Bruce Willis

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1955-03-19 (69 years old)

Place of Birth Idar-Oberstein, West Germany [now Germany]

Also Known As ブルース・ウィリス, بروس ويليس, 브루스 윌리스, บรูซ วิลลิส, ברוס וויליס, Walter Bruce Willis, Bruno, Γουόλτερ Μπρους Γουίλις, Μπρους Γουίλις, 布鲁斯·威利斯, Брус Вилис

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

Actor

2023
Sly

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023
Assassin

as Valmora

2023
Detective Knight: Independence

as Det. James Knight

2022
Detective Knight: Redemption

as Det. James Knight

2022
Paradise City

as Ian Swan

2022
Detective Knight: Rogue

as Det. James Knight

2022
Wire Room

as Shane Mueller

2022
Wrong Place

as Frank

2022
White Elephant

as Arnold Soloman

2022
Vendetta

as Donnie Fetter

2022
Corrective Measures

as Julius 'The Lobe' Loeb

2022
A Day to Die

as Alston

2022
Gasoline Alley

as Detective Freeman

2022
American Siege

as Ben Watts

2021
Fortress

as Robert

2021
Deadlock

as Ron Whitlock

2021
Apex

as Thomas Malone

2021
2021
2021
Out of Death

as Jack Harris

2021
Cosmic Sin

as James Ford

2020
Breach

as Clay Young

2020
Hard Kill

as Chalmers

2020
2019
Trauma Center

as Lt. Det. Wakes

2019
Motherless Brooklyn

as Frank Minna

2019
QT8: The First Eight

as Self (archive footage)

2019
2019
Between Two Ferns: The Movie

as Bruce Willis (archive footage)

2019
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

as Bruce Willis (voice)

2019
Glass

as David Dunn / The Overseer

2019
The Movies That Made Us

as Det. John McClane (archive footage)

2018
Air Strike

as Jack

2018
Reprisal

as James

2018
Death Wish

as Paul Kersey

2018
Acts of Violence

as Detective James Avery

2017
First Kill

as Howell

2017
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2017
Split

as David Dunn (uncredited)

2017
The Orville

as Groogen (voice)

2016
2016
Marauders

as Hubert

2015
Extraction

as Leonard Turner

2015
Rock the Kasbah

as Bombay Brian

2015
Vice

as Julian

2014
The Prince

as Omar

2014
Altman

as Self

2013
RED 2

as Frank Moses

2013
G.I. Joe: Retaliation

as Joe Colton

2013
Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies

as Narrator (voice) / Self

2013
A Good Day to Die Hard

as John McClane

2012
Close Up

as Self (archive footage)

2012
Looper

as Old Joe

2012
Fire with Fire

as Mike Cella

2012
2012
Lay the Favorite

as Dink Heimowitz

2012
Moonrise Kingdom

as Captain Sharp

2012
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

as (archive footage)

2011
Catch.44

as Mel

2011
Setup

as Biggs

2011
The Black Mamba

as Mister Suave

2011
His Way

as Self

2010
RED

as Frank Moses

2010
I'm Still Here

as Self - Guest

2010
The Expendables

as Mr. Church (uncredited)

2010
2010
Cop Out

as Jimmy Monroe

2009
Surrogates

as Tom Greer

2008
2008
Shine a Light

as Self - Concert Audience (uncredited)

2008
2007
Live Free or Die Hard

as John McClane

2007
Nancy Drew

as Bruce (uncredited)

2007
Perfect Stranger

as Harrison Hill

2007
Planet Terror

as Lieutenant Muldoon

2007
Grindhouse

as Muldoon (segment "Planet Terror")

2007
The Astronaut Farmer

as Doug Masterson (uncredited)

2006
2006
Fast Food Nation

as Harry Rydell

2006
2006
Over the Hedge

as RJ (voice)

2006
16 Blocks

as Jack Mosley

2006
Lucky Number Slevin

as Mr. Goodkat

2006
Alpha Dog

as Sonny Truelove

2006
Tarantino's Mind

as Butch Coolidge (archive footage)

