Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 19, 1955
Place of Birth:
Idar-Oberstein, West Germany [now Germany]
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Bruce Willis
Biography
Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is a retired American actor. His career began on the off-Broadway stage in the 1970s. He achieved fame with a leading role on the comedy-drama series Moonlighting (1985–1989) and has since appeared in over 70 films, gaining widespread recognition as an action hero after his portrayal of John McClane in the Die Hard franchise (1988–2013) and other subsequent roles.
Willis's other credits include The Last Boy Scout (1991), Pulp Fiction (1994), 12 Monkeys (1995), Last Man Standing (1996), The Fifth Element (1997), Armageddon (1998), The Sixth Sense (1999), Hart's War (2002), Tears of the Sun (2003), Hostage (2005), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), Surrogates (2009), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), Rock the Kasbah (2015) and Motherless Brooklyn (2019).
As a singer, Willis released his debut album The Return of Bruno in 1987, followed by two more successful albums in 1989 and 2001. He made his Broadway debut in the stage adaptation of Misery in 2015. Willis has received numerous accolades during his career, including a Golden Globe, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two People's Choice Awards. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006.
In March 2022, Willis announced that he was retiring from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia, which affects his ability to communicate. In February 2023, Willis' family announced that they had received a more accurate diagnosis and he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Assassin | Valmora |
| 2023 | Detective Knight: Independence | Det. James Knight |
| 2023 | Sly | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2023 | The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump | Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Corrective Measures | Julius 'The Lobe' Loeb |
| 2022 | Fortress: Sniper's Eye | Robert |
| 2022 | Vendetta | Donnie Fetter |
| 2022 | Gasoline Alley | Detective Freeman |
| 2022 | Wrong Place | Frank |
| 2022 | Wire Room | Shane Mueller |
| 2022 | Detective Knight: Rogue | Det. James Knight |
| 2022 | Detective Knight: Redemption | Det. James Knight |
| 2022 | American Siege | Ben Watts |
| 2022 | Paradise City | Ian Swan |
| 2022 | White Elephant | Arnold Soloman |
| 2022 | A Day to Die | Alston |
| 2021 | Cosmic Sin | James Ford |
| 2021 | Midnight in the Switchgrass | Karl Helter |
| 2021 | Deadlock | Ron Whitlock |
| 2021 | Apex | Thomas Malone |
| 2021 | Out of Death | Jack Harris |
| 2021 | Survive the Game | David |
| 2021 | Fortress | Robert |
| 2021 | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Bruce Willis, l'indestructible | |
| 2020 | Survive the Night | Frank |
| 2020 | Breach | Clay Young |
| 2020 | Hard Kill | Chalmers |
| 2019 | Glass | David Dunn / The Overseer |
| 2019 | Motherless Brooklyn | Frank Minna |
| 2019 | 10 Minutes Gone | Rex |
| 2019 | The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | Bruce Willis (voice) |
| 2019 | Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Bruce Willis (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Trauma Center | Lt. Det. Wakes |
| 2019 | QT8: The First Eight | Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Air Strike | Jack |
| 2018 | Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis | Self |
| 2018 | Death Wish | Paul Kersey |
| 2018 | Acts of Violence | Detective James Avery |
| 2018 | Reprisal | James |
| 2017 | Once Upon a Time in Venice | Steve |
| 2017 | First Kill | Howell |
| 2017 | Split | David Dunn (uncredited) |
| 2017 | John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Marauders | Hubert |
| 2016 | Precious Cargo | Eddie |
| 2016 | Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 | Self |
| 2015 | Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' | Self / Cap Sharp |
| 2015 | Rock the Kasbah | Bombay Brian |
| 2015 | Vice | Julian |
| 2015 | Extraction | Leonard Turner |
| 2014 | Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Hartigan |
| 2014 | The Prince | Omar |
| 2014 | Altman | Self |
| 2013 | A Good Day to Die Hard | John McClane |
| 2013 | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Joe Colton |
| 2013 | RED 2 | Frank Moses |
| 2013 | Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies | Narrator (voice) / Self |
| 2012 | Lay the Favorite | Dink Heimowitz |
| 2012 | The Expendables 2 | Church |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Looper | Old Joe |
| 2012 | The Cold Light of Day | Martin |
| 2012 | B.B. King: The Life of Riley | Self |
| 2012 | Fire with Fire | Mike Cella |
| 2012 | Moonrise Kingdom | Captain Sharp |
| 2012 | Close Up | Self (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Setup | Biggs |
