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, Allemagne de l'Ouest
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 184
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
- Latest Project:
- Movie Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special 2025-08-26
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life | Self (archive footage) | 2026 |
| Movie | Cornerman | Cus D'Amato | 2026 |
| Movie | JAPANARAMA! Psycho TV From Japan Vol. 2 | 2026 | |
| Movie | Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special | Self (archive footage) | 2025-08-26 |
| Movie | Uma Thurman: Hollywood's Silent Warrior | Self (archive footage) | 2024-08-25 |
| Movie | Detective Knight: Independence | Det. James Knight | 2023-01-20 |
| Movie | Assassin | Valmora | 2023-03-31 |
| Movie | Sly | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2023-09-16 |
| Movie | The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump | Self (archive footage) | 2023-05-22 |
| Movie | A Day to Die | Alston | 2022-03-04 |
| Movie | American Siege | Ben Watts | 2022-01-07 |
| Movie | Gasoline Alley | Detective Freeman | 2022-02-25 |
| Movie | Fortress: Sniper's Eye | Robert | 2022-04-29 |
| Movie | Vendetta | Donnie Fetter | 2022-05-17 |
| Movie | Detective Knight: Rogue | Det. James Knight | 2022-10-21 |
| Movie | Paradise City | Ian Swan | 2022-11-11 |
| Movie | Detective Knight: Redemption | Det. James Knight | 2022-12-09 |
| Movie | White Elephant | Arnold Soloman | 2022-06-03 |
| Movie | Wire Room | Shane Mueller | 2022-09-02 |
| Movie | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend | Self (archive footage) | 2021-01-02 |
| Movie | Apex | Thomas Malone | 2021-11-12 |
| Movie | Fortress | Robert | 2021-12-17 |
| Movie | Deadlock | Ron Whitlock | 2021-12-03 |
| Movie | Midnight in the Switchgrass | Karl Helter | 2021-07-23 |
| Movie | Cosmic Sin | James Ford | 2021-03-12 |
| Movie | Hard Kill | Chalmers | 2020-09-04 |
| Movie | Breach | Clay Young | 2020-12-17 |
| Movie | Survive the Night | Frank | 2020-07-03 |
| Movie | Trauma Center | Lt. Det. Wakes | 2019-12-06 |
| Movie | Glass | David Dunn / The Overseer | 2019-01-16 |
| Movie | The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | Bruce Willis (voice) | 2019-02-06 |
| Movie | QT8: The First Eight | Self (archive footage) | 2019-10-21 |
| Movie | 10 Minutes Gone | Rex | 2019-09-30 |
| Movie | Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Bruce Willis (archive footage) | 2019-09-20 |
| Movie | Motherless Brooklyn | Frank Minna | 2019-10-31 |
| Movie | Acts of Violence | Detective James Avery | 2018-01-12 |
| Movie | Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis | Self | 2018-07-29 |
| Movie | Reprisal | James | 2018-08-31 |
| Movie | Air Strike | Jack | 2018-10-26 |
| Movie | Death Wish | Paul Kersey | 2018-03-01 |
| Movie | Split | David Dunn (uncredited) | 2017-01-19 |
| Movie | John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2017-03-19 |
| Movie | First Kill | Howell | 2017-07-21 |
| Movie | The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015 | Self - Audience Member | 2017-09-29 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time in Venice | Steve | 2017-06-08 |
| Movie | Marauders | Hubert | 2016-07-01 |
| Movie | Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 | Self | 2016-12-20 |
| Movie | Precious Cargo | Eddie | 2016-07-14 |
| Movie | Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' | Self / Cap Sharp | 2015-09-22 |
| Movie | Vice | Julian | 2015-01-16 |
| Movie | Extraction | Leonard Turner | 2015-12-18 |
| Movie | Rock the Kasbah | Bombay Brian | 2015-10-22 |
