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'''

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