1979 in film

Awards

1979 films

By country/region

• List of American films of 1979
• List of Argentine films of 1979
• List of Australian films of 1979
• List of Bangladeshi films of 1979
• List of British films of 1979
• List of Canadian films of 1979
• List of French films of 1979
• List of Hong Kong films of 1979
• List of Indian films of 1979
• List of Hindi films of 1979
• List of Kannada films of 1979
• List of Malayalam films of 1979
• List of Marathi films of 1979
• List of Tamil films of 1979
• List of Telugu films of 1979
• List of Japanese films of 1979
• List of Mexican films of 1979
• List of Pakistani films of 1979
• List of South Korean films of 1979
• List of Soviet films of 1979
• List of Spanish films of 1979

By genre/medium

• List of action films of 1979
• List of animated feature films of 1979
• List of avant-garde films of 1979
• List of comedy films of 1979
• List of drama films of 1979
• List of horror films of 1979
• List of science fiction films of 1979
• List of thriller films of 1979
• List of western films of 1979

Births

• January 1 – Vidya Balan, Indian actress
• January 2 - Erica Hubbard, American actress
• January 6 – Cristela Alonzo, American comedian, actress, writer and producer
• January 8
• Ashraf Barhom, Israeli-Arab actor
• Sarah Polley, Canadian actress
• January 10 - Maximilian Brückner, German actor
• January 13 - Katy Brand, English actress, comedian and writer
• January 16 – Aaliyah, American actress and singer (d. 2001)
• January 24 – Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer
• January 25 - Christine Lakin, American actress
• January 26 – Sara Rue, American actress
• January 27 – Rosamund Pike, English actress and producer
• January 28
• Adam Bartley, American actor
• Angelique Cabral, American actress
• January 29 – Andrew Keegan, American actor
• February 1 – Rachelle Lefevre, Canadian actress
• February 2 – Shamita Shetty, Indian actress
• February 3 – Costa Ronin, Australian actor and cinematographer
• February 7 - Cerina Vincent, American actress
• February 8 - Josh Keaton, American actor and musician
• February 9 – Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress and dancer
• February 11 – Brandy Norwood, American actress and singer
• February 12 - Angus Sampson, Australian actor and filmmaker
• February 13 – Mena Suvari, American actress
• February 19 - Andrew Buchan, English actor and writer
• February 21
• Tituss Burgess, American actor and singer
• Maryke Hendrikse, Bahamian-born Canadian voice actress
• Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress and singer
• Jordan Peele, American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer
• March 3
• Bonnie Mbuli, South African actress
• Patrick Renna, American actor
• March 5 – Riki Lindhome, American actress, comedian and musician
• March 9 – Oscar Isaac, Guatemalan-American actor
• March 10
• Edi Gathegi, Kenyan-American actor
• Danny Pudi, American actor
• March 12 - Rhys Coiro, American actor
• March 14 - Chris Klein, American actor
• March 17 – Stephen Kramer Glickman, Canadian actor, music producer and stand-up comedian
• March 18 – Adam Levine, American singer, songwriter, musician and actor
• March 19 - Abby Brammell, American actress
• March 20
• Freema Agyeman, British actress
• Bianca Lawson, American actress
• March 24 – Lake Bell, American actress, director and screenwriter
• March 25 – Lee Pace, American actor
• March 28 – Shakib Khan, Bangladeshi film actor, producer, singer, film organiser and media personalities
• March 29 – De'Angelo Wilson, American actor and rapper (d. 2008)
• March 30
• Jose Pablo Cantillo, American actor
• Pete Holmes, American comedian, actor, writer, producer and podcaster
• April 4
• Bunko Kanazawa, Japanese actress
• Heath Ledger, Australian actor (d. 2008)
• Natasha Lyonne, American actress
• April 5 – Josh Boone, American filmmaker
• April 7 - Nico Santos, Filipino-American actor
