"Bruce Willis Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor, producer, and singer. Born to a German mother and American father in Idar-Oberstein, Germany, he moved to the United States with his family in 1957. His career began on the Off-Broadway stage in the 1970s. He later achieved fame with his leading role on the hit television series ""Moonlighting"" (1985–89). He has since appeared in over 70 films and is widely regarded as an ""action hero"" due to his portrayal of John McClane in the ""Die Hard"" franchise (1988–2013), and other such roles. His credits also include"
"Bruce Willis filmography Bruce Willis is a German-born American actor, producer with Cheyenne Enterprises, and singer. The following is a filmography of his work. Willis's career began in television in 1984, most notably as David Addison in ""Moonlighting"" (1984–1989), 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, which were mostly critical and uniformly financial successes. He has also appeared in over sixty films, including box office successes like ""Death Becomes Her"" (1992), ""Pulp Fiction"" (1994), ""12 Monkeys"" (1995),"
"""The Fifth Element"" (1997), ""Armageddon"" (1998), ""The Sixth Sense"" (1999), ""Unbreakable"" (2000), ""Sin City"" (2005), ""Red"" (2010), ""Moonrise Kingdom"" (2012), ""The Expendables 2"" (2012), and ""Looper"" (2012). Motion pictures featuring Willis have grossed US$2.64 billion to 3.05 billion at North American box offices, making him the ninth-highest-grossing actor in a leading role and twelfth-highest-grossing, including supporting roles. He is a two-time Emmy Award–winning, Golden Globe Award–winning, and four-time Saturn Award–nominated actor. Solo albums: Compilations/guest appearances: Bruce Willis filmography Bruce Willis is a German-born American actor, producer with Cheyenne Enterprises, and singer. The following is a filmography of his work. Willis's"
"In 2014, Willis played the role of Garth Stubbs in the revived ITV sitcom ""Birds of a Feather"" and Luke Riley in the BBC One soap opera ""EastEnders"". Willis was born in Tooting in London on 8 May 1983. He has an older brother, Stephen, but their parents split up when he was only 3 years old. His mother later remarried and had his half-sister, Doreen, who is an ambassador for a charity called Whizz-Kidz. Willis has had three different last names legally while growing up. Even though his original last name was Willis, after his father, this was changed"
"The Return of Bruno The Return of Bruno is a 1987 comedic film, originally aired as a one-hour special on HBO and later released on VHS. It is a mockumentary starring Bruce Willis as his fictitious alter ego ""Bruno Radolini"", a legendary blues singer/musician who influenced, as the story goes, a number of famous musicians. Elton John, Phil Collins, Brian Wilson, Grace Slick, Joan Baez, Jon Bon Jovi, Paul Stanley, The Bee Gees, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, and Ringo Starr appear in the film as themselves, paying tribute to Radolini. It also features legendary photographer Henry Diltz. Written by: Paul"
"Gus Lewis Gus Lewis (born 19 January 1993) is an American-born English actor. He is best known for playing the young Bruce Wayne in the 2005 blockbuster film ""Batman Begins"", co-starring with Christian Bale and Michael Caine. That year, he also co-starred in the film ""Asylum"" alongside Hugh Bonneville and Natasha Richardson. In 2005, Lewis played a young Bruce Wayne in the blockbuster film ""Batman Begins"", whose adult counterpart was Christian Bale. The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry observed that Lewis played ""an intense and appealing"" child, while ""Orlando Weekly"" opined that the actor ""makes a strong impression"
"The Return of Bruno (album) The Return of Bruno is the debut album by actor Bruce Willis. Released by Motown in 1987, this album is an eclectic gathering of R&B music sung by Willis, with backing musicians including Booker T. Jones, The Pointer Sisters and The Temptations. It is a companion piece to an HBO special of the same name which aired shortly after the album's release. A re-issue was distributed by Razor & Tie in 1997. The album peaked at #14 on the US ""Billboard"" 200 album chart. Leadoff single ""Respect Yourself,"" a duet with June Pointer featuring background"
"his father was a welder, master mechanic, and factory worker. Willis attended Penns Grove High School in his hometown, where he encountered issues with a stutter. He was nicknamed ""Buck-Buck"" by his schoolmates. Willis joined the drama club in high school, and acting on stage reduced his stutter. He was eventually appointed student council president. After he graduated from high school in 1973, Willis took a job as a security guard at the Salem Nuclear Power Plant and transported work crews at the DuPont Chambers Works factory in Deepwater, New Jersey. After working as a private investigator (a role he"
