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Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis

Acting March 19, 1955 (71 years old) Idar-Oberstein, West Germany [now Germany]

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.

Movies 166

Pulp Fiction 8.5

Pulp Fiction

as Butch Coolidge

1994
Die Hard 7.8

Die Hard

as John McClane

1988
The Fifth Element 7.6

The Fifth Element

as Korben Dallas

1997
The Sixth Sense 8.0

The Sixth Sense

as Malcolm Crowe

1999
The Expendables 6.3

The Expendables

as Mr. Church (uncredited)

2010
G.I. Joe: Retaliation 5.7

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

as Joe Colton

2013
Twelve Monkeys 7.6

Twelve Monkeys

as James Cole

1995
Armageddon 6.8

Armageddon

as Harry S. Stamper

1998
Split 7.3

Split

as David Dunn (uncredited)

2017
Die Hard: With a Vengeance 7.3

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

as John McClane

1995
Die Hard 2 7.0

Die Hard 2

as John McClane

1990
Looper 6.9

Looper

as Old Joe

2012
Over the Hedge 6.6

Over the Hedge

as RJ (voice)

2006
Live Free or Die Hard 6.6

Live Free or Die Hard

as John McClane

2007
Ocean's Twelve 6.6

Ocean's Twelve

as Bruce Willis

2004
RED 6.7

RED

as Frank Moses

2010
Sin City 7.5

Sin City

as Hartigan

2005
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 6.4

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

as Hartigan

2014
The Expendables 2 6.4

The Expendables 2

as Church

2012
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part 6.6

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

as Bruce Willis (voice)

2019
Tears of the Sun 6.9

Tears of the Sun

as Lieutenant A.K. Waters

2003
The Jackal 6.4

The Jackal

as The Jackal

1997
Unbreakable 7.1

Unbreakable

as David Dunn

2000
Glass 6.7

Glass

as David Dunn / The Overseer

2019
Death Becomes Her 6.8

Death Becomes Her

as Dr. Ernest Menville

1992
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 5.5

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

as William Rose Bailey (uncredited)

2003
Lucky Number Slevin 7.5

Lucky Number Slevin

as Mr. Goodkat

2006
RED 2 6.5

RED 2

as Frank Moses

2013
Planet Terror 6.7

Planet Terror

as Lieutenant Muldoon

2007
The Last Boy Scout 6.8

The Last Boy Scout

as Joe Hallenbeck

1991
Four Rooms 5.9

Four Rooms

as Leo (uncredited)

1995
Hostage 6.4

Hostage

as Jeff Talley

2005
Death Wish 6.2

Death Wish

as Paul Kersey

2018
A Good Day to Die Hard 5.3

A Good Day to Die Hard

as John McClane

2013
Moonrise Kingdom 7.7

Moonrise Kingdom

as Captain Sharp

2012
Grindhouse 7.0

Grindhouse

as Muldoon (segment "Planet Terror")

2007
The Whole Nine Yards 6.5

The Whole Nine Yards

as Jimmy Tudeski

2000
Surrogates 6.2

Surrogates

as Tom Greer

2009
Look Who's Talking 6.3

Look Who's Talking

as Mikey (voice)

1989
The Player 7.2

The Player

as Bruce Willis

1992
The Prince 4.9

The Prince

as Omar

2014
Hudson Hawk 5.7

Hudson Hawk

as Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins

1991
Once Upon a Time in Venice 5.2

Once Upon a Time in Venice

as Steve

2017
Look Who's Talking Too 5.5

Look Who's Talking Too

as Mikey (voice)

1990
Vice 4.4

Vice

as Julian

2015
16 Blocks 6.5

16 Blocks

as Jack Mosley

2006
Color of Night 5.8

Color of Night

as Dr. Bill Capa

1994
Striking Distance 5.9

Striking Distance

as Tom Hardy

1993
Last Man Standing 6.4

Last Man Standing

as John Smith

1996
The Siege 6.3

The Siege

as Major-General William Devereaux

1998
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 6.1

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

as John McClane (uncredited)

