1992 in film
Overview of the events of 1992 in film
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The year 1992 in film involved many significant film releases.
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 1992 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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| 1 | Aladdin | Buena Vista | $504,050,219 |
| 2 | The Bodyguard | Warner Bros. | $411,006,740 |
| 3 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | 20th Century Fox | $358,994,850 |
| 4 | Basic Instinct | Sony / Carolco | $352,927,224 |
| 5 | Lethal Weapon 3 | Warner Bros. | $321,731,527 |
| 6 | Batman Returns | $266,940,209 | |
| 7 | A Few Good Men | Sony | $243,240,178 |
| 8 | Sister Act | Buena Vista | $231,605,150 |
| 9 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Sony | $215,862,692 |
| 10 | Wayne's World | Paramount | $183,097,323 |
Events
- August 24 – Production begins on Jurassic Park.
- October 29 - After just 15 months in the role, Brandon Tartikoff resigns as chairman of Paramount Pictures.
- November 2 - 20th Century Fox chairman Joe Roth announces he is leaving to set up an independent production company at Walt Disney Studios. Roth was replaced by Peter Chernin.
Awards
| Category/Organization | 50th Golden Globe Awards January 23, 1993 | 46th BAFTA Awards March 21, 1993 | 65th Academy Awards March 29, 1993 | |
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| Drama | Musical and/or Comedy | |||
| Best Film | Scent of a Woman | The Player | Howards End | Unforgiven |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood Unforgiven | Robert Altman The Player | Clint Eastwood Unforgiven | |
| Best Actor | Al Pacino Scent of a Woman | Tim Robbins The Player | Robert Downey Jr. Chaplin | Al Pacino Scent of a Woman |
| Best Actress | Emma Thompson Howards End | Miranda Richardson Enchanted April | Emma Thompson Howards End | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Gene Hackman Unforgiven | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Joan Plowright Enchanted April | Miranda Richardson Damage | Marisa Tomei My Cousin Vinny | |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Bo Goldman Scent of a Woman | Michael Tolkin The Player | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Howards End | |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Woody Allen Husbands and Wives | Neil Jordan The Crying Game | ||
| Best Original Score | Aladdin Alan Menken | Strictly Ballroom David Hirschfelder | Aladdin Alan Menken | |
| Best Original Song | "A Whole New World" Aladdin | N/A | "A Whole New World" Aladdin | |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Indochine | Raise the Red Lantern | Indochine | |
1992 films
By country/region
- List of American films of 1992
- List of Argentine films of 1992
- List of Australian films of 1992
- List of Bangladeshi films of 1992
- List of British films of 1992
- List of Canadian films of 1992
- List of French films of 1992
- List of Hong Kong films of 1992
- List of Indian films of 1992
- List of Japanese films of 1992
- List of Mexican films of 1992
- List of Pakistani films of 1992
- List of Russian films of 1992
- List of South Korean films of 1992
- List of Spanish films of 1992
By genre/medium
- List of action films of 1992
- List of animated feature films of 1992
- List of avant-garde films of 1992
- List of crime films of 1992
- List of comedy films of 1992
- List of drama films of 1992
- List of horror films of 1992
- List of science fiction films of 1992
- List of thriller films of 1992
- List of western films of 1992
Births
- January 5
- Mike Faist, American actor
- Suki Waterhouse, English actress, model and singer
- January 8 - Dali Benssalah, French-Algerian actor
- January 11 – Laysla De Oliveira, Canadian actress
- January 19 – Logan Lerman, American actor
- January 23 - Jack Reynor, Irish-American actor
- January 27 - James Bloor, English writer and actor
- January 31 - Nabiyah Be, Brazilian actress and singer
- February 6 – Nora Fatehi, Canadian actress, model, dancer, singer, and producer
- February 9 – Avan Jogia, Canadian actor
- February 10 – Karen Fukuhara, American actress
- February 11
- Blair Dunlop, English folk musician and actor
- Georgia Groome, actress
- Taylor Lautner, actor
- February 14 – Freddie Highmore, English actor
- February 15 – Greer Grammer, actress
- February 16 - Jimmy Tatro, American actor, comedian, writer and YouTube personality
- February 20 - Ray Nicholson, American actor
- February 23 - Samara Weaving, Australian actress and model
- February 26 - Toby Sebastian, British actor and musician
- February 29 - Jessie T. Usher, American actor
