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Bruce Willis

Walter Bruce Willis is an American actor and film producer. Born in Germany to a German mother and American father, Willis moved to the U.S. with his family when he was two years old. His career began on the off-Broadway stage in the 1970s.

Aliases
  • Walter Bruce Willis
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Filmography

Glass

2019
as David Dunn / The Overseer

The Fifth Element

1997
as Korben Dallas

Unbreakable

2000
as David Dunn

Armageddon

1998
as Harry S. Stamper

Over the Hedge

2006
as RJ (voice)

RED

2010
as Frank Moses

12 Monkeys

1995
as James Cole

Pulp Fiction

1994
as Butch Coolidge

The Expendables 2

2012
as Church

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

1995
as John McClane

RED 2

2013
as Frank Moses

Looper

2012
as Old Joe

Sin City

2005
as Det. John Hartigan

Live Free or Die Hard

2007
as John McClane

The Sixth Sense

1999
as Malcolm Crowe

Moonrise Kingdom

2012
as Captain Sharp

Death Becomes Her

1992
as Dr. Ernest Menville

Die Hard

1988
as John McClane

The Expendables

2010
as Mr. Church

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

2014
as Hartigan

Surrogates

2009
as Tom Greer

Death Wish

2018
as Paul Kersey

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

2003
as William Rose Bailey

Cosmic Sin

2021
as James Ford

Midnight in the Switchgrass

2021
as Karl Helter

The Whole Nine Yards

2000
as Jimmy

The Jackal

1997
as The Jackal

The Cold Light of Day

2012
as Martin

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

2019
as Bruce Willis

Die Hard 2

1990
as John McClane

A Good Day to Die Hard

2013
as John McClane

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

2013
as Joe Colton

Lucky Number Slevin

2006
as Mr. Goodkat

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

2019
as Himself

Look Who's Talking

1989
as Mikey (voice)

Motherless Brooklyn

2019
as Frank Minna

Look Who's Talking Too

1990
as Mikey (voice)

Mercury Rising

1998
as Art Jeffries

Planet Terror

2007
as Lieutenant Muldoon

The Last Boy Scout

1991
as Joe Hallenbeck

Tears of the Sun

2003
as Lieutenant A.K. Waters

Hard Kill

2020

Perfect Stranger

2007
as Harrison Hill

Vice

2015
as Julian

Wrong Guy, Wrong Place, Wrong Time: A Look Back at 'Die Hard'

2007
as Bruce Willis

Four Rooms

1995
as Leo

North

1994
as Narrator

I'm Still Here

2010
as Himself

The Continuing Adventures of John McClane

2007
as Bruce Willis

Wrong Place

2022
as Frank

Last Man Standing

1996
as John Smith

Detective Knight: Redemption

2022
as James Knight

Rugrats Go Wild

2003
as Spike

Survive the Night

2020
as Franck

Color of Night

1994
as Dr. Bill Capa

Precious Cargo

2016
as Eddie

Mortal Thoughts

1991
as James Urbanski

Bruno the Kid

1996

Cop Out

2010
as Jimmy Monroe

Breach

2020
as Clay Young

Bruno the Kid

1996
as Bruno the Kid

Bandits

2001
as Joshep Blake

Sunset

1988
as Tom Mix

Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies

2013
as Himself

10 Minutes Gone

2019
as Rex

Blind Date

1987
as Walter Davis

Yippee Ki Yay, Motherf*****

2007
as Bruce Willis

Shine a Light

2008

Genius. A Night for Ray Charles

2004
as Himself

The Paramount Show

2011
as DreamWorks Kid (voice)

Hart's War

2002
as Col. William A. McNamara

Once Upon a Time in Venice

2017
as Steve

Striking Distance

1993
as Det. Tom Hardy

Hudson Hawk

1991
as Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins

Fast Food Nation

2006
as Harry Rydell

Reprisal

2018
as James

The Story of Us

1999
as Ben Jordan

Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis

2018
as Himself

Fortress: Sniper's Eye

2022
as Robert

The Player

1992
as Himself

Detective Knight: Rogue

2022
as James Knight

Run of the Hitman

as Colonel Walker

Billy Bathgate

1991
as Bo Weinberg

Apex

2021
as Jim Malone

Fire with Fire

2012
as Mike Cella

Assassin

2023
as Valmora

Hammy's Boomerang Adventure

2006
as RJ (voice)

The Siege

1998
as Major-General William Devereaux

The Kid

2000
as Russell Duritz

Jackie Chan: My Story

1998
as Himself (archive footage)

Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts

2011
as Himself

Extraction

2015
as Leonard Turner

The Sixth Sense: The Actors

2000
as Bruce Willis

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

2002
as Himself - Interviewee

Gasoline Alley

2022
as Detective Freeman

Nobody's Fool

1994
as Carl Roebuck

Cornerman

as Cus D'Amato

Catch.44

2011
as Mel

B.B. King: The Life of Riley

2012

American Siege

2022
as Ben Watts

Wildwood Days

2008
as Bruce Willis

First Kill

2017
as Police Chief

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

1996
as Muddy Grimes (voice)

