Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis
Willis at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con.
Born	Walter Bruce Willis (1955-03-19) March 19, 1955 (age 61) Idar-Oberstein, West Germany
Residence	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Montclair State University
Occupation	Actor, producer, singer
Years active	1980–present
Spouse(s)	Demi Moore (m. 1987; div. 2000) Emma Heming (m. 2009)
Children	5, including Rumer Willis

Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor, producer, and singer. His career began on the Off-Broadway stage and then in television in the 1980s, most notably as David Addison in Moonlighting (1985–1989). He is known for his role of John McClane in the Die Hard series. He has appeared in over 60 films, including Striking Distance (1993), Color of Night (1994), Pulp Fiction (1994), 12 Monkeys (1995), The Fifth Element (1997), Armageddon (1998), The Sixth Sense (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Sin City (2005), Red (2010), The Expendables 2 (2012), and Looper (2012).

Willis married actress Demi Moore in 1987, and they had three daughters, including Rumer, before their divorce in 2000. Since 2009, he has been married to model Emma Heming, with whom he has two daughters.

Willis was born Walter Bruce Willis on March 19, 1955, in the town of Idar-Oberstein, West Germany. His father, David Willis (1929-2009), was an American soldier. His mother, Marlene, was German, born in Kassel. Willis is the oldest of four children: he has a sister, Florence, and a brother, David. His brother Robert died of pancreatic cancer in 2001, aged 42.

After being discharged from the military in 1957, Willis's father took his family back to Carneys Point Township, New Jersey. Willis has described himself as having come from a "long line of blue collar people". His mother worked in a bank and his father was a welder, master mechanic, and factory worker. Willis attended Penns Grove High School in his hometown, where he encountered issues with a stutter. He was nicknamed "Buck-Buck" by his schoolmates. Finding it easy to express himself on stage and losing his stutter in the process, Willis began performing on stage; his high school activities were marked by such things as the drama club and being student council president.