Bruce Willis
Known for Acting · 201 credits
- Born
- 1955-03-19 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Idar-Oberstein, West Germany [now Germany]
- Also known as
- Walter 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, 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
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as John McClane (archive footage) (uncredited)
Friends
1994
as Paul Stevens
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self / Self - Guest / Self - Top Ten Presenter
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self (uncredited)
TV Shows (37)
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as John McClane (archive footage) (uncredited)
Friends
1994
as Paul Stevens
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self / Self - Guest / Self - Top Ten Presenter
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self (uncredited)
Conan
2010
as Self - Guest
The View
1997
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self
Miami Vice
1984
as Tony Amato
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
That '70s Show
1998
as Vic
Top Gear
2002
as Self
The Orville
2017
as Groogen (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Mad About You
1992
as Bruce Willis
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
The Twilight Zone
1985
as Peter Novins (segment "Shatterday")
Moonlighting
1985
as David Addison
Taff
1997
as self
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self - Guest
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Ally McBeal
1997
as Dr. Nickle (uncredited)
Where Are They Now?
1999
as Self
HBO First Look
1992
as Self
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Det. John McClane (archive footage)
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006
as Narrator (voice)
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
2008
as Self
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018
as Self
Bruno the Kid
1996
as Bruno the Kid (voice)
Dolly
1987
as Self
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
The Early Show
1999
as Self - Guest
The Entertainment Biz
1998
as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Movies (164)
Pulp Fiction
1994
as Butch Coolidge
The Fifth Element
1997
as Korben Dallas
Die Hard
1988
as John McClane
The Sixth Sense
1999
as Malcolm Crowe
Split
2017
as David Dunn (uncredited)
The Expendables
2010
as Mr. Church (uncredited)
Armageddon
1998
as Harry S. Stamper
Over the Hedge
2006
as RJ (voice)
Looper
2012
as Old Joe
The Expendables 2
2012
as Church
Ocean's Twelve
2004
as Bruce Willis
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995
as John McClane
Twelve Monkeys
1995
as James Cole
Die Hard 2
1990
as John McClane
Live Free or Die Hard
2007
as John McClane
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
2013
as Joe Colton
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
as Hartigan
Glass
2019
as David Dunn / The Overseer
RED
2010
as Frank Moses
Unbreakable
2000
as David Dunn
The Jackal
1997
as The Jackal
Color of Night
1994
as Dr. Bill Capa
Death Becomes Her
1992
as Dr. Ernest Menville
Sin City
2005
as Hartigan
Tears of the Sun
2003
as Lieutenant A.K. Waters
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2003
as William Rose Bailey (uncredited)
RED 2
2013
as Frank Moses
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019
as Bruce Willis (voice)
Lucky Number Slevin
2006
as Mr. Goodkat
Death Wish
2018
as Paul Kersey
Planet Terror
2007
as Lieutenant Muldoon
Striking Distance
1993
as Tom Hardy
Apex
2021
as Thomas Malone
Grindhouse
2007
as Muldoon (segment "Planet Terror")
A Good Day to Die Hard
2013
as John McClane
The Player
1992
as Bruce Willis
Four Rooms
1995
as Leo
The Siege
1998
as Major-General William Devereaux
The Last Boy Scout
1991
as Joe Hallenbeck
Vendetta
2022
as Donnie Fetter
The Whole Nine Yards
2000
as Jimmy 'Tulipán' Tudeski
Surrogates
2009
as Tom Greer
Hostage
2005
as Jeff Talley
Sly
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
16 Blocks
2006
as Jack Mosley
The Kid
2000
as Russ Duritz
Mercury Rising
1998
as Art Jeffries
Moonrise Kingdom
2012
as Captain Sharp
Bandits
2001
as Joseph Blake
Extraction
2015
as Leonard Turner
Hudson Hawk
1991
as Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
Air Strike
2018
as Jack
Perfect Stranger
2007
as Harrison Hill
The Verdict
1982
as Courtroom Observer (uncredited)
Marauders
2016
as Hubert
Once Upon a Time in Venice
2017
as Steve
Vice
2015
as Julian
Cop Out
2010
as Jimmy Monroe
Breach
2020
as Clay Young
Cosmic Sin
2021
as James Ford
Alpha Dog
2006
as Sonny Truelove
Blind Date
1987
as Walter Davis
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996
as Muddy (voice)
Fire with Fire
2012
as Mike Cella
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
as John McClane (uncredited)
Last Man Standing
1996
as John Smith
The Prince
2014
as Omar
Look Who's Talking
1989
as Mikey (voice)
Motherless Brooklyn
2019
as Frank Minna
Midnight in the Switchgrass
2021
as Karl Helter
Rugrats Go Wild
2003
as Spike (voice)
Precious Cargo
2016
as Eddie
Hart's War
2002
as Col. William A. McNamara
Assassin
2023
as Valmora
Trauma Center
2019
as Lt. Det. Wakes
North
1994
as Narrator (voice)
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
2019
as Bruce Willis (archive footage)
Nobody's Fool
1994
as Carl Roebuck
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
as Peter Fallow
White Elephant
2022
as Arnold Soloman
Acts of Violence
2018
as Detective James Avery
American Siege
2022
as Ben Watts
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Survive the Night
2020
as Frank
The Story of Us
1999
as Ben Jordan
Paradise City
2022
as Ian Swan
Reprisal
2018
as James
Catch.44
2011
as Mel
Gasoline Alley
2022
as Detective Freeman
Rock the Kasbah
2015
as Bombay Brian
Billy Bathgate
1991
as Bo Weinberg
Shine a Light
2008
as Self - Concert Audience (uncredited)
Corrective Measures
2022
as Julius 'The Lobe' Loeb
Fortress: Sniper's Eye
2022
as Robert
The Cold Light of Day
2012
as Martin
Sunset
1988
as Tom Mix
Fortress
2021
as Robert
10 Minutes Gone
2019
as Rex
First Kill
2017
as Howell
Mortal Thoughts
1991
as James Urbanski
I'm Still Here
2010
as Self - Guest
A Day to Die
2022
as Alston
The Astronaut Farmer
2007
as Doug Masterson (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
as Self
Assassination of a High School President
2008
as Principal Jared T. Kirkpatrick
Out of Death
2021
as Jack Harris
The Whole Ten Yards
2004
as Jimmy Tudeski
What Just Happened
2008
as Bruce Willis
Look Who's Talking Too
1990
as Mikey (voice)
Lay the Favorite
2012
as Dink Heimowitz
Detective Knight: Redemption
2022
as Det. James Knight
That's Adequate
1989
as Self
Nancy Drew
2007
as Bruce (uncredited)
Grand Champion
2004
as Mr. Blandford
Wire Room
2022
as Shane Mueller
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
2010
as Self
Detective Knight: Rogue
2022
as Det. James Knight
Altman
2014
as Self
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002
as Self - Interviewee (uncredited)
About Bruce Willis
Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is a retired American 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” (199… With 201 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Bruce Willis has appeared in 164 films and 37 TV shows.
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Most Popular Bruce Willis Movies
- Pulp Fiction (1994) — as Butch Coolidge
- The Fifth Element (1997) — as Korben Dallas
- Die Hard (1988) — as John McClane
- The Sixth Sense (1999) — as Malcolm Crowe
- Split (2017) — as David Dunn (uncredited)
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