
Bruce Willis
20 FOLLOWERS • 106 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

Family Guy

Mad About You

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

Late Show with David Letterman

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

The Emmy Awards

That '70s Show

The Twilight Zone

HBO First Look

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

Rugrats Go Wild

Shine a Light

Barbra Streisand: One Voice

The Expendables 2

Planet Terror

Vendetta

Pulp Fiction

Corrective Measures

Vice

Assassin

Look Who's Talking Too

Look Who's Talking

Setup

The Siege

Moonrise Kingdom

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

Alpha Dog

Fire with Fire

Wire Room

Death Becomes Her

Blind Date

Gasoline Alley

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Breach

Motherless Brooklyn

Out of Death

Paradise City

Survive the Night

The Whole Nine Yards

White Elephant

Fortress

Glass

A Day to Die

Midnight in the Switchgrass

Fortress: Sniper's Eye

Looper

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Nobody's Fool

Death Wish

Marauders

Live Free or Die Hard

Cosmic Sin

The Fifth Element

RED

Precious Cargo

The Whole Ten Yards

Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis

The Sixth Sense

Over the Hedge

Die Hard

The Last Boy Scout

Acts of Violence

Twelve Monkeys

Tears of the Sun

Hard Kill

The Kid

The Jackal

Striking Distance

Cop Out

The Prince

A Good Day to Die Hard

Detective Knight: Independence

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Unbreakable

Extraction

Armageddon

First Kill

Detective Knight: Rogue

American Siege

Detective Knight: Redemption

Hudson Hawk

Die Hard 2

Sin City

RED 2

Catch.44
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