Bruce Willis
Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American retired 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.
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- Born:
- Mar 19, 1955 In Idar-Oberstein, West Germany [now Germany]
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 205
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Labor of Love
- Latest Project:
- Movie Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life | Self (archive footage) | 2026 |
| Movie | Sly | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2023-09-16 |
| Movie | Assassin | Valmora | 2023-03-31 |
| Movie | Detective Knight: Independence | Det. James Knight | 2023-01-20 |
| Movie | The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump | Self (archive footage) | 2023-05-22 |
| Movie | Fortress: Sniper's Eye | Robert | 2022-04-29 |
| Movie | Corrective Measures | Julius 'The Lobe' Loeb | 2022-04-29 |
| Movie | A Day to Die | Alston | 2022-03-04 |
| Movie | Vendetta | Donnie Fetter | 2022-05-17 |
| Movie | American Siege | Ben Watts | 2022-01-07 |
| Movie | Gasoline Alley | Detective Freeman | 2022-02-25 |
| Movie | Wrong Place | Frank | 2022-07-15 |
| Movie | Paradise City | Ian Swan | 2022-11-11 |
| Movie | Detective Knight: Redemption | Det. James Knight | 2022-12-09 |
| Movie | White Elephant | Arnold Soloman | 2022-06-03 |
| Movie | Detective Knight: Rogue | Det. James Knight | 2022-10-21 |
| Movie | Wire Room | Shane Mueller | 2022-09-02 |
| Movie | Out of Death | Jack Harris | 2021-07-16 |
| Movie | Midnight in the Switchgrass | Karl Helter | 2021-07-23 |
| Movie | Cosmic Sin | James Ford | 2021-03-12 |
| Movie | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend | Self (archive footage) | 2021-01-02 |
| Movie | Survive the Game | David | 2021-10-08 |
| Movie | Fortress | Robert | 2021-12-17 |
| Movie | Deadlock | Ron Whitlock | 2021-12-03 |
| Movie | Apex | Thomas Malone | 2021-11-12 |
| Movie | Survive the Night | Frank | 2020-07-03 |
| Movie | Hard Kill | Chalmers | 2020-09-04 |
| Movie | Bruce Willis, l'indestructible | Unknown | 2020-09-25 |
| Movie | Breach | Clay Young | 2020-12-17 |
| Movie | Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Bruce Willis (archive footage) | 2019-09-20 |
| Movie | Glass | David Dunn / The Overseer | 2019-01-16 |
| Movie | 10 Minutes Gone | Rex | 2019-09-30 |
| Movie | The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | Bruce Willis (voice) | 2019-02-06 |
| Movie | QT8: The First Eight | Self (archive footage) | 2019-10-21 |
| Movie | Labor of Love | 2019 | |
| Movie | Trauma Center | Lt. Det. Wakes | 2019-12-06 |
| Movie | Motherless Brooklyn | Frank Minna | 2019-10-31 |
| Series | The Movies That Made Us | Det. John McClane (archive footage) | 2019-11-29 |
| Series | James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction | Self | 2018-04-29 |
| Movie | Acts of Violence | Detective James Avery | 2018-01-12 |
| Movie | Death Wish | Paul Kersey | 2018-03-01 |
| Movie | Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis | Self | 2018-07-29 |
| Movie | Air Strike | Jack | 2018-10-26 |
| Movie | Reprisal | James | 2018-08-31 |
| Movie | Split | David Dunn (uncredited) | 2017-01-19 |
| Movie | John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2017-03-19 |
| Movie | First Kill | Howell | 2017-07-21 |
| Movie | The Lego Ninjago Movie | Four Eyes (voice) | 2017-09-21 |
| Series | The Orville | Groogen (voice) | 2017-09-10 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time in Venice | Steve | 2017-06-08 |
| Movie | Marauders | Hubert | 2016-07-01 |
| Movie | Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 | Self | 2016-12-20 |
| Movie | Precious Cargo | Eddie | 2016-07-15 |
| Movie | Vice | Julian | 2015-01-16 |
| Movie | Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' | Self / Cap Sharp | 2015-09-22 |
| Movie | Extraction | Leonard Turner | 2015-12-18 |
| Movie | Rock the Kasbah | Bombay Brian | 2015-10-22 |
| Movie | Altman | Self | 2014-08-01 |
| Movie | Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau | Self (archive footage) | 2014-08-24 |
| Movie | Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Hartigan | 2014-08-20 |
| Movie | The Prince | Omar | 2014-08-22 |
| Movie | A Good Day to Die Hard | John McClane | 2013-02-06 |
| Movie | Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies | Narrator (voice) / Self | 2013-03-21 |
| Movie | RED 2 | Frank Moses | 2013-07-18 |
