Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis, an actor and musician, is well-known for his tough-edged roles or humorous characters in action films. He has been in over $2.5 billion dollars of films. Walter Bruce Willis, a actor from West Germany, was born in Idar–Oberstein West Germany on March 19 1955, to Marlene Kassel (from Carneys Point), and David Andrew Willis (from New Jersey), who lived on a military base in the United States. The family relocated to the U.S. shortly after he was born, and he was raised in Penns Grove, New Jersey where his mother was employed in a bank, while his father worked as a welder and factory worker. Willis began to show an interest in drama arts in high school. He was "discovered" during his time working at an New York City cafe. In the following years, he appeared in numerous off-Broadway productions. As a bartender one night it was discovered that he was spotted by a casting director who liked his persona and was in need of bartenders for a tiny movie part. Willis was a candidate for a variety of roles in films, but was not acknowledged. He was eventually offered the role as David Addison, a private eye, along with Cybill Shepherd, in the romantic comedy show Moonlighting (1985). His witty and sarcastic P.I. is seen by some as an attempt to play the role of hard-boiled NYC detective "John McClane" in the cult film Die Hard (1988), in the film, Willis' character single-handedly battled a gang of ruthless international thieves in the Los Angeles skyscraper. The sequel, Die Hard 2 (1990) Willis reprised his character as McClane. The plot set in Washington's Dulles International Airport where a group of rebellious Special Forces soldiers are trying to return a corrupt South American general. The film's outstanding box-office results led to an sequel to Die Hard with bloodshed (1995). This time, Samuel L. Jackson starred as a shrewd Harlem shopkeeper who was unaware of his role and was forced to help McClane during a terror attack on a hot New York City day.