1972 in film

The year 1972 in film involved several significant events. Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures celebrated their 60th anniversaries and Motion Picture Association of America celebrated their 50th anniversary.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1972 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Awards

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso), directed by Elio Petri, Italy

The Mattei Affair (Il Caso Mattei), directed by Francesco Rosi, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

The Canterbury Tales (I Racconti di Canterbury), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy / France

1972 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

January 5 - Luciana Pedraza, Argentine actress and director
January 9 Ã¢ÂÂ Deon Cole, American actor
January 11
Marc Blucas, American actor
Konstantin Khabensky, Russian actor and director
Amanda Peet, American actress
January 12 - Zabryna Guevara, American actress
January 15 Ã¢ÂÂ Kobe Tai, Taiwanese-American actress
January 16 - Richard T. Jones, American actor
January 20 - Adrian Martinez, American actor and comedian
January 22 - Romi Park, Japanese actress and singer
January 23 -
Ewen Bremner, Scottish character actor
January 26 - Cyia Batten, American dancer, model and actress
January 28
Peter McDonald, Irish actor and director
Gillian Vigman, American actress, comedian and screenwriter
February 1 - Tego CalderÃÂ³n, Puerto Rican rapper, singer and actor
February 6 - Richard Coyle, English actor
February 7 - Robyn Lively, American actress
February 8 - Guillaume Gallienne, French actor, screenwriter and director
February 9
Crispin Freeman, American voice actor
Darwin Shaw, British actor and director
February 16 - Sarah Clarke, American actress
February 20 Ã¢ÂÂ Gareth Unwin, English producer
February 24 - James Bachman, English comedian, actor and writer
February 26
Keith Ferguson, American voice actor
Maz Jobrani, American comedian and actor
February 28 - Rory Cochrane, American actor
March 4 Ã¢ÂÂ Garth Jennings, English film director, screenwriter, producer, actor and writer
March 8 - Matt Nable, Australian actor and writer
March 9
Jean Louisa Kelly, American actress and singer
Kerr Smith, American actor
March 13 Ã¢ÂÂ Common, American actor and singer
March 16 - Nicolas Bro, Danish actor
March 18 Ã¢ÂÂ Dane Cook, American comedian
March 23 Ã¢ÂÂ Judith GodrÃÂ¨che, French actress
March 24
Charlie Creed-Miles, English actor and musician
Tony Leondis, Greek-American animator, filmmaker and voice actor
March 26 Ã¢ÂÂ Leslie Mann, American actress
March 28
Nick Frost, English actor, comedian, writer and producer
David Vadim, Ukrainian-born American actor
Ledisi, American singer-songwriter and actress
March 29 - Sam Hazeldine, English actor
March 31 Ã¢ÂÂ Alejandro AmenÃÂ¡bar, Spanish director, writer and soundtrack composer
April 3 - Catherine McCormack, English actress
April 5 - Junko Takeuchi, Japanese actress and voice actress
April 6 - Jason Hervey, American actor and producer
April 8 - Sung Kang, American actor
April 10 - Vincent Zhao, Chinese actor and martial artist
April 15 - Lou Romano, American animator and voice actor
April 17 Ã¢ÂÂ Jennifer Garner, American actress
April 18 - Eli Roth, American director, screenwriter, producer and actor
April 20 - Carmen Electra, American actress, singer and model
April 26 - Bronagh Gallagher, Irish actress and singer
April 27 - David Lascher, American actor
April 28 - Gabriel Casseus, American actor and screenwriter
April 29 Ã¢ÂÂ Derek Mears, American actor and stuntman
May 1 - Julie Benz, American actress
May 2 Ã¢ÂÂ Dwayne Johnson, American actor
May 4 - John Rawls, New Zealand actor
May 7 - Jennifer Yuh Nelson, South Korean-born American story artist and director
