Bruce Willis is one of Hollywood's most iconic and influential actors whose career spans several decades and includes roles in iconic films that have had a profound impact on the film industry early years in the beginning of his career Bruce Willis was born on March 19th 1955 in Ador oberstein Germany the son of an American Soldier and a German housewife his family soon moved to the United States where he grew up in New Jersey Willis developed an interest in acting during his high school years but after graduation he tried various professions including working as a security guard and truck driver his acting career began on the theater stages of New York where he played in small Productions and performed in Off Broadway theaters Bruce Willis's career breakthrough came in 1985 when he was cast in the lead role in the television series Moonlight detective agency his charismatic and laid-back performance as private detective David Addison brought him popularity and an Emmy Award breakthrough in the movie industry Bruce Willis received the greatest Fame thanks to the role of John mlan in the movie Die Hard 1988 this role became iconic and forever cemented his status as one of the leading actors of action movies his character an ordinary policeman who happens to be at the center of a terrorist plot became the embodiment of a Lone Hero able to withstand any difficulties the movie was a huge success spawning several sequels that also became