Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis is a retired American actor, born Walter Bruce Willis on March 19, 1955, and widely recognized as a Hollywood icon of the action genre. He first achieved fame with a leading role on the comedy-drama series Moonlighting (1985 to 1989) and went on to appear in over one hundred films, becoming an action hero as John McClane in the Die Hard franchise. His other credits include Pulp Fiction, 12 Monkeys, The Fifth Element, Armageddon, The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Sin City, Red and Looper. In the last years of his career he starred in many low-budget direct-to-video films that were poorly received. He retired in 2022 because of aphasia and was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023. His honors include a Golden Globe Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006.