| Movie | Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau | Self (archive footage) | 2014-08-24 |
| Movie | Altman | Self | 2014-08-01 |
| Movie | The Prince | Omar | 2014-08-22 |
| Movie | Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Hartigan | 2014-08-20 |
| Movie | Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies | Narrator (voice) / Self | 2013-03-21 |
| Movie | RED 2 | Frank Moses | 2013-07-18 |
| Movie | A Good Day to Die Hard | John McClane | 2013-02-06 |
| Movie | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Joe Colton | 2013-03-27 |
| Movie | The Cold Light of Day | Martin | 2012-04-04 |
| Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
| Movie | Moonrise Kingdom | Captain Sharp | 2012-05-16 |
| Movie | The Expendables 2 | Church | 2012-08-08 |
| Movie | Fire with Fire | Mike Cella | 2012-08-31 |
| Movie | Lay the Favorite | Dink Heimowitz | 2012-06-22 |
| Movie | Looper | Old Joe | 2012-09-26 |
| Movie | Close Up | Self (archive footage) | 2012-09-30 |
| Movie | B.B. King: The Life of Riley | Self | 2012-10-15 |
| Movie | His Way | Self | 2011-03-04 |
| Movie | The Black Mamba | Mister Suave | 2011-09-21 |
| Movie | Catch.44 | Mel | 2011-12-08 |
| Movie | Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts | Self | 2011-11-01 |
| Movie | Setup | Biggs | 2011-10-17 |
| Movie | Cop Out | Jimmy Monroe | 2010-02-26 |
| Movie | Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' | Self | 2010-11-14 |
| Movie | The Expendables | Mr. Church (uncredited) | 2010-08-07 |
| Movie | RED | Frank Moses | 2010-10-13 |
| Movie | I'm Still Here | Self - Guest | 2010-09-10 |
| Movie | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-04 |
| Movie | Kambakkht Ishq | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2009-07-03 |
| Movie | Surrogates | Tom Greer | 2009-09-24 |
| Movie | Assassination of a High School President | Principal Kirkpatrick | 2008-01-17 |
| Movie | Shine a Light | Self - Concert Audience (uncredited) | 2008-04-04 |
| Series | Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis | Unknown | 2008-01-04 |
| Movie | What Just Happened | Self | 2008-10-17 |
| Movie | The Astronaut Farmer | Doug Masterson (uncredited) | 2007-02-23 |
| Movie | Perfect Stranger | Harrison Hill | 2007-04-11 |
| Movie | Live Free or Die Hard | John McClane | 2007-06-20 |
| Movie | Grindhouse | Muldoon (segment "Planet Terror") | 2007-04-06 |
| Movie | Nancy Drew | Bruce (uncredited) | 2007-06-15 |
| Movie | Planet Terror | Lieutenant Muldoon | 2007-04-06 |
| Movie | Alpha Dog | Sonny Truelove | 2006-01-27 |
| Movie | Tarantino's Mind | Butch Coolidge (archive footage) | 2006-01-04 |
| Movie | Lucky Number Slevin | Mr. Goodkat | 2006-02-24 |
| Movie | Hammy's Boomerang Adventure | RJ (voice) | 2006-10-17 |
| Movie | 16 Blocks | Jack Mosley | 2006-03-01 |
| Movie | Over the Hedge | RJ (voice) | 2006-05-17 |
| Movie | Tony Bennett: An American Classic | Self - Speaker | 2006-11-22 |
| Movie | The Hip Hop Project | Self | 2006-04-27 |
| Movie | Fast Food Nation | Harry Rydell | 2006-11-17 |
| Movie | Sin City | Hartigan | 2005-04-01 |
| Series | The Reichen Show | 2005-11-11 | |
| Movie | My Date with Drew | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2005-08-05 |
| Movie | Hostage | Jeff Talley | 2005-03-10 |
| Movie | Ocean's Twelve | Bruce Willis | 2004-12-09 |
| Movie | Genius. A Night for Ray Charles | Self | 2004-10-07 |
| Movie | Grand Champion | Mr. Blandford | 2004-08-27 |
| Movie | The Whole Ten Yards | Jimmy Tudeski | 2004-04-07 |
| Movie | Rugrats Go Wild | Spike (voice) | 2003-06-13 |
| Movie | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | William Rose Bailey (uncredited) | 2003-06-25 |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
