Bruce Willis biography
Bruce Willis is an American actor (born 1955), born on 19 March 1955 in Idar-Oberstein.
Bruce Willis's screen career began in 1980 with A Guru Comes, playing Extra.
Bruce Willis has appeared in 143 films and 12 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are Assassin (2023), Detective Knight: Independence (2023), Detective Knight: Redemption (2022).
Bruce Willis is best known for Die Hard, Pulp Fiction, The Fifth Element, Armageddon.
Honours include Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor , Television Series Musical or Comedy and Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay.
- Born
- 19 March 1955 (age 71)
- Birthplace
- Idar-Oberstein
- Work
- Television actor, Film actor, Actor, Voice actor, Executive producer
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1980 to 2022
- Known for
- Die Hard, Pulp Fiction, The Fifth Element, Armageddon, The Sixth Sense, Moonlighting
- Awards
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor , Television Series Musical or Comedy
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Bruce Willis filmography
143 films and 12 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Assassin | Valmora | ||
| 2023 | Detective Knight: Independence | Detective James Knight | ||
| 2022 | Detective Knight: Redemption | Detective James Knight | ||
| 2022 | Wrong Place | Frank Richards | ||
| 2022 | Vendetta | Donnie Fetter | ||
| 2022 | Gasoline Alley | Detective Bill Freeman | ||
| 2022 | Corrective Measures | Julius Loeb | ||
| 2022 | Paradise City | Ian Swan | ||
| 2022 | Detective Knight: Rogue | Detective James Knight | ||
| 2022 | American Siege | Ben Watts | ||
| 2022 | A Day to Die | Alston | ||
| 2022 | Wire Room | Shane Mueller | ||
| 2022 | White Elephant | Arnold Solomon | ||
| 2022 | Fortress: Sniper's Eye | Robert Michaels | ||
| 2021 | Deadlock | Ron Whitlock | ||
| 2021 | Midnight in the Switchgrass | Karl Helter | ||
| 2021 | Out of Death | Jack Harris | ||
| 2021 | Apex | Thomas Malone | ||
| 2021 | Survive the Game | David Watson | ||
| 2021 | My Mother's Severed Head | , N/a | Producer only | |
| 2021 | Fortress | Robert Michaels | ||
| 2021 | Cosmic Sin | James Ford | ||
| 2021 | Call of Duty: Warzone | John McClane | Archive audio and likeness | |
| 2021 | Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | John McClane | Archive audio and likeness | |
| 2020 | Survive the Night | Frank Clark |
Show all 143 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Breach | Clay Young | ||
| 2020 | Hard Kill | Donovan Chalmers | ||
| 2019 | Glass | David Dunn | ||
| 2019 | Trauma Center | Lt. Steve Wakes | ||
| 2019 | Motherless Brooklyn | Frank Minna | ||
| 2019 | Between Two Ferns: The Movie | English | ||
| 2019 | 10 Minutes Gone | Rex | ||
| 2018 | Death Wish | Paul Kersey | ||
| 2018 | Acts of Violence | Detective James Avery | Direct-to-video | |
| 2018 | Reprisal | James | Direct-to-video | |
| 2018 | Air Strike | Col. Jack Johnson | Direct-to-video | |
| 2017 | Once Upon a Time in Venice | Steve Ford | ||
| 2017 | First Kill | Marvin Howell | Direct-to-video | |
| 2017 | Must | , N/a | Producer only | |
| 2016 | Split | David Dunn | Uncredited cameo | |
| 2016 | Marauders | Jeffrey Hubert | Direct-to-video | |
| 2016 | Precious Cargo | Eddie Pilosa | Direct-to-video | |
| 2016 | The Bombing | English | ||
| 2015 | Rock the Kasbah | Bombay Brian | ||
| 2015 | Altman | English | ||
| 2015 | Vice | Julian Michaels | Direct-to-video | |
| 2015 | Extraction | Leonard Turner | Direct-to-video | |
| 2015 | Misery | Paul Sheldon | 102 performances | |
| 2014 | The Prince | Omar | Direct-to-video | |
| 2014 | Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | John Hartigan | ||
| 2013 | Red 2 | Frank Moses | ||
| 2013 | B.B. King: The Life of Riley | German | ||
| 2013 | Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies | English | ||
| 2013 | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | General Joseph Colton | ||
| 2013 | A Good Day to Die Hard | John McClane | ||
| 2012 | Looper | Old Joe | ||
| 2012 | Fire with Fire | Lt. Mike Cella | Direct-to-video | |
| 2012 | The Expendables 2 | Mr. Church | ||
| 2012 | Moonrise Kingdom | Captain Duffy Sharp | ||
| 2012 | The Cold Light of Day | Martin Shaw | ||
| 2012 | Lay the Favorite | Dink Heimowitz | ||
| 2011 | Setup | Biggs | Direct-to-video | |
| 2011 | Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts | English | ||
| 2011 | The Black Mamba | Mr. Suave | Short film | |
| 2011 | Catch .44 | Mel | Direct-to-video | |
| 2010 | Red | Frank Moses | ||
| 2010 | The Expendables | Mr. Church | Uncredited cameo | |
| 2010 | Cop Out | Jimmy Monroe | ||
| 2010 | Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' | English | ||
| 2010 | I'm Still Here | English | ||
| 2009 | Surrogates | Tom Greer | ||
