2001

3000 Miles to Graceland Poster — *3000 Miles to Graceland*

Philostone — *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*

The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) theatrical poster — *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*

Justiceleaguetimmartpromo — *Justice League*

SD Cyber Chase — *Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase*

2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2001st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1st year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2000s decade.

Business[]

Events[]

Marilyn Milian succeeds Jerry Sheindlin as the judge on The People's Court.
Production of the eighth season of Friends began.
Production of the third season of Dexter's Laboratory begins.

Theatrical releases[]

Feature films[]

Warner Bros. Pictures[]

January 19 - The Pledge
February 2 - Valentine
February 16 - Sweet November
February 23 - 3000 Miles to Graceland
March 2 - See Spot Run
March 16 - Exit Wounds
April 6 - Pokémon 3: The Movie
April 27
- Driven
- The Dish
May 18 - Angel Eyes
June 8 - Swordfish
June 29 - A.I. Artificial Intelligence
July 4 - Cats & Dogs
August 7 - Osmosis Jones
August 17 - American Outlaws
August 24 - Summer Catch
September 7 - Rock Star
September 28 - Hearts in Atlantis
October 5 - Training Day
October 26 - Thirteen Ghosts
November 9 - Heist
November 16 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (first chapter in the franchise; box office success)
November 30 - The Affair of the Necklace
December 7 - Ocean's Eleven
December 21 - The Majestic
December 28 - Charlotte Gray

New Line Cinema[]

January 26 - Sugar & Spice
March 9 - 15 Minutes
April 6 - Blow
April 27
- Town & Country
- Prison Song
July 20 - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
August 3 - Rush Hour 2
September 14 - The Prime Gig
October 26 - Bones
November 9 - Life as a House
December 19 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
December 28 - I Am Sam

Shorts[]

Unknown - Drum Solo

Television[]

January - The Big Game XXIX: Bugs Vs. Daffy airs on Cartoon Network
May 10 - Gilmore Girls season 1 finale airs.
November 17 - Justice League premieres on Cartoon Network

Video games[]

Home video releases[]

VHS & DVD Releases[]

January 16 - Battlefield Earth
January 23 - Bait
February 13 - Get Carter
February 27 - Lost Souls
March 6 - The Little Vampire
March 20 - Turn It Up
March 27 - Red Planet
April 17
- Bamboozled
- Space Cowboys
April 24 - Little Nicky
May 1 - Miss Congeniality
May 15
- Best in Show
- Pay It Forward
May 22
- Before Night Falls
- Dungeons & Dragons
June 19
- The Pledge
- Proof of Life
July 3 - Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
July 10 - Thirteen Days
July 17 - Sugar & Spice
July 24
- Sweet November
- Valentine
August 7 - 3000 Miles to Graceland
August 14 - 15 Minutes
August 21 - Pokémon 3: The Movie
August 28
- Exit Wounds
- See Spot Run
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
September 11 - Blow
September 18 - Driven
October 16
- Angel Eyes
- Cats & Dogs
- Town & Country
October 30 - Swordfish
November 13 - Osmosis Jones
December 4
- American Outlaws
- Summer Catch
December 11 - Rush Hour 2

Direct-to-video Releases[]

March 27 - Winning London
October 9 - Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase
November 12 - Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring
November 20 - Holiday in the Sun
December 4 - Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns

DVD exclusives[]

TBA

Theme park happenings[]

March 10 - Wile E. Coyote's Grand Canyon Blaster opens at Six Flags Over Texas.

Albums[]

People[]

Births[]

January 19 - Tyler Merna (actor and voice actor)
February 15 - Haley Tju (actress and voice actress)
February 21 - Isabella Acres (actress and voice actress)
February 23 - Lilla Crawford (actress, singer, and dancer)
March 6 - Milo Manheim (actor)
April 15 - Django Marsh (actor and voice actor)
May 3 - Rachel Zegler (actress and singer)
June 1 - Ed Oxenbould (actor)
July 3 - Avalon Robbins (model and actress)
August 5 - Josie Totah (actress)
August 6
- Harley Graham (actress and voice actress)
- Ty Simpkins (actor)
August 8 - Aubrey K. Miller (actress)
August 30 - Sean Ryan Fox (actor and voice actor)
August 31 - Garrett Wareing (actor)
September 4 - Tenzing Norgay Trainor (actor)
October 5 - Dalila Bela (actress)
October 9 - Joshua Carlon (actor and voice actor)
October 12 - Raymond Ochoa (actor, voice actor, and musician)
October 14 - Rowan Blanchard (actress, singer, model, and dancer)
November 15 - Sadie Stanley (actress and singer)
December 13 - Harley Bird (actress)
December 14 - Joshua Rush (actor and voice actor)

Deaths[]