- March 5 - Amber Anderson, English actress and model
- March 7 - Bel Powley, English actress
- March 10 – Emily Osment, actress
- March 12 - Austin Swift, American actor
- March 13
- George MacKay, British actor
- Kaya Scodelario, British actress
- March 15
- Sosie Bacon, American actress
- Anna Shaffer, British actress
- March 16
- Diego Calva, Mexican actor
- Kim Mi-soo, South Korean actress and model (died 2022)
- March 17
- Eliza Bennett, English actress and singer
- John Boyega, British actor
- March 25 - Elizabeth Lail, American actress
- March 26 - Haley Ramm, American actress
- March 28 - Daisy Bevan, English actress
- March 31 - Caitlin Carver, American actress
- April 2 - Sammi Kane Kraft, American baseball player, musician and actress (died 2012)
- April 4 – Alexa Nikolas, actress
- April 8 - Shelby Young, American actress
- April 10 – Daisy Ridley, English actress
- April 11 - Jessica Madsen, English actress
- April 12 – Giorgio Cantarini, actor
- April 18 - Chloe Bennet, American actress and singer
- April 23 – Syd tha Kyd, singer and DJ
- April 24
- Joe Keery, American actor and musician
- Jack Quaid, American actor
- April 25 - Adria Arjona, American actress
- May 4
- Courtney Jines, actress
- Ashley Rickards, actress
- Miles Robbins, American musician and actor
- May 7 – Alexander Ludwig, actor
- May 10 - Sophie Vavasseur, Irish actress
- May 12 - Malcolm David Kelley, American rapper, singer-songwriter and actor
- May 16 – Davika Hoorne, Thai actress
- May 18 – Spencer Breslin, American actor
- May 20 - Jack Gleeson, Irish actor
- May 21 - Olivia Olson, American actress and singer-songwriter
- May 29 – Erica Lindbeck, actress, voice actress
- June 3 - Dilraba Dilmurat, Chinese actress
- June 10 - Kate Upton, American model and actress
- June 11 - Anna Sawai, New Zealand actress and singer of Japanese descent
- June 12 – Ryan Malgarini, American actor
- June 14 – Daryl Sabara, actor
- June 23 - Yoson An, Chinese-born New Zealand actor and filmmaker
- June 26 – Jennette McCurdy, actress and singer
- June 27 - Vanessa Grasse, English actress
- June 29 - Souheila Yacoub, Swiss actress
- June 30 – Chay Suede, Brazilian actor
- July 1 - Rhea Chakraborty, Indian actress
- July 3 – Nathalia Ramos, actress
- July 7 – Manjot Singh, Indian actor
- July 8 - Sky Ferreira, American singer-songwriter and actress
- July 9 – Douglas Booth, actor
- July 12 – Woo Do-hwan, South Korean actor
- July 15 - Vaishali Takkar, Indian actress (died 2022)
- July 17
- Jonno Davies, English actor
- Billie Lourd, American actress
- July 20 - Paige Hurd, American actress
- July 22
- Selena Gomez, actress and singer
- Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Ukrainian-Russian actor
- July 30 – Julia Ragnarsson, actress
- July – Francesca Hayward, ballerina, actress, and singer
- August 2 - Charli XCX, English singer
- August 3 – Christine Ko, actress
- August 4 – Dylan and Cole Sprouse, actors
- August 12 – Cara Delevingne, British actress and model
- August 20
- Neslihan Atagül, actress
- Demi Lovato, actress and singer
- August 30 - Jessica Henwick, English actress, writer and director
- September 11 - Vinnie Bennett, New Zealand actor
- September 12 - Alexia Fast, Canadian actress
- September 16 – Nick Jonas, singer (Jonas Brothers)
- September 17 - Danny Ramirez, American actor
- September 27 - Sam Lerner, American actor
- September 28 – Skye McCole Bartusiak, actress (died 2014)
- September 30
- Baifern, Thai actress
- Ezra Miller, actor
- October 3 - Lyna Khoudri, French-Algerian actress
- October 9 – Tyler James Williams, actor
- October 11 - Cardi B, American rapper and actress
- October 12 – Josh Hutcherson, actor
- October 13 – Aaron Dismuke, voice actor
- October 15
- Ncuti Gatwa, Rwandan-Scottish actor
- Vincent Martella, American actor, voice actor and singer
- October 17
- Nanami Sakuraba, Japanese actress
- Barry Keoghan, actor
- October 21
- Hari Nef, American actress
- Natasha Bassett, Australian actress
- October 30 - Tequan Richmond, American actor and rapper
- November 6 - Robert Aramayo, English actor
- November 7 - Mary Chieffo, American actress
- November 10 - Bidya Sinha Saha Mim, Bangladeshi actress and model
- November 11 - Ashleigh Cummings, Australian actress
- November 18 – Nathan Kress, American actor
- November 23 – Miley Cyrus, American actress and singer
- December 8 - Katie Stevens, American actress and singer
- December 10 - Melissa Roxburgh, Canadian actress
- December 14 - Tori Kelly, American singer, songwriter, actress and record producer
- December 17
- Jordan Garrett, American actor
- Thomas Law, English actor