Fortress

2021
as Robert

Marauders

2016
as Hubert

Bruce Willis: All American Hero

2023

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

1993
as Man Whose Caravan Is Attacked

The Bonfire of the Vanities

1990
as Peter Fallow

True West

2002
as Lee

The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys

1997
as Himself

A Good Day to Die Hard: Making It Hard to Die

2013
as Bruce Willis

16 Blocks

2006
as Jack Mosley

Air Strike

2018
as Jack

Rock the Kasbah

2015
as Bombay Brian

Vendetta

2022
as Dornie Fetter

Assassination of a High School President

2008
as Principal Kirkpatrick

In Country

1989
as Emmett Smith

Franky Goes to Hollywood

1998
as Bruce Willis

The Making of 'Unbreakable'

2001
as Bruce Willis

White Elephant

2022

Trauma Center

2019
as Steve Wakes

Paradise City

2022
as Ryan Swan

Vanity Fair: Killers Kill, Dead Men Die

2007
as The Gumshoe

That's Adequate

1989
as Himself

Detective Knight: Independence

2023
as Detective James Knight

What Just Happened

2008
as Himself

Survive the Game

2021
as David

The Verdict

1982
as Courtroom Observer

Alpha Dog

2006
as Sonny Truelove

Lay the Favorite

2012
as Dink Heimowitz

The Whole Ten Yards

2004
as Jimmy "Tulipán" Tudeski

Breakfast of Champions

1999
as Dwayne Hoover

His Way

2011
as Himself

Pulp Fiction: The Facts

2002
as Bruce Willis

The Prince

2014
as Omar

Grindhouse

2007
as Muldoon (segment "Planet Terror")

Wire Room

2022
as Shane Mueller

The Black Mamba

2011

Hostage

2005
as Jeff Talley

Grand Champion

2004
as Mr. Blandford

Tony Bennett Celebrates 90

2016

Tony Bennett: An American Classic

2006
as Himself

The Return of Bruno

1987
as Bruno Radolini

Moonlighting

1985
as David Addison

The Hip Hop Project

2006
as Bruce Willis

Setup

2011
as Biggs

A Day To Die

2022
as Alston

Altman

2014

Acts of Violence

2018
as Detective James Avery

Out of Death

2021
as Jack Harris

Deadlock

2021
as Ron Whitlock

Host

Episode America's Game
1978 Pittsburgh Steelers 		2007
Episode America's Game
1994 San Francisco 49ers 		2006
Episode America's Game
1975 Pittsburgh Steelers 		2007

Producer

Movie The Hip Hop Project 2006
Movie The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course 2002
Movie Hostage 2005

Guest Star

Episode Icons: Big Star Profiles
Bruce Willis 		1970
Episode Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Bruce Willis, Molly Shannon, Trinidad Jame$ 		2013
Episode Rugrats
Rugrats Go Wild 		2003
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Bruce Willis; Bud Selig; Valerie Simpson 		2013
Episode Saturday Night Live
Bruce Willis/Neil Young 		1989
Episode The Daily Show
Bruce Willis 		2005
Episode Today
October 19, 2015 		2015
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Show #0011 		1993
Episode Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Bruce Willis, Fearne Cotton, Pete Doherty, Arcade Fire. 		2007
Episode That '70s Show
Misfire 		2005
Episode Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Bruce Willis 		2010
Episode Friends
The One Where Ross Meets Elizabeth's Dad 		2000
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Show #2769 		2007
Episode That '70s Show
That '70s Show: The Final Goodbye 		2006
Episode Ally McBeal
Love Unlimited 		1999
Episode Friends
The One Where Paul's the Man 		2000
Episode Friends
The One with the Ring 		2000
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Magic Johnson, Bruce Willis 		1988
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Bruce Willis, Anthony Hamilton, Carlos Santana 		2005
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Bruce Willis, Michael Lewis, Lizzo 		2015
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Bruce Willis; Kate Upton; Little Big Town 		2013
Episode ITV at the Movies
Episode 5 		2010
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Show #2557 		2006
Episode On Air With Ryan Seacrest
1/21/04 		2004
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Bruce Willis, Retta, Towkio 		2018
Episode Roseanne
Dear Mom and Dad 		1989
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Bruce Willis, Brian Regan, The Heavy 		2012
Episode The Daily Show
Bruce Willis 		2010
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Bruce Willis/Constance Marie 		2005
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Bruce Willis; Zendaya; Divine Fits 		2013
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Bruce Willis, Sia 		2008
Episode Hey Hey! It's Saturday
Episode 13 		1997
Episode Mad About You
The Birth (2) 		1997
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Bruce Willis, Sienna Miller, BØRNS 		2015
Episode Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Between Two Ferns: The Movie 		2019
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Show #2519 		2006
Episode Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Bruce Willis, “Mama” June Shannon, Mayer Hawthorne 		2013
Episode Late Night With David Letterman
Show #1214 		1989
Episode Miami Vice
No Exit (a.k.a. Three-Eyed Turtle) 		1984
Episode This Morning
Tuesday 8th March 		2005
Episode Saturday Night Live
Bruce Willis/Katy Perry 		2013
Episode The Orville
Deflectors 		2019
Episode Comedy Central Roasts
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis 		2018
Episode The Twilight Zone (1985)
Shatterday 		1985