| 2011 | Catch.44 | Mel |
| 2011 | His Way | Self |
| 2011 | Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts | Self |
| 2011 | The Black Mamba | Mister Suave |
| 2010 | Cop Out | Jimmy Monroe |
| 2010 | RED | Frank Moses |
| 2010 | The Expendables | Mr. Church (uncredited) |
| 2010 | Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' | Self |
| 2010 | I'm Still Here | Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Surrogates | Tom Greer |
| 2008 | What Just Happened | Self |
| 2008 | Assassination of a High School President | Principal Kirkpatrick |
| 2008 | Shine a Light | Self - Concert Audience (uncredited) |
| 2007 | Live Free or Die Hard | John McClane |
| 2007 | Planet Terror | Lieutenant Muldoon |
| 2007 | Perfect Stranger | Harrison Hill |
| 2007 | Grindhouse | Muldoon (segment "Planet Terror") |
| 2007 | Nancy Drew | Bruce (uncredited) |
| 2007 | The Astronaut Farmer | Doug Masterson (uncredited) |
| 2006 | Lucky Number Slevin | Mr. Goodkat |
| 2006 | 16 Blocks | Jack Mosley |
| 2006 | Alpha Dog | Sonny Truelove |
| 2006 | Over the Hedge | RJ (voice) |
| 2006 | Fast Food Nation | Harry Rydell |
| 2006 | Tarantino's Mind | Butch Coolidge (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Hammy's Boomerang Adventure | RJ (voice) |
| 2006 | Tony Bennett: An American Classic | Self - Speaker |
| 2006 | The Hip Hop Project | Self |
| 2005 | Sin City | Det. John Hartigan |
| 2005 | Hostage | Jeff Talley |
| 2005 | My Date with Drew | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2004 | The Whole Ten Yards | Jimmy Tudeski |
| 2004 | Grand Champion | Mr. Blandford |
| 2004 | Ocean's Twelve | Bruce Willis |
| 2004 | Genius. A Night for Ray Charles | Self |
| 2003 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | William Rose Bailey |
| 2003 | Tears of the Sun | Lieutenant A.K. Waters |
| 2003 | Rugrats Go Wild | Spike (voice) |
| 2002 | Hart's War | Col. William A. McNamara |
| 2002 | True West | Lee |
| 2002 | The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies | Self - Interviewee (uncredited) |
| 2002 | Pulp Fiction: The Facts | Self (archive footage) |
| 2001 | Bandits | Joseph Blake |
| 2000 | The Whole Nine Yards | Jimmy 'Tulipán' Tudeski |
| 2000 | The Kid | Russ Duritz |
| 2000 | Unbreakable | David Dunn |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | Malcolm Crowe |
| 1999 | The Story of Us | Ben Jordan |
| 1999 | Breakfast of Champions | Dwayne Hoover |
| 1998 | Armageddon | Harry S. Stamper |
| 1998 | Mercury Rising | Art Jeffries |
| 1998 | The Siege | Major-General William Devereaux |
| 1998 | Jackie Chan: My Story | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1998 | Armageddon: Target Earth | Self |
| 1997 | The Fifth Element | Korben Dallas |
| 1997 | The Jackal | The Jackal |
| 1997 | Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie | Bruno the Kid (voice) (archive footage) |
| 1996 | The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys' | Self |
| 1996 | Last Man Standing | John Smith |
| 1996 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | Muddy Grimes (voice) |
| 1995 | Four Rooms | Leo (uncredited) |
| 1995 | Twelve Monkeys | James Cole |
| 1995 | Die Hard: With a Vengeance | John McClane |
| 1995 | A Night to Die For | Self |
| 1994 | Color of Night | Capa |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Butch Coolidge |
| 1994 | Nobody's Fool | Carl Roebuck |
| 1994 | North | Narrator (voice) |
| 1993 | Striking Distance | Det. Tom Hardy |
| 1993 | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | John McClane (uncredited) |
| 1992 | The Player | Bruce Willis |
| 1992 | Death Becomes Her | Dr. Ernest Menville |
| 1991 | Mortal Thoughts | James Urbanski |
| 1991 | Hudson Hawk | Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins |
| 1991 | The Last Boy Scout | Joe Hallenbeck |
| 1991 | Billy Bathgate | Bo Weinberg |
| 1990 | Die Hard 2 | John McClane |
| 1990 | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Peter Fallow |
| 1990 | Look Who's Talking Too | Mikey (voice) |
| 1990 | Seriously... Phil Collins | Self |
| 1989 | Look Who's Talking | Mikey (voice) |
| 1989 | In Country | Emmett Smith |
| 1989 | That's Adequate | Self |
| 1989 | Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Self |
| 1988 | Die Hard | John McClane |
| 1988 | Sunset | Tom Mix |
| 1987 | Blind Date | Walter Davis |
| 1987 | The Return of Bruno | Bruno Radolini |
| 1987 | The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite | Self |
| 1986 | Barbra Streisand: One Voice | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) |
| 1982 | The Verdict | Courtroom Observer (uncredited) |
| 1981 | Prince of the City | Extra (uncredited) |
| 1980 | The First Deadly Sin | Man Entering Diner as Delaney Leaves |
| 1980 | A Guru Comes | Extra (uncredited) |
| Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life | Self (archive footage) | |
| They Are Here |