- December 18 – Bridgit Mendler, American singer and actress
- December 22 - Shioli Kutsuna, Japanese-Australian actress
- December 23 - Spencer Daniels, American actor
Deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
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| January | 2 | Virginia Field | 74 | UK | Actress |
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| 3 | Judith Anderson | 94 | Australia | Actress |
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| 7 | Richard Hunt | 40 | US | Puppeteer, Actor | ||
| 7 | Andrew Marton | 87 | Hungary | Director |
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| 8 | Anthony Dawson | 75 | UK | Actor |
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| 8 | Marjorie Kane | 82 | US | Actress | ||
| 9 | Steve Brodie | 72 | US | Actor |
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| 15 | Hari Rhodes | 59 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | Dorothy Alison | 66 | Australia | Actress | ||
| 23 | Freddie Bartholomew | 67 | UK | Actor |
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| 23 | Ian Wolfe | 95 | US | Actor |
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| 24 | Ken Darby | 82 | US | Composer, Lyricist |
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| 26 | José Ferrer | 79 | Puerto Rico | Actor, Director |
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| 27 | Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies | 101 | UK | Actress |
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| February | 1 | Dick York | 63 | US | Actor |
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| 4 | John Dehner | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| 9 | Jack Kinney | 82 | US | Director, Animator |
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| 10 | Fred Hynes | 83 | US | Sound Engineer |
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| 11 | Ray Danton | 60 | US | Actor |
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| 13 | Dorothy Tree | 85 | US | Actress |
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| 24 | Doreen Montgomery | 79 | UK | Screenwriter |
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| March | 2 | Robert Clatworthy | 80 | US | Art Director, Production Designer |
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| 2 | Sandy Dennis | 54 | US | Actress |
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| 3 | Robert Beatty | 82 | Canada | Actor |
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| 4 | Néstor Almendros | 61 | Spain | Cinematographer | ||
| 4 | Art Babbitt | 84 | US | Animator |
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| 11 | László Benedek | 87 | Hungary | Director |
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| 11 | Richard Brooks | 85 | US | Director, Screenwriter |
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| 15 | Helen Deutsch | 85 | US | Screenwriter |
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| 17 | Jack Arnold | 79 | US | Director |
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| 17 | Grace Stafford | 88 | US | Actress, Voice Actress |
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| 18 | Arnold Diamond | 76 | UK | Actor |
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| 19 | Cesare Danova | 66 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 20 | Georges Delerue | 67 | France | Composer | ||
| 21 | John Ireland | 82 | Canada | Actor |
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| 22 | Melissa Stribling | 65 | UK | Actress |
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| 25 | Nancy Walker | 69 | US | Actress, Director | ||
| 28 | Wendell Mayes | 72 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 29 | Paul Henreid | 84 | Hungary | Actor |
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| April | 3 | Karl Tunberg | 85 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 5 | Molly Picon | 92 | US | Actress |
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| 6 | Andy Russell | 72 | US | Singer, Actor |
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| 10 | Cec Linder | 71 | Poland | Actor |
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| 11 | James Brown | 72 | US | Actor | ||
| 14 | David Miller | 82 | US | Director | ||
| 16 | Neville Brand | 71 | US | Actor |
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| 19 | Frankie Howerd | 75 | UK | Actor |
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| 20 | Mae Clarke | 81 | US | Actress |
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| 20 | Benny Hill | 68 | UK | Actor |