| Movie | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Joe Colton | 2013-03-27 |
| Movie | Moonrise Kingdom | Captain Sharp | 2012-05-16 |
| Movie | The Cold Light of Day | Martin | 2012-04-04 |
| Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
| Movie | Lay the Favorite | Dink Heimowitz | 2012-06-22 |
| Movie | The Expendables 2 | Church | 2012-08-08 |
| Movie | B.B. King: The Life of Riley | Self | 2012-10-15 |
| Movie | Close Up | Self (archive footage) | 2012-09-30 |
| Movie | Looper | Old Joe | 2012-09-26 |
| Movie | Fire with Fire | Mike Cella | 2012-08-31 |
| Movie | His Way | Self | 2011-03-04 |
| Movie | The Black Mamba | Mister Suave | 2011-09-21 |
| Movie | Catch.44 | Mel | 2011-12-08 |
| Movie | Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts | Self | 2011-11-01 |
| Movie | Setup | Biggs | 2011-10-17 |
| Movie | Cop Out | Jimmy Monroe | 2010-02-26 |
| Movie | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-04 |
| Movie | The Expendables | Mr. Church (uncredited) | 2010-08-07 |
| Movie | Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' | Self | 2010-11-14 |
| Movie | I'm Still Here | Self - Guest | 2010-09-10 |
| Movie | Stylo | Bounty Hunter | 2010-09-07 |
| Movie | RED | Frank Moses | 2010-10-13 |
| Movie | Surrogates | Tom Greer | 2009-09-24 |
| Movie | Kambakkht Ishq | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2009-07-03 |
| Series | Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis | Self | 2008-01-04 |
| Movie | Assassination of a High School President | Principal Kirkpatrick | 2008-01-17 |
| Movie | Shine a Light | Self - Concert Audience (uncredited) | 2008-04-04 |
| Movie | What Just Happened | Self | 2008-10-17 |
| Movie | The Astronaut Farmer | Doug Masterson (uncredited) | 2007-02-23 |
| Movie | Planet Terror | Lieutenant Muldoon | 2007-04-06 |
| Movie | Killers Kill, Dead Men Die | The Gumshoe | 2007-03-13 |
| Movie | Live Free or Die Hard | John McClane | 2007-06-20 |
| Movie | Grindhouse | Muldoon (segment "Planet Terror") | 2007-04-06 |
| Movie | Nancy Drew | Bruce (uncredited) | 2007-06-15 |
| Movie | Perfect Stranger | Harrison Hill | 2007-04-11 |
| Movie | 16 Blocks | Jack Mosley | 2006-03-01 |
| Movie | Lucky Number Slevin | Mr. Goodkat | 2006-02-24 |
| Movie | Alpha Dog | Sonny Truelove | 2006-01-27 |
| Movie | Tarantino's Mind | Butch Coolidge (archive footage) | 2006-01-04 |
| Movie | Over the Hedge | RJ (voice) | 2006-05-17 |
| Movie | The Hip Hop Project | Self | 2006-04-27 |
| Movie | Tony Bennett: An American Classic | Self - Speaker | 2006-11-22 |
| Movie | Fast Food Nation | Harry Rydell | 2006-11-17 |
| Series | America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions | Narrator (voice) | 2006-11-17 |
| Movie | Hammy's Boomerang Adventure | RJ (voice) | 2006-10-17 |
| Movie | Hostage | Jeff Talley | 2005-03-10 |
| Movie | Sin City | Hartigan | 2005-04-01 |
| Movie | My Date with Drew | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2005-08-05 |
| Series | The Reichen Show | Self - Guest | 2005-11-11 |
| Movie | The Whole Ten Yards | Jimmy Tudeski | 2004-04-07 |
| Movie | Grand Champion | Mr. Blandford | 2004-08-27 |
| Movie | Ocean's Twelve | Bruce Willis | 2004-12-09 |
| Movie | Genius. A Night for Ray Charles | Self | 2004-10-07 |
| Movie | Tears of the Sun | Lieutenant A.K. Waters | 2003-03-07 |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
| Movie | Rugrats Go Wild | Spike (voice) | 2003-06-13 |
| Movie | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | William Rose Bailey (uncredited) | 2003-06-25 |
| Movie | True West | Lee | 2002-05-28 |
| Movie | Hart's War | Col. William A. McNamara | 2002-02-15 |
| Movie | The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies | Self - Interviewee (uncredited) | 2002-06-01 |
| Movie | Pulp Fiction: The Facts | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-20 |
| Movie | Pulp Fiction: The Facts | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-20 |
| Series | Top Gear | Self | 2002-10-20 |
| Movie | Bandits | Joseph Blake | 2001-10-12 |
| Movie | The Whole Nine Yards | Jimmy 'Tulipán' Tudeski | 2000-02-18 |
| Movie | Unbreakable | David Dunn | 2000-11-22 |
| Movie | The Kid | Russ Duritz | 2000-07-07 |
| Series | Family Guy | Officer John McClane (archive footage) | 1999-01-31 |
| Series | The Early Show | Self - Guest | 1999-11-01 |
| Movie | Breakfast of Champions | Dwayne Hoover | 1999-02-18 |
