Bruce Willis

Musician and actor Bruce Willis is well known for his sharp-witted or wisecracking characters, typically in spectacular action films. He has been in over $2.5 billion worth of films. Walter Bruce Willis, a actor from West Germany, was born in Idar–Obersteinin West Germany on March 19, 1955 to Marlene Kassel (from Carneys Point), and David Andrew Willis (from New Jersey), who lived at a military base in the United States. His family moved to U.S. shortly after he was born, and he was raised in Penns Grove, New Jersey, where his mother worked as a bank clerk, and his father was a welding and factory worker. Willis developed an interest in the drama arts during high school and was "discovered" when he was working at an establishment in New York City and then participated in a couple of off-Broadway productions. A night, he was bartending and was noticed by a casting manager who liked his style of work. He was in need of a bartender to play the role of a minor character in a movie. Willis auditioned for a variety of roles in films, however, he was not given credit. He ultimately got the role of David Addison, a private investigator, playing Cybill Shepherd, in the romantic comedy series Moonlighting (1985). His sarcastic and wisecracking P.I. is one of the most memorable of his professional career. is seen by some as an exercise in preparation for the role of hard-boiled NYC detective "John McClane" in the monster hit Die Hard (1988), in which Willis McClane's character battled an uncompromising gang of international thieves within the Los Angeles skyscraper. The sequel, Die Hard 2 (1990), Willis reprised his role in the role of McClane. The plot set in Washington's Dulles International Airport where a group of rebellious Special Forces soldiers are trying to get back an unjust South American general. The sequel, Die hard with avengeance (1995), was a hit. The film starred Samuel L. Jackson as a cynical Harlem shopkeeper who is forced to assist McClane during a terrorist bombing spree that takes place on a hot New York day.