Bruce Willis
20 FOLLOWERS • 110 CREDITS • MAR 19, 1955 • 70
Biography
Walter Bruce Willis 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.
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E! True Hollywood Story
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Saturday Night Live
The Early Show
Ally McBeal
Top Gear
The Orville
The Movies That Made Us
The Daily Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Friends
Miami Vice
HBO First Look
Family Guy
Mad About You
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Late Show with David Letterman
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
The Emmy Awards
That '70s Show
The Twilight Zone
Ocean's Twelve
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
The Expendables
Split
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Rugrats Go Wild
Jackie Chan: My Story
Shine a Light
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Four Rooms
The Expendables 2
Planet Terror
Look Who's Talking Too
Look Who's Talking
Vendetta
Corrective Measures
Vice
Pulp Fiction
Assassin
The Siege
Moonrise Kingdom
Setup
Glass
Blind Date
Nobody's Fool
Fortress
Out of Death
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
A Day to Die
Survive the Night
Wire Room
The Whole Nine Yards
Fire with Fire
Fortress: Sniper's Eye
Midnight in the Switchgrass
Alpha Dog
Death Becomes Her
Motherless Brooklyn
Breach
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
White Elephant
Gasoline Alley
Paradise City
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Looper
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Cop Out
Death Wish
RED
Detective Knight: Redemption
Marauders
The Fifth Element
The Last Boy Scout
The Kid
RED 2
Armageddon
Hudson Hawk
A Good Day to Die Hard
Detective Knight: Rogue
Acts of Violence
Precious Cargo
Detective Knight: Independence
The Whole Ten Yards
Over the Hedge
The Sixth Sense
Hard Kill
The Prince
Striking Distance
Live Free or Die Hard
Surrogates
Sin City
Unbreakable
Twelve Monkeys
Cosmic Sin
American Siege
First Kill
The Jackal
Tears of the Sun
Catch.44
Die Hard
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Die Hard 2
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