| Movie | Tears of the Sun | Lieutenant A.K. Waters | 2003-03-07 |
| Movie | The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies | Self - Interviewee (uncredited) | 2002-06-01 |
| Movie | Hart's War | Col. William A. McNamara | 2002-02-15 |
| Movie | True West | Lee | 2002-05-28 |
| Movie | Bandits | Joseph Blake | 2001-10-12 |
| Movie | The Kid | Russ Duritz | 2000-07-07 |
| Movie | Unbreakable | David Dunn | 2000-11-22 |
| Movie | The Whole Nine Yards | Jimmy 'Tulipán' Tudeski | 2000-02-18 |
| Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
| Movie | Breakfast of Champions | Dwayne Hoover | 1999-02-18 |
| Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
| Series | Where Are They Now? | Unknown | 1999-06-07 |
| Movie | Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip | Action Dexter (voice) | 1999-12-17 |
| Movie | The Story of Us | Ben Jordan | 1999-10-14 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Siege | Major-General William Devereaux | 1998-11-06 |
| Series | That '70s Show | Unknown | 1998-08-23 |
| Movie | Jackie Chan: My Story | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1998-07-17 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| Movie | The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys' | Self | 1996-11-05 |
| Series | Bruno the Kid | Bruno the Kid (voice) | 1996-09-23 |
| Movie | Last Man Standing | John Smith | 1996-09-20 |
| Movie | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | Muddy Grimes (voice) | 1996-12-20 |
| Movie | Twelve Monkeys | James Cole | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | Four Rooms | Leo (uncredited) | 1995-12-09 |
| Movie | Die Hard: With a Vengeance | John McClane | 1995-05-19 |
| Movie | Nobody's Fool | Carl Roebuck | 1994-12-23 |
| Series | Friends | Paul Stevens | 1994-09-22 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
| Movie | Pulp Fiction | Butch Coolidge | 1994-09-10 |
| Movie | Color of Night | Capa | 1994-08-19 |
| Movie | North | Narrator (voice) | 1994-07-22 |
| Movie | Striking Distance | Det. Tom Hardy | 1993-09-17 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | John McClane (uncredited) | 1993-02-04 |
| Movie | Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary | Self | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | Death Becomes Her | Dr. Ernest Menville | 1992-07-30 |
| Series | Mad About You | Unknown | 1992-09-23 |
| Movie | The Player | Bruce Willis | 1992-05-08 |
| Movie | Billy Bathgate | Bo Weinberg | 1991-11-01 |
| 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 | Look Who's Talking Too | Mikey (voice) | 1990-12-14 |
| Movie | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Peter Fallow | 1990-12-21 |
| Movie | Die Hard 2 | John McClane | 1990-07-03 |
| Movie | Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Self | 1989-09-24 |
| Movie | In Country | Emmett Smith | 1989-09-15 |
| Movie | That's Adequate | Self | 1989-01-20 |
| Movie | Look Who's Talking | Mikey (voice) | 1989-10-12 |
| Movie | Sunset | Tom Mix | 1988-04-29 |
| Movie | Die Hard | John McClane | 1988-07-15 |
| Movie | The Return of Bruno | Bruno Radolini | 1987-02-07 |
| Movie | Blind Date | Walter Davis | 1987-03-27 |
| Movie | The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite | Self | 1987-01-23 |
| Movie | Barbra Streisand: One Voice | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) | 1986-12-27 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1985-09-27 |
| Series | Moonlighting | David Addison | 1985-03-03 |
| 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 | A Guru Comes | 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 |