Bruce Willis is a well-known actor and musician who is recognized for playing wisecracking or hard-edged characters in high-octane action flicks. He has acted in films that have made more than $2.5 billion USD in total.
His acting career began in the early 1980s, although he did not become a household name until later that decade, first after appearing alongside Cybill Shepherd in the ABC TV series Moonlighting and then as John McClane in the first Die Hard film in 1988.
According to Variety, his films such as The Sixth Sense, Armageddon, and Pulp Fiction have made more than $5 billion globally since then. He’s been nominated for five Golden Globes, one of which he won for Moonlighting, and three Emmys, two of which he won.
Full List Of Movies Acted By Bruce Willis
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1980 | The First Deadly Sin | Man entering diner | Uncredited | |
1982 | The Verdict | Courtroom observer | Uncredited | |
1987 | Blind Date | Walter Davis | ||
1988 | Sunset | Tom Mix | ||
Die Hard | John McClane | |||
1989 | In Country | Emmett Smith | ||
Look Who’s Talking | Mikey | Voice role | ||
1990 | Die Hard 2 | John McClane | ||
Look Who’s Talking Too | Mikey | Voice role | ||
The Bonfire of the Vanities | Peter Fallow | |||
1991 | Mortal Thoughts | James Urbanski | ||
Hudson Hawk | Hudson Hawk | Also credited with “story by” | ||
Billy Bathgate | Bo Weinberg | [23] | ||
The Last Boy Scout | Joe Hallenbeck | [24] | ||
1992 | The Player | Himself | Cameo | [25] |
Death Becomes Her | Dr. Ernest Menville | [26] | ||
1993 | Loaded Weapon 1 | John McClane | Uncredited | [27] |
Striking Distance | Tom Hardy | [28] | ||
1994 | Pulp Fiction | Butch Coolidge | [29] | |
North | Narrator | [30] | ||
Color of Night | Dr. Bill Capa | [31] | ||
Nobody’s Fool | Carl Roebuck | [32] | ||
1995 | Die Hard with a Vengeance | John McClane | [33] | |
Four Rooms | Leo | Uncredited; segment: “The Man from Hollywood” | [34] | |
12 Monkeys | James Cole | [35] | ||
1996 | Last Man Standing | John Smith | [36] | |
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | Muddy Grimes | Voice role | [37] | |
1997 | The Fifth Element | Korben Dallas | [38] | |
The Jackal | The Jackal | [39] | ||
1998 | Mercury Rising | Art Jeffries | [40] | |
Armageddon | Harry S. Stamper | [41] | ||
The Siege | General William Devereaux | [42] | ||
1999 | Breakfast of Champions | Dwayne Hoover | [43] | |
The Sixth Sense | Malcolm Crowe | [44] | ||
The Story of Us | Ben Jordan | [45] | ||
2000 | The Whole Nine Yards | Jimmy Tudeski | [46] | |
The Kid | Russ Duritz | [47] | ||
Unbreakable | David Dunn | [48] | ||
2001 | Bandits | Joe Blake | [49] | |
2002 | Hart’s War | Col. William A. McNamara | [50] | |
Grand Champion | Mr. Blandford | [51] | ||
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course | N/A | Executive producer | [52] | |
2003 | Tears of the Sun | Lieutenant A.K. Waters | [53] | |
Rugrats Go Wild | Spike | Voice role | [54] | |
Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle | William Rose Bailey | Uncredited | [55] | |
2004 | The Whole Ten Yards | Jimmy Tudeski | [56] | |
Ocean’s Twelve | Himself | Cameo | [57] | |
2005 | Hostage | Jeff Talley | Also producer | [58] |
Sin City | John Hartigan | Segment: That Yellow Bastard | [59] | |