| Series | Where Are They Now? | Self | 1999-06-07 |
| Movie | The Story of Us | Ben Jordan | 1999-10-14 |
| Movie | The Sixth Sense | Malcolm Crowe | 1999-08-06 |
| Series | The Entertainment Biz | Self | 1998-02-15 |
| Movie | Armageddon: Target Earth | Self | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Mercury Rising | Art Jeffries | 1998-04-03 |
| Movie | Armageddon | Harry S. Stamper | 1998-07-01 |
| Movie | The Siege | Major-General William Devereaux | 1998-11-06 |
| Series | That '70s Show | Vic | 1998-08-23 |
| Movie | Jackie Chan: My Story | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1998-07-17 |
| Series | Taff | self | 1997-03-11 |
| Movie | Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie | Bruno the Kid (voice) (archive footage) | 1997-04-22 |
| Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | The Fifth Element | Korben Dallas | 1997-05-02 |
| Movie | The Jackal | The Jackal | 1997-11-14 |
| Series | Ally McBeal | Dr. Nickle (uncredited) | 1997-09-08 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Self | 1996-08-21 |
| Movie | Last Man Standing | John Smith | 1996-09-20 |
| Series | The Daily Show | Self | 1996-07-22 |
| Series | Bruno the Kid | Bruno the Kid (voice) | 1996-09-23 |
| Movie | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | Muddy Grimes (voice) | 1996-12-20 |
| Movie | The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys' | Self | 1996-11-05 |
| Movie | A Night to Die For | Self | 1995-05-18 |
| Movie | Die Hard: With a Vengeance | John McClane | 1995-05-19 |
| Movie | Twelve Monkeys | James Cole | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | Four Rooms | Leo | 1995-12-09 |
| Movie | North | Narrator (voice) | 1994-07-22 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | 1994-08-14 |
| Series | Friends | Paul Stevens | 1994-09-22 |
| Movie | Nobody's Fool | Carl Roebuck | 1994-12-23 |
| Movie | Color of Night | Capa | 1994-08-19 |
| Movie | Pulp Fiction | Butch Coolidge | 1994-09-10 |
| Movie | Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary | Self | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | John McClane (uncredited) | 1993-02-04 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
| Series | Late Show with David Letterman | Self | 1993-08-30 |
| Movie | Striking Distance | Det. Tom Hardy | 1993-09-17 |
| Movie | The Player | Bruce Willis | 1992-05-08 |
| Series | HBO First Look | Self | 1992-06-12 |
| Series | Mad About You | Bruce Willis | 1992-09-23 |
| Movie | Death Becomes Her | Dr. Ernest Menville | 1992-07-30 |
| Movie | Mortal Thoughts | James Urbanski | 1991-04-19 |
| Movie | The Last Boy Scout | Joe Hallenbeck | 1991-12-13 |
| Movie | Hudson Hawk | Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins | 1991-05-23 |
| Movie | Billy Bathgate | Bo Weinberg | 1991-11-01 |
| Movie | Die Hard 2 | John McClane | 1990-07-03 |
| Movie | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Peter Fallow | 1990-12-21 |
| Movie | Seriously... Phil Collins | Self | 1990-09-08 |
| Movie | Look Who's Talking Too | Mikey (voice) | 1990-12-14 |
| Movie | That's Adequate | Self | 1989-01-20 |
| Movie | Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Self | 1989-09-24 |
| Movie | Look Who's Talking | Mikey (voice) | 1989-10-12 |
| Movie | In Country | Emmett Smith | 1989-09-15 |
| Movie | Die Hard | Self | 1988-07-15 |
| Movie | Sunset | Tom Mix | 1988-04-29 |
| Movie | The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite | Self | 1987-01-23 |
| Movie | The Return of Bruno | Bruno Radolini | 1987-02-07 |
| Movie | Blind Date | Walter Davis | 1987-03-27 |
| Series | Dolly | Self | 1987-09-27 |
| Movie | Barbra Streisand: One Voice | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) | 1986-12-27 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Peter Novins (segment "Shatterday") | 1985-09-27 |
| Series | Moonlighting | David Addison | 1985-03-03 |
| Movie | Moonlighting: Pilot | David Addison Jr. | 1985-03-03 |
| Series | Miami Vice | Tony Amato | 1984-09-16 |
| Series | Goldene Kamera Verleihung | Self | 1984-02-03 |
| Movie | The Verdict | Courtroom Observer (uncredited) | 1982-12-08 |
| Movie | Prince of the City | Extra (uncredited) | 1981-08-19 |
| Movie | The First Deadly Sin | Man Entering Diner as Delaney Leaves | 1980-10-03 |
| Movie | A Guru Comes | Extra (uncredited) | 1980-12-08 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1975-10-11 |
| Series | The Emmy Awards | Self | 1949-01-25 |