"Emma Heming Emma Heming-Willis (born 18 June 1978) is an English model and actress. Born in Malta to an English father and a Guyanese mother, Heming was raised in north London, United Kingdom, and California, United States. On 21 March 2009, Heming married actor Bruce Willis in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The ceremony was not legally binding, so the couple wed again in a civil ceremony in Beverly Hills, California, six days later. They have two daughters together: Mabel Ray (born April 2012) and Evelyn Penn (born May 2014). Heming is also a stepmother to Willis's three elder daughters"
"B+, while calling Willis' cover of ""Under the Boardwalk"" ""surprisingly okay"", noting additionally that the album ""shows us that he (Willis) can't shout songs quite as well as Don Johnson. So Springsteen he ain't. Funny he is."" Allmusic observes that Willis ""doesn't quite have the conviction or skill of the Blues Brothers"", adding that ""The Return of Bruno"" is today little more than a kitsch artifact. The Return of Bruno (album) The Return of Bruno is the debut album by actor Bruce Willis. Released by Motown in 1987, this album is an eclectic gathering of R&B music sung by Willis,"
"Bruce Campbell Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor, producer, writer, comedian and director. One of his best-known roles is portraying Ash Williams in Sam Raimi's ""Evil Dead"" franchise, beginning with the 1978 short film ""Within the Woods"". He has starred in many low-budget cult films such as ""Crimewave"" (1985), ""Maniac Cop"" (1988), """" (1989), and ""Bubba Ho-Tep"" (2002). In television, Campbell had lead roles in ""The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr."" (1993–94) and ""Jack of all Trades"" (2000), starred as Autolycus (the King of Thieves) in """" and """" (1995–99), Sam Axe on the USA"
"the film. The name ""Ted Casablanca"" was borrowed from a minor character from ""Valley of the Dolls"". Casablanca's birth date was found to have been November 20, 1960. According to Ancestry.com’s Texas Birth Index 1903-1997 Bruce Wallace Bibby was born November 20, 1960 in Dallas county Texas to Robert and Alice Wallace Bibby. Casablanca's alter ego also earned a degree in sculpture from the California Institute of the Arts before turning to journalism. According to his own column, Casablanca married Jon Powell in Hawaii in May 2008. But on September 16, 2009, Casablanca announced that he and Powell had, after"
"Hal B. Wallis Harold Brent Wallis (born Aaron Blum Wolowicz; October 19, 1898 – October 5, 1986) was an American film producer. He is best remembered for producing ""Casablanca"" (1942), ""The Adventures of Robin Hood"" (1938), and ""True Grit"" (1969), along with many other major films for Warner Bros. featuring such film stars as Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, and Errol Flynn. Later on, for a long period, he was connected with Paramount Pictures and oversaw films featuring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Elvis Presley, and John Wayne. Aaron Blum Wolowicz was born October 19, 1898 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of"
"Robert Bruce (wrestler) Robert Bruce (3 November 1943 – 2 March 2009), born John Charles Young, was a Scottish-born professional wrestler and talent agent in Auckland, New Zealand. Bruce was born in Musselburgh, near Edinburgh in Scotland. He was born John Charles Young, but adopted the stage name of Robert the Bruce, later shortened to Robert Bruce, and kept the name when he quit wrestling. In the ring he played the quintessential villain who prefaced every low blow with an evil smirk, once saying """"Honestly, it's better being a bad guy. I suppose it's the underlying evil you may have."
"Robert Bruce (wrestler) Robert Bruce (3 November 1943 – 2 March 2009), born John Charles Young, was a Scottish-born professional wrestler and talent agent in Auckland, New Zealand. Bruce was born in Musselburgh, near Edinburgh in Scotland. He was born John Charles Young, but adopted the stage name of Robert the Bruce, later shortened to Robert Bruce, and kept the name when he quit wrestling. In the ring he played the quintessential villain who prefaced every low blow with an evil smirk, once saying """"Honestly, it's better being a bad guy. I suppose it's the underlying evil you may have."
