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Bruce Willis

Walter Bruce Willis, better known as Bruce Willis, is an American actor and producer. His career began in television in the 1980s and has continued both in television and film since, including comedic, dramatic, and action roles. He is well known for the role of John McClane in the Die Hard series. Willis was born in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany, the son of a Kassel-born German, Marlene, who worked in a bank, and David Willis, an American soldier. Willis is the eldest of four children. At the premiere for the film Stakeout, Willis met actress Demi Moore. They married on November 21, 1987 and had three daughters before the couple divorced on October 18, 2000. Since the divorce he has dated models Maria Bravo Rosado and Emily Sandberg; he was engaged to Brooke Burns until they broke up in 2004 after ten months together. He married Emma Heming on March 21, 2009.


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Born:
Mar 19, 1955 In Idar-Oberstein, Germany
Movie/TV Credits:
179
First Appeared:
In the movie JAPANARAMA! Psycho TV From Japan Vol. 2
Latest Project:
Movie Sly 2023-09-16
Known For
Poster of Live Free or Die Hard
Poster of The Fifth Element
Poster of The Daily Show
Poster of Die Hard
Filmography
Movie JAPANARAMA! Psycho TV From Japan Vol. 2 2025
Movie Detective Knight: Independence Det. James Knight 2023-01-20
Movie Sly Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2023-09-16
Movie Corrective Measures Julius 'The Lobe' Loeb 2022-04-29
Movie A Day to Die Alston 2022-03-04
Movie Fortress: Sniper's Eye Robert 2022-04-29
Movie Gasoline Alley Detective Freeman 2022-02-25
Movie American Siege Ben Watts 2022-01-07
Movie Paradise City Ian Swan 2022-11-11
Movie Detective Knight: Rogue Det. James Knight 2022-10-21
Movie Vendetta Donnie Fetter 2022-05-17
Movie Wire Room Shane Mueller 2022-09-02
Movie Wrong Place Frank 2022-07-15
Movie White Elephant Arnold Soloman 2022-06-03
Movie Midnight in the Switchgrass Karl Helter 2021-07-23
Movie Cosmic Sin James Ford 2021-03-12
Movie Survive the Game David 2021-10-08
Movie Fortress Robert 2021-12-17
Movie Deadlock Ron Whitlock 2021-12-03
Movie Apex Thomas Malone 2021-11-12
Movie Survive the Night Frank 2020-07-09
Movie Hard Kill Chalmers 2020-10-23
Movie Breach Clay Young 2020-12-17
Movie The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Bruce Willis (voice) 2019-02-06
Movie Between Two Ferns: The Movie Bruce Willis (archive footage) 2019-09-20
Movie Glass David Dunn / The Overseer 2019-01-16
Movie Trauma Center Lt. Det. Wakes 2019-12-06
Movie Motherless Brooklyn Frank Minna 2019-10-31
Movie 10 Minutes Gone Rex 2019-09-30
Movie QT8: The First Eight Self (archive footage) 2019-10-21
Movie Acts of Violence Detective James Avery 2018-01-12
Movie Death Wish Paul Kersey 2018-03-02
Movie Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis Self 2018-07-29
Movie Air Strike Jack 2018-10-26
Movie Reprisal James 2018-08-31
Movie Split David Dunn (uncredited) 2017-01-19
Movie John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood Self - Actor (archive footage) 2017-03-19
Movie The Lego Ninjago Movie Four Eyes (voice) 2017-09-21
Movie Once Upon a Time in Venice Steve 2017-06-08
Movie Downsizing 2017-12-22
Movie First Kill Howell 2017-07-21
Movie Marauders Hubert 2016-07-01
Movie Precious Cargo Eddie 2016-07-15
Movie Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 Self 2016-12-20
