Bruce Willis

Career timeline

1. 1955 · Born

   Born in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany [now Germany]

2. 1982 · Screen debut

   The Verdict (Movie)

3. 1994 · Breakthrough

   Pulp Fiction (Movie)

4. 2005 · First production

   Hostage (Movie)

5. 2023 · Latest release

   Sly (Movie)

Career in numbers

9 1980s

29 1990s

26 2000s

29 2010s

9 2020s

• Thriller53
• Action50
• Crime36
• Comedy35
• Drama25
• Adventure21

Highest-rated title Pulp Fiction 1994 8.5 Most popular title Pulp Fiction 1994 8.5

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Bruce Willis in our catalogue.

Robert Rodriguez

5 titles together

Johnny Messner

5 titles together

Rosario Dawson

4 titles together

Tyler Jon Olson

4 titles together

Adam Huel Potter

4 titles together

Quentin Tarantino

3 titles together

Mickey Rourke

3 titles together

Michael Kamen

3 titles together

John Travolta

3 titles together

Don Harvey

3 titles together

1. 2023 Sly as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 7.2 Movie
2. 2023 Assassin as Valmora 5.1 Movie
3. 2022 Wrong Place as Frank 4.3 Movie
4. 2022 Vendetta as Donnie Fetter 6.1 Movie
5. 2021 Deadlock as Ron Whitlock 5.1 Movie
6. 2021 Apex as Thomas Malone 5.1 Movie
7. 2021 Cosmic Sin as James Ford 4.0 Movie
8. 2020 Breach as Clay Young 4.1 Movie
9. 2020 Hard Kill as Chalmers 4.9 Movie
10. 2019 The Movies That Made Us as Det. John McClane (archive footage) 7.3 TV
11. 2019 Motherless Brooklyn as Frank Minna 6.7 Movie
12. 2019 Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Bruce Willis (archive footage) 5.9 Movie
13. 2019 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part as Bruce Willis (voice) 6.6 Movie
14. 2019 Glass as David Dunn / The Overseer 6.7 Movie
15. 2018 Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis as Self 6.6 Movie
16. 2018 Death Wish as Paul Kersey 6.2 Movie
17. 2017 The Orville as Groogen (voice) 7.6 TV
18. 2017 First Kill as Howell 5.7 Movie
19. 2017 Once Upon a Time in Venice as Steve 5.2 Movie
20. 2017 Split as David Dunn (uncredited) 7.3 Movie
21. 2016 Marauders as Hubert 5.8 Movie
22. 2015 Extraction as Leonard Turner 4.5 Movie
23. 2015 Vice as Julian 4.4 Movie
24. 2014 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Hartigan 6.4 Movie
25. 2014 Altman as Self 6.6 Movie
26. 2013 RED 2 as Frank Moses 6.5 Movie
27. 2013 G.I. Joe: Retaliation as Joe Colton 5.7 Movie
28. 2013 A Good Day to Die Hard as John McClane 5.3 Movie
29. 2012 Looper as Old Joe 6.9 Movie
30. 2012 Fire with Fire as Mike Cella 5.7 Movie
31. 2012 The Expendables 2 as Church 6.4 Movie
32. 2012 Moonrise Kingdom as Captain Sharp 7.7 Movie
33. 2012 The Cold Light of Day as Martin 5.4 Movie
34. 2011 Catch.44 as Mel 5.0 Movie
35. 2011 Setup as Biggs 4.9 Movie
36. 2010 RED as Frank Moses 6.7 Movie
37. 2010 The Expendables as Mr. Church (uncredited) 6.3 Movie
38. 2010 Cop Out as Jimmy Monroe 5.6 Movie
39. 2009 Surrogates as Tom Greer 6.2 Movie
40. 2008 Shine a Light as Self - Concert Audience (uncredited) 6.8 Movie
41. 2007 Live Free or Die Hard as John McClane 6.6 Movie
42. 2007 Nancy Drew as Bruce (uncredited) 6.1 Movie
43. 2007 Perfect Stranger as Harrison Hill 5.8 Movie
44. 2007 Grindhouse as Muldoon (segment "Planet Terror") 7.0 Movie
