1978 in film

Awards

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1978 released films by box office gross in the United States and Canada are as follows:

1978 films

By country/region

• List of American films of 1978
• List of Argentine films of 1978
• List of Australian films of 1978
• List of Bangladeshi films of 1978
• List of British films of 1978
• List of Canadian films of 1978
• List of French films of 1978
• List of Hong Kong films of 1978
• List of Indian films of 1978
• List of Hindi films of 1978
• List of Kannada films of 1978
• List of Malayalam films of 1978
• List of Marathi films of 1978
• List of Tamil films of 1978
• List of Telugu films of 1978
• List of Japanese films of 1978
• List of Mexican films of 1978
• List of Pakistani films of 1978
• List of South Korean films of 1978
• List of Soviet films of 1978
• List of Spanish films of 1978

By genre/medium

• List of action films of 1978
• List of animated feature films of 1978
• List of avant-garde films of 1978
• List of comedy films of 1978
• List of drama films of 1978
• List of horror films of 1978
• List of science fiction films of 1978
• List of thriller films of 1978
• List of western films of 1978

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 15
• Eddie Cahill, American actor
• Jamie Clayton, American actress, model
• January 17
• Pampita, Argentine model, actress, television personality
• Takatoshi Kaneko, Japanese actor
• Ricky Wilson, English actor, singer
• January 20 – Omar Sy, French actor
• January 24
• Mark Hildreth, Canadian actor, voice actor
• Kristen Schaal, American actress, comedian and writer
• January 25 – Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian actor and politician
• January 26 - Kelly Stables, American actress
• January 27 – Jake Pavelka, American pilot, television personality
• January 28 – Stephen Farrelly, Irish actor and professional wrestler
• February 7 – Ashton Kutcher, American actor
• February 10 - Don Omar, Puerto Rican singer, rapper and actor
• February 12 –
• 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
• 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
• March 31 – Daniel Mays, English actor
• 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
• 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, Canadian actor
• Clayne Crawford, American actor
• April 23 – 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, Canadian reality television personality, contractor, illusionist, and television and film producer
• April 29 – Tyler Labine, Canadian actor
• April 30 – Sandra Huller, German actress
• 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 – Kenan Thompson, American actor, comedian
• May 11 – 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 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 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
• 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 Saldaña, 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 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, American actor
• July 11
• Dustin Demri-Burns, English actor, comedian, and writer
• 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
• 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 23 - Pearry Reginald Teo, Singaporean filmmaker (d. 2023)
• July 24 – Jeff Mauro, American actor, chef
• July 29 - 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 6 – Lee Ji-ah, South Korean actress
• 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 (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, American actor
• September 4 – Wes Bentley, American actor
• September 12 – Benjamin McKenzie, American actor
• September 16 – Carolina Dieckmann, Brazilian actress
• September 18 – Billy Eichner, American comedian, actor, writer, and television personality
• September 20 – 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, English actor
• Hattie Morahan, English actress
• Tony Way, English actor, comedian and writer
• 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, American singer, actor
• October 15
• Devon Gummersall, American actor
• Matt Lutz, American actor
• 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, 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
• Diplo, American actor, DJ, record producer, rapper, songwriter
• November 12 – Nicolas Giraud, French actor and filmmaker
• November 13 - Marit Velle Kile, Norwegian former actress
• November 17
• Nonso Anozie, British actor
• Zoe Bell, New Zealand stuntwoman, actress
• 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 30 - Gael García Bernal, Mexican film actor, director, and producer
• 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, American actor, stuntman, filmmaker
• December 18
• Josh Dallas, American actor
• Katie Holmes, American actress
• 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, 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

Deaths

Film debuts

References

External links

• List of 1978 films at IMDb
• 1978 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
• List of 1978 deaths at IMDb
• List of 1978 births at IMDb