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Biography Bruce Willis grew up mainly in Penns Grove, New Jersey, and graduated from high school there before going to New York to become an actor. He waited tables and tended bar for a living until he began to get roles in plays. While tending bar one night he was seen by a casting director who liked his personality and needed a bartender for a small movie role.
| Talent Agent: |
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) - Michael Kives
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| Profession: |
Actor / Producer / Soundtrack |
| Born: |
19 March 1955, Idar-Oberstein, West Germany (age 54) |
| Birth Name: |
Walter Bruce Willis |
| Height: |
6' (1.83 m) |
| Spouse: |
Emma Heming (21 March 2009 - present)
Demi Moore (21 November 1987 - 18 October 2000) (divorced) 3 children
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| Nickname: |
Bruno |
| Also Known As: |
Bruce Willis / W.B. Willis |
| Awards: |
Won Golden Globe. Another 13 wins & 24 nominations |
| Credited Years: |
1980 - 2011 |
Salary
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Live Free or Die Hard (2007): $25,000,000 |
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Hart's War (2002): $22,500,000 |
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Unbreakable (2000): $20,000,000 |
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The Kid (2000): $20,000,000 |
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The Sixth Sense (1999): $100,000,000 (salary, gross and video participations) |
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Four Rooms (1995): $0 |
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Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995): $15,000,000 |
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Pulp Fiction (1994): $800,000 |
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The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990): $3,000,000 |
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Look Who's Talking Too (1990): $10,000,000 |
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Die Hard 2 (1990): $7,500,000 |
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Look Who's Talking (1989): $10,000,000 |
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Die Hard (1988): $5,000,000 |
Trademarks
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Frequently plays a man who suffered a tragedy, had lost something or had a crisis of confidence or conscience. |
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Shaven head. |
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Headlines action-adventures, often playing a cop, hitman or someone in the military. |
Real Life Quotes
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I'm much more proud of being a father than being an actor. |
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You can't undo the past... but you can certainly not repeat it. |
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I'm staggered by the question of what it's like to be a multimillionaire. I always have to remind myself that I am. |
Trivia
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Was high school student council president. |
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His recording of "Respect Yourself" reached #5 in January of 1987. |
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He and Demi Moore announce they are ending their marriage of 11 years. No reasons given. [24 June 1998] |
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Ranked #22 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] |
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Has three daughters with Demi Moore: Rumer Willis (b. 1988), Scout LaRue Willis (b. 1991) and Tallulah Belle Willis (b. 1994). |
Other Works
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Appeared in the first series of Levi's 501 Blues commercials around 1986. He's the one who spins around and loses his sunglasses. |
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TV commercial for Seagrams 7 Golden Wine Cooler (with Sharon Stone) (1986) |
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Has his own band, Bruce Willis & The Accelerators (formerly "the Blue Devils"). |
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1980s: Released two albums on Motown Records--"The Return of Bruno" (which included the Top-10 cover of "Respect Yourself") and "If It Don't Kill You, It Just Makes You Stronger". |
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Appeared on "Subaru Legacy" commercial in Japan between 1992 and 1994 |
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