Bruce Willis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 19, 1955 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Idar-Oberstein, West Germany [now Germany]
- Credits
- 204
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.
Known for
Filmography
Bruce Willis : les secrets d'une icône
2025Movie
Self (archive footage)
Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special
2025Movie
Self (archive footage)
Sly
2023Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
Assassin
2023Movie
Valmora
Detective Knight: Independence
2023Movie
Det. James Knight
Detective Knight: Redemption
2022Movie
Det. James Knight
Paradise City
2022Movie
Ian Swan
Detective Knight: Rogue
2022Movie
Det. James Knight
Wire Room
2022Movie
Shane Mueller
Wrong Place
2022Movie
Frank
White Elephant
2022Movie
Arnold Soloman
Vendetta
2022Movie
Donnie Fetter
Corrective Measures
2022Movie
Julius 'The Lobe' Loeb
Fortress: Sniper's Eye
2022Movie
Robert
A Day to Die
2022Movie
Alston
Gasoline Alley
2022Movie
Detective Freeman
American Siege
2022Movie
Ben Watts
Fortress
2021Movie
Robert
Deadlock
2021Movie
Ron Whitlock
Apex
2021Movie
Thomas Malone
Survive the Game
2021Movie
David
Midnight in the Switchgrass
2021Movie
Karl Helter
Out of Death
2021Movie
Jack Harris
Cosmic Sin
2021Movie
James Ford
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021Movie
Self (archive footage)
Breach
2020Movie
Clay Young
Bruce Willis, l'indestructible
2020Movie
Hard Kill
2020Movie
Chalmers
Survive the Night
2020Movie
Frank
Trauma Center
2019Movie
Lt. Det. Wakes
The Movies That Made Us
2019TV
Det. John McClane (archive footage)
Motherless Brooklyn
2019Movie
Frank Minna
10 Minutes Gone
2019Movie
Rex
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
2019Movie
Bruce Willis (archive footage)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019Movie
Bruce Willis (voice)
Glass
2019Movie
David Dunn / The Overseer
Air Strike
2018Movie
Jack
Reprisal
2018Movie
James
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
2018Movie
Self
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018TV
Self
Death Wish
2018Movie
Paul Kersey
Acts of Violence
2018Movie
Detective James Avery
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
2017Movie
Self - Audience Member
The Orville
2017TV
Groogen (voice)
First Kill
2017Movie
Howell
Once Upon a Time in Venice
2017Movie
Steve
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017Movie
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Split
2017Movie
David Dunn (uncredited)
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
2016Movie
Self
Precious Cargo
2016Movie
Eddie
Marauders
2016Movie
Hubert
Extraction
2015Movie
Leonard Turner
Rock the Kasbah
2015Movie
Bombay Brian
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
2015Movie
Self / Cap Sharp
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self - Guest
Vice
2015Movie
Julian
The Prince
2014Movie
Omar
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014Movie
Hartigan
Altman
2014Movie
Self
RED 2
2013Movie
Frank Moses
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
2013Movie
Joe Colton
Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies
2013Movie
Narrator (voice) / Self
A Good Day to Die Hard
2013Movie
John McClane
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
2012Movie
Self
Close Up
2012Movie
Self (archive footage)
Looper
2012Movie
Old Joe
Fire with Fire
2012Movie
Mike Cella
The Expendables 2
2012Movie
Church
Lay the Favorite
2012Movie
Dink Heimowitz
Moonrise Kingdom
2012Movie
Captain Sharp
The Cold Light of Day
2012Movie
Martin
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012Movie
(archive footage)
Catch.44
2011Movie
Mel
Gorillaz - Single Collection 2001-2011
2011Movie
Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts
2011Movie
Self
Setup
2011Movie
Biggs
His Way
2011Movie
Self
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
2010Movie
Self
Conan
2010TV
Self - Guest
RED
2010Movie
Frank Moses
I'm Still Here
2010Movie
Self - Guest
The Expendables
2010Movie
Mr. Church (uncredited)
Cop Out
2010Movie
Jimmy Monroe
Surrogates
2009Movie
Tom Greer
What Just Happened
2008Movie
Bruce Willis
Shine a Light
2008Movie
Self - Concert Audience (uncredited)
Assassination of a High School President
2008Movie
Principal Jared T. Kirkpatrick
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
2008TV
Self
Live Free or Die Hard
2007Movie
John McClane
Nancy Drew
2007Movie
Bruce (uncredited)
Perfect Stranger
2007Movie
Harrison Hill
Planet Terror
2007Movie
Lieutenant Muldoon
Grindhouse
2007Movie
Muldoon (segment "Planet Terror")
The Astronaut Farmer
2007Movie
Doug Masterson (uncredited)
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
2006Movie
Self - Speaker
Fast Food Nation
2006Movie
Harry Rydell
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006TV
Narrator (voice)
