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Acting

Bruce Willis

Career: Active from 1980 to 2023, busiest in 2022 with 12 main titles.

Leading roles: 100
top three billing

Average score: 47/100

Highest rated: Pulp Fiction
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 138 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Bruce Willis Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
1.0, average 2.6
Melancholy
3.3, average 4.7
Coming of Age
1.9, average 3.0
Pathos
4.2, average 5.3

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Crime Thriller 11
Action Thriller 9
Character-Driven 8
Fast-Paced 7
Crime Drama 7
Gritty Realism 7
Conspiracy 5
Moral Ambiguity 5
Cat and Mouse Game 5
Pop Culture References 4
Fast-Paced Action 4
Star-Studded Cast 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

143

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

24 titles · average score 33

Paradise City

29

as Ian Swan

A Day to Die

52

as Alston

Gasoline Alley

33

as Detective Freeman

Detective Knight: Redemption

55

as Det. James Knight

Apex

25

as Thomas Malone

Cosmic Sin

19

as James Ford

Midnight in the Switchgrass

27

as Karl Helter

Fortress

37

as Robert

Out of Death

19

as Jack Harris

Breach

26

as Clay Young

Hard Kill

18

as Chalmers

Survive the Night

30

as Frank

2010s

38 titles · average score 45

Glass

52

as David Dunn / The Overseer

Motherless Brooklyn

65

as Frank Minna

Death Wish

43

as Paul Kersey

Marauders

39

as Hubert

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

51

as Hartigan

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

43

as Joe Colton

RED 2

54

as Frank Moses

A Good Day to Die Hard

33

as John McClane

Looper

81

as Old Joe

Moonrise Kingdom

84

as Captain Sharp

RED

67

as Frank Moses

Cop Out

37

as Jimmy Monroe

2000s

32 titles · average score 58

Surrogates

48

as Tom Greer

Live Free or Die Hard

73

as John McClane

Perfect Stranger

37

as Harrison Hill

Over the Hedge

69

as RJ (voice)

16 Blocks

60

as Jack Mosley

Sin City

76

as Hartigan

Hostage

51

as Jeff Talley

The Whole Ten Yards

32

as Jimmy Tudeski

Tears of the Sun

53

as Lieutenant A.K. Waters

Bandits

62

as Joseph Blake

Unbreakable

70

as David Dunn

The Whole Nine Yards

54

as Jimmy 'Tulipán' Tudeski

1990s

36 titles · average score 57

The Sixth Sense

78

as Malcolm Crowe

Armageddon

54

as Harry S. Stamper

The Siege

55

as Major-General William Devereaux

Mercury Rising

42

as Art Jeffries

The Fifth Element

70

as Korben Dallas

The Jackal

45

as The Jackal

Twelve Monkeys

81

as James Cole

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

67

as John McClane

Death Becomes Her

63

as Dr. Ernest Menville

The Last Boy Scout

59

as Joe Hallenbeck

Hudson Hawk

38

as Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins

Die Hard 2

68

as John McClane

1980s

13 titles · average score 65

In Country

59

as Emmett Smith

Look Who's Talking

56

as Mikey (voice)

Die Hard

83

as John McClane

Sunset

34

as Tom Mix

Blind Date

47

as Walter Davis

The Return of Bruno

60

as Bruno Radolini

Moonlighting

78

TV show · as David Addison

The Twilight Zone

79

TV show · as Peter Novins (segment "Shatterday")

Miami Vice

77

TV show · as Tony Amato

The Verdict

77

as Courtroom Observer (uncredited)

Prince of the City

79

as Extra (uncredited)

A Guru Comes

as Extra (uncredited)