January 1 - Ray Walston (actor and comedian)
January 5 - Nancy Parsons (actress)
January 6 - Scott Marlowe (actor)
January 18 - Al Waxman (actor and director)
January 21 - Sandy Baron (actor and comedian)
January 24 - Dick Whittinghill (actor, recording artist and radio DJ)
January 26 - Thor Putnam (layout artist)
February 7 - King Moody (actor)
February 14 - Charles B. Fitzimons (actor, producer, and attorney)
February 17 - John Sutherland (producer, writer, animator, and voice actor)
February 20 - Rosemary DeCamp (actress)
March 2 - Peggy Converse (actress)
March 9
- Giancarlo Prete (actor, stuntman and dubbing director)
- Richard Stone (composer)
March 12 - Sir Lancelot (calypso singer and actor)
March 15 - Ann Sothern (actress)
March 19 - Norman Mitchell (actor)
March 22
- William Hanna (animator, director, producer, voice actor, and cartoon artist)
- Toby Wing (actress)
March 23 - Sully Boyar (actor)
March 28 - James Warren (actor and artist)
April 27 - Jack Murdock (actor)
May 9 - Saul Elkins (writer, producer and director)
May 10 - Deborah Walley (actress and voice actress)
May 11 - Douglas Adams (writer)
May 12 - John Cliff (actor)
May 18 - Maurice Noble (animation production designer, animation background artist, and layout designer)
May 19 - Mike Sammes (vocal arranger and session musician/singer)
May 22 - Jack Watling (actor)
May 23 - Lita Chevret (actress)
May 27 - Ramon Bieri (actor)
June 3 - Anthony Quinn (actor)
June 4 - Joan Vohs (model and actress)
June 8 - Harry Watson (actor)
June 12 - Owen Bush (actor)
June 17 - Diana Bellamy (actress)
June 21 - Carroll O'Connor (actor)
June 26 - William Bryant (actor)
June 27 - Jack Lemmon (actor)
July 15 - Ted Berman (film director, animator, and screenwriter)
August 1 - Joe Lynch (actor, singer and songwriter)
August 4 - Lorenzo Music (actor, voice actor, writer, producer, and musician)
August 6
- Larry Adler (harmonica player and film composer)
- Dorothy Tutin (actress)
August 16 - Dave Barry (actor, comedian, entertainer and voice artist)
August 20 - Walter Reed (actor)
August 23 - Kathleen Freeman (actress)
August 28 - Larry Marcus (screenwriter)
August 30 - Julie Bishop (actress)
September 2 - Troy Donahue (actor and singer)
September 7 - Billie Lou Watt (actress)
September 13 - Dorothy McGuire (actress)
October 4 - George Claydon (actor)
October 15 - Janet Shaw (actress)
October 26 - Eugene Jackson (actor)
November 7 - Bobby Bass (actor, stunt performer, and stunt coordinator/second unit director)
November 28 - Norman Lumsden (opera singer and actor)
November 29
- Budd Boetticher (film director)
- John Mitchum (actor and musician)
- George Harrison (musician)
December 8 - Bob Bransford (animator)
December 16 - Roy Brocksmith (actor)
December 20 - Joan Wheeler (actress and art gallery owner)
December 26 - Nigel Hawthorne (actor)
December 30 - Ray Patterson (animator, producer and director)
December 31
- Paul Hubschmid (actor)
- Eileen Heckart (actress)
- David Swift (screenwriter, animator, director, and producer)

Character debuts[]

January 27 - Rosalie Rowan, Agent West, Agent Lee and Slam
February 3 - Nelson Arroyo, Dr. Selig
February 10 - Bucky Buenaventura, Donald Tannor
February 24 - Roland De Fleures and Infiltration Unit 7
March 10 - Agent Rush
March 31 - Wendell Morgan, Tiffany Morgan, Walt Murkin
April 14 - Sven, Wade Pennington
May 5 - Krick
May 12 - Skye Hoaps, Harry Lux
July 20 - Numbuh 1, Numbuh 2, Numbuh 3, Numbuh 4, Numbuh 5 and Mr. Wink and Mr. Fibb
November 16 - Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley, Hermione Granger, Rubeus Hagrid, Vernon Dursley, Petunia Dursley, Dudley Dursley, Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, Oliver Wood, Neville Longbottom, Seamus Finnigan, Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Quirinus Quirrell, Lord Voldemort, James Potter, Lily Potter, Argus Filch, Katie Bell, Griphook, Rolanda Hooch, Nearly Headless Nick, Bloody Baron, Garrick Ollivander, The Sorting Hat. Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Ginevra Weasley, Percy Weasley, Angelina Johnson, Filius Flitwick, Fat Lady, Dean Thomas
August 10 - Samurai Jack, Aku
August 24 - The Grim Reaper, Billy and Mandy, Hector Con Carne, Major Dr. Gastly, General Skarr
October 9 - Phantom Virus
October 29 - Scotsman
November 17 - Rikochet, Buena Girl, The Flea
December 5 - Andrea Donoso and Colonel Lemak
December 19 - Frodo Baggins, Gandalf, Aragorn II Elessar, Samwise Gamgee, Peregrin Took, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Gimli, Legoldas Greenleaf, Arwen Undomiel, Sauron, Galadriel, Saruman the White, Elrond, Bilbo Baggins, Gollum Barliman Butterbur, Lurtz, Haldir, Ereinion Gil-galad, Elendil the Tall, Isildur, Albert Dreary

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