
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.
Film | Midnight in the Switchgrass | Karl Helter | 2022 |
Film | Cosmic Sin | 2022 | |
Film | Hard Kill | Chalmers | 2020-10-23 |
Film | Breach | Clay Young | 2020-12-17 |
Film | Survive the Night | Frank | 2020-07-09 |
Film | Motherless Brooklyn | Frank Minna | 2019-10-31 |
Film | Kane & Lynch | Kane | 2019 |
Film | Trauma Center | Det. Wakes | 2019-12-06 |
Film | 10 Minutes Gone | Rex | 2019-09-30 |
Film | The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | Himself (voice) | 2019-01-26 |
Film | Glass | David Dunn / The Overseer | 2019-01-16 |
Film | Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Bruce Willis | 2019-09-20 |
Film | Acts of Violence | Detective James Avery | 2018-01-12 |
Film | Air Strike | Jack | 2018-10-26 |
Film | Bumping Mics with Jeff Ross & Dave Attell | Himself | 2018-11-27 |
Film | Death Wish | Paul Kersey | 2018-03-02 |
Serial | James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction | Himself | 2018-04-29 |
Film | Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis | Himself | 2018-07-29 |
Film | Reprisal | James | 2018-08-31 |
Film | Downsizing | 2017-12-22 | |
Film | Once Upon a Time in Venice | Steve | 2017-06-08 |
Film | Split | David Dunn (uncredited) | 2017-01-09 |
Film | First Kill | Howell | 2017-07-21 |
Film | Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 | Himself | 2016-12-20 |
Film | Precious Cargo | Eddie | 2016-07-15 |
Film | Marauders | Hubert | 2016-07-01 |
Film | Extraction | Leonard Turner | 2015-12-18 |
Film | Rock the Kasbah | Bombay Brian | 2015-10-22 |
Film | Vice | Julian | 2015-01-16 |
Film | Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Hartigan | 2014-08-20 |
Film | Altman | Himself | 2014-08-01 |
Film | The Prince | Omar | 2014-08-22 |
Film | RED 2 | Frank Moses | 2013-07-18 |
Film | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Joe Colton | 2013-03-26 |
Film | Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies | Himself | 2013-03-21 |
Film | A Good Day to Die Hard | John McClane | 2013-02-06 |
Film | Moonrise Kingdom | Captain Sharp | 2012-05-24 |
Film | The Cold Light of Day | Martin | 2012-04-04 |
Film | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | 2012-02-04 | |
Film | Lay the Favorite | Dink Heimowitz | 2012-06-22 |
Film | The Expendables 2 | Church | 2012-08-08 |
Film | Fire with Fire | Mike Cella | 2012-08-31 |
Film | Moonrise Kingdom: Welcome to the Island of New Penzance | Himself | 2012-10-16 |
Film | Looper | Old Joe | 2012-09-26 |
Film | B.B. King: The Life of Riley | Self | 2012-10-15 |
Film | Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts | Himself | 2011-11-01 |
Film | The Black Mamba | Mister Suave | 2011-01-31 |
Film | Catch.44 | Mel | 2011-12-08 |
Film | Setup | Biggs | 2011-10-17 |
Film | The Black Mamba | 2011-09-21 | |
Film | I'm Still Here | Himself | 2010-09-10 |
Film | The Expendables | Mr. Church (uncredited) | 2010-08-03 |
Film | Cop Out | Jimmy Monroe | 2010-02-26 |
Film | RED | Frank Moses | 2010-10-13 |
Film | Surrogates | Tom Greer | 2009-09-24 |
Film | What Just Happened | Himself | 2008-10-17 |
Film | Shine a Light | 2008-04-04 | |
Film | Assassination of a High School President | Principal Kirkpatrick | 2008-01-17 |
Film | Killers Kill, Dead Men Die | The Gumshoe | 2007-03-13 |
Film | Planet Terror | Lieutenant Muldoon | 2007-04-06 |
Film | Grindhouse | Muldoon (segment "Planet Terror") | 2007-04-06 |
Film | Perfect Stranger | Harrison Hill | 2007-04-12 |
Film | Live Free or Die Hard | John McClane | 2007-06-20 |
Film | Nancy Drew | Bruce (uncredited) | 2007-06-15 |
Film | Alpha Dog | Sonny Truelove | 2006-01-27 |
Film | Tony Bennett: An American Classic | Himself | 2006-11-22 |
Film | Hammy's Boomerang Adventure | RJ (voice) | 2006-10-17 |
Film | Lucky Number Slevin | Mr. Goodkat | 2006-02-24 |
Film | 16 Blocks | Jack Mosley | 2006-03-01 |
Film | Fast Food Nation | Harry Rydell | 2006-05-16 |
Film | Over the Hedge | RJ (voice) | 2006-05-17 |
Film | The Astronaut Farmer | Doug Masterson (uncredited) | 2006-10-15 |
Film | Hostage | Jeff Talley | 2005-03-10 |
Film | Sin City | Det. John Hartigan | 2005-04-01 |
Film | Ocean's Twelve | Bruce Willis (uncredited) | 2004-12-09 |
Film | Genius. A Night for Ray Charles | Himself | 2004-10-07 |
Film | Grand Champion | Mr. Blandford | 2004-08-27 |
Film | The Whole Ten Yards | Jimmy Tudeski | 2004-04-07 |
