• Area: 55.1 mi²
• Elevation: 108′
• Population: 39,702 (2018)
• Area rank: 28th of 565 in state; 1st of 21 in county
• Area codes: Area code 732, Area code 908

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Montclair include:

Movies, stage and television

• Charles S. Belden (1904-1954), screenwriter and journalist, known for writing screenplays to several Charlie Chan films in the 1930s.^[78]
• Richard E. Besser (born 1959), former acting director of Centers for Disease Control; former Senior Health and Medical Editor at ABC News^[79]
• John Block (born 1951), documentary filmmaker.^[80]
• Elaine Bromka (born 1950), actress who co-wrote the play Lady Bird, Pat & Betty: Tea for Three.^[81]
• Richard Burgi (born 1958), actor^[82][83]
• John Callahan (1953-2020), actor, Falcon Crest, Santa Barbara, All My Children, Days of Our Lives^[84]
• Stephen Colbert (born 1964), television personality, host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert^[85][86]
• Margaret Colin (born 1957), actress, Gossip Girl, The Edge of Night, Something Wild, Independence Day^[87]
• Michael Colleary (born 1960), screenwriter and producer of Face/Off, Lara Croft Tomb Raider and Firehouse Dog.^[88]
• R.J. Colleary (born 1957), television writer, producer and playwright, Touched By An Angel, Harry and the Hendersons, Cannibals.^{[citation needed]}
• Robert M. (Bob) Colleary (1929–2012), Peabody and Emmy Award-winning comedy writer and producer for M*A*S*H and Barney Miller; produced Benson and It’s a Living^[89]
• Kristen Connolly (born 1980), actress^[90]
• Kahane Cooperman, documentary filmmaker and television director and producer, whose 2016 documentary Joe’s Violin was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.^[91]
• Justin Deas (born 1948), actor^[87]
• Dagmara Dominczyk (born 1976), actress^[92]
• Olympia Dukakis (born 1931), Academy Award-winning actress, Moonstruck, Steel Magnolias, Mr. Holland’s Opus^[93]
• Allen B. DuMont (1901–1965), television pioneer^[94]
• Beth Ehlers (born 1968), actress on Guiding Light and All My Children^[95]
• Frankie Faison (born 1949), actor, The Silence of the Lambs^[96]
• Frank Field (born 1923), meteorologist, former resident^[97]
• Savion Glover (born 1974), tap dancer and choreographer^[98]
• Peter Greene (born 1965), actor, Pulp Fiction, The Mask^[99]
• Sterling Hayden (1916–1986), actor, Dr. Strangelove, The Godfather, The Asphalt Jungle, 9 to 5^[100]
• Anthony Heald (born 1944), actor, The Silence of the Lambs, Boston Public^[101]
• Shuler Hensley (born 1967), actor; won a Tony Award for Oklahoma!^[102][103]
• Louis Jean Heydt (1903–1960), actor^[104]
• Steve Hofstetter (born 1979), comedian and radio personality^[105]
• Janet Hubert-Whitten (born 1956), television and Broadway actress^[106]
• Vincent Irizarry (born 1959), Emmy Award-winning actor who appeared on All My Children^[107]
• The Amazing Kreskin (born 1935), paranormalist and TV personality^[108][109]
• Eva La Rue (born 1966), actress, model, singer^[84]
• Nicole Leach (born 1979), actress^[110]
• Delroy Lindo (born 1952), actor nominated for Tony and SAG awards; Get Shorty, The Cider House Rules, Crooklyn, Gone in 60 Seconds, Malcolm X, More American Graffiti^[103]
• Warren Littlefield (born 1952), President of NBC in the 1990s^[111]
• Priscilla Lopez (born 1948), actress, singer, dancer, Maid in Manhattan^[112]
• Tyler Mathisen (born 1957), writer, editor, co-host of CNBC‘s Power Lunch^[113]
• John Miller (born 1959), journalist, author, former FBI and ABC News journalist, current CBS News Senior Correspondent and investigative reporter^[114]
• Joe Morton (born 1947), actor, Scandal^[103][115]
• Raphaela Neihausen (born 1976), filmmaker and producer.^[91]
• Michael O’Leary (born 1958), actor who portrayed Dr. Fredrick “Rick” Bauer on Guiding Light^[107][116]
• Roscoe Orman (born 1944), actor who portrayed Gordon Robinson on Sesame Street^[103][117]
• Stacie Passon (born 1969), film director and screenwriter.^[118]
• Kal Penn (born 1977), actor, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle^[119]
• Todd Porter (born 1968), child/teen actor, Starstuff, Pinocchio’s Christmas, Whiz Kids^[120]
• Christina Ricci (born 1980), actress whose films include The Addams Family, Buffalo ’66, Monster, Sleepy Hollow^[121]
• Rosemary Rice (1925–2012), actress; played Katrin on Mama; voice-over artist and children’s musician^[122][123]
• Bruce Sinofsky (1956-2015), screenwriter, editor, producer and filmmaker, 2012 Academy Award nominee^[124]
• Elaine Stewart (1930–2011), model and Hollywood actress of the 1950s, promoted as a “dark-haired Marilyn Monroe”^[125]
• Sophia Takal, actress, writer and director^[126]
• Michelle Thomas (1968–1998), actress who played Myra on Family Matters^[127]
• Dallas Townsend (1919–1995), anchor for CBS World News Roundup^[128]
• Jake Weary (born 1990), actor, As the World Turns^[129]
• Mary Alice Williams (born 1949), television personality^[130]
• Wendy Williams (born 1964), TV and radio personality, host of The Wendy Williams Show^[131]
• Patrick Wilson (born 1973), actor, who has appeared in Watchmen, The A-Team and Little Children^[92][132]
• Alex Winter (born 1965), actor^[133]
• Kim Zimmer (born 1955), actress best known for appearing on Guiding Light^[134][135]
• Louis Zorich (1924-2018), actor, who appeared on Mad About You; husband of actress Olympia Dukakis^[136]

