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Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis

Birthday: 1955-03-19 | Place of Birth: Idar-Oberstein, Germany

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 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
Pulp Fiction: The Making Of

as    Self (archive footage)

2023
Draw My life - Vicente Rojas

as    Cool emoji

2023
Detective Knight: Independence

as    Det. James Knight

2023
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump

as    Self (archive footage)

2023
Assassin

as    Valmora

2022
A Day to Die

as    Alston

2022
White Elephant

as    Arnold Soloman

2022
American Siege

as    Ben Watts

2022
Detective Knight: Rogue

as    Det. James Knight

2022
Detective Knight: Redemption

as    Det. James Knight

2022
Gasoline Alley

as    Detective Freeman

2022
Vendetta

as    Donnie Fetter

2022
Wrong Place

as    Frank

2022
Paradise City

as    Ian Swan

2022
Corrective Measures

as    Julius 'The Lobe' Loeb

2022
Fortress: Sniper's Eye

as    Robert

2022
Wire Room

as    Shane Mueller

2021
Survive the Game

as    David

2021
Out of Death

as    Jack Harris

2021
Cosmic Sin

as    James Ford

2021
Midnight in the Switchgrass

as    Karl Helter

2021
Fortress

as    Robert

2021
Deadlock

as    Ron Whitlock

2021
Apex

as    Thomas Malone

2020
Hard Kill

as    Chalmers

2020
Breach

as    Clay Young

2020
Survive the Night

as    Frank

2019
Glass

as    David Dunn / The Overseer

2019
Motherless Brooklyn

as    Frank Minna