Bruce Willis filmography

Willis at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International.

Bruce Willis is a German-born American actor, producer and singer. The following is a filmography of his work.

Willis' career began in television in the 1980s, 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 Pulp Fiction (1994), 12 Monkeys (1995), The Fifth Element (1997), Armageddon (1998), The Sixth Sense (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Sin City (2005), Moonrise Kingdom (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 including supporting roles.[1][2] He is a two-time Emmy Award–winning, Golden Globe Award–winning and four-time Saturn Award–nominated actor.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1980 First Deadly Sin, TheThe First Deadly Sin Man Entering Diner Uncredited
1980 Guru Comes, AA Guru Comes Extra Uncredited
Television film
1982 Verdict, TheThe Verdict Uncredited
1987 Return of Bruno, TheThe Return of Bruno Bruno Radolini Television film
1987 Blind Date Walter Davis
1988 Sunset Tom Mix Also co-executive producer
1988 Die Hard John McClane
1989 In Country Emmett Smith Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
1989 Look Who's Talking Mikey (voice)
1989 That's Adequate Himself Mockumentary
1990 Die Hard 2 John McClane
1990 Look Who's Talking Too Mikey (voice)
1990 Bonfire of the Vanities, TheThe Bonfire of the Vanities Peter Fallow
1991 Mortal Thoughts James Urbanski
1991 Hudson Hawk Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins Also writer
1991 Billy Bathgate Bo Weinberg
1991 Last Boy Scout, TheThe Last Boy Scout Joseph Cornelius 'Joe' Hallenbeck Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Damon Wayans)
1992 Player, TheThe Player Himself Cameo
1992 Death Becomes Her Dr. Ernest Menville Nominated – American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor
1993 Loaded Weapon 1 John McClane Uncredited cameo
1993 Striking Distance Tom 'Tommy' Hardy
1994 Color of Night Dr. Bill Capa
1994 North Narrator Nominated - Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor
1994 Pulp Fiction Butch Coolidge
1994 Nobody's Fool Carl Roebuck
1995 Die Hard with a Vengeance John McClane
1995 Four Rooms Leo Uncredited
Segment: "The Man from Hollywood"
1995 12 Monkeys James Cole Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor
1996 Last Man Standing John Smith
1996 Beavis and Butt-Head Do America Muddy Grimes (voice)
1997 Fifth Element, TheThe Fifth Element Korben Dallas
1997 Jackal, TheThe Jackal The Jackal Nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor - Suspense
1998 Mercury Rising Art Jeffries
1998 Armageddon Harry S. Stamper Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor - Sci-Fi
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor
1998 The Siege Major General William Devereaux Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actor – Suspense
1999 Breakfast of Champions Dwayne Hoover
1999 Franky Goes to Hollywood Himself Short film
1999 Sixth Sense, TheThe Sixth Sense Dr. Malcolm Crowe Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor - Suspense
Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance
Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Haley Joel Osment)
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor
1999 Story of Us, TheThe Story of Us Ben Jordan
2000 Whole Nine Yards, TheThe Whole Nine Yards Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski
2000 Disney's The Kid Russell 'Russ' Duritz
2000 Unbreakable David Dunn Nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor - Suspense
2001 Bandits Joe Blake
2002 Hart's War Col. William A. McNamara
2002 True West Lee Television film
Also executive producer
2002 Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course, TheThe Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course Producer
2002 Grand Champion Mr. Blandford
2003 Tears of the Sun Lieutenant A.K. Waters
2003 Rugrats Go Wild Spike (voice) Nominated - Kids' Choice Award for Voice from an Animated Movie[4]
2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle William Rose Bailey Uncredited[5]
2004 Whole Ten Yards, TheThe Whole Ten Yards Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski
2004 Ocean's Twelve Himself Cameo
2005 Hostage Jeff Talley Also producer
2005 Sin City John Hartigan Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
2006 Alpha Dog Sonny Truelove
2006 16 Blocks Jack Mosley Also producer
2006 Fast Food Nation Harry Rydell
2006 Lucky Number Slevin Mr. Goodkat
2006 Hip Hop Project, TheThe Hip Hop Project Himself Documentary
Also executive producer
2006 Over The Hedge RJ (voice) Nominated - Kids' Choice Award for Voice from an Animated Movie[6]
2006 Hammy's Boomerang Adventure RJ (voice) Short film
2007 Astronaut Farmer, TheThe Astronaut Farmer Colonel Doug Masterson Uncredited[7]
2007 Perfect Stranger Harrison Hill
2007 Grindhouse: Planet Terror Lt. Muldoon
2007 Nancy Drew Himself Uncredited cameo[8]
2007 Live Free or Die Hard John McClane Also producer
2008 What Just Happened Himself
2008 Assassination of a High School President Principal Kirkpatrick
2009 Surrogates Agent Tom Greer
2010 Cop Out Jimmy Monroe
2010 Expendables, TheThe Expendables Mr. Church Uncredited
2010 Red Francis "Frank" Moses
2011 Set Up Jack Biggs
2011 Catch .44 Mel
2011 The Black Mamba Mr. Suave Short film
2012 Moonrise Kingdom Captain Sharp Nominated – Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Ensemble Cast (2nd place)
Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
Nominated – Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance
Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
2012 Lay the Favorite Dink Heimowitz
2012 Expendables 2, TheThe Expendables 2 Mr. Church
2012 Cold Light of Day, TheThe Cold Light of Day Martin
2012 Looper Older Joe
2012 Fire with Fire Mike Cella
2013 A Good Day to Die Hard John McClane Also executive producer
2013 G.I. Joe: Retaliation General Joseph Colton
2013 Red 2 Francis "Frank" Moses
2014 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For John Hartigan
2014 Prince, TheThe Prince Omar
2015 Vice Julian Michaels
2015 Rock the Kasbah Bombay Brian [9]
2015 Extraction Leonard Turner
2016 The Bombing Post-production[10]
2016 Going Under Post-production
2016 Marauders Hubert Filming
TBA Untitled Die Hard Project John McClane Announced

