EPCOT Center opens
Theatrical releases
Feature films
- February 5 - Night Crossing
- March 26 - Robin Hood (re-issue)
- April 2 - Fantasia (re-issue)
- June 4 - Bambi (re-issue)
- July 9 - TRON
- July 30 - Tex
- November 5 - The Man from Snowy River (20th Century Fox) (US)
- December 17 - Peter Pan (re-issue)
Shorts
- September
- October 1 - Vincent
- October 27 - Fun with Mr. Future
- October - Vincent (Chicago International Film Festival)
Events
- The Walt Disney Home Video ending promo, titled Walt Disney and You, debuts in November 1982
Character debuts
- July 9 - Kevin Flynn, Clu, Alan Bradley, Tron, Ed Dillinger, Sark, Master Control Program, Lora Baines, Yori, Walter Gibbs, Dumont, Ram, Crom, Red Guard, Bit
- July 11 - Humphrey Gokart
- July 30 - Tex McCormick, Mason McCormick, Mark Jennings
- October 1 - Bonnie Appetite, Kitchen Krackpots, Mr. Dairy Goodz and his Stars of the Milky Way, The Cereal Sisters, Hamm & Eggz, The Colander Combo, The Fiesta Fruit
Theme parks
- October 1 - Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center opens.
Television
Home video releases
VHS releases
- October - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- September - The Wind in the Willows
- October - Night Crossing
- November - Snowball Express
- November - Justin Morgan Had a Horse
- November- Storybook Classics
- October - A Day at Disneyland
- November - A Walt Disney Christmas
- November
- December
Laserdisc releases
- June - Dumbo
Video Games
- Mickey and Donald (Nintendo Game and Watch) (Multi-screen variety)
- Tron (Arcade)
- Tron: Deadly Discs (Intellivision)
- Tron: Solar Sailer (Intellivision)
- Tron: Maze-a-Tron/Adventures of Tron (Intellivision and Atari 2600)
People
Births
- January 13 - Ruth Wilson (actress)
- January 19 - Jodie Sweetin (actress)
- January 26 - Wes Brown (actor)
- February 22 - Dichen Lachman (actress and producer)
- March 3 - Jessica Biel (actress)
- March 6 - Felicia Barton (singer, songwriter, and musician)
- March 10 - Thomas Middleditch (actor, voice actor, comedian, and screenwriter)
- March 11 - Robbie Daymond (actor and voice actor)
- March 20 - Erica Luttrell (actress and voice actress)
- March 21 - Santino Fontana (actor and voice actor)
- March 25
- Jenny Slate (stand-up comedian, actress, voice actress, and author)
- Danica Patrick (professional stock car racing driver, model, and advertising spokeswoman)
- March 28 - Flula Borg (actor, screenwriter, comedian, youtuber, DJ, MC/rapper/hype man, singer, songwriter, record producer, and audio engineer)
- March 30 - Jason Dohring (actor)
- April 1
- Taran Killam (actor, comedian, and writer)
- Sam Huntington (actor and comedian)
- April 3 - Cobie Smulders (actress)
- April 5 - Hayley Atwell (actress)
- April 9
- Jay Baruchel (actor and voice actor)
- Bradley Santer (figure skater)
- April 15 - Seth Rogen (actor, stand-up comedian, writer, producer, and director)
- April 19 - Ali Wong (actress and comedian)
- April 22 - Cassidy Freeman (actress and musician)
- April 24 - Kelly Clarkson (singer, songwriter, author, and actress)
- April 28 - Harry Shum Jr. (actor, dancer, singer, and choreographer)
- April 30
- Kirsten Dunst (actress, singer, and model)
- Drew Seeley (actor, singer-songwriter, and dancer)
- May 3 - Rebecca Hall (actress)
- May 11 - Jonathan Jackson (actor, musician, and author)
- May 16 - Tiya Sircar (actress and voice actress)
- May 19 - Rebecca Hall (actress)
- June 29 - Matthew Mercer (actor and voice actor)
- June 30 - Lizzy Caplan (actress)
- July 8 - Sophia Bush (actress, voice actress, director, spokesperson, and activist)
- July 14 - Teri Reeves (actress)
- July 18 - Priyanka Chopra (actress, singer, and songwriter)
- July 24
- Elisabeth Moss (actress)
- Anna Paquin (actress and voice actress)
* July 25 - Brad Renfro (actor)
- July 29 - Allison Mack (actress, director, and producer)
- July 30 - Yvonne Strahovski (actress and voice actress)
- August 16 - Todd Haberkorn (actor, voice actor, and ADR voice director)
- August 25 - Ben Diskin (voice actor and actor)
- August 29 - Echo Kellum (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
- September 10 - Bret Iwan (voice actor and illustrator)
- September 27 - Anna Camp (actress, voice actress, and singer)
- September 30 - Lacey Chabert (actress and voice actress)
- October 3 - Erik von Detten (actor and voice actor)
- October 6 - Michael Arden (actor, singer, composer, and stage director)
- October 10 - Dan Stevens (actor and producer)
- October 15 - Lane Toran (actor, voice actor, and musician)
- October 23 - Bradley Pierce (actor and voice actor)
- October 28 - Matt Smith (actor)
- November 10 - Heather Matarazzo (actress)
- November 12 - Anne Hathaway (actress, voice actress, and singer)
- November 18 - Damon Wayans Jr. (actor, voice actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, and writer)
- November 25 - Hugh Harman (animator)
- November 28 - Adam McArthur (actor, voice actor, and martial artist)
- December 1 - Riz Ahmed (actor and rapper)
- December 15 - Charlie Cox (actor)
- December 24 - Robert Schwartzman (actor and singer)
- December 29 - Alison Brie (actress)
Deaths
- January 5 - Hans Conried (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
- January 8 - Reta Shaw (actress)
- April 25 - Don Wilson (announcer and actor)
- July 23 - Vic Morrow (actor)
- September 2 - Jay Novello (actor)
- November 25 - Hugh Harman (animator)
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