"Jason Scott Lee Jason Scott Lee (, born November 19, 1966) is an American actor and martial artist. Lee is perhaps best known for his roles as Bruce Lee (no relation) in the 1993 martial arts film """", and Mowgli in Disney's 1994 live-action adaptation of ""The Jungle Book"". Lee was born in Los Angeles. He was raised in Hawaii and is of Chinese descent. He attended school at Pearl City High School. He has been married to Diana Lee since 2008. Lee started his acting career with small roles in ""Born in East L.A."" (1987) and ""Back to the"
"Bill Wallis William Wallis (20 November 1936 – 6 September 2013) was an English character actor and comedian who appeared in numerous radio and television roles, as well as in the theatre. Wallis was born in Guildford in Surrey, the only son of Albert Wallis, a trainee fishmonger turned engineer, and his wife, Anne, a nurse. He attended Farnham Grammar School from 1948 to 1955, where he was head boy. He gained a State Scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge, and while at Cambridge met Peter Cook and David Frost. When Cook and the team took ""Beyond the Fringe"" to"
"the movie ""Mindwarp"". Campbell is also an ordained minister and has officiated weddings for couples. Bruce Campbell Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor, producer, writer, comedian and director. One of his best-known roles is portraying Ash Williams in Sam Raimi's ""Evil Dead"" franchise, beginning with the 1978 short film ""Within the Woods"". He has starred in many low-budget cult films such as ""Crimewave"" (1985), ""Maniac Cop"" (1988), """" (1989), and ""Bubba Ho-Tep"" (2002). In television, Campbell had lead roles in ""The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr."" (1993–94) and ""Jack of all Trades"" (2000), starred as"
"Batman, real name Wayne Williams, debuted in ""Just Imagine Stan Lee with Joe Kubert Creating Batman"" (September 2001). Creators Stan Lee and Joe Kubert based this version on the character created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane. Like the original, this Batman has no superpowers. Unlike Bruce Wayne, Wayne Williams is African-American, instead of Caucasian. He is in excellent physical condition, and has a vast personal fortune allowing him access to custom equipment including: night vision lenses, Kevlar costume and sensors to magnify sound and cape-like bat wings to glide. Wayne Williams' father was a policeman who was killed in"
"Muse Watson Muse Watson (born July 20, 1948) is an American stage and screen actor. He became known for his roles as Ben Willis, the primary antagonist in the ""I Know What You Did Last Summer"" franchise, Charles Westmoreland on the Fox television series ""Prison Break"" and as Mike Franks in CBS television series ""NCIS"". Watson was born on July 20, 1948, in Alexandria, Louisiana. He attended Louisiana Tech on a music stipend for two years before transferring to Berea College in Berea, Kentucky, where he performed for the first time on stage as Petruchio in a production of Shakespeare's"
"My Name Is Bruce My Name Is Bruce is a 2007 American comedy horror film directed, co-produced by and starring B movie cult actor Bruce Campbell. The film was written by Mark Verheiden. It had a theatrical release in October 2008, followed by DVD and Blu-ray releases on February 10, 2009. Although Sam Raimi, with whom Bruce frequently collaborates, is not involved with this production, much of the film is in the vein of the ""Evil Dead"" series. Ted Raimi (Sam's brother), also a frequent collaborator, appears in this film. Campbell has shown several minutes of the movie during some"
"Bobby Willis Robert Willis (25 January 1942 – 23 October 1999) was a British songwriter, who became the manager and eventually the husband of the late British singer and television personality Cilla Black. His first known recorded composition, ""Shy of Love"" was featured on the B-side of ""Love of the Loved"", the debut release of Cilla Black in September 1963. During the sixties he was to write many songs for his then girlfriend to record and perform. One of his most popular – ""Is It Love?"" – was featured in the beat film ""Ferry Cross the Mersey"" in 1965. He"
"Austin Willis Alexander Austin Willis, (September 30, 1917 – April 3, 2004) was a Canadian actor and television host. Austin was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to parents Alexander Samuel and Emma Graham (Pushie) Willis. His older brother, J. Frank Willis, was a radio broadcaster with the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (later the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). In 2002, Austin was made a Member of the Order of Canada. He is best known internationally for his appearance as Simmons, the man whom Auric Goldfinger beats at cards in the opening scenes of the James Bond film, ""Goldfinger"". Originally he was to"
"in its ""Top 100"" list. Heming has also walked the runway for fashion shows including Herve Leger, John Galliano, Paco Rabanne, Christian Dior, Chanel, Maska, Thierry Mugler, Valentino, Emanuel Ungaro, Ralph Lauren, and Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Emma Heming Emma Heming-Willis (born 18 June 1978) is an English model and actress. Born in Malta to an English father and a Guyanese mother, Heming was raised in north London, United Kingdom, and California, United States. On 21 March 2009, Heming married actor Bruce Willis in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The ceremony was not legally binding, so the couple wed again"