Film | Rugrats Go Wild | Spike | 2003-06-13 |
Serial | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Film | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | William Rose Bailey (uncredited) | 2003-06-27 |
Film | Tears of the Sun | Lieutenant A.K. Waters | 2003-03-07 |
Film | The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies | Himself - Interviewee | 2002-06-01 |
Film | Pulp Fiction: The Facts | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-20 |
Film | Hart's War | Col. William A. McNamara | 2002-02-15 |
Film | The Making of 'Unbreakable' | Himself | 2001-06-19 |
Film | The Making of 'Unbreakable' | Self | 2001-06-19 |
Film | Bandits | Joseph Blake | 2001-10-12 |
Film | Unbreakable | David Dunn | 2000-11-22 |
Film | The Whole Nine Yards | Jimmy "Tulipán" Tudeski | 2000-02-18 |
Film | The Kid | Russell Duritz | 2000-07-07 |
Film | The Sixth Sense: The Actors | Self | 2000-03-28 |
Film | The Story of Us | Ben Jordan | 1999-10-14 |
Film | The Sixth Sense | Malcolm Crowe | 1999-08-06 |
Film | Breakfast of Champions | Dwayne Hoover | 1999-02-13 |
Serial | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
Film | The Siege | Major-General William Devereaux | 1998-11-06 |
Serial | That '70s Show | Unknown | 1998-08-23 |
Film | Jackie Chan: My Story | Himself (archive footage) | 1998-07-17 |
Film | Armageddon | Harry S. Stamper | 1998-07-01 |
Film | Mercury Rising | Art Jeffries | 1998-04-03 |
Film | The Fifth Element | Korben Dallas | 1997-05-02 |
Film | The Jackal | The Jackal | 1997-11-14 |
Serial | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Serial | Ally McBeal | Unknown | 1997-09-08 |
Film | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | Muddy Grimes (voice) | 1996-12-15 |
Film | The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys | Himself | 1996-11-05 |
Serial | Bruno the Kid | Bruno the kid | 1996-09-23 |
Film | Last Man Standing | John Smith | 1996-09-20 |
Serial | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Serial | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-03-29 |
Film | Twelve Monkeys | James Cole | 1995-12-29 |
Film | Four Rooms | Leo | 1995-12-09 |
Film | Die Hard: With a Vengeance | John McClane | 1995-05-19 |
Film | Color of Night | Dr. Bill Capa | 1994-08-19 |
Film | North | Narrator | 1994-07-22 |
Film | Pulp Fiction | Butch Coolidge | 1994-09-10 |
Film | Nobody's Fool | Carl Roebuck | 1994-12-23 |
Serial | Friends | Paul Stevens | 1994-09-22 |
Film | Striking Distance | Det. Tom Hardy | 1993-09-17 |
Serial | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Film | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Man Whose Caravan Is Attacked | 1993-02-04 |
Film | The Player | Bruce Willis | 1992-04-03 |
Film | Death Becomes Her | Dr. Ernest Menville | 1992-07-30 |
Serial | Mad About You | Unknown | 1992-09-23 |
Film | Billy Bathgate | Bo Weinberg | 1991-11-01 |
Film | Hudson Hawk | Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins | 1991-05-23 |
Film | Mortal Thoughts | James Urbanski | 1991-04-19 |
Film | The Last Boy Scout | Joe Hallenbeck | 1991-12-11 |
Film | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Peter Fallow | 1990-12-21 |
Film | Look Who's Talking Too | Mikey (voice) | 1990-12-14 |
Film | Die Hard 2 | John McClane | 1990-07-02 |
Film | That's Adequate | Himself | 1989-01-01 |
Film | In Country | Emmett Smith | 1989-09-15 |
Film | Look Who's Talking | Mikey (voice) | 1989-10-12 |
Film | Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Himself | 1989-09-24 |
Film | Die Hard | John McClane | 1988-07-15 |
Film | Sunset | Tom Mix | 1988-04-29 |
Film | Blind Date | Walter Davis | 1987-03-27 |
Film | The Return of Bruno | Bruno Radolini | 1987-02-17 |
Film | Barbra Streisand: One Voice | Audience | 1986-12-27 |
Serial | Moonlighting | David Addison | 1985-03-03 |
Serial | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1985-09-27 |
Serial | Miami Vice | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
Film | The Verdict | Courtroom Observer (uncredited) | 1982-12-08 |
Film | Prince of the City | Extra (uncredited) | 1981-08-19 |
Film | Ein Guru kommt | Extra (uncredited) | 1980-12-08 |
Film | The First Deadly Sin | Man Entering Diner as Delaney Leaves (uncredited) | 1980-10-03 |
Serial | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Serial | The Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1949-01-25 |