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.
Movie | Cornerman | Cus D'Amato | 2025 |
Movie | JAPANARAMA! Psycho TV From Japan Vol. 2 | 2025 | |
Movie | Sly | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2023-09-16 |
Movie | Detective Knight: Independence | Det. James Knight | 2023-01-20 |
Movie | American Siege | Ben Watts | 2022-01-07 |
Movie | Gasoline Alley | Detective Freeman | 2022-02-25 |
Movie | A Day to Die | Alston | 2022-03-04 |
Movie | Paradise City | Ian Swan | 2022-11-11 |
Movie | White Elephant | Arnold Soloman | 2022-06-03 |
Movie | Vendetta | Donnie Fetter | 2022-05-17 |
Movie | Cosmic Sin | James Ford | 2021-03-12 |
Movie | Deadlock | Ron Whitlock | 2021-12-03 |
Movie | Apex | Thomas Malone | 2021-11-12 |
Movie | Fortress | Robert | 2021-12-17 |
Movie | Midnight in the Switchgrass | Karl Helter | 2021-07-23 |
Movie | Survive the Night | Frank | 2020-07-09 |
Movie | Breach | Clay Young | 2020-12-17 |
Movie | Hard Kill | Chalmers | 2020-09-04 |
Movie | Glass | David Dunn / The Overseer | 2019-01-16 |
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 | QT8: The First Eight | Self (archive footage) | 2019-10-21 |
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 | Acts of Violence | Detective James Avery | 2018-01-12 |
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 | Death Wish | Paul Kersey | 2018-03-02 |
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 | Once Upon a Time in Venice | Steve | 2017-06-08 |
Movie | Guzelbahce Terror | Tom | 2016-03-13 |
Movie | Marauders | Hubert | 2016-07-01 |
Movie | Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 | Self | 2016-12-20 |
Movie | Precious Cargo | Eddie | 2016-07-15 |
Movie | Extraction | Leonard Turner | 2015-12-18 |
Movie | Vice | Julian | 2015-01-16 |
Movie | Rock the Kasbah | Bombay Brian | 2015-10-22 |
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 | 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 | A Good Day to Die Hard | John McClane | 2013-02-06 |
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 | Moonrise Kingdom | Captain Sharp | 2012-05-16 |
Movie | Close Up | Self (archive footage) | 2012-09-30 |
Movie | Looper | Old Joe | 2012-09-26 |
Movie | B.B. King: The Life of Riley | Self | 2012-10-15 |
Movie | Fire with Fire | Mike Cella | 2012-08-31 |
Movie | The Expendables 2 | Church | 2012-08-08 |
Movie | His Way | Self | 2011-03-04 |
Movie | Setup | Biggs | 2011-10-17 |
Movie | Catch.44 | Mel | 2011-12-08 |
Movie | The Black Mamba | Mister Suave | 2011-09-21 |
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 | RED | Frank Moses | 2010-10-13 |
Movie | Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' | Self | 2010-11-14 |
Movie | I'm Still Here | Self - Guest | 2010-09-10 |
Movie | The Expendables | Mr. Church (uncredited) | 2010-08-03 |
Movie | Surrogates | Tom Greer | 2009-09-24 |
Series | Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis | Unknown | 2008-01-04 |
Movie | Assassination of a High School President | Principal Kirkpatrick | 2008-01-17 |
Movie | What Just Happened | Himself | 2008-10-17 |
Movie | Shine a Light | Self - Concert Audience (uncredited) | 2008-04-04 |
Movie | The Astronaut Farmer | Doug Masterson (uncredited) | 2007-02-23 |
Movie | Grindhouse | Muldoon (segment "Planet Terror") | 2007-04-06 |
Movie | Perfect Stranger | Harrison Hill | 2007-04-11 |
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 | 16 Blocks | Jack Mosley | 2006-03-01 |
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 | Fast Food Nation | Harry Rydell | 2006-11-17 |
Movie | The Hip Hop Project | Himself | 2006-04-27 |
Movie | Hammy's Boomerang Adventure | RJ (voice) | 2006-10-17 |
Movie | Over the Hedge | RJ (voice) | 2006-05-17 |
Movie | Tony Bennett: An American Classic | Self - Speaker | 2006-11-22 |
Movie | Hostage | Jeff Talley | 2005-03-10 |
Movie | My Date with Drew | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2005-08-05 |
Series | The Reichen Show | 2005-11-11 | |
Movie | Sin City | Det. John Hartigan | 2005-04-01 |
Movie | The Whole Ten Yards | Jimmy Tudeski | 2004-04-07 |
Movie | Ocean's Twelve | Bruce Willis (uncredited) | 2004-12-09 |
Movie | Genius. A Night for Ray Charles | Self | 2004-10-07 |
Movie | Tears of the Sun | Lieutenant A.K. Waters | 2003-03-07 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Rugrats Go Wild | Spike (voice) | 2003-06-13 |
Movie | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | William Rose Bailey (uncredited) | 2003-06-27 |
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 | Grand Champion | Mr. Blandford | 2002-03-01 |
Movie | Bandits | Joseph Blake | 2001-10-12 |
Movie | Unbreakable | David Dunn | 2000-11-22 |
Movie | The Kid | Russ Duritz | 2000-07-07 |
Movie | The Whole Nine Yards | Jimmy 'Tulipán' Tudeski | 2000-02-18 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
Movie | Breakfast of Champions | Dwayne Hoover | 1999-02-18 |
Movie | The Story of Us | Ben Jordan | 1999-10-14 |
Movie | The Sixth Sense | Malcolm Crowe | 1999-08-06 |
Series | Where Are They Now? | Unknown | 1999-06-07 |
Movie | Armageddon | Harry S. Stamper | 1998-01-07 |
Movie | Jackie Chan: My Story | Himself (archive footage) | 1998-07-17 |
Movie | Mercury Rising | Art Jeffries | 1998-04-03 |
Series | That '70s Show | Unknown | 1998-08-23 |
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 |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | Muddy Grimes (voice) | 1996-12-20 |
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 | 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 |
Movie | North | Narrator | 1994-07-22 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
Series | Friends | Paul Stevens | 1994-09-22 |
Movie | Nobody's Fool | Carl Roebuck | 1994-12-23 |
Movie | Pulp Fiction | Butch Coolidge | 1994-09-10 |
Movie | Color of Night | Capa | 1994-08-19 |
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 |
Series | Mad About You | Unknown | 1992-09-23 |
Movie | The Player | Bruce Willis | 1992-04-03 |
Movie | Death Becomes Her | Dr. Ernest Menville | 1992-07-30 |
Movie | Mortal Thoughts | James Urbanski | 1991-04-19 |
Movie | Billy Bathgate | Bo Weinberg | 1991-11-01 |
Movie | The Last Boy Scout | Joe Hallenbeck | 1991-12-13 |
Movie | Hudson Hawk | Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins | 1991-05-23 |
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 | 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 | Sunset | Tom Mix | 1988-04-29 |
Movie | Die Hard | John McClane | 1988-07-15 |
Movie | Blind Date | Walter Davis | 1987-03-27 |
Movie | The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite | Self | 1987-01-23 |
Movie | The Return of Bruno | Bruno Radolini | 1987-02-07 |
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 | The First Deadly Sin | Man Entering Diner as Delaney Leaves | 1980-10-03 |
Movie | Ein Guru kommt | Extra (uncredited) | 1980-12-08 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Series | The Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1949-01-25 |