Born Walter Bruce Willison on a military base in West Germany, Bruce Willis moved to Pensgrove, New Jersey at the age of two, where he grew up.

Willis was educated at Pensgrove High School and Montclair State College before he left New Jersey to move to New York and become an actor. There, he worked as a waiter and a barman to earn money, whilst making minor appearances on the stage.

However, a casting director who was looking for someone to play a barman in a film soon spotted him working as a bartender, beginning Willis’ film career.

During the period 1985-89, Willis starred opposite Cybill Shepherd in the TV series 'Moonlighting', winning a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV Series, and an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

In 1987 Bruce Willis married fellow actor Demi Moore, and the couple had three children, Rumer, Scout, and Tallulah.

The following year Bruce appeared in 'Die Hard', the first of a number of action films that he has starred in, including 'Die Hard 2', and 'Die Hard With A Vengeance'.

Willis has taken on a wide range of film roles in his career, appearing in films such as 'Bonfire Of The Vanities', 'Pulp Fiction', and the critically acclaimed 'Twelve Monkeys'.

Other successful films for Willis include 'The Fifth Element', 'Sixth Sense' and 'The Whole Nine Yards'.

Bruce Willis and Demi Moore divorced in 2000.

Filmography

• The Last Full Measure (2007)
• Morgan's Summit (2007)
• Black Water Transit (2007)
• Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
• Perfect Stranger (2007)
• The Astronaut Farmer (2007)
• Hammy's Boomerang Adventure (2006)
• Fast Food Nation (2006)
• Over the Hedge (2006)
• 16 Blocks (2006)
• Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
• Alpha Dog (2006)
• "That '70s Show" (1 episode, 2005)
• Sin City (2005)
• Hostage (2005)
• The Whole Ten Yards (2004)
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
• Rugrats Go Wild (2003)
• Tears of the Sun (2003)
• True West (2002)
• Grand Champion (2002)
• Hart's War (2002)
• Bandits (2001)
• Unbreakable (2000)
• The Kid (2000)
• "Friends" (3 episodes, 2000)
• The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
• The Story of Us (1999)
• The Sixth Sense (1999)
• Breakfast of Champions (1999)
• "Ally McBeal" (1 episode, 1999)
• Apocalypse (1998)
• The Siege (1998)
• The Fifth Element (1998)
• Armageddon (1998)
• Mercury Rising (1998)
• The Jackal (1997)
• The Fifth Element (1997)
• Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
• Last Man Standing (1996)
• "Bruno the Kid" (1996)
• Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie (1996)
• Twelve Monkeys (1995)
• Four Rooms (1995)
• Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
• Nobody's Fool (1994)
• Color of Night (1994)
• North (1994)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• Striking Distance (1993)
• Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
• Death Becomes Her (1992)
• The Last Boy Scout (1991)
• Billy Bathgate (1991)
• Hudson Hawk (1991)
• Mortal Thoughts (1991)
• The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
• Look Who's Talking Too (1990)
• Die Hard 2 (1990)
• Look Who's Talking (1989)
• In Country (1989)
• "Moonlighting" (36 episodes, 1985-1989)
• Die Hard (1988)
• Sunset (1988)
• The Return of Bruno (1988)
• Blind Date (1987)
• "The Twilight Zone" (segment "Shatterday") (1 episode, 1985)
• "Miami Vice" (1 episode, 1984)
• The Verdict (1982)
• Guru kommt, Ein (1980)
• The First Deadly Sin (1980)

Awards

• American Cinematheque Award 2000
• People's Choice Award Favorite Motion Picture Star in a Drama 2000
• Emmy Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series "Friends" 1999
• Emmy Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series "Moonlighting" (ABC) 1986 - 87
• Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Television Series (Comedy or Musical) "Moonlighting" 1986
• People's Choice Award Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Series 1986