45. 2007 Planet Terror as Lieutenant Muldoon 6.7 Movie
46. 2006 America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions as Narrator (voice) TV
47. 2006 Over the Hedge as RJ (voice) 6.6 Movie
48. 2006 16 Blocks as Jack Mosley 6.5 Movie
49. 2006 Lucky Number Slevin as Mr. Goodkat 7.5 Movie
50. 2006 Alpha Dog as Sonny Truelove 6.7 Movie
51. 2005 Sin City as Hartigan 7.5 Movie
52. 2005 Hostage as Jeff Talley 6.4 Movie
53. 2004 Ocean's Twelve as Bruce Willis 6.6 Movie
54. 2004 The Whole Ten Yards as Jimmy 5.7 Movie
55. 2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle as William Rose Bailey (uncredited) 5.5 Movie
56. 2003 Rugrats Go Wild as Spike (voice) 6.4 Movie
57. 2003 Tears of the Sun as Lieutenant A.K. Waters 6.9 Movie
58. 2002 Hart's War as Col. William A. McNamara 6.4 Movie
59. 2001 Bandits as Joseph Blake 6.3 Movie
60. 2000 Unbreakable as David Dunn 7.1 Movie
61. 2000 The Kid as Russ Duritz 6.8 Movie
62. 2000 The Whole Nine Yards as Jimmy Tudeski 6.5 Movie
63. 1999 The Story of Us as Ben Jordan 6.1 Movie
64. 1999 The Sixth Sense as Malcolm Crowe 8.0 Movie
65. 1998 The Siege as Major-General William Devereaux 6.3 Movie
66. 1998 That '70s Show as Vic 7.9 TV
67. 1998 Armageddon as Harry S. Stamper 6.8 Movie
68. 1998 Mercury Rising as Art Jeffries 6.3 Movie
69. 1997 The Jackal as The Jackal 6.4 Movie
70. 1997 Ally McBeal as Dr. Nickle (uncredited) 6.5 TV
71. 1997 The Fifth Element as Korben Dallas 7.6 Movie
72. 1996 Beavis and Butt-Head Do America as Muddy (voice) 6.7 Movie
73. 1996 Last Man Standing as John Smith 6.4 Movie
74. 1995 Twelve Monkeys as James Cole 7.6 Movie
75. 1995 Four Rooms as Leo (uncredited) 5.9 Movie
76. 1995 Die Hard: With a Vengeance as John McClane 7.3 Movie
77. 1994 Friends as Paul Stevens 8.4 TV
78. 1994 Pulp Fiction as Butch Coolidge 8.5 Movie
79. 1994 Color of Night as Dr. Bill Capa 5.8 Movie
80. 1994 North as Benevolent advisors / Narrator voice 5.0 Movie
81. 1993 Striking Distance as Tom Hardy 5.9 Movie
82. 1993 National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 as John McClane (uncredited) 6.1 Movie
83. 1992 Mad About You as Bruce Willis 6.8 TV
84. 1992 Death Becomes Her as Dr. Ernest Menville 6.8 Movie
85. 1992 HBO First Look as Self TV
86. 1991 The Last Boy Scout as Joe Hallenbeck 6.8 Movie
87. 1991 Billy Bathgate as Bo Weinberg 5.8 Movie
88. 1991 Hudson Hawk as Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins 5.7 Movie
89. 1991 Mortal Thoughts as James Urbanski 5.7 Movie
90. 1990 Look Who's Talking Too as Mikey (voice) 5.5 Movie
91. 1990 Die Hard 2 as John McClane 7.0 Movie
92. 1989 Look Who's Talking as Mikey (voice) 6.3 Movie
93. 1988 Die Hard as John McClane 7.8 Movie
94. 1988 Sunset as Tom Mix 5.7 Movie
95. 1987 Dolly as Self TV
96. 1987 Blind Date as Walter Davis 6.0 Movie
97. 1985 The Twilight Zone as Peter Novins (segment "Shatterday") 7.7 TV
98. 1985 Moonlighting as David Addison 7.6 TV
99. 1984 Miami Vice as Tony Amato 7.5 TV
100. 1982 The Verdict as Courtroom Observer (uncredited) 7.5 Movie

1. 2004 Touching Evil TV
2. 2002 The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course 5.4 Movie

1. 2005 Hostage 6.4 Movie

1. 1991 Hudson Hawk 5.7 Movie

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