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
Friends
1994
as Paul Stevens
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as John McClane (archive footage) (uncredited)
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
Friends
1994
as Paul Stevens
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as John McClane (archive footage) (uncredited)
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
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self
The View
1997
as Self
Top Gear
2002
as Self
Miami Vice
1984
as Tony Amato
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
That '70s Show
1998
as Vic
Mad About You
1992
as Bruce Willis
The Orville
2017
as Groogen (voice)
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Twilight Zone
1985
as Peter Novins (segment "Shatterday")
Moonlighting
1985
as David Addison
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self - Guest
Taff
1997
as self
Ally McBeal
1997
as Dr. Nickle (uncredited)
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Where Are They Now?
1999
as Self
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Det. John McClane (archive footage)
HBO First Look
1992
as Self
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
Dolly
1987
as Self
Bruno the Kid
1996
as Bruno the Kid (voice)
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
The Expendables
2010
as Mr. Church (uncredited)
Die Hard
1988
as John McClane
Armageddon
1998
as Harry S. Stamper
Split
2017
as David Dunn (uncredited)
The Sixth Sense
1999
as Malcolm Crowe
RED
2010
as Frank Moses
Twelve Monkeys
1995
as James Cole
The Expendables 2
2012
as Church
Die Hard 2
1990
as John McClane
Over the Hedge
2006
as RJ (voice)
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
as Hartigan
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995
as John McClane
Ocean's Twelve
2004
as Bruce Willis
Glass
2019
as David Dunn / The Overseer
Sin City
2005
as Hartigan
Tears of the Sun
2003
as Lieutenant A.K. Waters
Live Free or Die Hard
2007
as John McClane
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2003
as William Rose Bailey (uncredited)
The Jackal
1997
as The Jackal
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
2013
as Joe Colton
Looper
2012
as Old Joe
Unbreakable
2000
as David Dunn
Death Wish
2018
as Paul Kersey
RED 2
2013
as Frank Moses
Color of Night
1994
as Dr. Bill Capa
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019
as Bruce Willis (voice)
Death Becomes Her
1992
as Dr. Ernest Menville
Planet Terror
2007
as Lieutenant Muldoon
The Last Boy Scout
1991
as Joe Hallenbeck
Apex
2021
as Thomas Malone
Striking Distance
1993
as Tom Hardy
A Good Day to Die Hard
2013
as John McClane
Surrogates
2009
as Tom Greer
Hostage
2005
as Jeff Talley
The Player
1992
as Bruce Willis
Lucky Number Slevin
2006
as Mr. Goodkat
The Siege
1998
as Major-General William Devereaux
Moonrise Kingdom
2012
as Captain Sharp
Four Rooms
1995
as Leo
The Whole Nine Yards
2000
as Jimmy 'Tulipán' Tudeski
Bandits
2001
as Joseph Blake
Grindhouse
2007
as Muldoon (segment "Planet Terror")
Vendetta
2022
as Donnie Fetter
Mercury Rising
1998
as Art Jeffries
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
Hart's War
2002
as Col. William A. McNamara
16 Blocks
2006
as Jack Mosley
The Kid
2000
as Russ Duritz
Blind Date
1987
as Walter Davis
Alpha Dog
2006
as Sonny Truelove
Hudson Hawk
1991
as Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins
Sly
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Perfect Stranger
2007
as Harrison Hill
The Verdict
1982
as Courtroom Observer (uncredited)
Vice
2015
as Julian
The Prince
2014
as Omar
Cop Out
2010
as Jimmy Monroe
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
as John McClane (uncredited)
Cosmic Sin
2021
as James Ford
American Siege
2022
as Ben Watts
Last Man Standing
1996
as John Smith
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
as Peter Fallow
Fire with Fire
2012
as Mike Cella
North
1994
as Narrator (voice)
Extraction
2015
as Leonard Turner
Rugrats Go Wild
2003
as Spike (voice)
The Story of Us
1999
as Ben Jordan
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
2019
as Bruce Willis (archive footage)
Motherless Brooklyn
2019
as Frank Minna
Wrong Place
2022
as Frank
Breach
2020
as Clay Young
Nobody's Fool
1994
as Carl Roebuck
Look Who's Talking Too
1990
as Mikey (voice)
Marauders
2016
as Hubert
The Cold Light of Day
2012
as Martin
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996
as Muddy (voice)
Air Strike
2018
as Jack
Acts of Violence
2018
as Detective James Avery
Mortal Thoughts
1991
as James Urbanski
Once Upon a Time in Venice
2017
as Steve
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Corrective Measures
2022
as Julius 'The Lobe' Loeb
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002
as Self - Interviewee (uncredited)
Midnight in the Switchgrass
2021
as Karl Helter
The Astronaut Farmer
2007
as Doug Masterson (uncredited)
I'm Still Here
2010
as Self - Guest
Precious Cargo
2016
as Eddie
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
as Self
What Just Happened
2008
as Bruce Willis
Billy Bathgate
1991
as Bo Weinberg
The Whole Ten Yards
2004
as Jimmy Tudeski
Assassin
2023
as Valmora
Paradise City
2022
as Ian Swan
Catch.44
2011
as Mel
Survive the Night
2020
as Frank
Fortress
2021
as Robert
Fortress: Sniper's Eye
2022
as Robert
10 Minutes Gone
2019
as Rex
First Kill
2017
as Howell
Assassination of a High School President
2008
as Principal Jared T. Kirkpatrick
Detective Knight: Independence
2023
as Det. James Knight
A Day to Die
2022
as Alston
Setup
2011
as Biggs
Gasoline Alley
2022
as Detective Freeman
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
2010
as Self
Wire Room
2022
as Shane Mueller
Sunset
1988
as Tom Mix
Look Who's Talking
1989
as Mikey (voice)
Out of Death
2021
as Jack Harris
Close Up
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Trauma Center
2019
as Lt. Det. Wakes
Nancy Drew
2007
as Bruce (uncredited)
Survive the Game
2021
as David
Shine a Light
2008
as Self - Concert Audience (uncredited)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
White Elephant
2022
as Arnold Soloman
Prince of the City
1981
as Extra (uncredited)
Lay the Favorite
2012
as Dink Heimowitz
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
- The Expendables (2010) — as Mr. Church (uncredited)
- Die Hard (1988) — as John McClane
- Armageddon (1998) — as Harry S. Stamper
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