Bruce Willis: Celebrity Biographies

By Matt Green

Ever wondered how Bruce Willis rose to stardom?

Very few actors have been able to enjoy the diverse critical and commercial success that actor Bruce Willis has established over the many decades of his career.
Willis’s films have grossed over $3 billion in box office revenue and are responsible for some of the most iconic characters and scenes in film history.
Although he primary came to fame after transitioning from television melodrama as a tough-talking, hard-boiled action star, Willis has proven that he is unafraid to attack difficult dramatic roles that stretch his acting talent.

For more interesting facts you must read his biography.
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• Language: English
• Publisher: Matt Green
• Release date: Sep 21, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370905454

Matt Green

Matt Green is an international best-selling author who writes about celebrity figures and their real stories. Matt's goal is to make celebrity biographies more accessible and enjoyable by the readers. His books are easy-to-read, short to the point and with very interesting facts about how normal people rose to stardom. He lives with his wife Kate in Surbiton, London, United Kingdom.

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Matt Green

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Early Working Class Life

Stage Acting and Television Opportunities

Blockbuster Success and Action Movie Stardom

Willis through the 90’s

Second Career Slump and Redemption

Continued Acting Projects

Very few actors have been able to enjoy the diverse critical and commercial success that actor Bruce Willis has established over the many decades of his career. Willis’s films have grossed over $3 billion in box office revenue and are responsible for some of the most iconic characters and scenes in film history. Although he primary came to fame after transitioning from television melodrama as a tough-talking, hard-boiled action star, Willis has proven that he is unafraid to attack difficult dramatic roles that stretch his acting talent. Whether as renegade police officer John McClane in Die Hard, the disgraced boxer Butch Coolidge in Pulp Fiction, or the mysterious psychologist Dr. Malcolm Crowe in The Sixth Sense, Bruce Willis’s characters have completely entered the lexicon of pop culture.

Nearing sixty, the action star shows no sign of slowing down, not only continuing to pursue new and intriguing film roles, but also trying his hand at producing and financing independent film projects. Beneath the hardened exterior, the actor has displayed a compassionate heart through his many vested political and charitable interests and continues to further his reputation as one of the hardest working and most recognizable faces in all of Hollywood.

Early Working Class Life

Walter Bruce Willis was born in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany on March 19, 1955. Although Willis was born in Europe, he was born to American parents. Willis’s father, David, was an American military officer stationed in Germany, while his mother,