1993
Apex 5.1

Apex

as Thomas Malone

2021
Cop Out 5.6

Cop Out

as Jimmy Monroe

2010
Mercury Rising 6.3

Mercury Rising

as Art Jeffries

1998
Fire with Fire 5.7

Fire with Fire

as Mike Cella

2012
The Verdict 7.5

The Verdict

as Courtroom Observer (uncredited)

1982
Vendetta 6.1

Vendetta

as Donnie Fetter

2022
Hard Kill 4.9

Hard Kill

as Chalmers

2020
Acts of Violence 5.6

Acts of Violence

as Detective James Avery

2018
Alpha Dog 6.7

Alpha Dog

as Sonny Truelove

2006
Hart's War 6.4

Hart's War

as Col. William A. McNamara

2002
The Whole Ten Yards 5.7

The Whole Ten Yards

as Jimmy

2004
White Elephant 5.7

White Elephant

as Arnold Soloman

2022
Cosmic Sin 4.0

Cosmic Sin

as James Ford

2021
Blind Date 6.0

Blind Date

as Walter Davis

1987
What Just Happened 5.4

What Just Happened

as Bruce Willis

2008
Motherless Brooklyn 6.7

Motherless Brooklyn

as Frank Minna

2019
I'm Still Here 5.9

I'm Still Here

as Self - Guest

2010
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America 6.7

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

as Muddy (voice)

1996
Rugrats Go Wild 6.4

Rugrats Go Wild

as Spike (voice)

2003
Sly 7.2

Sly

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023
Wrong Place 4.3

Wrong Place

as Frank

2022
The Bonfire of the Vanities 5.6

The Bonfire of the Vanities

as Peter Fallow

1990
The Cold Light of Day 5.4

The Cold Light of Day

as Martin

2012
The Story of Us 6.1

The Story of Us

as Ben Jordan

1999
Breach 4.1

Breach

as Clay Young

2020
Perfect Stranger 5.8

Perfect Stranger

as Harrison Hill

2007
A Day to Die 5.7

A Day to Die

as Alston

2022
Precious Cargo 5.1

Precious Cargo

as Eddie

2016
Marauders 5.8

Marauders

as Hubert

2016
North 5.0

North

as Benevolent advisors / Narrator voice

1994
The Kid 6.8

The Kid

as Russ Duritz

2000
Bandits 6.3

Bandits

as Joseph Blake

2001
Midnight in the Switchgrass 5.8

Midnight in the Switchgrass

as Karl Helter

2021
Nobody's Fool 6.9

Nobody's Fool

as Carl Roebuck

1994
Billy Bathgate 5.8

Billy Bathgate

as Bo Weinberg

1991
Air Strike 5.1

Air Strike

as Jack

2018
First Kill 5.7

First Kill

as Howell

2017
Extraction 4.5

Extraction

as Leonard Turner

2015
Trauma Center 5.4

Trauma Center

as Lt. Det. Wakes

2019
Out of Death 5.3

Out of Death

as Jack Harris

2021
Fortress: Sniper's Eye 5.2

Fortress: Sniper's Eye

as Robert

2022
Nancy Drew 6.1

Nancy Drew

as Bruce (uncredited)

2007
Fortress 5.7

Fortress

as Robert

2021
Setup 4.9

Setup

as Biggs

2011
Catch.44 5.0

Catch.44

as Mel

2011
Paradise City 5.4

Paradise City

as Ian Swan

2022
Between Two Ferns: The Movie 5.9

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

as Bruce Willis (archive footage)

2019
The Astronaut Farmer 6.3

The Astronaut Farmer

as Doug Masterson (uncredited)

2007
Prince of the City 7.0

Prince of the City

as Extra (uncredited)

