Bruce Willis
American actor (born 1955) · United States · Actors
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Something wrong?He turned wisecracking vulnerability into an action-star archetype - John McClane in a blood-stained undershirt - then spent three decades proving he could do more than survive explosions, before a flood of direct-to-video work and a dementia diagnosis ended the run in 2022.
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GlassFilm, David Dunn / The Overseer2017
The OrvilleSeries, Groogen (voice)
SplitFilm, 2017David Dunn (uncredited)2016Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward2014“Paradigms, especially old ones, die harder than Bruce Willis.”In their wordsJames Adovasio, quoted in In Quest of the Dates of the Vedas, 2014, by Premendra Priyadarshi.2013Commandeur des Arts et des LettresAward
A Good Day to Die HardFilm, 2013John McClane2011New Jersey Hall of FameAward2010
ConanSeries
REDFilm, 2010Frank Moses2007
Live Free or Die HardFilm, John McClane2005“This is the same fight the US fought 60 years ago”In their words14 November 2005Referring to the War on Terror. On Rita Cosby’s Sunday MSNBC program, November 14, 2005.“The terrorists today are much the same as those we fought in WW II.”In their words14 November 2005On Rita Cosby’s Sunday MSNBC program, November 14, 2005.Officer of Arts and LettersAward
Sin CityFilm, 2005Hartigan2003“This is the war on terrorism; it's worth fighting for.”In their words25 September 2003Bruce Willis during a visit to the 101st Airborne Division in northern Iraq, September 25, 2003.“I wanted to sign up and fight with you guys, but they told me I was too old.”In their words25 September 2003Bruce Willis during a visit to the 101st Airborne Division in northern Iraq, September 25, 2003.“If you catch him, just give me four seconds with Saddam Hussein.”In their words25 September 2003Bruce Willis during a visit to the 101st Airborne Division in northern Iraq, September 25, 2003.
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series, 2003
Charlie's Angels: Full ThrottleFilm, 2003William Rose Bailey (uncredited)2002
Hart's WarFilm, Col. William A. McNamara2000Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy SeriesAward1999
The Sixth SenseFilm, Malcolm Crowe1998
That '70s ShowSeries, Vic1997
The Fifth ElementFilm, Korben Dallas1996
The Daily ShowSeries1994
FriendsSeries, Paul Stevens
Pulp FictionFilm, 1994Butch Coolidge1992Golden Raspberry Award for Worst ScreenplayAward
Mad About YouSeries, 1992Bruce Willis
Death Becomes HerFilm, 1992Dr. Ernest Menville1990
Die Hard 2Film, John McClane1988
Die HardFilm, John McClane1987Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Television Series Musical or ComedyAwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesAward1984Goldene KameraSeries1975
Saturday Night LiveSeries1955Born19 March 1955Also in Deutsch
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Willis at the 61st Academy Awards in 1989
Willis in 2002 after being named Hasty Pudding Theatrical's Man of the Year
Willis in June 2007 in the premiere of Live Free or Die Hard
Willis in 2010 with The Expendables co-star Sylvester Stallone
Willis in June 2006
Willis meeting Brigadier General Albert Bryant Jr. and deployed soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division, in Tikrit, Iraq, during his USO tour in September 2003
Willis's star on the Hollywood Walk of FameIn their own words 9
, Paradigms, especially old ones, die harder than Bruce Willis.
This is the same fight the US fought 60 years ago
The terrorists today are much the same as those we fought in WW II.
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TPThe Lego Movie 2: The Second PartGLGlass
DWDeath WishSPSplit
SFSin City: A Dame to Kill For
GRG.I. Joe: RetaliationAHA Good Day to Die Hard
RERED 2
TEThe Expendables 2
LOLooper
MKMoonrise Kingdom
TEThe ExpendablesRERED
SUSurrogatesLHLive Free or Die Hard
PTPlanet Terror
OHOver the Hedge
LSLucky Number SlevinSCSin City
OTOcean's Twelve
TSTears of the SunCTCharlie's Angels: Full ThrottleHWHart's War
UNUnbreakable
TYThe Whole Nine YardsTSThe Sixth Sense
ARArmageddon
MRMercury RisingTEThe Fifth Element
TJThe Jackal
TMTwelve Monkeys
DVDie Hard: With a Vengeance
FRFour RoomsPFPulp Fiction
SDStriking DistanceDHDeath Becomes Her
TSThe Last Boy ScoutDHDie Hard 2
LTLook Who's TalkingDHDie Hard220 credits on file
Television 24
TOThe Orville
TCThe Late Show with Stephen ColbertCOConanJLJimmy Kimmel Live!
TSThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
TGTop GearTSThat '70s Show
TVThe View
TATaff
AMAlly McBealTSThe Daily ShowFRFriends
LLLate Show with David Letterman
LBLate Night with Conan O'BrienMYMad About You
MOMoonlighting
TZThe Twilight Zone
MVMiami Vice
LLLate Night with David LettermanSLSaturday Night Live
GAGolden Globe AwardsAwards
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Born March 19, 1955, Willis broke through on the comedy-drama Moonlighting from 1985 to 1989, then became an unlikely action anchor with Die Hard in 1988 and its four sequels through 2013. Over a hundred films followed: Pulp Fiction in 1994, 12 Monkeys in 1995, The Fifth Element in 1997, The Sixth Sense in 1999, Unbreakable and The Whole Nine Yards both in 2000, then Sin City, Red, Looper, and Glass across the next two decades. His late-career years saw a cascade of low-budget direct-to-video releases, poorly received, before he retired in 2022 with aphasia and received a frontotemporal dementia diagnosis in 2023. He released two albums as a singer in the late eighties, made his Broadway debut in Misery in 2015, won a Golden Globe and two Emmys, and by 2010 was the eighth-highest-grossing leading actor in North America.
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