Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis

Date of Birth:

Mar 19, 1955

Place of Birth:

Idar-Oberstein, West Germany [now Germany]

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.

filmography:

Tarantino's Mind Tarantino's Mind

2006

Hammy's Boomerang Adventure Hammy's Boomerang Adventure

2006

Tony Bennett: An American Classic Tony Bennett: An American Classic

2006

Shine a Light Shine a Light

2008

My Date with Drew My Date with Drew

2005

Marauders Marauders

2016

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

2002

Rugrats Go Wild Rugrats Go Wild

2003

Genius. A Night for Ray Charles Genius. A Night for Ray Charles

2004

His Way His Way

2011

Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts

2011

Death Wish Death Wish

2018

First Kill First Kill

2017

I'm Still Here I'm Still Here

2010

Precious Cargo Precious Cargo

2016

Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis

2018

Altman Altman

2014

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

1996

Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'

2010

Breakfast of Champions Breakfast of Champions

1999

Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie

1997

Rock the Kasbah Rock the Kasbah

2015

A Night to Die For A Night to Die For

1995

Detective Knight: Rogue Detective Knight: Rogue

2022

Grindhouse Grindhouse

2007

The Expendables The Expendables

2010

The Prince The Prince

2014

Moonrise Kingdom Moonrise Kingdom

2012

Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

2015

Vice Vice

2015

Detective Knight: Redemption Detective Knight: Redemption

2022

Sly Sly

2023

The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump

2023

Close Up Close Up

2012

Seriously... Phil Collins Seriously... Phil Collins

1990

Air Strike Air Strike

2018

Detective Knight: Independence Detective Knight: Independence

2023

Extraction Extraction

2015

Once Upon a Time in Venice Once Upon a Time in Venice

2017

The First Deadly Sin The First Deadly Sin

1980

Split Split

2017

Apex Apex

2021

American Siege American Siege

2022

Out of Death Out of Death

2021

Survive the Game Survive the Game

2021

The Astronaut Farmer The Astronaut Farmer

2007

Hard Kill Hard Kill

2020

The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite

1987

Deadlock Deadlock

2021

Breach Breach

2020

Fortress Fortress

2021

Paradise City Paradise City

2022

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

2021

Jackie Chan: My Story Jackie Chan: My Story

1998

Duro de Matar Duro de Matar

1970

A Day to Die A Day to Die

2022

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

2010

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

2017

White Elephant White Elephant

2022

QT8: The First Eight QT8: The First Eight

2019

Midnight in the Switchgrass Midnight in the Switchgrass

2021

Survive the Night Survive the Night

2020

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

1989

Acts of Violence Acts of Violence

2018

Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 Tony Bennett Celebrates 90

2016

Glass Glass

2019

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

1993

A Guru Comes A Guru Comes

1980

The Hip Hop Project The Hip Hop Project

2006

Nancy Drew Nancy Drew

2007

Prince of the City Prince of the City

1981

Motherless Brooklyn Motherless Brooklyn

2019

Between Two Ferns: The Movie Between Two Ferns: The Movie

2019

Trauma Center Trauma Center

2019

Cosmic Sin Cosmic Sin

2021

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

2019

10 Minutes Gone 10 Minutes Gone

2019

Reprisal Reprisal

2018

Barbra Streisand: One Voice Barbra Streisand: One Voice

1986

The Black Mamba The Black Mamba

2011

Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies

2013

That's Adequate That's Adequate

1989

Striking Distance Striking Distance

1993

Fortress: Sniper's Eye Fortress: Sniper's Eye

2022

The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys' The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'

1996

Alpha Dog Alpha Dog

2006

The Jackal The Jackal

1997

The Kid The Kid

2000

Planet Terror Planet Terror

2007

Hostage Hostage

2005

The Player The Player

1992

Nobody's Fool Nobody's Fool

1994

Mortal Thoughts Mortal Thoughts

1991

Mercury Rising Mercury Rising

1998

What Just Happened What Just Happened

2008

The Story of Us The Story of Us

1999

Fast Food Nation Fast Food Nation

2006

Cop Out Cop Out

2010

Over the Hedge Over the Hedge

2006

North North

1994

Perfect Stranger Perfect Stranger

2007

Hart's War Hart's War

2002

Bandits Bandits

2001

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

2014

Blind Date Blind Date

1987

Die Hard Die Hard

1988

Sin City Sin City

2005

Lucky Number Slevin Lucky Number Slevin

2006

The Fifth Element The Fifth Element

1997

Twelve Monkeys Twelve Monkeys

1995

Armageddon Armageddon

1998

Corrective Measures Corrective Measures

2022

The Whole Nine Yards The Whole Nine Yards

2000

Pulp Fiction Pulp Fiction

1994

The Sixth Sense The Sixth Sense

1999

16 Blocks 16 Blocks

2006

Die Hard 2 Die Hard 2

1990

Color of Night Color of Night

1994

The Whole Ten Yards The Whole Ten Yards

2004

Live Free or Die Hard Live Free or Die Hard

2007

Die Hard: With a Vengeance Die Hard: With a Vengeance

1995

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

2003

Look Who's Talking Look Who's Talking

1989

Lay the Favorite Lay the Favorite

2012

Catch.44 Catch.44

2011

The Expendables 2 The Expendables 2

2012

G.I. Joe: Retaliation G.I. Joe: Retaliation

2013

Grand Champion Grand Champion

2002

Assassination of a High School President Assassination of a High School President

2008

Surrogates Surrogates

2009

Setup Setup

2011

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012

Looper Looper

2012

True West True West

2002

B.B. King: The Life of Riley B.B. King: The Life of Riley

2012

Fire with Fire Fire with Fire

2012

Bruce Willis, l'indestructible Bruce Willis, l'indestructible

2020

The Return of Bruno The Return of Bruno

1987

The Cold Light of Day The Cold Light of Day

2012

Ocean's Twelve Ocean's Twelve

2004

RED 2 RED 2

2013

A Good Day to Die Hard A Good Day to Die Hard

2013

Wire Room Wire Room

2022

Last Man Standing Last Man Standing

1996

The Bonfire of the Vanities The Bonfire of the Vanities

1990

Billy Bathgate Billy Bathgate

1991

The Last Boy Scout The Last Boy Scout

1991

Vendetta Vendetta

2022

Unbreakable Unbreakable

2000

Hudson Hawk Hudson Hawk

1991

Tears of the Sun Tears of the Sun

2003

In Country In Country

1989

Look Who's Talking Too Look Who's Talking Too

1990

RED RED

2010

Wrong Place Wrong Place

2022

Assassin Assassin

2023

Sunset Sunset

1988

Gasoline Alley Gasoline Alley

2022

Death Becomes Her Death Becomes Her

1992

The Siege The Siege

1998

The Verdict The Verdict

1982

Four Rooms Four Rooms

1995

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