1981
Gasoline Alley 4.7

Gasoline Alley

as Detective Freeman

2022
Assassination of a High School President 5.8

Assassination of a High School President

as Principal Jared T. Kirkpatrick

2008
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen 7.5

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

as (archive footage)

2012
American Siege 5.3

American Siege

as Ben Watts

2022
10 Minutes Gone 5.2

10 Minutes Gone

as Rex

2019
Rock the Kasbah 5.4

Rock the Kasbah

as Bombay Brian

2015
Fast Food Nation 6.0

Fast Food Nation

as Harry Rydell

2006
Lay the Favorite 5.2

Lay the Favorite

as Dink Heimowitz

2012
Deadlock 5.1

Deadlock

as Ron Whitlock

2021
Detective Knight: Independence 5.3

Detective Knight: Independence

as Det. James Knight

2023
Assassin 5.1

Assassin

as Valmora

2023
Mortal Thoughts 5.7

Mortal Thoughts

as James Urbanski

1991
Detective Knight: Rogue 6.0

Detective Knight: Rogue

as Det. James Knight

2022
Detective Knight: Redemption 5.3

Detective Knight: Redemption

as Det. James Knight

2022
Survive the Night 4.8

Survive the Night

as Frank

2020
Wire Room 6.0

Wire Room

as Shane Mueller

2022
Reprisal 5.2

Reprisal

as James

2018
Corrective Measures 5.0

Corrective Measures

as Julius 'The Lobe' Loeb

2022
The First Deadly Sin 5.9

The First Deadly Sin

as Man Entering Diner as Delaney Leaves (uncredited)

1980
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies 5.8

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

as Self - Interviewee (uncredited)

2002
Survive the Game 5.3

Survive the Game

as David

2021
Sunset 5.7

Sunset

as Tom Mix

1988
Hammy's Boomerang Adventure 6.1

Hammy's Boomerang Adventure

as RJ (voice)

2006
Shine a Light 6.8

Shine a Light

as Self - Concert Audience (uncredited)

2008
My Date with Drew 5.9

My Date with Drew

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2005
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis 6.6

Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis

as Self

2018
That's Adequate 4.1

That's Adequate

as Self

1989
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' 8.0

Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'

as Self

2010
B.B. King: The Life of Riley 7.0

B.B. King: The Life of Riley

as Self

2012
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles 7.4

Genius. A Night for Ray Charles

as Self

2004
Barbra Streisand: One Voice 7.6

Barbra Streisand: One Voice

as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

1986
Bruce Willis : les secrets d'une icône 8.5

Bruce Willis : les secrets d'une icône

as Self (archive footage)

2025
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump 5.5

The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump

as Self (archive footage)

2023
In Country 5.6

In Country

as Emmett Smith

1989
Close Up 9.5

Close Up

as Self (archive footage)

2012
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary 7.8

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

as Self

1989
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood 7.1

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2017
Breakfast of Champions 5.0

Breakfast of Champions

as Dwayne Hoover

1999
Tony Bennett: An American Classic 7.7

Tony Bennett: An American Classic

as Self - Speaker

2006
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015 7.8

The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015

as Self - Audience Member

2017
A Night to Die For 7.0

A Night to Die For

as Self

1995
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' 6.1

Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

as Self / Cap Sharp

2015
The Return of Bruno 6.5

The Return of Bruno

as Bruno Radolini

1987
Altman 6.6

Altman

as Self

2014
Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages

Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages

2002
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend 5.0

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 8.0

Tony Bennett Celebrates 90

as Self

2016
His Way 6.3

His Way

as Self

2011
Pulp Fiction: The Facts 5.0

Pulp Fiction: The Facts

as Self (archive footage)

2002
Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies 5.9

Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies

as Narrator (voice) / Self

2013
Journey to Safety: Making 'Tears of the Sun'

Journey to Safety: Making 'Tears of the Sun'

as Self

2003
Heart of the Festival 6.7

Heart of the Festival

as Self (archive footage)

