Editing 1978 in film (section)

==Film debuts==
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*[[Karen Allen]] – ''[[National Lampoon's Animal House]]''
*[[Pedro Almodóvar]] (director) – ''Folle...folle...fólleme Tim!''
*[[María Conchita Alonso]] – ''Savana – Sesso e diamanti''
*[[Tomas Arana]] – ''[[Blood Feud (1978 film)|Blood Feud]]''
*[[Kevin Bacon]] – ''National Lampoon's Animal House''
*[[Jonathan Banks]] – ''[[Coming Home (1978 film)|Coming Home]]''
*[[Ellen Barkin]] – ''[[Up in Smoke]]''
*[[Frances Bay]] – ''[[Foul Play (1978 film)|Foul Play]]''
*[[Jim Belushi]] – ''[[The Fury (film)|The Fury]]''
*[[Michael Biehn]] – ''[[Coach (1978 film)|Coach]]''
*[[Roy Brocksmith]] – ''[[The Rip-Off (film)|The Rip-Off]]''
*[[Jake Busey]] – ''[[Straight Time]]''
*[[Tommy Chong]] – ''[[Up in Smoke]]''
*[[Billy Connolly]] – ''[[Absolution (1978 film)|Absolution]]''
*[[Billy Crystal]] – ''[[Rabbit Test (film)|Rabbit Test]]''
*[[Jamie Lee Curtis]] – ''[[Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]]''
*[[E. G. Daily]] – ''Jukebox''
*[[Eddie Deezen]] – ''[[Laserblast]]''
*[[Julie Delpy]] – ''Guerres civiles en France''
*[[R. Lee Ermey]] – ''[[The Boys in Company C]]''
*[[Corey Feldman]] – ''[[Born Again (film)|Born Again]]''
*[[Tovah Feldshuh]] – ''Nunzio''
*[[William Forsythe (actor)|William Forsythe]] – ''Long Shot''
*[[Dennis Franz]] – ''The Fury''
*[[Joe Grifasi]] – ''[[The Deer Hunter]]''  
*[[Harry Hamlin]] – ''[[Movie Movie]]''
*[[Daryl Hannah]] – ''The Fury''
*[[Mark Harmon]] – ''[[Comes a Horseman]]''
*[[Woody Harrelson]] – ''[[Harper Valley PTA (film)|Harper Valley PTA]]''
*[[Ed Harris]] – ''[[Coma (1978 film)|Coma]]''
*[[Phil Hartman]] – ''[[Stunt Rock]]''
*[[Gregg Henry]] – ''[[Mean Dog Blues]]''
*[[Mary Beth Hurt]] – ''[[Interiors]]''
*[[John Kani]] – ''[[The Wild Geese]]''
*[[Michael Keaton]] – ''Rabbit Test''
*[[John Malkovich]] – ''[[A Wedding (1978 film)|A Wedding]]''
*[[Joe Mantegna]] – ''[[Towing (film)|Towing]]''
*[[Cheech Marin]] – ''Up in Smoke''
*[[Laurie Metcalf]] – ''A Wedding''
*[[Liam Neeson]] – ''Pilgrim's Progress''
*[[Natalia Nogulich]] – ''[[Stony Island (film)|Stony Island]]''
*[[Deborah Offner]] – ''[[Rush It]]''
*[[Michael O'Keefe]] – ''[[Gray Lady Down]]''
*[[Mandy Patinkin]] – ''[[The Big Fix (1978 film)|The Big Fix]]''
*[[Roddy Piper]] – ''[[The One and Only (1978 film)|The One and Only]]''
*[[Tony Plana]] – ''The Boss's Son''
*[[Annie Potts]] – ''[[Corvette Summer]]''
*[[Robert Prosky]] – ''[[The Brink's Job]]''
*[[David Rasche]] – ''[[An Unmarried Woman]]''
*[[Christopher Reeve]] – ''Gray Lady Down''
*[[James Remar]] – ''On the Yard''
*[[Jean Reno]] – ''[[The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting]]''
*[[Peter Riegert]] – ''National Lampoon's Animal House''
*[[Eric Roberts]] – ''[[King of the Gypsies (film)|King of the Gypsies]]''
*[[Deborah Rush]] – ''[[Oliver's Story]]''
*[[Diana Scarwid]] – ''[[Pretty Baby (1978 film)|Pretty Baby]]''
*[[Gary Sinise]] – ''A Wedding''
*[[James Spader]] – ''Team-Mates''
*[[Mary Steenburgen]] – ''[[Goin' South]]''
*[[Peter Stormare]] – ''[[The Score (1978 film)|The Score]]''
*[[Carel Struycken]] – ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''
*[[Rachel Ticotin]] – ''King of the Gypsies''
*[[Tom Waits]] – ''[[Paradise Alley]]''
*[[Alberta Watson]] – ''[[Power Play (1978 film)|Power Play]]''
*[[Norbert Weisser]] – ''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]''
*[[George Wendt]] – ''A Wedding''
*[[Alfre Woodard]] – ''[[Remember My Name (film)|Remember My Name]]''
*[[Grace Zabriskie]] – ''[[They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way]]''
*[[Robert Zemeckis]] (director) – ''[[I Wanna Hold Your Hand (film)|I Wanna Hold Your Hand]]''
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