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. 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 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
Credits
- 2023 · Sly as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2023 · MORT THEORY 2: The Many Mysteries of Dreamworks as RJ
- 2023 · The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Assassin as Valmora
- 2023 · Detective Knight: Independence as Det. James Knight
- 2022 · Detective Knight: Redemption as Det. James Knight
- 2022 · Paradise City as Ian Swan
- 2022 · Detective Knight: Rogue as Det. James Knight
- 2022 · Wire Room as Shane Mueller
- 2022 · Wrong Place as Frank
- 2022 · White Elephant as Arnold Soloman
- 2022 · Vendetta as Donnie Fetter
- 2022 · Corrective Measures as Julius 'The Lobe' Loeb
- 2022 · Fortress: Sniper's Eye as Robert
- 2022 · A Day to Die as Alston
- 2022 · Gasoline Alley as Detective Freeman
- 2022 · American Siege as Ben Watts
- 2021 · Fortress as Robert
- 2021 · Deadlock as Ron Whitlock
- 2021 · Apex as Thomas Malone
- 2021 · Survive the Game as David
- 2021 · Midnight in the Switchgrass as Karl Helter
- 2021 · Out of Death as Jack Harris
- 2021 · Cosmic Sin as James Ford
- 2021 · Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Breach as Clay Young
- 2020 · Bruce Willis, l'indestructible as
- 2020 · Hard Kill as Chalmers
- 2020 · Survive the Night as Frank
- 2019 · Trauma Center as Lt. Det. Wakes
- 2019 · The Movies That Made Us as Det. John McClane (archive footage)
- 2019 · Motherless Brooklyn as Frank Minna
- 2019 · QT8: The First Eight as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · 10 Minutes Gone as Rex
- 2019 · Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Bruce Willis (archive footage)
- 2019 · The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part as Bruce Willis (voice)
- 2019 · Glass as David Dunn / The Overseer
- 2018 · Air Strike as Jack
- 2018 · Reprisal as James
- 2018 · Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis as Self
- 2018 · James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction as Self
- 2018 · Death Wish as Paul Kersey
- 2018 · Acts of Violence as Detective James Avery
- 2017 · The Orville as Groogen (voice)
- 2017 · First Kill as Howell
- 2017 · Once Upon a Time in Venice as Steve
- 2017 · John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2017 · Split as David Dunn (uncredited)
- 2016 · Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 as Self
- 2016 · Precious Cargo as Eddie
- 2016 · Marauders as Hubert
- 2015 · Extraction as Leonard Turner
- 2015 · Rock the Kasbah as Bombay Brian
- 2015 · Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' as Self / Cap Sharp
- 2015 · Vice as Julian
- 2014 · The Prince as Omar
- 2014 · Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Hartigan
- 2014 · Altman as Self
- 2013 · RED 2 as Frank Moses
- 2013 · G.I. Joe: Retaliation as Joe Colton
- 2013 · Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies as Narrator (voice) / Self
- 2013 · A Good Day to Die Hard as John McClane
- 2012 · B.B. King: The Life of Riley as Self
- 2012 · Close Up as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Looper as Old Joe
- 2012 · Fire with Fire as Mike Cella
- 2012 · The Expendables 2 as Church
- 2012 · Lay the Favorite as Dink Heimowitz
- 2012 · Moonrise Kingdom as Captain Sharp
- 2012 · The Cold Light of Day as Martin
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2011 · Catch.44 as Mel
- 2011 · Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts as Self
- 2011 · Setup as Biggs
- 2011 · The Black Mamba as Mister Suave
- 2011 · His Way as Self
- 2010 · Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' as Self
- 2010 · RED as Frank Moses
- 2010 · I'm Still Here as Self - Guest
- 2010 · The Expendables as Mr. Church (uncredited)
- 2010 · Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Cop Out as Jimmy Monroe
- 2009 · Surrogates as Tom Greer
- 2008 · What Just Happened as Self
- 2008 · Shine a Light as Self - Concert Audience (uncredited)
- 2008 · Assassination of a High School President as Principal Kirkpatrick
- 2008 · Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis as Self
- 2007 · Live Free or Die Hard as John McClane
- 2007 · Nancy Drew as Bruce (uncredited)
- 2007 · Perfect Stranger as Harrison Hill
- 2007 · Planet Terror as Lieutenant Muldoon
- 2007 · Grindhouse as Muldoon (segment "Planet Terror")
- 2007 · The Astronaut Farmer as Doug Masterson (uncredited)
- 2006 · Tony Bennett: An American Classic as Self - Speaker