| 2008 | Shine a Light | English | ||
| 2008 | What Just Happened | English | ||
| 2008 | Assassination of a High School President | Principal Jared T. Kirkpatrick | Direct-to-video | |
| 2007 | Live Free or Die Hard | John McClane | ||
| 2007 | Nancy Drew | English | ||
| 2007 | Perfect Stranger | Harrison Hill | ||
| 2007 | Planet Terror | Lt. Muldoon | ||
| 2006 | Alpha Dog | Sonny Truelove | ||
| 2006 | The Astronaut Farmer | Doug Masterson | Uncredited | |
| 2006 | Lucky Number Slevin | Mr. Goodkat | ||
| 2006 | Hammy's Boomerang Adventure | RJ | Voice role; short film | |
| 2006 | Fast Food Nation | Harry Rydell | ||
| 2006 | 16 Blocks | Jack Mosley | ||
| 2006 | Over the Hedge | RJ | Voice role | |
| 2005 | Sin City | John Hartigan | Segment: That Yellow Bastard | |
| 2005 | Hostage | Jeff Talley | Also producer | |
| 2004 | The Whole Ten Yards | James Stefan "Jimmy the Tulip" Tudeski | ||
| 2004 | Ocean's Twelve | English | ||
| 2003 | Tears of the Sun | Lieutenant Alec Kevin "A.K." Waters | ||
| 2003 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | William Rose Bailey | Uncredited | |
| 2003 | Rugrats Go Wild | Spike | Voice role | |
| 2002 | Hart's War | Col. William A. McNamara | ||
| 2002 | Grand Champion | Mr. Blandford | ||
| 2002 | True West | Lee | Also executive producer; Filmed broadway play | |
| 2002 | The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course | , N/a | Executive producer | |
| 2001 | Bandits | Joe Blake | ||
| 2000 | Disney's The Kid | English | ||
| 2000 | The Whole Nine Yards | James Stefan "Jimmy the Tulip" Tudeski | ||
| 2000 | Unbreakable | David Dunn | ||
| 2000 | The Kid | Russ Duritz | ||
| 1999 | The Story of Us | Ben Jordan | ||
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | Malcolm Crowe | ||
| 1999 | Franky Goes to Hollywood | English | ||
| 1999 | Breakfast of Champions | Dwayne Hoover | ||
| 1998 | The Siege | General William Devereaux | ||
| 1998 | Mercury Rising | Art Jeffries | ||
| 1998 | Jackie Chan : My Story | Cantonese | ||
| 1998 | Armageddon | Harry S. Stamper | ||
| 1998 | The Fifth Element | Korben Dallas | Voice role and likeness | |
| 1998 | Apocalypse | Trey Kincaid | Voice role and likeness | |
| 1997 | The Jackal | The Jackal | ||
| 1997 | The Fifth Element | Korben Dallas | ||
| 1997 | Broadway Brawler | Eddie Kapinsky | Also producer; cancelled in production | |
| 1996 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | Muddy Grimes | Voice role | |
| 1996 | Last Man Standing | John Smith | ||
| 1995 | Die Hard with a Vengeance | John McClane | ||
| 1995 | Four Rooms | Leo | Uncredited; segment: "The Man from Hollywood" | |
| 1995 | 12 Monkeys | James Cole | ||
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Butch Coolidge | ||
| 1994 | North | Narrator and benevolent advisors | ||
| 1994 | Nobody's Fool | Carl Roebuck | ||
| 1994 | Color of Night | Dr. Bill Capa | ||
| 1993 | Loaded Weapon 1 | John McClane | Uncredited cameo | |
| 1993 | Striking Distance | Thomas "Tom" Hardy | ||
| 1992 | Death Becomes Her | Dr. Ernest Menville | ||
| 1992 | The Player | English | ||
| 1991 | The Last Boy Scout | Joe Hallenbeck | ||
| 1991 | Mortal Thoughts | James "Jimmy" Urbanski | ||
| 1991 | Hudson Hawk | Hudson Hawk | Also story writer | |
| 1991 | Billy Bathgate | Bo Weinberg | ||
| 1990 | Die Hard 2 | John McClane | ||
| 1990 | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Peter Fallow | ||
| 1990 | Look Who's Talking Too | Mikey Ubriacco | Voice role | |
| 1989 | Look Who's Talking | Mikey Ubriacco | Voice role | |
| 1989 | That's Adequate | English | ||
| 1989 | In Country | Emmett Smith | ||
| 1988 | Sunset | Tom Mix | ||
| 1988 | Die Hard | John McClane | ||
| 1987 | Blind Date | Walter Davis | ||
| 1984 | Fool for Love | Eddie | Understudy (1st version); Also producer (2nd version) | |
| 1982 | The Verdict | Courtroom observer | Uncredited | |
| 1980 | The First Deadly Sin | Man entering diner | Uncredited |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Orville | Groogen | Uncredited voice role; episode: "Deflectors" | |
| 2005 | Misfire | English | ||
| 2005 | That '70s Show | Vic | Episode: "Misfire" | |
| 2004 | Touching Evil | , N/a | Executive producer; 12 episodes | |
| 2000 | Friends | Paul Stevens | 3 episodes | |
| 1999 | Ally McBeal | Dr. Nickle | Episode: "Love Unlimited" | |
| 1996 | Bruno the Kid | Bruno the Kid | Voice role; also developer and executive producer | |
| 1987 | The Return of Bruno | Bruno Radolini | Also writer and executive producer; television film | |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | Peter Novins | Segment: "Shatterday" | |
| 1985 | Moonlighting | David Addison | Main role | |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Tony Amato | Episode: "No Exit" | |
| 1980 | A Guru Comes | Extra | Uncredited; television film |