2006 | Alpha Dog | Sonny Truelove | [60] | |
Lucky Number Slevin | Mr. Goodkat | [61] | ||
16 Blocks | Jack Mosley | [62] | ||
Over the Hedge | RJ | Voice role | [63] | |
Fast Food Nation | Harry Rydell | [64] | ||
The Astronaut Farmer | Doug Masterson | Uncredited | [65] | |
Hammy’s Boomerang Adventure | RJ | Voice role; short film | [66] | |
The Hip Hop Project | Himself | Also executive producer; documentary film | [67] | |
2007 | Perfect Stranger | Harrison Hill | [68] | |
Planet Terror | Lt. Muldoon | [69] | ||
Live Free or Die Hard | John McClane | [70] | ||
Nancy Drew | Himself | Uncredited cameo | [71] | |
2008 | Assassination of a High School President | Principal Jared T. Kirkpatrick | Direct-to-video | [72] |
What Just Happened | Himself | [73] | ||
2009 | Surrogates | Tom Greer | [74] | |
2010 | Cop Out | Jimmy Monroe | [75] | |
The Expendables | Mr. Church | Uncredited cameo | [76] | |
Red | Frank Moses | [77] | ||
2011 | Setup | Biggs | Direct-to-video | [78] |
Catch .44 | Mel | Direct-to-video | [79] | |
The Black Mamba | Mr. Suave | Short film | [80] | |
2012 | Lay the Favorite | Dink Heimowitz | [81] | |
The Cold Light of Day | Martin Shaw | [82] | ||
Moonrise Kingdom | Captain Sharp | [83] | ||
The Expendables 2 | Mr. Church | [84] | ||
Looper | Old Joe | [85] | ||
Fire with Fire | Mike Cella | Direct-to-video | [86] | |
2013 | A Good Day to Die Hard | John McClane | [87] | |
G.I. Joe: Retaliation | General Joseph Colton | [88] | ||
Red 2 | Frank Moses | [89] | ||
2014 | Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | John Hartigan | [90] | |
The Prince | Omar | Direct-to-video | [91] | |
2015 | Vice | Julian Michaels | Direct-to-video | [92] |
Rock the Kasbah | Bombay Brian | [93] | ||
Extraction | Leonard Turner | Direct-to-video | [94] | |
2016 | Precious Cargo | Eddie Pilosa | Direct-to-video | [95] |
Marauders | Jeffrey Hubert | Direct-to-video | [96] | |
Split | David Dunn | Uncredited cameo | [97] | |
2017 | Once Upon a Time in Venice | Steve Ford | Direct-to-video | [98] |
First Kill | Marvin Howell | Direct-to-video | [99] | |
2018 | Acts of Violence | Detective James Avery | Direct-to-video | [100] |
Death Wish | Paul Kersey | [101] | ||
Reprisal | James | Direct-to-video | [102] | |
Air Strike | Jack | Direct-to-video | [103] | |
2019 | Glass | David Dunn | [104] | |
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | Himself | Cameo | [105] | |
Motherless Brooklyn | Frank Minna | [106] | ||
10 Minutes Gone | Rex | Direct-to-video | [107] | |
Trauma Center | Lt. Steve Wakes | Direct-to-video | [108] | |
2020 | Survive the Night | Frank Clark | Direct-to-video | [109] |
Hard Kill | Donovan Chalmers | Direct-to-video | [110] | |
Breach | Clay Young | Direct-to-video | [111] | |
2021 | Cosmic Sin | James Ford | Direct-to-video | [112] |
Out of Death | Jack Harris | Direct-to-video | [113] | |
Midnight in the Switchgrass | Karl Helter | [114] | ||
Survive the Game | David Watson | Direct-to-video | [115] | |
Apex | Thomas Malone | Direct-to-video | [116] | |
Deadlock | Ron Whitlock | Direct-to-video | [117] | |
Fortress | Robert Michaels | Direct-to-video | [118] | |
2022 | American Siege | Ben Watts | Direct-to-video | [119] |
Gasoline Alley | Detective Freeman | Direct-to-video |