2002
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary

Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary

as Self

1993
The Hip Hop Project 8.5

The Hip Hop Project

as Self

2006
Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special 8.5

Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special

as Self (archive footage)

2025
Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie 7.5

Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie

as Bruno the Kid (voice) (archive footage)

1997
Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts 7.0

Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts

as Self

2011
Bruce Willis, l'indestructible 8.2

Bruce Willis, l'indestructible

2020
Grand Champion 5.9

Grand Champion

as Mr. Blandford

2004
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys' 7.0

The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'

as Self

1996
Armageddon: Target Earth 9.0

Armageddon: Target Earth

as Self

1998
Gorillaz - Single Collection 2001-2011

Gorillaz - Single Collection 2001-2011

2011
Seriously... Phil Collins 8.0

Seriously... Phil Collins

as Self

1990
True West 7.3

True West

as Lee

2002
A Guru Comes 8.0

A Guru Comes

as Extra (uncredited)

1980
The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite 7.0

The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite

as Self

1987

TV Shows 43

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 7.6

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self - Guest

1962
Friends 8.4

Friends

as Paul Stevens

1994
The Daily Show 6.4

The Daily Show

as Self - Guest

1996
Late Show with David Letterman 6.5

Late Show with David Letterman

as Self

1993
Late Show with David Letterman 6.5

Late Show with David Letterman

as Self - Guest

1993
Late Show with David Letterman 6.5

Late Show with David Letterman

as Self - Top Ten Presenter

1993
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 6.1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self - Guest

2015
Conan 7.2

Conan

as Self - Guest

2010
Saturday Night Live 6.9

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1975
Saturday Night Live 6.9

Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

1975
The View 4.3

The View

as Self

1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 5.3

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

2003
Late Night with David Letterman 6.2

Late Night with David Letterman

as Self - Guest

1982
Ally McBeal 6.5

Ally McBeal

as Dr. Nickle (uncredited)

1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien 7.3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

1993
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 5.5

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

2003
Top Gear 7.6

Top Gear

as Self

2002
Taff 4.3

Taff

as self

1997
That '70s Show 7.9

That '70s Show

as Vic

1998
Golden Globe Awards 7.0

Golden Globe Awards

as Self

1944
Miami Vice 7.5

Miami Vice

as Tony Amato

1984
Mad About You 6.8

Mad About You

as Bruce Willis

1992
Film '72 5.1

Film '72

as Self

1971
The Orville 7.6

The Orville

as Groogen (voice)

2017
The Twilight Zone 7.7

The Twilight Zone

as Peter Novins (segment "Shatterday")

1985
Moonlighting 7.6

Moonlighting

as David Addison

1985
The Reichen Show 4.8

The Reichen Show

as Self - Guest

2005
Goldene Kamera 5.7

Goldene Kamera

as Self

1984
HBO First Look 5.5

HBO First Look

1992
HBO First Look 5.5

HBO First Look

as Self

1992
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions 8.0

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

as Narrator (voice)

2006
Parkinson 7.0

Parkinson

as Self - Guest

2004
Where Are They Now? 6.7

Where Are They Now?

as Self

1999
The Movies That Made Us 7.3

The Movies That Made Us

as Det. John McClane (archive footage)

2019
The Early Show 6.2

The Early Show

as Self - Guest

1999
Bruno the Kid 6.8

Bruno the Kid

as Bruno the Kid (voice)

1996
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis 7.5

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

as Self

2008
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction 6.8

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

as Self

2018
The Emmy Awards 7.9

The Emmy Awards

as Self

1949
Dolly 10.0

Dolly

as Self

1987
E! True Hollywood Story 8.1

E! True Hollywood Story

as Self

1996
The Entertainment Biz

The Entertainment Biz

as Self

1998
Inside the Actors Studio

Inside the Actors Studio

as Self

1994

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