Bruce Willis
Acting
🎂 1955-03-19
Walter Bruce Willis 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.
Cast credits(195)
Self
1993
Self
1996
Self
1997
Vic
1998
Self - Guest
1993
Paul Stevens
1994
1992
Self
1992
Self - Guest
2005
Self
2003
Narrator (voice)
2006
Self
2002
Groogen (voice)
2017
Tony Amato
1984
Bruce Willis
1992
Peter Novins (segment "Shatterday")
1985
David Addison
1985
Self - Host
1975
Self
1999
Det. John McClane (archive footage)
2019
Self
1949
Butch Coolidge
1994
Self
2008
Bruno the Kid (voice)
1996
self
1997
Self
1987
Dr. Nickle (uncredited)
1997
Self - Guest
1999
Korben Dallas
1997
Malcolm Crowe
1999
Self
1984
Self
2018
David Dunn (uncredited)
2017
Mr. Church (uncredited)
2010
John McClane
1988
Joe Colton
2013
Harry S. Stamper
1998
Self
1996
David Dunn
2000
John McClane
1995
John McClane
1990
David Dunn / The Overseer
2019
Frank Moses
2010
Bruce Willis
2004
Church
2012
John McClane
2007
James Cole
1995
Hartigan
2014
Frank Moses
2013
RJ (voice)
2006
Lieutenant A.K. Waters
2003
John McClane
2013
Det. John Hartigan
2005
Julius 'The Lobe' Loeb
2022
Dr. Ernest Menville
1992
William Rose Bailey (uncredited)
2003
The Jackal
1997
Capa
1994
Lieutenant Muldoon
2007
Self
1994
Ian Swan
2022
Joe Hallenbeck
1991
Old Joe
2012
Tom Greer
2009
Bruce Willis (voice)
2019
Dwayne Hoover
1999
Paul Kersey
2018
Captain Sharp
2012
Courtroom Observer (uncredited)
1982
Mr. Goodkat
2006
Det. James Knight
2022
Thomas Malone
2021
Bruce Willis
1992
Jimmy 'Tulipán' Tudeski
2000
Shane Mueller
2022
Major-General William Devereaux
1998
Jimmy Monroe
2010
Robert
2021
Det. James Knight
2023
Valmora
2023
Mikey (voice)
1989
Karl Helter
2021
Jimmy Tudeski
2004
Donnie Fetter
2022
Mikey (voice)
1990
Sonny Truelove
2006
Arnold Soloman
2022
Muldoon (segment "Planet Terror")
2007
Detective Freeman
2022
Alston
2022
Joseph Blake
2001
Det. James Knight
2022
Leo
1995
Jeff Talley
2005
Mike Cella
2012
Harrison Hill
2007
Robert
2022
Russ Duritz
2000
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Martin
2012
Julian
2015
Col. William A. McNamara
2002
John Smith
1996
Leonard Turner
2015
Ben Watts
2022
Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins
1991
Bruce (uncredited)
2007
Eddie
2016
Omar
2014
Frank Minna
2019
Mel
2011
Narrator (voice)
1994
Steve
2017
Self
2008
Bo Weinberg
1991
John McClane (uncredited)
1993
Jack Mosley
2006
Muddy Grimes (voice)
1996
Hubert
2016
David
2021
Walter Davis
1987
Clay Young
2020
Art Jeffries
1998
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
Carl Roebuck
1994
James Ford
2021
Bruce Willis (archive footage)
2019
Biggs
2011
Harry Rydell
2006
Self (archive footage)
2019
Detective James Avery
2018
Self
2016
Self - Guest
2010
Spike (voice)
2003
Lt. Det. Wakes
2019
Det. Tom Hardy
1993
Jack Harris
2021
Peter Fallow
1990
Tom Mix
1988
Ron Whitlock
2021
Frank
2022
Dink Heimowitz
2012
Rex
2019
James
2018
Frank
2020
Chalmers
2020
Doug Masterson (uncredited)
2007
Extra (uncredited)
1981
Bombay Brian
2015
Ben Jordan
1999
James Urbanski
1991
Emmett Smith
1989
Howell
2017
Jack
2018
(archive footage)
2012
Principal Kirkpatrick
2008
Self - Concert Audience (uncredited)
2008
Man Entering Diner as Delaney Leaves
1980
Self (archive footage)
2023
RJ (voice)
2006
Self
2014
Self
2018
Self
2011
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2021
Bruno Radolini
1987
Self - Speaker
2006
Narrator (voice) / Self
2013
Self (archive footage)
2012
Self
2004
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017
Self
1989
Self
2010
Mister Suave
2011
Self
2012
Butch Coolidge (archive footage)
2006
Self
1989
Self - Interviewee (uncredited)
2002
Self / Cap Sharp
2015
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
Self
1998
Self
2011
Self
2006
Self
1990
Self
1995
Lee
2002
Mr. Blandford
2004
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1986
2020
Self
1996
Self (archive footage)
2002
Bruno the Kid (voice) (archive footage)
1997
Self
1998
Extra (uncredited)
1980
Self
1987
