316 - A Celebration of Bruce Willis

<p>Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American former actor. He achieved fame with a leading role on the comedy-drama series <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlighting_(TV_series)'>Moonlighting</a> (1985–1989) and has appeared in over a hundred films, gaining recognition as an action hero after his portrayal of <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McClane'>John McClane</a> in the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Hard_(film_series)'>Die Hard franchise</a> (1988–2013) and other roles.<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Willis#cite_note-1'>[1]</a><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Willis#cite_note-2'>[2]</a></p> <p>Willis's other credits include <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bonfire_of_the_Vanities_(film)'>The Bonfire of the Vanities</a> (1990), <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Hawk'>Hudson Hawk</a> (1991), <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction'>Pulp Fiction</a> (1994), <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Monkeys'>12 Monkeys</a> (1995), <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Element'>The Fifth Element</a> (1997), <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armageddon_(1998_film)'>Armageddon</a> (1998), <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sixth_Sense'>The Sixth Sense</a> (1999), <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbreakable_(film)'>Unbreakable</a> (2000), <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tears_of_the_Sun'>Tears of the Sun</a> (2003), <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Number_Slevin'>Lucky Number Slevin</a> (2006), <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrogates'>Surrogates</a> (2009), <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonrise_Kingdom'>Moonrise Kingdom</a> (2012) and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motherless_Brooklyn_(film)'>Motherless Brooklyn</a> (2019). In the later years of his career, Willis starred in many low-budget <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-to-video'>direct-to-video</a> films, which were poorly received. In March 2022, Willis's family annou