Bruce Willis
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.
Filmography (98)
Detective Knight: Independence
Assassin
Fortress: Sniper's Eye
Detective Knight: Rogue
Detective Knight: Redemption
Paradise City
A Day to Die
Wire Room
White Elephant
Vendetta
Fortress
Apex
Cosmic Sin
Glass
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Motherless Brooklyn
Trauma Center
Death Wish
Acts of Violence
Air Strike
Reprisal
Split
Precious Cargo
Marauders
Vice
Extraction
Rock the Kasbah
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
The Prince
A Good Day to Die Hard
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
RED 2
The Expendables 2
Moonrise Kingdom
Looper
The Cold Light of Day
Fire with Fire
Lay the Favorite
Catch.44
The Expendables
RED
Cop Out
I'm Still Here
Surrogates
What Just Happened
Live Free or Die Hard
Planet Terror
Perfect Stranger
Nancy Drew
Grindhouse
The Astronaut Farmer
Lucky Number Slevin
Over the Hedge
16 Blocks
Alpha Dog
Sin City
Hostage
Ocean's Twelve
The Whole Ten Yards
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Tears of the Sun
Rugrats Go Wild
Hart's War
Bandits
Unbreakable
The Whole Nine Yards
The Kid
The Sixth Sense
The Story of Us
Armageddon
Mercury Rising
The Siege
The Fifth Element
The Jackal
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Last Man Standing
Four Rooms
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Twelve Monkeys
Pulp Fiction
Color of Night
North
Nobody's Fool
Striking Distance
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
The Player
Death Becomes Her
Hudson Hawk
The Last Boy Scout
Billy Bathgate
Mortal Thoughts
Die Hard 2
Look Who's Talking Too
The Bonfire of the Vanities
In Country
Look Who's Talking
Die Hard
