Bruce Willis

Actor

Born March 19, 1955 in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany [now Germany]

Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is a retired American 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).

Filmography

Bruce Willis : les secrets d'une icône

Self (archive footage)

Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special

Self (archive footage)

Sly

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump

Self (archive footage)

Assassin

Valmora

Detective Knight: Independence

Det. James Knight

Detective Knight: Redemption

Det. James Knight

Paradise City

Ian Swan

Detective Knight: Rogue

Det. James Knight

Wire Room

Shane Mueller

Wrong Place

Frank

White Elephant

Arnold Soloman

Vendetta

Donnie Fetter

Corrective Measures

Julius 'The Lobe' Loeb

Fortress: Sniper's Eye

Robert

A Day to Die

Alston

Gasoline Alley

Detective Freeman

American Siege

Ben Watts

Fortress

Robert

Deadlock

Ron Whitlock

Apex

Thomas Malone

Survive the Game

David

Midnight in the Switchgrass

Karl Helter

Out of Death

Jack Harris

Cosmic Sin

James Ford

Breach

Clay Young

Bruce Willis, l'indestructible

Hard Kill

Chalmers

Survive the Night

Frank

Trauma Center

Lt. Det. Wakes

The Movies That Made Us

Det. John McClane (archive footage)

Motherless Brooklyn

Frank Minna

10 Minutes Gone

Rex

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

Bruce Willis (archive footage)

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Bruce Willis (voice)

Glass

David Dunn / The Overseer

Air Strike

Jack

Reprisal

James

Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis

Self

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

Self

Death Wish

Paul Kersey

Acts of Violence

Detective James Avery

The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015

Self - Audience Member

The Orville

Groogen (voice)

First Kill

Howell

Once Upon a Time in Venice

Steve

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Split

David Dunn (uncredited)

Tony Bennett Celebrates 90

Self

Precious Cargo

Eddie

Marauders

Hubert

Extraction

Leonard Turner

Rock the Kasbah

Bombay Brian

Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

Self / Cap Sharp

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self - Guest

Vice

Julian

The Prince

Omar

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Hartigan

Altman

Self

RED 2

Frank Moses

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

Joe Colton

Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies

Narrator (voice) / Self

A Good Day to Die Hard

John McClane

B.B. King: The Life of Riley

Self

Close Up

Self (archive footage)

Looper

Old Joe

Fire with Fire

Mike Cella

The Expendables 2

Church

Lay the Favorite

Dink Heimowitz

Moonrise Kingdom

Captain Sharp

The Cold Light of Day

Martin

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

(archive footage)

Catch.44

Mel

Gorillaz - Single Collection 2001-2011

Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts

Self

Setup

Biggs

His Way

Self

Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'

Self

Conan

Self - Guest

RED

Frank Moses

I'm Still Here

Self - Guest

The Expendables

Mr. Church (uncredited)

Cop Out

Jimmy Monroe

Surrogates

Tom Greer

What Just Happened

Bruce Willis

Shine a Light

Self - Concert Audience (uncredited)

Assassination of a High School President

Principal Jared T. Kirkpatrick

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

Self

Live Free or Die Hard

John McClane

Nancy Drew

Bruce (uncredited)

Perfect Stranger

Harrison Hill

Planet Terror

Lieutenant Muldoon

Grindhouse

Muldoon (segment "Planet Terror")

The Astronaut Farmer

Doug Masterson (uncredited)

Tony Bennett: An American Classic

Self - Speaker

Fast Food Nation

Harry Rydell

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

Narrator (voice)

Hammy's Boomerang Adventure

RJ (voice)

Over the Hedge

RJ (voice)

The Hip Hop Project

Self

16 Blocks

Jack Mosley

Lucky Number Slevin

Mr. Goodkat

Alpha Dog

Sonny Truelove

The Reichen Show

Self - Guest

My Date with Drew

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sin City

Hartigan

Hostage

Jeff Talley

Ocean's Twelve

Bruce Willis

Genius. A Night for Ray Charles

Self

Grand Champion

Mr. Blandford

The Whole Ten Yards

Jimmy Tudeski

Touching Evil

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Self

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

William Rose Bailey (uncredited)

Rugrats Go Wild

Spike (voice)

Journey to Safety: Making 'Tears of the Sun'

Self

Tears of the Sun

Lieutenant A.K. Waters

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self - Guest

Top Gear

Self

Pulp Fiction: The Facts

Self (archive footage)

The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

Self - Interviewee (uncredited)

True West

Lee

Hart's War

Col. William A. McNamara

Bandits

Joseph Blake

Unbreakable

David Dunn

The Kid

Russ Duritz

The Whole Nine Yards

Jimmy 'Tulipán' Tudeski

The Early Show

Self - Guest

The Story of Us

Ben Jordan

The Sixth Sense

Malcolm Crowe

Breakfast of Champions

Dwayne Hoover

The Siege

Major-General William Devereaux

That '70s Show

Vic

Jackie Chan: My Story

Armageddon

Harry S. Stamper

Mercury Rising

Art Jeffries

Armageddon: Target Earth

Self

The Jackal

Ally McBeal

Dr. Nickle (uncredited)

The View

Self

The Fifth Element

Korben Dallas

Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie

Bruno the Kid (voice) (archive footage)

Taff

self

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

Muddy (voice)

The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'

Self

Bruno the Kid

Bruno the Kid (voice)

Last Man Standing

John Smith

E! True Hollywood Story

Self

The Daily Show

Self - Guest

Twelve Monkeys

James Cole

Four Rooms

Leo (uncredited)

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

John McClane

A Night to Die For

Self

Nobody's Fool

Carl Roebuck

Friends

Paul Stevens

Pulp Fiction

Butch Coolidge

Color of Night

Dr. Bill Capa

Inside the Actors Studio

Self

North

Narrator (voice)

Striking Distance

Tom Hardy

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

Late Show with David Letterman

Self

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

John McClane (uncredited)

Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary

Self

Mad About You

Bruce Willis

Death Becomes Her

Dr. Ernest Menville

HBO First Look

The Player

Bruce Willis

The Last Boy Scout

Joe Hallenbeck

Billy Bathgate

Bo Weinberg

Hudson Hawk

Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins

Mortal Thoughts

James Urbanski

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Peter Fallow

Look Who's Talking Too

Mikey (voice)

Seriously... Phil Collins

Self

Die Hard 2

John McClane

Look Who's Talking

Mikey (voice)

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

Self

In Country

Emmett Smith

That's Adequate

Self

Die Hard

John McClane

Sunset

Tom Mix

Dolly

Self

Blind Date

Walter Davis

The Return of Bruno

Bruno Radolini

Barbra Streisand: One Voice

Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

The Twilight Zone

Peter Novins (segment "Shatterday")

Moonlighting

David Addison

Miami Vice

Tony Amato

The Verdict

Courtroom Observer (uncredited)

Late Night with David Letterman

Self - Guest

Prince of the City

Extra (uncredited)

A Guru Comes

Extra (uncredited)

The First Deadly Sin

Man Entering Diner as Delaney Leaves (uncredited)

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

The Emmy Awards

Self

Golden Globe Awards

Self