Bruce Willis
Acting
Born: March 19, 1955 (age 71) · Idar-Oberstein, West Germany [now Germany]
Highest Rated
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
Pulp Fiction
1994
Split
2017
The Sixth Sense
1999
Die Hard
1988
The Fifth Element
1997
Looper
2012
Unbreakable
2000
Friends
1994
Twelve Monkeys
1995
Glass
2019
Sin City
2005
Armageddon
1998
Photos (24)
Movies (129)
Over the Hedge
RJ (voice)
Pulp Fiction
Butch Coolidge
The Fifth Element
Korben Dallas
Die Hard
John McClane
A Good Day to Die Hard
John McClane
Sin City
Hartigan
RED
Frank Moses
The Whole Nine Yards
Jimmy 'Tulipán' Tudeski
The Sixth Sense
Malcolm Crowe
Death Becomes Her
Dr. Ernest Menville
Live Free or Die Hard
John McClane
Glass
David Dunn / The Overseer
Tears of the Sun
Lieutenant A.K. Waters
The Expendables 2
Church
The Expendables
Mr. Church (uncredited)
Die Hard 2
John McClane
Split
David Dunn (uncredited)
Planet Terror
Lieutenant Muldoon
Precious Cargo
Eddie
RED 2
Frank Moses
Unbreakable
David Dunn
Acts of Violence
Detective James Avery
Bandits
Joseph Blake
Moonrise Kingdom
Captain Sharp
Ocean's Twelve
Bruce Willis
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Bruce Willis (voice)
The Jackal
The Jackal
Surrogates
Tom Greer
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
John McClane
Twelve Monkeys
James Cole
The Last Boy Scout
Joe Hallenbeck
Hostage
Jeff Talley
Death Wish
Paul Kersey
10 Minutes Gone
Rex
Assassination of a High School President
Principal Jared T. Kirkpatrick
Looper
Old Joe
Vice
Julian
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Joe Colton
Cosmic Sin
James Ford
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Peter Fallow
Armageddon
Harry S. Stamper
What Just Happened
Bruce Willis
American Siege
Ben Watts
The Siege
Major-General William Devereaux
White Elephant
Arnold Soloman
Alpha Dog
Sonny Truelove
Nancy Drew
Bruce (uncredited)
Fire with Fire
Mike Cella
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Hartigan
Mercury Rising
Art Jeffries
Survive the Night
Frank
Lay the Favorite
Dink Heimowitz
Nobody's Fool
Carl Roebuck
A Day to Die
Alston
Hudson Hawk
Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins
Lucky Number Slevin
Mr. Goodkat
Midnight in the Switchgrass
Karl Helter
The Story of Us
Ben Jordan
Four Rooms
Leo (uncredited)
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
William Rose Bailey (uncredited)
Prince of the City
Extra (uncredited)
Hart's War
Col. William A. McNamara
Motherless Brooklyn
Frank Minna
Striking Distance
Tom Hardy
Extraction
Leonard Turner
Trauma Center
Lt. Det. Wakes
Deadlock
Ron Whitlock
16 Blocks
Jack Mosley
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Muddy (voice)
The Kid
Russ Duritz
Gasoline Alley
Detective Freeman
Detective Knight: Rogue
Det. James Knight
Wrong Place
Frank
The Whole Ten Yards
Jimmy Tudeski
The Player
Bruce Willis
Cop Out
Jimmy Monroe
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Bruce Willis (archive footage)
Look Who's Talking
Mikey (voice)
Vendetta
Donnie Fetter
Look Who's Talking Too
Mikey (voice)
Color of Night
Dr. Bill Capa
Air Strike
Jack
Rugrats Go Wild
Spike (voice)
Perfect Stranger
Harrison Hill
Last Man Standing
John Smith
Marauders
Hubert
Setup
Biggs
Survive the Game
David
The Cold Light of Day
Martin
In Country
Emmett Smith
Billy Bathgate
Bo Weinberg
Grindhouse
Muldoon (segment "Planet Terror")
The Prince
Omar
Paradise City
Ian Swan
The Verdict
Courtroom Observer (uncredited)
Reprisal
James
First Kill
Howell
Fortress: Sniper's Eye
Robert
Corrective Measures
Julius 'The Lobe' Loeb
Mortal Thoughts
James Urbanski
Hard Kill
Chalmers
Once Upon a Time in Venice
Steve
Fortress
Robert
Apex
Thomas Malone
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
John McClane (uncredited)
Rock the Kasbah
Bombay Brian
Sunset
Tom Mix
Wire Room
Shane Mueller
The Astronaut Farmer
Doug Masterson (uncredited)
Out of Death
Jack Harris
North
Benevolent advisors / Narrator voice
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Catch.44
Mel
Blind Date
Walter Davis
Breach
Clay Young
Fast Food Nation
Harry Rydell
Hammy's Boomerang Adventure
RJ (voice)
Detective Knight: Independence
Det. James Knight
Breakfast of Champions
Dwayne Hoover
The First Deadly Sin
Man Entering Diner as Delaney Leaves (uncredited)
Detective Knight: Redemption
Det. James Knight
Assassin
Valmora
The Return of Bruno
Bruno Radolini
Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie
Bruno the Kid (voice) (archive footage)
Grand Champion
Mr. Blandford
Bruce Willis, l'indestructible
2020
Gorillaz - Single Collection 2001-2011
2011
A Guru Comes
Extra (uncredited)
True West
Lee
TV Shows (12)
Friends
Paul Stevens · 3 eps
Miami Vice
Tony Amato · 1 eps
That '70s Show
Vic · 1 eps
Mad About You
Bruce Willis · 1 eps
The Orville
Groogen (voice) · 1 eps
Moonlighting
David Addison · 66 eps
The Twilight Zone
Peter Novins (segment "Shatterday") · 1 eps
Ally McBeal
Dr. Nickle (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Movies That Made Us
Det. John McClane (archive footage) · 1 eps
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
HBO First Look
1 eps
Bruno the Kid
Bruno the Kid (voice) · 36 eps
Self / Appearances (59)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Daily Show
Self - Guest · 3 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
Self · 5 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest · 20 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Top Ten Presenter · 1 eps
Conan
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 2 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
The View
Self · 4 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest · 7 eps
Top Gear
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self · 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 1 eps
Taff
self · 1 eps
Parkinson
Self - Guest · 1 eps
HBO First Look
Self · 1 eps
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
Self (archive footage)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self · 1 eps
The Early Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
I'm Still Here
Self - Guest
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Self · 1 eps
The Emmy Awards
Self · 1 eps
Dolly
Self · 1 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
Self · 1 eps
Sly
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
Self
Altman
Self
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
Self - Interviewee (uncredited)
Shine a Light
Self - Concert Audience (uncredited)
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies
Narrator (voice) / Self
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Self
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
The Hip Hop Project
Self
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
Self
My Date with Drew
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
Self
A Night to Die For
Self
Journey to Safety: Making 'Tears of the Sun'
Self
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Self
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
Self (archive footage)
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
Self
Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts
Self
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
Self
Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special
Self (archive footage)
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Self - Speaker
His Way
Self
That's Adequate
Self
Bruce Willis : les secrets d'une icône
Self (archive footage)
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
Self - Audience Member
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
Self / Cap Sharp
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'
Self
Seriously... Phil Collins
Self
Armageddon: Target Earth
Self
Writing (2)
Producing (7)
Hostage
Producer
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
Executive Producer
Bruno the Kid
Executive Producer
Touching Evil
Executive Producer
The Hip Hop Project
Executive Producer
The Return of Bruno
Producer
True West
Executive Producer