2005
My Date with Drew

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2005
Sin City

as Det. John Hartigan

2005
Hostage

as Jeff Talley

2005
The Reichen Show

as Self - Guest

2004
Ocean's Twelve

as Bruce Willis (uncredited)

2004
The Whole Ten Yards

as Jimmy Tudeski

2003
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

as William Rose Bailey (uncredited)

2003
Rugrats Go Wild

as Spike (voice)

2003
Tears of the Sun

as Lieutenant A.K. Waters

2002
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

as Self - Interviewee (uncredited)

2002
True West

as Lee

2002
Grand Champion

as Mr. Blandford

2002
Hart's War

as Col. William A. McNamara

2002
Top Gear

as Self

2001
Bandits

as Joseph Blake

2000
Unbreakable

as David Dunn

2000
The Kid

as Russ Duritz

2000
The Whole Nine Yards

as Jimmy 'Tulipán' Tudeski

1999
The Story of Us

as Ben Jordan

1999
The Sixth Sense

as Malcolm Crowe

1999
Breakfast of Champions

as Dwayne Hoover

1999
The Early Show

as Self - Guest

1999
Family Guy

as Officer John McClane (archive footage)

1998
The Siege

as Major-General William Devereaux

1998
Jackie Chan: My Story

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1998
Armageddon

as Harry S. Stamper

1998
Mercury Rising

as Art Jeffries

1998
1997
The Jackal

as The Jackal

1997
The Fifth Element

as Korben Dallas

1997
Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie

as Bruno the Kid (voice) (archive footage)

1997
Ally McBeal

as Dr. Nickle (uncredited)

1997
The View

as Self

1997
Taff

as self

1996
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

as Muddy Grimes (voice)

1996
Last Man Standing

as John Smith

1996
Bruno the Kid

as Bruno the Kid (voice)

1996
1995
Twelve Monkeys

as James Cole

1995
Four Rooms

as Leo (uncredited)

1995
1995
1994
Nobody's Fool

as Carl Roebuck

1994
Pulp Fiction

as Butch Coolidge

1994
1994
North

as Narrator (voice)

1994
Friends

as Paul Stevens

1993
Striking Distance

as Det. Tom Hardy

1993
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

as John McClane (uncredited)

1993
1992
Death Becomes Her

as Dr. Ernest Menville

1992
The Player

as Bruce Willis

1992
Mad About You

as Bruce Willis

1992
1991
The Last Boy Scout

as Joe Hallenbeck

1991
Billy Bathgate

as Bo Weinberg

1991
Hudson Hawk

as Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins

1991
Mortal Thoughts

as James Urbanski

1990
1990
Look Who's Talking Too

as Mikey (voice)

1990
Die Hard 2

as John McClane

1989
Look Who's Talking

as Mikey (voice)

1989
In Country

as Emmett Smith

1989
1988
Die Hard

as John McClane

1988
Sunset

as Tom Mix

1987
Blind Date

as Walter Davis

1987
The Return of Bruno

as Bruno Radolini

1986
Barbra Streisand: One Voice

as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

1985
The Twilight Zone

as Peter Novins

1985
Moonlighting

as David Addison

1984
Miami Vice

as Tony Amato

1982
The Verdict

as Courtroom Observer (uncredited)

1981
Prince of the City

as Extra (uncredited)

1980
A Guru Comes

as Extra (uncredited)

1980
The First Deadly Sin

as Man Entering Diner as Delaney Leaves

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1949

Producer

2006
The Hip Hop Project

as Executive Producer

2005
Hostage

as Producer

2004
Touching Evil

as Executive Producer

2002
2002
True West

as Executive Producer

1996
Bruno the Kid

as Producer

1987

Writer

1991
Hudson Hawk

as Story

1987

Sound

1987
The Return of Bruno

as Original Music Composer

Crew

1998