May 10 - Cary Guffey, American former child actor
May 12
Christian Campbell, Canadian actor
Rhea Seehorn, American actress and director
May 14
Gabriel Mann, American actor and model
Ben Weber, American actor
May 15
Ashley McGuire, British actress
Tom Wu, Hong Kong-born British actor
May 16 - Khary Payton, American actor
May 20 - Busta Rhymes, American rapper and actor
May 21 - Olga Sosnovska, Polish actress
May 22
Max Brooks, American actor
Alison Eastwood, American director and actress
May 25 - Karan Johar, Indian director
May 26 - Selenis Leyva, American actress
May 28
Kate Ashfield, English actress
Chiara Mastroianni, French actress
Roland MÃÂ¸ller, Danish actor
May 29 - Laverne Cox, American actress
May 30 - Joachim RÃÂ¸nning, Norwegian director
May 31 - Archie Panjabi, British actress
June 1 - Rick Gomez, American actor
June 2
Wayne Brady, American actor, comedian, producer and game show host
Wentworth Miller, American-British actor and screenwriter
June 7 Ã¢ÂÂ Karl Urban, New Zealand actor
June 16 - John Cho, American actor
June 19
Jean Dujardin, French actor
Robin Tunney, American actress
June 23 Ã¢ÂÂ Selma Blair, American actress
June 28
Brendan Hunt, American actor and writer
Alessandro Nivola, American actor
June 30 - Molly Parker, Canadian actress, writer and director
July 3 - Matt Schulze, American actor and musician
July 4 - Claire Price, English actress
July 5 Ã¢ÂÂ Gilles Lellouche, French actor and director
July 7 - Heather Kafka, American actress
July 10
Christoph HochhÃÂ¤usler, German film director and screenwriter
Peter Serafinowicz, English actor, comedian, director and screenwriter
Sofia Vergara, Colombian American actress, television producer, presenter and model
John Viener, American actor, voice actor, writer and comedian
July 11 - Michael Rosenbaum, American actor, director, producer, singer and comedian
July 12 Ã¢ÂÂ Nenad JezdiÃÂ, Serbian actor
July 14 - Deborah Mailman, Australian actress and singer
July 15 Ã¢ÂÂ Scott Foley, American actor, director and screenwriter
July 23 - Marlon Wayans, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
July 26 - Spencer Wilding, Welsh actor and stuntman
July 27 Ã¢ÂÂ Maya Rudolph, American actress and comedian
July 28
Elizabeth Berkley, American actress
Evan Farmer, American actor and musician
July 29
Ato Essandoh, American actor
Wil Wheaton, American actor
August 1
Guri Weinberg, Israeli-American actor and writer
Charles Malik Whitfield, American actor
August 2 - Jacinda Barrett, Australian-American actress
August 5
Darren Shahlavi, English actor, martial artist and stuntman (d. 2015)
Reika Kirishima, Japanese actress
August 7
Dan Payne, Canadian actor
Greg Serano, American actor
August 9 - Ryan Bollman, American actor
August 10 - Angie Harmon, American actress
August 13 - Michael Sinterniklaas, French voice actor
August 15
Ben Affleck, American actor, director and writer
Matthew Wood, American sound editor and voice actor
August 24 - Ava DuVernay, American filmmaker, screenwriter and producer
August 25 - Joe Wright, English director
August 30 Ã¢ÂÂ Cameron Diaz, American actress
September 4
Carlos Ponce, Puerto Rican actor, musician, model and television personality
FranÃÂ§oise Yip, Canadian actress
September 6
Dylan Bruno, American actor
Idris Elba, English actor
Mait Malmsten, Estonian actor
Anika Noni Rose, American actress and singer
September 7 Ã¢ÂÂ Matthew Sleeth, Australian director
September 8
Giovanni Frezza, Italian child actor
Tomokazu Seki, Japanese voice actor
September 9
Adam James, English actor
Goran Visnjic, Croatian-American actor
September 14 - Nakamura ShidÃÂ II, Japanese actor
September 15 - John Schwab, American actor
September 16
Mike Doyle, American actor