• April 9 - Edward Bennett, English actor
• April 10 - Paul Fox, English actor
• April 11 – Josh Server, American actor
• April 12
• Claire Danes, American actress
• Jennifer Morrison, American actress, director and producer
• Paul Nicholls, English actor
• April 15
• Karen David, Canadian actress and singer-songwriter
• Luke Evans, Welsh actor and singer
• April 17
• Mylene Dinh-Robic, Canadian actress
• Ken Duken, German actor and director
• Tate Ellington, American actor
• April 19 – Kate Hudson, American actress
• April 21 – James McAvoy, Scottish actor
• April 23 – Jaime King, American actress
• April 26 – Klára Issová, Czech actress
• April 27 - Tom Davis, English actor and comedian
• May 5 – Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
• May 6 - Kerry Ellis, English actress and singer
• May 7 – Yōsuke Kubozuka, Japanese actor
• May 9 – Rosario Dawson, American actress
• May 11 - Mary Elizabeth Ellis, American actress
• May 12 – Aaron Yoo, Korean-American actor
• May 17 - Lyne Renée, Belgian actress
• May 19 – Bérénice Marlohe, French actress
• May 20 - Jana Pallaske, German actress and singer
• May 22 – Maggie Q, American actress
• May 23 – Josh Cooley, American animator, screenwriter, director and voice actor
• May 24 - Panos Mouzourakis, Greek singer-songwriter and actor
• May 25 - Corbin Allred, American actor
• May 28
• Jesse Bradford, American actor
• Monica Keena, American actress
• May 30
• Jenny Mollen, American actress and writer
• Tadhg Murphy, Irish actor
• June 2
• Morena Baccarin, Brazilian actress
• James Ransone, American actor (d. 2025)
• June 7 – Anna Torv, Australian actress
• June 12 - Wil Horneff, American former child actor
• June 17 – Young Maylay, American rapper, producer and voice actor
• June 20 - Sarah Stiles, American singer and actress
• June 21 – Chris Pratt, American actor
• June 24 – Mindy Kaling, American writer and actress
• June 25
• Hong Chau, American actress
• Busy Philipps, American actress
• June 27
• Martin Bourboulon, French film director and screenwriter
• Benjamin Speed, Australian film composer
• June 28 - Elaine Tan, English actress
• June 30 - Rick Gonzalez, American actor and musician
• July 3 – Ludivine Sagnier, French actress
• July 5 – Eva Maria Daniels, Icelandic film producer (d. 2023)
• July 6
• Kevin Hart, American actor
• Abdul Salis, British actor
• July 7 - Benjamin Mitchell, New Zealand actor
• July 10 – Gong Yoo, South Korean actor
• July 12 – Omid Abtahi, Iranian-American actor
• July 14 – Scott Porter, American actor
• July 16
• Jayma Mays, American actress
• Gerard Monaco, British actor
• July 17 – Mike Vogel, American actor and former model
• July 19 – David Sakurai, Danish-Japanese actor, director and scriptwriter
• July 24 - Rose Byrne, Australian actress
• July 25 - Juan Pablo Di Pace, Argentine actor, director, singer and musician
• July 26 - Mageina Tovah, American actress
• July 30 - Lucas Babin, American actor
• July 31
• Dana Gourrier, American actress
• B. J. Novak, American writer and actor
• August 1 – Jason Momoa, American actor and filmmaker
• August 3 – Evangeline Lilly, Canadian actress
• August 6 – Dayahang Rai, Nepalese actor
• August 10 – JoAnna Garcia Swisher, American actress
• August 12 - Keith Powell, American actor, writer and director
• August 13 - Kasia Smutniak, Polish-Italian actress and model
• August 14 - Jamie Parker, English actor and singer
• August 21 - Kevin Janssens, Belgian actor
• August 22 – Brandon Adams, American actor
• August 23 – Claire Grant, American actress, model and producer
• August 24 – Fabienne Carat, French actress and singer
• August 25 – Şebnem Bozoklu, Turkish actress
• August 26 – Erik Valdez, American actor
• August 27 – Aaron Paul, American actor
• August 28 - Melody Kay, American actress
• August 29 – Dan Harris, American screenwriter and director
• August 31 – Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian film composer