In 2018 Brooke Lea Foster of The New York Times stated that it was one of several “least suburban of suburbs, each one celebrated by buyers there for its culture and hip factor, as much as the housing stock and sophisticated post-city life.”^[55]

Montclair hosts many art institutions and theaters, and despite its relatively small size, has many art venues. It has its own art museum, the Montclair Art Museum, and several small galleries.

Montclair also hosts one cinema, the Clairidge Cinema on Bloomfield Avenue which shows different types of movies from documentaries to small scale indie films. The township hosted its first annual film festival in 2012 to provide a platform for filmmakers from New Jersey, the US and the world.^[56]

Live theaters include The Montclair Operetta Company, the Wellmont Theatre, Montclair State University‘s Kasser Theater, Montclair State University’s theater in Life Hall, and the Studio Playhouse. On Bloomfield Avenue there is a public stage used for concerts and other events. Dotted around Montclair there are also many art galleries, though most are centered in the Bloomfield Avenue Downtown Area.^[57] Concerts are held at the Wellmont Theatre and at several churches and auditoriums sponsored by Outpost in the Burbs, a community-based organization. In 2017, The Montclair Orchestra was formed as a semi-professional orchestra, composed of both professionals and students from top colleges.^[58]

Montclair was the setting for some of the stories in the HBO television series The Sopranos, and many Montclair streets, locations and businesses were featured in the show, such as Bloomfield Avenue.^[59]

Montclair Public Library is one of the oldest public libraries in New Jersey, with the largest collection of materials in northern New Jersey.^[60] Its Director is Peter Coyl.^[61]

• Montclair Art Museum
• Howard Van Vleck Arboretum
• Presby Memorial Iris Gardens
• Van Vleck House and Gardens
• Crane House and Museum
• The Montclair Historical Society, which consists of:
  • Nathaniel Crane House
  • Clark House
  • Evergreens (House)
• Yogi Berra Stadium and the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center
• Revolutionary War site markers for the temporary headquarters of Marquis de Lafayette and George Washington
  • Note: There is no written record to verify that Washington had spent time in Montclair (then called “Cranetown”) or Upper Montclair (then called “Speertown”) during the time period, but the story was passed down by generations orally and the two markers were placed in the 1900s.
•  Brookdale Park
• Parks and dining in Upper Montclair