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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 19, 1955
Place of Birth
Idar-Oberstein, West Germany [now Germany]
Also Known As
- Walter Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis
5.8 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
8.5
Self (archive footage)
Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special
2025
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Gorillaz: House of Kong
2025
7.2
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sly
2023
5.6
Self (archive footage)
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
2023
5.2
Valmora
Assassin
2023
5.3
Det. James Knight
Detective Knight: Independence
2023
5.4
Det. James Knight
Detective Knight: Redemption
2022
5.5
Ian Swan
Paradise City
2022
6.0
Det. James Knight
Detective Knight: Rogue
2022
6.2
Shane Mueller
Wire Room
2022
Credits
Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special
as Self (archive footage)
2025
8.5
Gorillaz: House of Kong
as Self (archive footage)
2025
0.0
Sly
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
7.2
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
as Self (archive footage)
2023
5.6
Assassin
as Valmora
2023
5.2
Detective Knight: Independence
as Det. James Knight
2023
5.3
Detective Knight: Redemption
as Det. James Knight
2022
5.4
Paradise City
as Ian Swan
2022
5.5
Detective Knight: Rogue
as Det. James Knight
2022
6.0
Wire Room
as Shane Mueller
2022
6.2
Wrong Place
as Frank
2022
4.3
White Elephant
as Arnold Soloman
2022
5.8
Vendetta
as Donnie Fetter
2022
6.0
Corrective Measures
as Julius 'The Lobe' Loeb
2022
5.0
Fortress: Sniper's Eye
as Robert
2022
5.2
A Day to Die
as Alston
2022
5.7
Gasoline Alley
as Detective Freeman
2022
5.0
American Siege
as Ben Watts
2022
5.4
Fortress
as Robert
2021
5.7
Deadlock
as Ron Whitlock
2021
5.3
Apex
as Thomas Malone
2021
5.1
Survive the Game
as David
2021
5.3
Midnight in the Switchgrass
as Karl Helter
2021
5.8
Out of Death
as Jack Harris
2021
5.4
Cosmic Sin
as James Ford
2021
4.0
🎬
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
2021
5.0
Breach
as Clay Young
2020
4.2
Bruce Willis, l'indestructible
2020
8.2
🎬
The 52nd Annual Emmy Awards
as Self - Presenter
2020
0.0
Hard Kill
as Chalmers
2020
5.0
Survive the Night
as Frank
2020
4.8
Trauma Center
as Lt. Det. Wakes
2019
5.5
The Movies That Made Us
as Det. John McClane (archive footage)
2019
7.2
Motherless Brooklyn
as Frank Minna
2019
6.7
10 Minutes Gone
as Rex
2019
5.2
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
as Bruce Willis (archive footage)
2019
5.9
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
as Bruce Willis (voice)
2019
6.7
Glass
as David Dunn / The Overseer
2019
6.7
Air Strike
as Jack
2018
5.1
Reprisal
as James
2018
5.2
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
as Self
2018
6.6
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
as Self
2018
6.8
Death Wish
as Paul Kersey
2018
6.2
Acts of Violence
as Detective James Avery
2018
5.6
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
as Self - Audience Member
2017
7.8
The Orville
as Groogen (voice)
2017
7.6
First Kill
as Howell
2017
5.7
Once Upon a Time in Venice
as Steve
2017
5.2
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017
7.3
Split
as David Dunn (uncredited)
2017
7.3
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
as Self
2016
8.0
Precious Cargo
as Eddie
2016
5.1
Marauders
as Hubert
2016
5.8
Extraction
as Leonard Turner
2015
4.5
Rock the Kasbah
as Bombay Brian
2015
5.4
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
as Self / Cap Sharp
2015
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Vice
as Julian
2015
4.4
The Prince
as Omar
2014
4.9
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
as Hartigan
2014
6.4
Altman
as Self
2014
6.6
RED 2
as Frank Moses
2013
6.5
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
as Joe Colton
2013
5.7
Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies
as Narrator (voice) / Self
2013
5.9
A Good Day to Die Hard
as John McClane
2013
5.3
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
as Self
2012
6.9
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
2012
9.5
Looper
as Old Joe
2012
6.9
Fire with Fire
as Mike Cella
2012
5.7
The Expendables 2
as Church
2012
6.3
Lay the Favorite
as Dink Heimowitz
2012
5.2
Moonrise Kingdom
as Captain Sharp
2012
7.7
The Cold Light of Day
as Martin
2012
5.4
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2012
7.6
Catch.44
as Mel
2011
5.1
Gorillaz - Single Collection 2001-2011
2011
0.0
Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts
as Self
2011
6.8
Setup
as Biggs
2011
4.9
The Black Mamba
as Mister Suave
2011
6.4
His Way
as Self
2011
6.4
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
as Self
2010
8.0
RED
as Frank Moses
2010
6.7
I'm Still Here
as Self - Guest
2010
6.0
The Expendables
as Mr. Church (uncredited)
2010
6.2
Cop Out
as Jimmy Monroe
2010
5.5
Surrogates
as Tom Greer
2009
6.1
What Just Happened
as Self
2008
5.4
Shine a Light
as Self - Concert Audience (uncredited)
2008
6.9
Assassination of a High School President
as Principal Kirkpatrick
2008
5.7
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