Movie Vice Julian 2015-01-16
Movie Rock the Kasbah Bombay Brian 2015-10-22
Movie Extraction Leonard Turner 2015-12-18
Movie Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' Self / Cap Sharp 2015-09-22
Movie Altman Self 2014-08-01
Movie Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Hartigan 2014-08-20
Movie Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau” Self (archive footage) 2014-08-24
Movie The Prince Omar 2014-08-22
Movie A Good Day to Die Hard John McClane 2013-02-06
Movie G.I. Joe: Retaliation Joe Colton 2013-03-27
Movie Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies Himself 2013-03-21
Movie RED 2 Frank Moses 2013-07-18
Movie Moonrise Kingdom Captain Sharp 2012-05-16
Movie The Cold Light of Day Martin 2012-04-04
Movie Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (archive footage) 2012-02-04
Movie Lay the Favorite Dink Heimowitz 2012-06-22
Movie B.B. King: The Life of Riley Self 2012-10-15
Movie Close Up Self (archive footage) 2012-09-30
Movie The Expendables 2 Church 2012-08-08
Movie Looper Old Joe 2012-09-26
Movie Fire with Fire Mike Cella 2012-08-31
Movie Setup Biggs 2011-10-17
Movie His Way Self 2011-03-04
Movie Catch.44 Mel 2011-12-08
Movie Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts Self 2011-11-01
Movie Cop Out Jimmy Monroe 2010-02-26
Movie Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy Self (archive footage) 2010-05-04
Movie The Expendables Mr. Church (uncredited) 2010-08-03
Movie Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' Self 2010-11-14
Movie I'm Still Here Self - Guest 2010-09-10
Movie RED Frank Moses 2010-10-13
Movie Surrogates Tom Greer 2009-09-24
Movie Assassination of a High School President Principal Kirkpatrick 2008-01-17
Series Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis Unknown 2008-01-04
Movie Shine a Light Self - Concert Audience (uncredited) 2008-04-04
Movie What Just Happened Himself 2008-10-17
Movie Killers Kill, Dead Men Die The Gumshoe 2007-03-13
Movie The Astronaut Farmer Doug Masterson (uncredited) 2007-02-23
Movie Grindhouse Muldoon (segment "Planet Terror") 2007-04-06
Movie Live Free or Die Hard John McClane 2007-06-20
Movie Planet Terror Lieutenant Muldoon 2007-04-06
Movie Nancy Drew Bruce (uncredited) 2007-06-15
Movie Perfect Stranger Harrison Hill 2007-04-11
Movie Lucky Number Slevin Mr. Goodkat 2006-02-24
Movie 16 Blocks Jack Mosley 2006-03-01
Movie Alpha Dog Sonny Truelove 2006-01-27
Movie Over the Hedge RJ (voice) 2006-05-17
Movie The Hip Hop Project Himself 2006-04-27
Movie Tony Bennett: An American Classic Self 2006-11-22
Movie Fast Food Nation Harry Rydell 2006-11-17
Movie Hammy's Boomerang Adventure RJ (voice) 2006-10-17
Movie Hostage Jeff Talley 2005-03-10
Movie A Concert for Hurricane Relief Presenter 2005-09-02
Movie My Date with Drew Himself (archive footage) 2005-08-05
Movie Sin City Det. John Hartigan 2005-04-01
Movie The Whole Ten Yards Jimmy Tudeski 2004-04-07
Movie Genius. A Night for Ray Charles Self 2004-10-07
Movie Ocean's Twelve Bruce Willis (uncredited) 2004-12-09
Movie Tears of the Sun Lieutenant A.K. Waters 2003-03-07
Movie Rugrats Go Wild Spike (voice) 2003-06-13
Series The Ellen DeGeneres Show Unknown 2003-09-08
Movie Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle William Rose Bailey (uncredited) 2003-06-27
Movie Hart's War Col. William A. McNamara 2002-02-15
Movie Grand Champion Mr. Blandford 2002-03-01
Movie Pulp Fiction: The Facts Self (archive footage) 2002-08-20