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1984 Miami Vice Tony Amato Episode: "No Exit"
1985 Twilight Zone, TheThe Twilight Zone Peter Novins Episode: "Shatterday"
1985–1989 Moonlighting David Addison Jr. 65 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (1987)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (1987)
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (1986)
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (1986, 1988)
1989 Roseanne Himself Episode: "Dear Mom and Dad"
1989 Saturday Night Live Host Episode: "Bruce Willis/Neil Young"
1996–1997 Bruno the Kid Bruno the Kid (voice) 36 episodes
Also executive producer
1997 Mad About You Himself Episode: "The Birth Part 2"
1999 Ally McBeal Dr. Nickle Uncredited
Episode: "Love Unlimited"
2000 Friends Paul Stevens 3 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Nominated – American Comedy Award for Funniest Male Guest Appearance in a TV Series
2005 That '70s Show Vic Episode: "Misfire"
2013 Saturday Night Live Host Episode: "Bruce Willis/Katy Perry"

Music videos

Year Artist Title Role
2010 Gorillaz "Stylo" Driver

Video games

Year Video Game Voice role
1998 Apocalypse Trey Kincaid

References

  1. ↑ "People Index". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
  2. ↑ "All Time Top 100 Stars at the Box Office". The Numbers. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Awards for Bruce Willis". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Press site — Kids' Choice Awards 2004". Nickelodeon. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 2003". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved November 10, 2015. Watch out for several cameos from the likes of Bruce Willis,…
  6. ↑ Gervich, Chad (March 29, 2007). "Kids' Choice Awards grows up". Variety. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  7. ↑ "The Movie: The Astronaut Farmer". visimag.com. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Nancy Drew". CinemaBlend. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  9. ↑ "All Time Box Office — Worst Wide Openings (1982 – Present)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  10. ↑ James Rainey (June 3, 2015). "Bruce Willis to Star in Chinese-Language Epic ‘The Bombing’". variety.com. Retrieved June 8, 2015.

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