• September 1 - Camille Chen, American actress
• September 4 - Max Greenfield, American actor
• September 8 – Pink, American singer and actress
• September 11
• Ariana Richards, American actress
• Cameron Richardson, American actress and producer
• Hu Ting-ting, English-born Taiwanese actress
• September 17
• Neill Blomkamp, South African and Canadian director and screenwriter
• Kat Coiro, American director
• Billy Miller, American actor (d. 2023)
• September 18 – Alison Lohman, American former actress
• September 19 – Noémie Lenoir, French model and actress
• September 20 – Chris Tardio, American actor
• September 22 – MyAnna Buring, Swedish-born British actress
• September 23 – Lisa Loven Kongsli, Norwegian actress
• September 25 - Stephen Rider, American actor
• September 26
• Mark Famiglietti, American actor, screenwriter and producer
• Susanne Wuest, Austrian actress
• September 27 – Jad Saxton, American voice actress
• Alicyn Packard, American actress, singer, and writer
• September 30 – Jonathan Kasdan, American screenwriter, director, producer and actor
• October 1 – Marielle Heller, American film director
• October 4
• Caitríona Balfe, Irish actress
• Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress
• October 6 – Sareh Bayat, Iranian actress
• October 7
• Tang Wei, Chinese actress
• Aaron Ashmore and Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actors
• October 8 – Kristanna Loken, American actress
• October 9
• Alex Greenwald, American musician and actor
• Chris O'Dowd, Irish actor and comedian
• Brandon Routh, American actor
• Zachary Ty Bran, American actor
• October 20
• Nargis Fakhri, American actress
• John Krasinski, American actor and filmmaker
• October 22 - Tony Denman, American actor
• October 28 – Natina Reed, American singer-songwriter, rapper and actress (d. 2012)
• October 29 – Maya Karin, Malaysian actress
• October 30 - James A. Woods, Canadian actor
• October 31 – Erica Cerra, Canadian actress
• November 2 - Jon M. Chu, American director, producer and screenwriter
• November 5 - Leonardo Nam, Australian actor
• November 8 – Dania Ramirez, Dominican actress
• November 9
• Cory Hardrict, American actor
• Matt McCarthy, American comedian, actor and writer
• November 13 – Riccardo Scamarcio, Italian actor and producer
• November 14 – Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian-French actress
• November 19 – Barry Jenkins, American film director
• November 20 - Jacob Pitts, American actor
• November 22
• Andrew Knott, British actor
• Leeanna Walsman, Australian actress
• November 23 – Jonathan Sadowski, American actor
• November 25
• Jerry Ferrara, American actor
• Joel Kinnaman, Swedish-American actor
• November 28 – Daniel Henney, American actor and model
• November 29 - Timo Vuorensola, Finnish director, singer and actor
• November 30 - Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Irish actress
• December 3 – Tiffany Haddish, American comedian and actress
• December 5 – Nick Stahl, American actor
• December 7
• Eric Bauza, Canadian-born American voice actor, stand-up comedian and animation artist
• Sara Bareilles, American actress and singer
• December 11 – Rider Strong, American actor
• December 15 – Adam Brody, American actor, writer, musician and producer
• December 17 - Lil Rel Howery, American actor and comedian
• December 19 - Tara Summers, English actress
• December 20 - Ramón Rodríguez, Puerto Rican actor
• December 21 - Daniel Brocklebank, British actor
• December 23 – Summer Altice, American model and actress
• December 26 – Chris Daughtry, American actor and singer
• December 28
• André Holland, American actor
• Noomi Rapace, Swedish actress
• December 29 – Diego Luna, Mexican actor, director and producer

Deaths

Film debuts

Notes

References

External links

• List of 1979 films at IMDb
• 1979 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
• List of 1979 deaths at IMDb
• List of 1979 births at IMDb