
Bruce Willis
20 FOLLOWERS • 108 CREDITS • MAR 19, 1955 • 70
Biography
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.
Known For

Saturday Night Live

E! True Hollywood Story

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Early Show

Ally McBeal

Top Gear

The Orville

The Movies That Made Us

The Daily Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Friends

Miami Vice

Family Guy

Mad About You

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

Late Show with David Letterman

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

That '70s Show

The Emmy Awards

HBO First Look

The Twilight Zone

Ocean's Twelve

The Lego Ninjago Movie

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

The Expendables

Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'

Split

Four Rooms

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

Rugrats Go Wild

Shine a Light

Barbra Streisand: One Voice

Planet Terror

The Expendables 2

Look Who's Talking

Vendetta

Vice

Corrective Measures

Pulp Fiction

Moonrise Kingdom

Look Who's Talking Too

Setup

The Siege

Assassin

Midnight in the Switchgrass

Alpha Dog

Fire with Fire

Paradise City

Breach

White Elephant

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

The Bonfire of the Vanities

A Day to Die

Nobody's Fool

Gasoline Alley

Blind Date

Death Becomes Her

Looper

Survive the Night

Wire Room

Motherless Brooklyn

Fortress

The Whole Nine Yards

Out of Death

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

Fortress: Sniper's Eye

Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Glass

Detective Knight: Rogue

Marauders

Precious Cargo

A Good Day to Die Hard

Hard Kill

First Kill

The Whole Ten Yards

Die Hard

Death Wish

The Prince

Armageddon

Tears of the Sun

Cosmic Sin

Detective Knight: Redemption

Over the Hedge

Detective Knight: Independence

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Die Hard 2

Acts of Violence

The Sixth Sense

The Kid

Surrogates

The Jackal

Twelve Monkeys

Cop Out

Sin City

American Siege

Unbreakable

Extraction

Live Free or Die Hard

Hudson Hawk

RED 2

The Last Boy Scout

Striking Distance

RED

Catch.44

The Fifth Element
Production Credits
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