Movie The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies Self - Interviewee 2002-06-01
Movie True West Lee 2002-05-28
Movie The Making of 'Unbreakable' Self 2001-06-19
Movie Bandits Joseph Blake 2001-10-12
Movie Unbreakable David Dunn 2000-11-22
Movie The Whole Nine Yards Jimmy 'Tulipán' Tudeski 2000-02-18
Movie The Kid Russ Duritz 2000-07-07
Movie The Sixth Sense: The Actors Self 2000-03-28
Movie Breakfast of Champions Dwayne Hoover 1999-02-18
Series Where Are They Now? Unknown 1999-06-07
Movie The Story of Us Ben Jordan 1999-10-14
Series The Early Show Unknown 1999-11-01
Movie The Sixth Sense Malcolm Crowe 1999-08-06
Movie Mercury Rising Art Jeffries 1998-04-03
Movie Armageddon Harry S. Stamper 1998-07-01
Series That '70s Show Unknown 1998-08-23
Movie Jackie Chan: My Story Himself (archive footage) 1998-07-17
Movie The Siege Major-General William Devereaux 1998-11-06
Movie The Fifth Element Korben Dallas 1997-05-02
Series The View Unknown 1997-08-11
Series Ally McBeal Unknown 1997-09-08
Movie The Jackal The Jackal 1997-11-14
Movie Last Man Standing John Smith 1996-09-20
Series The Daily Show Unknown 1996-07-22
Series E! True Hollywood Story Unknown 1996-08-21
Movie Beavis and Butt-Head Do America Muddy (voice) 1996-12-20
Series Bruno the Kid Bruno the kid 1996-09-23
Movie The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys' Self 1996-11-05
Movie A Night to Die For Himself 1995-05-18
Movie Die Hard: With a Vengeance John McClane 1995-05-19
Movie Twelve Monkeys James Cole 1995-12-29
Movie Four Rooms Leo (uncredited) 1995-12-09
Series Inside the Actors Studio Unknown 1994-08-14
Movie Color of Night Capa 1994-08-19
Movie North Narrator 1994-07-22
Series Friends Paul Stevens 1994-09-22
Movie Pulp Fiction Butch Coolidge 1994-09-10
Movie Nobody's Fool Carl Roebuck 1994-12-23
Movie National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 John McClane (uncredited) 1993-02-04
Series Late Night with Conan O'Brien Unknown 1993-09-13
Movie Striking Distance Det. Tom Hardy 1993-09-17
Movie The Player Bruce Willis 1992-04-03
Movie Death Becomes Her Dr. Ernest Menville 1992-07-30
Series Mad About You Unknown 1992-09-23
Movie Mortal Thoughts James Urbanski 1991-04-19
Movie Hudson Hawk Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins 1991-05-23
Movie The Last Boy Scout Joe Hallenbeck 1991-12-13
Movie Billy Bathgate Bo Weinberg 1991-11-01
Movie Die Hard 2 John McClane 1990-07-03
Movie The Bonfire of the Vanities Peter Fallow 1990-12-21
Movie Look Who's Talking Too Mikey (voice) 1990-12-14
Movie That's Adequate Himself 1989-01-01
Movie In Country Emmett Smith 1989-09-15
Movie Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary Self 1989-09-24
Movie Look Who's Talking Mikey (voice) 1989-10-12
Movie Die Hard John McClane 1988-07-15
Movie Sunset Tom Mix 1988-04-29
Movie The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite Self 1987-01-23
Movie The Return of Bruno Bruno Radolini 1987-02-07
Movie Blind Date Walter Davis 1987-03-27
Movie Barbra Streisand: One Voice Self - Audience Member (uncredited) 1986-12-27
Series Moonlighting David Addison 1985-03-03
Series The Twilight Zone Unknown 1985-09-27
Series Miami Vice Unknown 1984-09-16
Movie The Verdict Courtroom Observer (uncredited) 1982-12-08
Movie Prince of the City Extra (uncredited) 1981-08-19
Movie Ein Guru kommt Extra (uncredited) 1980-12-08
Movie The First Deadly Sin Man Entering Diner as Delaney Leaves 1980-10-03
Series Saturday Night Live Unknown 1975-10-11
Series The Emmy Awards Unknown 1949-01-25