2007 Co-starred in "Alpha Dog," an independent feature about a real-life drug dealer; Nick Cassavetes wrote and directed
2007 Co-starred with Halle Berry in the thriller, "Perfect Stranger"
2007 Reprised role of John McClane in "Live Free or Die Hard," the fourth installment in the popular Die Hard action franchise

2006 Starred as an infamous assassin opposite Josh Hartnett in the thriller, "Lucky Number Slevin"
2006 Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (October)

2005 Cast in "Sin City" an adaptation of Frank Miller's stories based in a morally bankrupt metropolis; co-directed by Miller and Robert Rodriguez

2004 Reprised role as Jimmy 'The Tulip' Tudeski in "The Whole Ten Yards"

2003 Had lead in the action thriller "Tears of the Sun" which co-starred Cole Hauser and Monica Bellucci

2002 Starred alongside Colin Farrell in "Hart's War"; Cole Hauser featured in cast
2002 Was executive producer of "The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course"
2002 Executive producer (with Rifkin) and star of the Showtime adaptation of Sam Shepard's play "True West"

2001 Co-starred with Billy Bob Thornton and Cate Blanchett in the comedy "Bandits"

2000 Played a hit man on the lam in the comedy "The Whole Nine Yards"
2000 Reteamed with Shymalan for the film, "Unbreakable"
2000 Made three-episode guest appearance on the NBC sitcom "Friends" as a love interest for Rachel (Jennifer Aniston); donated salary to five charities: The American Foundation for AIDS Research, AIDS Proj
2000 With Arnold Rifkin, formed Cheyenne Enterprises

1999 Made uncredited guest appearance as a shrink on an episode of Fox's "Ally McBeal"
1999 Headlined the hit supernatural thriller "The Sixth Sense", directed by M. Night Shymalan
1999 Played Dwayne Hoover in Alan Rudolph's lackluster "Breakfast of Champions", adapted from the Kurt Vonnegut novel; Willis bankrolled project with brother David receiving producing credit

1998 Returned to heroic mode in "Mercury Rising" and "Armageddon"
1998 Portrayed US General William Devereaux in Edward Zwick's "The Siege"

1997 Invoking his clout as producer, pulled the plug on "Broadway Brawler" 20 days into production, firing director Lee Grant and her producer-husband Joe Feury (who say they brought Willis aboard), cinema
1997 Starred in Luc Besson's sci-fi actioner "The Fifth Element"

1995 Reprised his signature role of John McClane in the sequel "Die Hard With a Vengeance"

1994 Won critical praise for his supporting turns in "Pulp Fiction" and "Nobody's Fool", the latter directed by Robert Benton
1994 Starred in and helped produce Richard Rush's disappointing "Color of Night"

1992 Cast against type as the milquetoast doctor in "Death Becomes Her"; stepped into role when Kevin Kline dropped out

1992 Appeared as himself in Robert Altman's "The Player"
1991 Opened Planet Hollywood Restaurant in NYC; was one of the investors along with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone
1991 First screen credit as writer (provided story) for "Hudson Hawk"; also co-wrote (again with Kraft) song, "The Hudson Hawk Theme"
1991 First film with director Alan Rudolph, "Mortal Thoughts", playing a wife-beating bad guy; then-wife Demi Moore co-starred

1990 Reprised role of McClane in "Die Hard 2: Die Harder"
1990 Again provided the voice of Mikey in the sequel "Look Who's Talking Too"; also co-wrote (with Robert Kraft) the song "Daddy's Coming Home"

1989 Voiced the thoughts of baby Mikey in the feature "Look Who's Talking"
1989 Won praise for his portrayal of a Vietnam veteran in Norman Jewison's "In Country"

1988 First film as producer, "Sunset"; also played the role of Tom Mix; second film with Edwards
1988 Breakthrough film role as John McClane in "Die Hard"

1987 Headlined the HBO special "Bruce Willis: The Return of Bruno"
1987 Feature film acting debut in Blake Edwards' "Blind Date"

1986 Released debut album and had a Top Ten hit with "Respect Yourself"

1985 - 1989 TV series debut, co-starring opposite Cybill Shepherd in "Moonlighting" (ABC); won Emmy Award in 1987

1984 Breakthrough stage role, replacing Ed Harris in the Off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard's "Fool for Love"; role of Eddie earned him an audition for "Desperately Seeking Susan" but he was not cast in

1980 Got a part in Dennis Watlington's play "Bullpen" and performed in it for four years in various venues
1980 First screen appearance an uncredited walk-on in "The First Deadly Sin"

1977 Professional stage debut in "Heaven and Earth"

1973 After high school, worked at DuPont chemical plant in New Jersey before opting for college

1957 Moved to the USA at age 2; raised in Penns Grove, New Jersey

First entertainment job, as harmonica player in band Loose Goose

Formed Night Owl Promotions

Worked as a bartender at NYC restaurants Chelsea Central and Cafe Central and the nightclub Kamikaze

Appeared in the first series of Levi's 501 Blues commercials; also served as TV spokesman for Seagrams Golden Wine Coolers



by Hollywood.com