Walter Bruce Willis (March 19, 1955), better known as Bruce Willis, is a German/American actor and film producer. His career began in television in the 1980s and has continued both in television and film since. One of his more popular roles was that of John McClane in the Die Hard series which were critical and financial successes. Willis has released several albums and has appeared in several television shows. He has also appeared in over sixty films, including Pulp Fiction, Sin City, 12 Monkeys, Armageddon, and The Sixth Sense.
Motion pictures featuring Willis have grossed US$2.55 to US$3.05 billion at North American box offices, making him the seventh highest-grossing actor in a leading role, and ninth highest including supporting roles. Willis was married to actress Demi Moore and they had three daughters before their divorce in 2000 after thirteen years of marriage. He is a two-time Emmy Award-winning, Golden Globe Award-winning, and four-time Saturn Award-nominated actor.
Bruce Willis is a natural if ever there was one. His ability to intertwine passion with compassion, as well as the hardheaded, macho male attitude, earned him the opportunity to make himself the next Humphrey Bogart. In 1988, he broke into the movie business with "Die Hard", an action packed blockbuster. The very next year he surprised us with "In Country", (1989).
For a while his apparent cockiness was seen through roles in movies like 1991's "The Last Boy Scout", and "Hudson Hawk." Yet, with comedies like"Death Becomes Her", costarring Merrill Streep and Goldie Hawn, as well as 1994's "Nobody's Fool", he learned to calm down and accept his stardom gracefully. He shocked audiences in the deep sci-fi thrillers, "12 Monkeys" in '95, and a few years later, in "The Fifth Element." In 1998's "Armageddon", Bruce became an international movie star, gaining the respect of men and women for his genuine character of both a devoted and overprotective father, and a hard-core, immature, party-loving, oil-driller who inevitably saves the world and his daughter's future.
His character has never been more perfectly defined than when his ex-wife, Demi Moore, stated, "He's very confident. He has a real sense of self, and he doesn't apologize for who he is or what he has."
"The Sixth Sense" was Bruce's biggest financial hit.
Bruce Willis' defining film role was John Mclane, a tough New York cop in DIE HARD. His other notable films include: PULP FICTION, DIE HARD WITH A VENGENCE, 12 MONKEYS, LAST MAN STANDING, ARMAGEDDON, and THE FIFTH ELEMENT. THE SIXTH SENSE is Bruce's biggest box-office hit to date.
After tending bar in New York, and then achieving stardom on TV in "Moonlighting", opposite Cybil Sheppard, Bruce Willis achieved movie superstardom in the 1990's.
Although Willis frequently sports a wig, or partial hairpiece, he appeared in films like PULP FICTION and 12 MONKEYS with little or no hair and still kept his fans.
Bruce Willis was married to superstar actress Demi Moore.
His latest films include: OVER THE HEDGE, FAST FOOD NATION, THE ASTRONAUGHT FARMER, GRINDHOUSE, PERFECT STRANGER, LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD, PLANET TERROR and ASSASSINATION OF A HIGH SCHOOL PRESIDENT.
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