
Bruce Willis
20 FOLLOWERS • 105 CREDITS • MAR 19, 1955 • 70
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

E! True Hollywood Story

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Saturday Night Live

The Early Show

Ally McBeal

Top Gear

The Orville

The Movies That Made Us

The Daily Show

Friends

Miami Vice

HBO First Look

Family Guy

Mad About You

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

Late Show with David Letterman

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

That '70s Show

The Emmy Awards

The Twilight Zone

Ocean's Twelve

The Lego Ninjago Movie

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

The Expendables

Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'

Split

Four Rooms

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

Shine a Light

Rugrats Go Wild

Barbra Streisand: One Voice

Planet Terror

The Expendables 2

Vendetta

Pulp Fiction

Vice

Setup

Moonrise Kingdom

Assassin

Look Who's Talking

Look Who's Talking Too

The Siege

Survive the Night

Out of Death

Midnight in the Switchgrass

Fortress: Sniper's Eye

Nobody's Fool

Blind Date

Paradise City

White Elephant

Motherless Brooklyn

Looper

The Whole Nine Yards

Gasoline Alley

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

Breach

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

Fire with Fire

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Fortress

Death Becomes Her

Glass

Alpha Dog

A Day to Die

Wire Room

Cosmic Sin

Corrective Measures

A Good Day to Die Hard

RED 2

The Whole Ten Yards

Die Hard 2

Catch.44

Striking Distance

Acts of Violence

Detective Knight: Independence

Death Wish

Marauders

Unbreakable

First Kill

RED

Armageddon

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

The Prince

The Kid

Detective Knight: Redemption

Over the Hedge

Sin City

Cop Out

American Siege

Hudson Hawk

Detective Knight: Rogue

The Last Boy Scout

Live Free or Die Hard

Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis

Die Hard

Tears of the Sun

The Sixth Sense

Twelve Monkeys

The Fifth Element

Hard Kill

Precious Cargo

The Jackal

Extraction
Production Credits
Movies+ Discover & Track Movies
Never miss a movie again with Movies+, the simple tracker that keeps you updated on where to watch, stream, rent, or buy, while also alerting you to any production changes and new release dates of your favorite films!
Get