as Self
2008
7.5
Live Free or Die Hard
as John McClane
2007
6.6
Nancy Drew
as Bruce (uncredited)
2007
6.1
Perfect Stranger
as Harrison Hill
2007
5.8
Planet Terror
as Lieutenant Muldoon
2007
6.7
Grindhouse
as Muldoon (segment "Planet Terror")
2007
7.0
The Astronaut Farmer
as Doug Masterson (uncredited)
2007
6.2
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
as Self - Speaker
2006
7.7
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
as Narrator (voice)
2006
8.0
Fast Food Nation
as Harry Rydell
2006
6.1
Hammy's Boomerang Adventure
as RJ (voice)
2006
6.1
Over the Hedge
as RJ (voice)
2006
6.6
The Hip Hop Project
as Self
2006
8.5
16 Blocks
as Jack Mosley
2006
6.4
Lucky Number Slevin
as Mr. Goodkat
2006
7.5
Alpha Dog
as Sonny Truelove
2006
6.6
The Reichen Show
as Self - Guest
2005
4.8
My Date with Drew
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
5.9
Sin City
as Hartigan
2005
7.5
Hostage
as Jeff Talley
2005
6.3
Ocean's Twelve
as Bruce Willis
2004
6.6
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
as Self
2004
7.3
Grand Champion
as Mr. Blandford
2004
6.0
The Whole Ten Yards
as Jimmy Tudeski
2004
5.7
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
as William Rose Bailey (uncredited)
2003
5.5
Rugrats Go Wild
as Spike (voice)
2003
6.3
Tears of the Sun
as Lieutenant A.K. Waters
2003
6.9
Top Gear
as Self
2002
7.5
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
as Self (archive footage)
2002
2.0
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
as Self - Interviewee (uncredited)
2002
5.7
True West
as Lee
2002
7.4
Hart's War
as Col. William A. McNamara
2002
6.4
Bandits
as Joseph Blake
2001
6.3
Unbreakable
as David Dunn
2000
7.1
The Kid
as Russ Duritz
2000
6.7
The Whole Nine Yards
as Jimmy 'Tulipán' Tudeski
2000
6.5
The Early Show
as Self - Guest
1999
6.2
The Story of Us
as Ben Jordan
1999
6.1
The Sixth Sense
as Malcolm Crowe
1999
7.9
Where Are They Now?
as Self
1999
7.5
Breakfast of Champions
as Dwayne Hoover
1999
5.0
The Siege
as Major-General William Devereaux
1998
6.3
That '70s Show
as Vic
1998
7.9
Armageddon
as Harry S. Stamper
1998
6.8
Mercury Rising
as Art Jeffries
1998
6.3
🎬
The Entertainment Biz
as Self
1998
0.0
Armageddon: Target Earth
as Self
1998
0.0
The Jackal
as The Jackal
1997
6.4
Ally McBeal
as Dr. Nickle (uncredited)
1997
6.6
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
The Fifth Element
as Korben Dallas
1997
7.6
Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie
as Bruno the Kid (voice) (archive footage)
1997
6.0
Taff
as self
1997
3.2
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
as Muddy (voice)
1996
6.7
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'
as Self
1996
6.9
Bruno the Kid
as Bruno the Kid (voice)
1996
6.0
Last Man Standing
as John Smith
1996
6.4
E! True Hollywood Story
as Self
1996
8.1
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Twelve Monkeys
as James Cole
1995
7.6
Four Rooms
as Leo
1995
5.9
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
as John McClane
1995
7.3
A Night to Die For
as Self
1995
0.0
Nobody's Fool
as Carl Roebuck
1994
6.8
Friends
as Paul Stevens
1994
8.4
Pulp Fiction
as Butch Coolidge
1994
8.5
Color of Night
as Capa
1994
5.7
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
7.5
North
as Narrator (voice)
1994
5.0
Striking Distance
as Det. Tom Hardy
1993
5.8
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self
1993
6.4
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
as John McClane (uncredited)
1993
6.0
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
as Self
1993
0.0
Mad About You
as Bruce Willis
1992
6.7
Death Becomes Her
as Dr. Ernest Menville
1992
6.8
HBO First Look
1992
4.9
HBO First Look
as Self
1992
4.9
The Player
as Bruce Willis
1992
7.2
The Last Boy Scout
as Joe Hallenbeck
1991
6.8
Billy Bathgate
as Bo Weinberg
1991
5.7
Hudson Hawk
as Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins
1991
5.7
Mortal Thoughts
as James Urbanski
1991
5.6
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Peter Fallow
1990
5.6
Look Who's Talking Too
as Mikey (voice)
1990
5.5
Seriously... Phil Collins
as Self
1990
8.0
Die Hard 2
as John McClane
1990
7.0
Look Who's Talking
as Mikey (voice)
1989
6.3
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self
1989
7.6
In Country
as Emmett Smith
1989
5.6
That's Adequate
as Self
1989
3.2
Die Hard
as John McClane
1988
7.8
Sunset
as Tom Mix
1988
5.7
Dolly
as Self
1987
0.0
Blind Date
as Walter Davis
1987
6.0
The Return of Bruno
as Bruno Radolini
1987
6.5
🎬
The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite
as Self
1987
6.5
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1986
7.6
The Twilight Zone
as Peter Novins (segment "Shatterday")
1985
7.8
Moonlighting
as David Addison
1985
7.5
Miami Vice
as Tony Amato
1984
7.5
🎬
Goldene Kamera
as Self
1984
5.7
The Verdict
as Courtroom Observer (uncredited)
1982
7.4
Prince of the City
as Extra (uncredited)
1981
7.0
A Guru Comes
as Extra (uncredited)
1980
0.0
The First Deadly Sin
as Man Entering Diner as Delaney Leaves
1980
5.7
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1949
7.9
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
1944
7.2