
Bruce Willis
20 FOLLOWERS • 110 CREDITS • MAR 19, 1955 • 70
Biography
Walter Bruce Willis is an American retired actor. His career began on the off-Broadway stage in the 1970s, and he then achieved fame with a leading role on the comedy-drama series “Moonlighting” (1985–1989). He went on to appear 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

The Ellen DeGeneres 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

Split

Four Rooms

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'

Rugrats Go Wild

Jackie Chan: My Story

Shine a Light

Barbra Streisand: One Voice

The Expendables 2

Planet Terror

Look Who's Talking Too

Look Who's Talking

Vendetta

Pulp Fiction

Vice

Corrective Measures

Moonrise Kingdom

Assassin

The Siege

Setup

Death Becomes Her

Motherless Brooklyn

The Whole Nine Yards

Blind Date

Midnight in the Switchgrass

Nobody's Fool

Looper

Fortress

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

Wire Room

Glass

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Fortress: Sniper's Eye

Survive the Night

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Fire with Fire

Paradise City

Out of Death

A Day to Die

Breach

Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

White Elephant

Alpha Dog

Gasoline Alley

The Sixth Sense

Marauders

Acts of Violence

Unbreakable

Live Free or Die Hard

Surrogates

Hard Kill

Armageddon

Sin City

Death Wish

Die Hard

Catch.44

The Kid

Cop Out

Detective Knight: Independence

The Whole Ten Yards

RED

Cosmic Sin

Detective Knight: Rogue

Twelve Monkeys

The Last Boy Scout

A Good Day to Die Hard

American Siege

RED 2

Hudson Hawk

First Kill

The Jackal

Detective Knight: Redemption

The Fifth Element

Die Hard 2

Precious Cargo

Tears of the Sun

Striking Distance

Extraction

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Over the Hedge

The Prince
Production Credits
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