01-05-24

  • He has dementia.
  • A movie category at the Razzie Awards was named after him: "Worst Bruce Willis Film".
  • It was then removed because the Razzie awarders were unaware he had dementia.
  • He played John McClane in Die Hard because the producers were looking for a person to bring humour to the film.
  • He offered 1 million to anyone who would bring in Al-Qaeda terrorists in 2005.
  • Filmed his scenes in "Mortal Thoughts" in 10 days.
  • He divorced in 1998 for no reason.
  • In 1997 he stated he wouldn't do any more violent movies.
  • Then the next two Die Hards released in 2007 and 2013.
  • Then he said it again in 2001.
  • And again in 2013.
  • He was the first guest actor to appear on Friends (1993)
  • Speaking of Friends, the characters on the show are big fans of Die Hard 1 & 2.
  • He is left handed but learned to right with both hands in 1998.
  • He won an Emmy for his role in Friends.
  • He turned down the role of a ghost for the film 'Ghost' in 1990 because he thought it would ruin his career.
  • Ironically one of his most critically acclaimed films was released in 1999 and had him playing a ghost.
  • Bruce Willis did all of McClane's stunts in Die Hard.
  • Only celebrity to show up at Julia Robert's 1994 wedding.
  • Most bloopers of Die Hard feature Willis trying to add light-hearted humor to the movie.
  • First actor to voice a character in a video game.
  • Made songs as a teenager
  • One of those songs are about cheeseburgers.
  • He had been acting for 30 years before acting in a family feature film (The Kid in 2000).
  • He reprised the John McClane role from Die Hard 1-2 in Loaded Weapon (1993).
  • The only reason he starred in an episode of Friends was because he lost a bet.
  • He stuttered as a kid a lot.
  • He stopped stuttering as an actor.
  • His character from Moonlighting (1985) was supposedly accurate to Willis at the time.
  • He wears his watch upside down.
  • He also does this in movies like Die Hard III and Mercury Rising
  • In the last episode of Moonlighting a Die Hard poster is ripped down from a video rental store.
  • Bruce Willis was the last person to audition for Moonlighting.
  • Willis did not get along with his costar in Moonlighting.
  • He filled in for David Letterman on an episode he was supposed to star in.