Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis (gebore 19 Maart 1955) is 'n Amerikaanse akteur en vervaardiger. Hy is bekend vir sy rolle in die rolprente Die Hard (1988), Pulp Fiction (1994), en The Sixth Sense (1999), en in die televisiereeks Moonlighting (1985). In Maart 2022 het Willis se familie aangekondig dat hy gaan aftree nadat hy met 'n toestand wat taalkognisie beïnvloed, gediagnoseer is.

Biografie 
Willis is op 'n Amerikaanse weermagbasis gebore in Wes-Duitsland. Sy pa was Amerikaans en sy ma Duits. Hy het sy kinderjare in New Jersey deurgebring en na hoërskool het hy na New York verhuis om ' n akteur te word. Aanvanklik was dit rolle in toneelstukke.

Willis was met die aktrise Demi Moore getroud van 1987 tot 2000. Een van hul dogters is die aktrise Rumer Glenn Willis (1988). In 2009 trou Willis met die aktrise-model Emma Heming (1978), 22 jaar jonger as hy.

Loopbaan 
Hy het beroemd geword vir sy rol in die televisiereeks Moonlighting (1985-1989), waarin hy saam met Cybill Shepherd gespeel het. Hy het ook 'n filmloopbaan begin en sy definitiewe deurbraak as filmakteur gemaak met die eerste Die Hard-film in 1988.

As sanger het Willis in 1987 'n top 10-treffer in Nederland gehad met die liedjie Under the Boardwalk. 
Op 16 Oktober 2006 ontvang Willis 'n ster op die Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Filmografie

Rolprente 
 1987: Blind Date
 1988: Die Hard
 1988: Sunset
 1989: In Country
 1990: The Bonfire of the Vanities
 1990: Die Hard 2
 1991: Billy Bathgate
 1991: Hudson Hawk
 1991: The Last Boy Scout
 1991: Mortal Thoughts
 1992: Death Becomes Her
 1993: Striking Distance
 1994: Pulp Fiction
 1994: Color of Night
 1994: Nobody's Fool
 1994: North
 1995: Die Hard with a Vengeance
 1995: Twelve Monkeys
 1996: Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
 1996: Last Man Standing
 1997: The Fifth Element
 1997: The Jackal
 1998: Armageddon
 1998: Mercury Rising
 1998: The Siege
 1999: The Sixth Sense
 1999: Breakfast of Champions
 1999: The Story of Us
 2000: The Whole Nine Yards
 2000: Unbreakable
 2000: The Kid
 2001: Bandits
 2002: Hart's War
 2003: Tears of the Sun
 2004: The Whole Ten Yards
 2005: Hostage
 2005: Sin City
 2006: Over the Hedge
 2006: Alpha Dog
 2006: 16 Blocks
 2006: Fast Food Nation
 2006: The Hip Hop Project
 2007: Live Free or Die Hard
 2007: Perfect Stranger
 2008: Wildwood Days
 2008: Assassination of a High School President
 2009: Surrogates
 2010: RED
 2010: Cop Out
 2011: Setup
 2012: Lay the Favorite
 2012: Looper
 2012: The Cold Light of Day
 2012: Moonrise Kingdom
 2012: Fire with Fire
 2013: A Good Day to Die Hard
 2013: RED 2
 2014: The Prince
 2015: Rock the Kasbah
 2015: Vice
 2015: Extraction
 2016: Marauders
 2016: Precious Cargo
 2017: Once Upon a Time in Venice
 2017: First Kill
 2018: Death Wish
 2018: Air Strike
 2018: Reprisal
 2018: Acts of Violence
 2019: Motherless Brooklyn
 2019: Cornerman
 2019: Glass
 Bandits
 McClane
 10 Minutes Gone

Televisiereekse 
 1984: Casting Session
 1985: Moonlighting
 1987: Ciné6
 1996: Bruno the Kid
 2001: Extreme Close Up with...
 2006: America's Game: The Superbowl Champions

Televisierolprente 
 1987: The Return of Bruno
 1991: Siskel & Ebert: Actors on Acting
 2000: Entertainment Tonight Presents: 'Moonlighting' Exposed
 2002: True West
 2013: Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies
 2013: The American Cinematheque Tribute to Jerry Bruckheimer
 2018: Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
 2018: Tony Bennett: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

Video's 
 1986: At a Bar
 1987: Bruce Willis: Respect Yourself
 1990: The Making of 'Die Hard 2 1990: Die Hard 2: Breaking the Ice
 1990: Die Hard 2: Chaos on the Conveyor Belt
 1990: Die Hard 2: Interview with Renny Harlin
 1995: ''The Making of 'Die Hard 3
 1995: Die Hard 3: Villains with a Vengeance 1995: Die Hard 3: Bruce Willis Interview 1996: Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie 1996: The Making of 'Twelve Monkeys 1997: Stephen Stills: RockWalk Induction
 1998: The Making of 'The Jackal 1999: Watch the Mercury Rising
 2000: Conversations with Jon Turteltaub
 2000: The Making of 'The Siege 2000: The Sixth Sense: Reaching the Audience
 2000: The Sixth Sense: The Actors
 2001: The Making of 'Unbreakable 2002: The Sixth Sense': Reflections from the Set
 2003: Scene 71 Filmmakers Workshop
 2004: Journey to Safety: Making 'Tears of the Sun 2005: Inside the Blue Moon Detective Agency: The Story of Moonlighting, Part 2
 2005: The Moonlighting Phenomenon
 2005: Not Just a Day Job: The Story of Moonlighting, Part 1
 2005: Taking 'Hostage': Behind the Scenes
 2006: Hammy's Boomerang Adventure
 2006: Making 'Lucky Number Slevin 2007: ''Analog Hero in a Digital World: Making of 'Live Free or Die Hard
 2007: The Story of 'Hudson Hawk
 2007: Live Free or Die Hard Gag Reel 2007: Wrong Guy, Wrong Place, Wrong Time: A Look Back at 'Die Hard
 2007: The Continuing Adventures of John McClane 2007: Die Hard: Yippee Ki Yay Motherf***** 2007: Virtual Lives: The Making of 'Perfect Stranger
 2010: Gorillaz Featuring Mos Def and Bobby Womack: Stylo 2010: The Expendables: Comic Con Panel 2011: Access: RED 2011: From Book to Screen: The Making of' Hostage
 2012: A Look Inside Moonrise Kingdom
 2013: A Good Day to Die Hard: Making It Hard to Die
 2013: A Good Day to Die Hard: Two of a Kind
 2013: A Good Day to Die Hard: Back in Action
 2013: Looper: The Future from the Beginning
 2013: Looper: The Science of Time Travel
 2013: The Red 2 Experience
 2013: RED 2: Cast and Crew Reunion
 2018: ''Vengeance and Vision: Directing 'Death Wish'''

Eksterne skakels 
 

Amerikaanse rolprentvervaardigers
Amerikaanse vervaardigers
Geboortes in 1955
Lewende mense
Amerikaanse manlike akteurs van die 20ste eeu
Amerikaanse manlike akteurs van die 21ste eeu