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Bruce Willis

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Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American retired actor. He achieved fame with a leading role on the comedy-drama series Moonlighting (1985–1989) and has appeared in over a hundred films, gaining recognition as an action hero for his portrayal of John McClane in the Die Hard franchise (1988–2013).Willis's other notable 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 few years of his career, he starred in many low-budget direct-to-video films, which were poorly received. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bruce Willis has received more than 41,297,760 page views. His biography is available in 104 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 102 in 2019). Bruce Willis is the 57th most popular actor (up from 66th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Germany (up from 132nd 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 41M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 104

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bruce Willis by language

Over the past year Bruce Willis has had the most page views in the with 9,036,712 views, followed by Spanish (1,673,847), and Russian (1,472,305). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Telugu (779.57%), Kazakh (300.48%), and Chuvash (168.84%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bruce Willis ranks 57 out of 13,578. Before him are Chuck Norris, Katharine Hepburn, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Taylor, Meryl Streep, and Michael Douglas. After him are Ingrid Bergman, Michael Gambon, Will Smith, Christopher Lee, Liam Neeson, and Omar Sharif.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Bruce Willis ranks 3. Before him are Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates. After him are Nicolas Sarkozy, Rowan Atkinson, Michel Platini, Tim Berners-Lee, Jair Bolsonaro, Koji Tanaka, Kevin Costner, Alain Prost, and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bruce Willis ranks 112 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick III, German Emperor (1831), Caspar David Friedrich (1774), Henry the Fowler (876), Alfred Wegener (1880), Albert Speer (1905), and Clara Zetkin (1857). After him are Theodor W. Adorno (1903), Nikolaus Otto (1832), Walter Benjamin (1892), Charles the Fat (839), Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742), and Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845).

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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), Udo Kier (1944), Jürgen Prochnow (1941), Karlheinz Böhm (1928), Nastassja Kinski (1961), Hildegard Knef (1925), Luise Rainer (1910), and Horst Buchholz (1933).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Sixth Sense
Malcolm Crowe
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
Aug 6o 19997.947 / 10
The Fifth Element
Korben Dallas
In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.
May 2o 19977.535 / 10
Die Hard
John McClane
NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.
Jul 15o 19887.779 / 10