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| 22 | Steffi Duna | 82 | Hungary | Actress |
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| 22 | Rosemary Odell | 67 | US | Costume Designer |
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| 23 | Satyajit Ray | 70 | India | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| May | 3 | George Murphy | 89 | US | Actor, Dancer |
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| 6 | Marlene Dietrich | 90 | Germany | Actress | ||
| 8 | Richard Derr | 73 | US | Actor |
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| 10 | John Lund | 81 | US | Actor |
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| 12 | Robert Reed | 59 | US | Actor |
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| 15 | Bartlett Mullins | 87 | UK | Actor |
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| 16 | Marisa Mell | 53 | Austria | Actress |
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| 18 | Marshall Thompson | 66 | US | Actor | ||
| June | 2 | Philip Dunne | 84 | US | Screenwriter, Director |
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| 3 | Robert Morley | 84 | UK | Actor |
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| 5 | Laurence Naismith | 83 | UK | Actor |
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| 6 | Larry Riley | 38 | US | Actor |
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| 12 | Renié Conley | 90 | US | Costume Designer |
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| 22 | Chuck Mitchell | 64 | US | Actor |
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| 27 | Allan Jones | 84 | US | Actor, Singer |
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| July | 1 | Franco Cristaldi | 67 | Italy | Producer | |
| 12 | Reginald Beck | 90 | UK | Film Editor |
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| 23 | Arletty | 94 | France | Actress |
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| 23 | Maxine Audley | 69 | UK | Actress |
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| 23 | Amjad Khan | 51 | India | Actor | ||
| 28 | Lester Shorr | 85 | US | Cinematographer |
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| 30 | Brenda Marshall | 76 | US | Actress |
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| August | 7 | John Anderson | 69 | US | Actor |
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| 16 | Malcolm Atterbury | 85 | US | Actor |
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| 18 | John Sturges | 82 | US | Director |
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| 19 | Gianni Polidori | 68 | Italy | Production Designer | ||
| 21 | Charles Nichols | 81 | US | Director, Animator |
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| 23 | Virginia Sale | 93 | US | Actress |
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| 25 | George R. Nelson | 65 | US | Set Decorator | ||
| September | 4 | John van Dreelen | 70 | Netherlands | Actor |
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| 6 | Henry Ephron | 81 | US | Screenwriter |
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| 6 | Mervyn Johns | 93 | UK | Actor |
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| 12 | H. F. Koenekamp | 100 | US | Special Effects Artist, Cinematographer |
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| 12 | Ruth Nelson | 87 | US | Actress |
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| 12 | Ed Peck | 75 | US | Actor | ||
| 12 | Anthony Perkins | 60 | US | Actor, Director |
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| 15 | Michael Luciano | 83 | US | Film Editor |
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| 17 | Feodor Chaliapin Jr. | 86 | Russia | Actor |
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| 18 | Herbert W. Spencer | 87 | Chile | Orchestrator, Composer |
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| 21 | Bill Williams | 77 | US | Actor | ||
| 29 | Bill Rowe | 61 | UK | Sound Engineer |
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| October | 6 | Denholm Elliott | 70 | UK | Actor |
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| 6 | Natalie Moorhead | 91 | US | Actress |
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| 9 | Ben Maddow | 83 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 16 | Shirley Booth | 87 | US | Actress |
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| 16 | Anna Hill Johnstone | 79 | US | Costume Designer | ||
| 16 | Vladek Sheybal | 69 | Poland | Actor |
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| 22 | Cleavon Little | 53 | US | Actor |
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| 23 | Dorothy Dunbar | 90 | US | Actress |
