeremy Howard]], American actor
**[[Malachi Pearson]], American actor
* June 13 – [[Chris Evans (actor)|Chris Evans]], American actor
* June 14 – [[Chauncey Leopardi]], American actor
* June 20 – [[Alisan Porter]], American former actress
* June 23 - [[Joe Taslim]], Indonesian actor and martial artist
* June 26 - [[Jimmy Ray Bennett]], American actor
* June 28 - [[Jon Watts]], American filmmaker
* June 30
**[[Tom Burke (actor)|Tom Burke]], English actor
**[[Anna Slotky]], American former actress
* July 1 - [[Amanda Lucas (fighter)|Amanda Lucas]], American retired professional mixed martial artist and actress
* July 3 - [[Rebecca Honig]], American voice actress
* July 4 - [[Tahar Rahim]], French actor
* July 5 - [[Ryan Hansen]], American actor and comedian
* July 13
**[[Fran Kranz]], American actor and director
**[[Michael Mando]], Canadian actor
* July 17 - [[Michiel Huisman]], Dutch actor
* July 21
**[[Davide Perino]], Italian actor and voice actor
**[[Romeo Santos]], American singer-songwriter and actor
* July 22 - [[Josh Lawson]], Australian actor and filmmaker
* July 24
**[[Mohammed Amer]], Palestinian-American stand-up comedian and actor
**[[Summer Glau]], American actress
**[[Lauren Miller Rogen]], American actress, comedian, screenwriter and director
* July 28 - [[Neil Casey]], American actor, writer and comedian
* July 30 – [[Lisa Wilhoit]], American actress
* July 31 - [[Eric Lively]], American former actor
* August 1 – [[Taylor Fry]], American former child actress
* August 3 – [[Travis Willingham]], American voice actor
* August 4
**[[Marques Houston]], American singer and actor
**[[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex]], American former actress and model
**[[Valerie LaPointe]], American storyboard artist and director
**[[Abigail Spencer]], American actress
* August 5 - [[Jesse Williams (actor)|Jesse Williams]], American actor, director and producer
* August 6 – [[Leslie Odom Jr.]], American actor
* August 8
**[[Tongayi Chirisa]], Zimbabwean actor and singer
**[[Meagan Good]], American actress
* August 10 - [[Jon Prescott]], American actor
* August 20 – [[Ben Barnes (actor)|Ben Barnes]], English actor
* August 22
**[[Ross Marquand]], American impressionist, actor and producer
**[[Takumi Saito]], Japanese actor
* August 24 – [[Chad Michael Murray]], American actor
* August 25 – [[Rachel Bilson]], American actress
* August 27
**[[Patrick J. Adams]], Canadian actor
**[[Sugar Lyn Beard]], Canadian actress and radio personality
* August 29 - [[Émilie Dequenne]], Belgian actress (d. [[2025 in film|2025]])
* September 1
**[[Michael Adamthwaite]], Canadian actor
**[[Boyd Holbrook]], American actor
* September 3 - [[Evgeniya Brik]], Russian actress (d. 2022)
* September 4 – [[Beyoncé Knowles]], American singer and actress
* September 8 – [[Jonathan Taylor Thomas]], American actor
* September 9 - [[Julie Gonzalo]], Argentine-American actress
* September 12
**[[Jennifer Hudson]], American singer and actress
**[[Elle LaMont]], American actress
* September 14 - [[Miyavi]], Japanese guitarist, singer-songwriter and actor
* September 15 - [[Ben Schwartz]], American actor, voice actor, comedian, improviser, writer, director and producer
* September 16
**[[Fan Bingbing]], Chinese actress, model, producer and singer
**[[Alexis Bledel]], American actress
* September 17 - [[Griff Furst]], American actor, producer and director
* September 18 - [[Jennifer Tisdale]], American actress and singer
* September 22 - [[Ashley Eckstein]], American actress
* September 23 – [[Misti Traya]], American actress
* September 26 – [[Christina Milian]], American singer and actress
* September 29 – [[Shay Astar]], American singer and actress
* September 30 – [[Ashleigh Aston Moore]], American-Canadian former child actress (d. 2007)
* October 1 – [[Rupert Friend]], English actor
* October 3
**[[Seth Gabel]], American actor
**[[Giselle Itié]], Mexican-born Brazilian actress
* October 9 – [[Zachery Ty Bryan]], American actor
* October 12
**[[Tom Guiry]], American actor
**[[Brian J. Smith]], American actor
* October 17 - [[Liam Garrigan]], English actor
* October 18 – [[Graham Moore (writer)|Graham Moore]], American screenwriter
* October 22 – [[Michael Fishman]], American actor
* October 23 - Jackie Long, American actor, writer, musician, director and producer
* October 30
**[[Fiona Dourif]], American actress and producer
**[[Shaun Sipos]], Canadian actor
* November 1 - [[Matt Jones (actor)|Matt Jones]], American actor, voice artist, comedian, rapper and singer
* November 2 - [[Katharine Isabelle]], Canadian actress
* November 6 – [[Lee Dong-wook]], South Korean actor
* November 7 - [[Lotta Losten]], Swedish actress
* November 9 – [[Scottie Thompson (actress)|Scottie Thompson]], American actress
* November 10 – [[Perla Liberatori]], Italian voice actress
* November 14 - [[Vanessa Bayer]], American actress and comedian
* November 15 - [[Sammy Sheik]], Egyptian-American actor
* November 16 – [[Caitlin Glass]], American voice actress
* November 17 - [[Bojana Novakovic]], Serbian-Australian actress
* November 18
**[[Nasim Pedrad]], Iranian-American actress and comedian
**[[Christina Vidal]], American actress and singer
* November 20 – [[Andrea Riseborough]], English actress
* November 23 - [[John Lavelle (actor)|John Lavelle]], American actor and playwright
* November 30 - [[Jake Szymanski]], American actor, writer, director and producer
* December 2 – [[Britney Spears]], American singer and actress
* December 3
**[[Maddy Curley]], American actress
**[[Liza Lapira]], American actress
* December 5
**[[Adan Canto]], Mexican actor (d. [[2024 in film|2024]])
**[[Lydia Leonard]], British actress
* December 8 - [[Dov Tiefenbach]], Canadian actor and musician
* December 13 – [[Amy Lee]], American singer-songwriter ([[Evanescence]])
* December 15
**[[Brendan Fletcher]], Canadian actor, screenwriter and producer
**[[Victoria Summer]], English actress, model and singer
* December 16 – [[Krysten Ritter]], American actress
* December 22 - [[Nicolas Vaporidis]], Italian actor
* December 27
**[[Emilie de Ravin]], Australian actress
**[[Jay Ellis]], American actor
* December 28 – [[Sienna Miller]], English actress
* December 29 - [[Charlotte Riley]], English actress
* December 30
**[[Gina Beck]], British actress and singer
**[[Leila Farzad]], British actress