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.
| Movie | Character | Year | |
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Sunset | Tom Mix | 1988 |
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Die Hard | John McClane | 1988 |
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Look Who's Talking | Mikey (voice) | 1989 |
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Die Hard 2 | John McClane | 1990 |
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Look Who's Talking Too | Mikey (voice) | 1990 |
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The Bonfire of the Vanities | Peter Fallow | 1990 |
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Hudson Hawk | Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins | 1991 |
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Billy Bathgate | Bo Weinberg | 1991 |
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The Last Boy Scout | Joe Hallenbeck | 1991 |
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Death Becomes Her | Dr. Ernest Menville | 1992 |
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Striking Distance | Det. Tom Hardy | 1993 |
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Pulp Fiction | Butch Coolidge | 1994 |
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Die Hard: With a Vengeance | John McClane | 1995 |
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Four Rooms | Leo | 1995 |
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Twelve Monkeys | James Cole | 1995 |
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Last Man Standing | John Smith | 1996 |
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Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | Muddy Grimes (voice) | 1996 |
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The Fifth Element | Korben Dallas | 1997 |
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The Jackal | The Jackal | 1997 |
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Mercury Rising | Art Jeffries | 1998 |
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Armageddon | Harry S. Stamper | 1998 |
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The Siege | Major-General William Devereaux | 1998 |
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The Sixth Sense | Malcolm Crowe | 1999 |
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The Whole Nine Yards | Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski | 2000 |
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Unbreakable | David Dunn | 2000 |
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Bandits | Joshep Blake | 2001 |
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Hart's War | Col. William A. McNamara | 2002 |
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Tears of the Sun | Lieutenant A.K. Waters | 2003 |
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The Whole Ten Yards | Jimmy | 2004 |
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Ocean's Twelve | Himself | 2004 |
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Hostage | Jeff Talley | 2005 |
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Sin City | Hartigan | 2005 |
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Alpha Dog | Sonny Truelove | 2006 |
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16 Blocks | Jack Mosley | 2006 |
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Lucky Number Slevin | Mr. Goodkat | 2006 |
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Over the Hedge | RJ (voice) | 2006 |
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Hammy's Boomerang Adventure | RJ (voice) | 2006 |
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Grindhouse | 2007 | |
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Grindhouse | Lt. Muldoon (segment "Planet Terror") | 2007 |
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Planet Terror | Lieutenant Muldoon | 2007 |
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Live Free or Die Hard | John McClane | 2007 |
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Assassination of a High School President | Principal Kirkpatrick | 2008 |
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Surrogates | Agent Greer | 2009 |
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Cop Out | Jimmy Monroe | 2010 |
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The Expendables | Mr. Church | 2010 |
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Red | Frank Moses | 2010 |
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Setup | Biggs | 2011 |
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Catch .44 | Mel | 2011 |
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Moonrise Kingdom | Le capitaine Sharp | 2012 |
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The Expendables 2 | Church | 2012 |
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The Cold Light of Day | Martin | 2012 |
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Looper | Older Joe | 2012 |
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Lay the Favorite | Dink Heimowitz | 2012 |
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Fire with Fire | Mike Cella | 2012 |
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A Good Day to Die Hard | John McClane | 2013 |
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Joe Colton | 2013 |
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RED 2 | Frank Moses | 2013 |
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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | John Hartigan | 2013 |