- 2006 · America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Fast Food Nation as Harry Rydell
- 2006 · Hammy's Boomerang Adventure as RJ (voice)
- 2006 · Over the Hedge as RJ (voice)
- 2006 · The Hip Hop Project as Self
- 2006 · 16 Blocks as Jack Mosley
- 2006 · Lucky Number Slevin as Mr. Goodkat
- 2006 · Alpha Dog as Sonny Truelove
- 2006 · Tarantino's Mind as Butch Coolidge (archive footage)
- 2005 · The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · My Date with Drew as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2005 · Sin City as Det. John Hartigan
- 2005 · Hostage as Jeff Talley
- 2004 · Ocean's Twelve as Bruce Willis (uncredited)
- 2004 · Genius. A Night for Ray Charles as Self
- 2004 · The Whole Ten Yards as Jimmy Tudeski
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle as William Rose Bailey (uncredited)
- 2003 · Rugrats Go Wild as Spike (voice)
- 2003 · Tears of the Sun as Lieutenant A.K. Waters
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies as Self - Interviewee (uncredited)
- 2002 · True West as Lee
- 2002 · Grand Champion as Mr. Blandford
- 2002 · Hart's War as Col. William A. McNamara
- 2001 · Bandits as Joseph Blake
- 2000 · Unbreakable as David Dunn
- 2000 · The Kid as Russ Duritz
- 2000 · The Whole Nine Yards as Jimmy 'Tulipán' Tudeski
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self - Guest
- 1999 · The Story of Us as Ben Jordan
- 1999 · The Sixth Sense as Malcolm Crowe
- 1999 · Where Are They Now? as Self
- 1999 · Breakfast of Champions as Dwayne Hoover
- 1999 · Family Guy as Officer John McClane (archive footage)
- 1998 · The Siege as Major-General William Devereaux
- 1998 · That '70s Show as Vic
- 1998 · Jackie Chan: My Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1998 · Armageddon as Harry S. Stamper
- 1998 · Mercury Rising as Art Jeffries
- 1997 · The Jackal as The Jackal
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as Dr. Nickle (uncredited)
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The Fifth Element as Korben Dallas
- 1997 · Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie as Bruno the Kid (voice) (archive footage)
- 1997 · Taff as self
- 1996 · Beavis and Butt-Head Do America as Muddy Grimes (voice)
- 1996 · The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys' as Self
- 1996 · Bruno the Kid as Bruno the Kid (voice)
- 1996 · Last Man Standing as John Smith
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1995 · Twelve Monkeys as James Cole
- 1995 · Four Rooms as Leo (uncredited)
- 1995 · Die Hard: With a Vengeance as John McClane
- 1995 · A Night to Die For as Self
- 1994 · Nobody's Fool as Carl Roebuck
- 1994 · Friends as Paul Stevens
- 1994 · Pulp Fiction as Butch Coolidge
- 1994 · Color of Night as Capa
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · North as Narrator (voice)
- 1993 · Striking Distance as Det. Tom Hardy
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Late Show with David Letterman as Self
- 1993 · National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 as John McClane (uncredited)
- 1992 · Mad About You as Bruce Willis
- 1992 · Death Becomes Her as Dr. Ernest Menville
- 1992 · HBO First Look as
- 1992 · HBO First Look as Self
- 1992 · The Player as Bruce Willis
- 1991 · The Last Boy Scout as Joe Hallenbeck
- 1991 · Billy Bathgate as Bo Weinberg
- 1991 · Hudson Hawk as Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins
- 1991 · Mortal Thoughts as James Urbanski
- 1990 · The Bonfire of the Vanities as Peter Fallow
- 1990 · Look Who's Talking Too as Mikey (voice)
- 1990 · Seriously... Phil Collins as Self
- 1990 · Die Hard 2 as John McClane
- 1989 · Look Who's Talking as Mikey (voice)
- 1989 · Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary as Self
- 1989 · In Country as Emmett Smith
- 1989 · That's Adequate as Self
- 1988 · Die Hard as John McClane
- 1988 · Sunset as Tom Mix
- 1987 · Blind Date as Walter Davis
- 1987 · The Return of Bruno as Bruno Radolini
- 1987 · The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite as Self
- 1986 · Barbra Streisand: One Voice as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as Peter Novins
- 1985 · Moonlighting as David Addison
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Tony Amato
- 1982 · The Verdict as Courtroom Observer (uncredited)
- 1981 · Prince of the City as Extra (uncredited)
- 1980 · A Guru Comes as Extra (uncredited)
- 1980 · The First Deadly Sin as Man Entering Diner as Delaney Leaves
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- Future · Duro de Matar as