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Bruce Willis

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Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is a retired American actor. He achieved fame with a leading role on the comedy-drama series Moonlighting (1985–1989) and has appeared in over one hundred films, gaining recognition as an action hero for his portrayal of John McClane in the Die Hard franchise (1988–2013). Willis's other credits include The Last Boy Scout (1991), Pulp Fiction (1994), 12 Monkeys (1995), The Fifth Element (1997), Armageddon (1998), The Sixth Sense (1999), Unbreakable, The Whole Nine Yards (both 2000), Tears of the Sun (2003), Sin City (2005), The Expendables, Red (both 2010), Looper (2012), and Glass (2019). In the last years of his career, he starred in many low-budget direct-to-video films, which were poorly received. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bruce Willis is the 39th most popular actor (up from 57th in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from Germany (up from 112th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Actor.

Bruce Willis is most famous for his role as John McClane in the "Die Hard" series.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bruce Willis ranks 39 out of 13,578. Before him are Jack Nicholson, Jean Reno, Romy Schneider, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Taylor, and Bud Spencer. After him are Marcello Mastroianni, Gérard Depardieu, Nicolas Cage, Debbie Reynolds, Paul Newman, and Charles Bronson.

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Among people born in 1955, Bruce Willis ranks 4. Before him are Pope Leo XIV, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates. After him are Nicolas Sarkozy, Alain Prost, Friedrich Merz, Michel Platini, Kevin Costner, Rowan Atkinson, Pietro Parolin, and Bill Paxton.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bruce Willis ranks 90 out of 7,253. Before him are Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050), Clara Zetkin (1857), Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955), Wilhelm Wundt (1832), Erich von Manstein (1887), and Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845). After him are Clara Schumann (1819), Charles the Bald (823), Nicholas of Cusa (1401), Caspar David Friedrich (1774), Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775), and Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Bruce Willis ranks 2. Before him are Marlene Dietrich (1901). After him are Simone Signoret (1921), Curd Jürgens (1915), Magda Schneider (1909), Jürgen Prochnow (1941), Emmy Göring (1893), Hardy Krüger (1928), Udo Kier (1944), Nastassja Kinski (1961), Luise Rainer (1910), and Karlheinz Böhm (1928).

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