Bruce Willis Biography
Arguably one of the most popular stars in Hollywood as well as one of the longest serving acts, Bruce Willis has been acting, singing and producing films from as early as 1980 and up to date he maintains an active career in film. The celebrity was originally named Walter Bruce Willis after his birth on March 19 1955 in the Idar-Oberstein region of West Germany.
His parents David and Marlene Willis raised their American German son in Penns Grove, New Jersey, USA in a comfortable home he received his education at the Penns Grove High School and the Montclair State University in New Jersey. As an excellent student, Willis was never in trouble at school and in fact he provided the role model figure that a good student was expected to follow. He was a student leader in addition to getting good grades and being the lead actor at almost all of his school’s theatre productions.
Despite this, Willis did not graduate instead following the pull of making an easy buck doing odd jobs around neighbourhood business establishments. Although he is most popular for screen appearances, Willis’ career starter was in music where for a period of ten years starting 1980 he made a living through music.
Bored and seeking a new thrill Willis took up roles in minor un credited films before landing the biggest gig of his double career yet as John McClane in the 1990 film Die Hard. The fame and wealth that came with the role cemented the new actor’s ambitions in the industry and soon he was appearing in high profile and high budget films. Willis reprised the role of John McClane in Die Hard with a Vengeance in 1995 and in Live Free or Die Hard in 2007.
Some of his debut roles in the 90’s decade were in the films Bonfire of the Vanities, Hudson Hawk, Billy Bathgate, Mortal Thoughts, Color of Night, National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1, Last Boy Scout, Death Becomes Her, Story of Us, Sixth Sense, Armageddon, Jackal, Siege and Mercury Rising. For the roles of Harry Stamper and Dr. Malcolm Crowe in the films Armageddon in 1998 and Sixth Sense in 1999 respectively Willis was nominated for the Best Actor award at the Saturn Awards also in the respective years.
Willis continued with his string of big films in the 2000’s by appearing in Tears of the Sun, Rugrats, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Whole Ten Yards, Ocean's Twelve, Astronaut Farmer, 16 Blocks, Alpha Dog, Hostage, Sin City, Perfect Stranger, Assassination of a High School President, Expendables, Cop Out and Surrogates alongside actor Boris Kodjoe. Willis is currently filming for Catch .44 and Cold Light of Day which will be in box offices in 2011.
Willis’ career has been manned by controversies surrounding his Lutheran faith, his vocal Republic politics involvement as well as his support over the ownership of firearms by American citizens.
Once in a long time marriage to current wife to Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Willis is currently a husband to actress Emma Heming and the pair has been married since 2009.
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