Hammy's Boomerang Adventure
2006Movie
RJ (voice)
Over the Hedge
2006Movie
RJ (voice)
The Hip Hop Project
2006Movie
Self
16 Blocks
2006Movie
Jack Mosley
Lucky Number Slevin
2006Movie
Mr. Goodkat
Alpha Dog
2006Movie
Sonny Truelove
The Reichen Show
2005TV
Self - Guest
My Date with Drew
2005Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sin City
2005Movie
Hartigan
Hostage
2005Movie
Jeff Talley
Ocean's Twelve
2004Movie
Bruce Willis
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
2004Movie
Self
Parkinson
2004TV
Self - Guest
Grand Champion
2004Movie
Mr. Blandford
The Whole Ten Yards
2004Movie
Jimmy Tudeski
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2003Movie
William Rose Bailey (uncredited)
Rugrats Go Wild
2003Movie
Spike (voice)
Journey to Safety: Making 'Tears of the Sun'
2003Movie
Self
Tears of the Sun
2003Movie
Lieutenant A.K. Waters
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self - Guest
Top Gear
2002TV
Self
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
2002Movie
Self (archive footage)
Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages
2002Movie
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
2002Movie
Self - Interviewee (uncredited)
True West
2002Movie
Lee
Heart of the Festival
2002Movie
Self (archive footage)
Hart's War
2002Movie
Col. William A. McNamara
Bandits
2001Movie
Joseph Blake
Unbreakable
2000Movie
David Dunn
The Kid
2000Movie
Russ Duritz
The Whole Nine Yards
2000Movie
Jimmy 'Tulipán' Tudeski
The Early Show
1999TV
Self - Guest
The Story of Us
1999Movie
Ben Jordan
The Sixth Sense
1999Movie
Malcolm Crowe
Where Are They Now?
1999TV
Self
Breakfast of Champions
1999Movie
Dwayne Hoover
The Siege
1998Movie
Major-General William Devereaux
That '70s Show
1998TV
Vic
Armageddon
1998Movie
Harry S. Stamper
Mercury Rising
1998Movie
Art Jeffries
The Entertainment Biz
1998TV
Self
Armageddon: Target Earth
1998Movie
Self
The Jackal
1997Movie
The Jackal
Ally McBeal
1997TV
Dr. Nickle (uncredited)
The View
1997TV
Self
The Fifth Element
1997Movie
Korben Dallas
Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie
1997Movie
Bruno the Kid (voice) (archive footage)
Taff
1997TV
self
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996Movie
Muddy (voice)
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'
1996Movie
Self
Bruno the Kid
1996TV
Bruno the Kid (voice)
Last Man Standing
1996Movie
John Smith
E! True Hollywood Story
1996TV
Self
The Daily Show
1996TV
Self - Guest
Twelve Monkeys
1995Movie
James Cole
Four Rooms
1995Movie
Leo (uncredited)
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995Movie
John McClane
A Night to Die For
1995Movie
Self
Nobody's Fool
1994Movie
Carl Roebuck
Friends
1994TV
Paul Stevens
Pulp Fiction
1994Movie
Butch Coolidge
Color of Night
1994Movie
Dr. Bill Capa
Inside the Actors Studio
1994TV
Self
North
1994Movie
Benevolent advisors / Narrator voice
Striking Distance
1993Movie
Tom Hardy
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993TV
Self, Self - Guest, Self - Top Ten Presenter
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993Movie
John McClane (uncredited)
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
1993Movie
Self
Mad About You
1992TV
Bruce Willis
Death Becomes Her
1992Movie
Dr. Ernest Menville
HBO First Look
1992TV
Self
The Player
1992Movie
Bruce Willis
The Last Boy Scout
1991Movie
Joe Hallenbeck
Billy Bathgate
1991Movie
Bo Weinberg
Hudson Hawk
1991Movie
Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins
Mortal Thoughts
1991Movie
James Urbanski
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990Movie
Peter Fallow
Look Who's Talking Too
1990Movie
Mikey (voice)
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990Movie
Self
Die Hard 2
1990Movie
John McClane
Look Who's Talking
1989Movie
Mikey (voice)
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989Movie
Self
In Country
1989Movie
Emmett Smith
That's Adequate
1989Movie
Self
Die Hard
1988Movie
John McClane
Sunset
1988Movie
Tom Mix
Dolly
1987TV
Self
Blind Date
1987Movie
Walter Davis
The Return of Bruno
1987Movie
Bruno Radolini
The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite
1987Movie
Self
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986Movie
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
1985TV
Peter Novins (segment "Shatterday")
Moonlighting
1985TV
David Addison
Miami Vice
1984TV
Tony Amato
Goldene Kamera
1984TV
Self
The Verdict
1982Movie
Courtroom Observer (uncredited)
Late Night with David Letterman
1982TV
Self - Guest
Prince of the City
1981Movie
Extra (uncredited)
A Guru Comes
1980Movie
Extra (uncredited)
The First Deadly Sin
1980Movie
Man Entering Diner as Delaney Leaves (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host, Self (uncredited)
Film '72
1971TV
Self
The Emmy Awards
1949TV
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self