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| November | 2 | Hal Roach | 100 | US | Director, Producer | |
| 6 | Mark Rosenberg | 44 | US | Producer |
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| 7 | Jack Kelly | 65 | US | Actor |
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| 10 | Chuck Connors | 71 | US | Actor | ||
| 12 | Eddie Mayehoff | 83 | US | Actor | ||
| 13 | Alan Balsam | 42 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 17 | Todd Armstrong | 83 | US | Actor |
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| 18 | Dorothy Kirsten | 82 | US | Singer, Actress | ||
| 19 | Diane Varsi | 54 | US | Actress |
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| 20 | John Foreman | 67 | US | Producer | ||
| 22 | Sterling Holloway | 87 | US | Actor |
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| 22 | Ronald Sinclair | 68 | New Zealand | Actor, Film Editor |
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| 23 | Rita Corday | 72 | US | Actress | ||
| 26 | Joby Blanshard | 73 | UK | Actor |
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| 26 | John Sharp | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
| 29 | Robert Shayne | 92 | US | Actor |
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| 29 | Robert F. Simon | 83 | US | Actor | ||
| December | 2 | Michael Gothard | 53 | UK | Actor |
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| 6 | Percy Herbert | 72 | UK | Actor |
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| 6 | Hank Worden | 91 | US | Actor |
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| 9 | Franco Franchi | 64 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 9 | Vincent Gardenia | 71 | Italy | Actor |
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| 11 | Michael Robbins | 62 | UK | Actor |
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| 11 | Walter M. Simonds | 81 | US | Art Director, Production Designer |
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| 15 | William Ware Theiss | 61 | US | Costume Designer |
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| 17 | Dana Andrews | 83 | US | Actor | ||
| 20 | Steve Ross | 65 | US | Studio Executive | ||
| 22 | Milo Sperber | 81 | UK | Actor |
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| 25 | Sandra Dorne | 68 | UK | Actress |
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Film debuts
- Gillian Anderson – The Turning
- David Arquette – Where the Day Takes You
- Maria Bello – Maintenance
- Jack Black – Bob Roberts
- Toni Collette – Spotswood
- Daniel Craig – The Power of One
- Penélope Cruz – Jamón Jamón
- Alan Cumming – Prague
- Liam Cunningham – Into the West
- Jeremy Davies – Guncrazy
- Eliza Dushku – That Night
- Omar Epps – Juice
- Donald Faison – Juice
- Chris Farley – Wayne's World
- Ralph Fiennes – Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights
- Claire Forlani – Gypsy Eyes
- Jamie Foxx – Toys
- Walton Goggins – Forever Young
- Adam Goldberg – Mr. Saturday Night
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Beethoven
- Peter Greene – Laws of Gravity
- Maggie Gyllenhaal – Waterland
- Cole Hauser – School Ties
- Lena Headey – Waterland
- Katherine Heigl – That Night
- Jennifer Love Hewitt – Munchie
- Famke Janssen – Fathers & Sons
- Toby Jones – Orlando
- Ashley Judd – Kuffs
- Thomas Kretschmann – Shining Through
- Vincent Laresca – Juice
- Ang Lee (director) – Pushing Hands
- Laura Linney – Lorenzo's Oil
- Lucy Liu – Rhythm of Destiny
- Ron Livingston – Straight Talk
- Sergi López – La petite amie d'Antonio
- Faizon Love – Bébé's Kids
- Baz Luhrmann (director) – Strictly Ballroom
- Bernie Mac – Mo' Money
- Chi McBride – The Distinguished Gentleman
- Mike Myers – Wayne's World
- Elise Neal – Malcolm X
- Tim Blake Nelson – This Is My Life
- Michael Rapaport – Zebrahead
- Robert Rodriguez (director) – El Mariachi
- Keri Russell – Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
- M. Night Shyamalan (director) – Praying with Anger
- Ingvar Sigurðsson – Ingaló
- Will Smith – Where the Day Takes You
- Toby Stephens – Orlando
- Hilary Swank – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Quentin Tarantino (director) – Reservoir Dogs
- Jeanne Tripplehorn – Basic Instinct
- Robin Tunney – Encino Man
- Karl Urban – Chunuk Bair
- John Ventimiglia – Swoon
References
- ^ "1992 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
External links
- List of 1992 films at IMDb
- 1992 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
- List of 1992 deaths at IMDb
- List of 1992 births at IMDb
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