Alex Rice, Aboriginal-Canadian actress
September 21
Kevin Downes, American actor, writer, producer and director
Erin Fitzgerald, Canadian voice actress
September 24
Kate Fleetwood, English actress
Finty Williams, English actress
September 26 - Melanie Paxson, American actress
September 27 Ã¢ÂÂ Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress
October 5 - Tom Hooper, British-Australian filmmaker
October 8
Enrique Arce, Spanish actor
Tricia Vessey, American actress, writer and producer
October 9 - Cocoa Brown, American actress, writer and comedian
October 11 - Claudia Black, Australian actress
October 12 - SÃÂ¶nke MÃÂ¶hring, German actor
October 15 - Matt Keeslar, American former actor
October 17 Ã¢ÂÂ Eminem, American rapper and actor
October 18 - Christopher Knights, English voice actor, editor and cinematographer
October 20 - Thor Freudenthal, German director, screenwriter, animator and special effects artist
October 21 - Masakazu Morita, Japanese actor, voice actor and singer
October 22 Ã¢ÂÂ Saffron Burrows, English-American actress
October 23 - Kate del Castillo, Mexican-American actress
October 29 - Gabrielle Union, American actress, voice artist, activist and author
October 30
David Wilson Barnes, American actor
Jessica Hynes, English actress, director and writer
Steve Monroe, American actor and stand-up comedian
October 31 - Assaf Cohen, American actor
November 1
Toni Collette, Australian actress, producer and singer-songwriter
Jenny McCarthy, American actress
November 2 - Steve Edge, English actor, writer and former comedian
November 6
Thandiwe Newton, English actress
Rebecca Romijn, American actress
November 7
Christopher Daniel Barnes, American actor and writer
Jeremy and Jason London, American actors
November 8
Gretchen Mol, American actress
Jason Matthew Smith, American actor
November 9 - Eric Dane, American actor (died 2026)
November 10 - Trevor Devall, Canadian voice actor and podcaster
November 11
Adam Beach, Canadian actor
Tyler Christopher, American actor (d. 2023)
November 13 - Takuya Kimura, Japanese actor, singer and radio personality
November 14 Ã¢ÂÂ Josh Duhamel, American actor
November 15 Ã¢ÂÂ Jonny Lee Miller, English actor
November 16
Mohammad Rasoulof, Iranian independent filmmaker
Michael Irby, American actor
November 19
Nicole Forester, American actress
Sandrine Holt, British-born Canadian actress
November 21 - Rain Phoenix, American actress, musician and singer
November 26 Ã¢ÂÂ Arjun Rampal, Indian actor
November 28 - Michael Blackson, Ghanaian actor and comedian
November 29 - Brian Baumgartner, American actor
December 2 - Trond Fausa AurvÃÂ¥g, Norwegian actor and director
December 4 - YÃÂ«ko Miyamura, Japanese actress and voice actress
December 7 Ã¢ÂÂ Jennifer Syme, American entertainment industry employee (d. 2001)
December 9 - Reiko Aylesworth, American actress
December 14
Jason Barry, Irish actor
Miranda Hart, English actress, comedian and writer
December 15 Ã¢ÂÂ Stuart Townsend, Irish actor
December 16 - Lisa Spoonauer, American former character actress (d. 2017)
December 18 - Jason Mantzoukas, American character actor, comedian, writer and podcaster.
December 19 Ã¢ÂÂ Alyssa Milano, American actress
December 20 - Marc Silk, English voice actor
December 22 - Poorna Jagannathan, American producer and actress
December 23 Ã¢ÂÂ Christian Potenza, Canadian actor and voice actor
December 24 Ã¢ÂÂ Carmen Moore, Canadian actress
December 25 - Patrick Brennan, American actor
December 26 Ã¢ÂÂ Shane Meadows, English independent film director
December 27
Brandon Auret, South African actor
Thomas Wilson Brown, American actor
December 28 - Supakorn Kitsuwon, Thai actor
December 29
Jude Law, English actor
Leonor Varela, Chilean actress

Deaths

Film debuts

References

External links