"David Dunn (character) David Dunn is a fictional character and the main protagonist in the ""Unbreakable"" film series, portrayed by American actor Bruce Willis. Dunn is a former college football prodigy and presently a security guard who discovers he has superhuman abilities. He is the main protagonist in ""Unbreakable"", a minor cameo character in ""Split"", and will return in ""Glass"" as the main protagonist. David Dunn was a football player until an auto car accident occurred. Sometime after the accident, he went off to marry Audrey who together have a son named Joseph. In the present, David is a security"
"Lewis Wilson Lewis Gilbert Wilson (January 28, 1920 – August 9, 2000) was an American actor from New York City who was most famous for being the first actor to play DC Comics character Batman on screen in the 1943 film serial ""Batman"". Wilson graduated from Worcester Academy in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1939. His family had long roots with the school and his father and even grandfather were graduates. Following the entry of the United States into World War II, in 1943 Columbia Pictures created the first Batman live action series, simply called ""Batman"". Wilson was cast as the title"
"of 17, she married singer Freddy Moore, 12 years her senior and recently divorced from his first wife, Lucy. During their marriage, Demi began using Freddy's surname as her stage name. She filed for divorce in September 1984; it was finalized on August 7, 1985. Moore was then engaged to actor Emilio Estevez, with whom she co-starred in ""Wisdom,"" a crime drama he also wrote and directed. The pair planned to marry in December 1986, but called off the engagement. On November 21, 1987, Moore married her second husband, actor Bruce Willis. She and Willis have three daughters together: Rumer"
"recurring roles as Alex Longshadow in ""Banshee"" and Bruce Wayne / Batman in ""Beware the Batman"". Anthony Ruivivar Anthony Michael Ruivivar (born ) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of paramedic Carlos Nieto in ""Third Watch"" and as the voice of Bruce Wayne / Batman in ""Beware the Batman"". He often plays characters working in law enforcement. Ruivivar was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to a musician father. In January 1998 he married actress Yvonne Jung, who would later appear in seasons 5 and 6 (2003–05) of ""Third Watch"" as FDNY EMS Paramedic Holly Levine. In the"
"On September 21, 2009, Willis posted their wedding program. Their twin boys, Chase Alexander and Zachary Dashiel, were born on December 3, 2015. ""Roomies!"", ""It's Walky!"", ""Shortpacked!"", and ""Joyce & Walky!"" are each set in the same fictional universe, with many characters appearing in multiple comics. This is collectively called the Walkyverse. ""Dumbing of Age"" shares many of the same characters with the previous titles, but it exists within a separate continuity. Roomies! is a webcomic by Willis starring the college adventures of two roommates, Danny and Joe. It ran from September 8, 1997, to December 20, 1999. Originally a"
"Willis was born in Sunderland, County Durham, and grew up in the Surrey village of Stoke d'Abernon near Cobham, having moved there at the age of six. His father was an employee of the BBC, and Willis had an elder brother named David with whom he played cricket in the garden, and an elder sister. In 1965, Willis added his third name ""Dylan"" by deed poll in honour of American musician Bob Dylan, of whom he is a fan. Willis was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, playing his early cricket for Stoke d'Abernon Cricket Club, where he later"
"""On Santa Fe Trail"" and ""This Is the Army"") sent condolences to the family. Wallis is interred in a crypt at the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. 1938 and 1943 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Awards Hal B. Wallis Harold Brent Wallis (born Aaron Blum Wolowicz; October 19, 1898 – October 5, 1986) was an American film producer. He is best remembered for producing ""Casablanca"" (1942), ""The Adventures of Robin Hood"" (1938), and ""True Grit"" (1969), along with many other major films for Warner Bros. featuring such film stars as Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, and"
"Rumer Willis Rumer Glenn Willis (born August 16, 1988) is an American actress and singer. She is the oldest daughter of actors Bruce Willis and Demi Moore. Willis won season 20 of ""Dancing with the Stars."" She went on to make her Broadway debut in ""Chicago"" as Roxie Hart on September 21, 2015. She has recently had a recurring role in season 3 and 4 of FOX musical-drama ""Empire"" and became a series regular in its fourth season. She was born at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Kentucky, while her father, Bruce Willis, was filming ""In Country"". She was named"
"Wiz"", and who later played Clair Huxtable on ""The Cosby Show""). He also wrote the lyrics for her album, ""Josephine Superstar"". On November 17, 2007 Willis married a second time; his wife Karen is a lawyer and an entertainment executive. Victor Willis Victor Edward Willis (born July 1, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is best known as the founding member of the disco group Village People and also as lead singer and co-songwriter for all of their most successful singles. In the group he performed costumed as a policeman or a naval officer. The son of"