| Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955 as Walter Bruce Willis in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as John McClane in the Die Hard series of films. Bruce Willis was born in an American military base in Idar-Oberstein, Germany to an American father and Marlene Willis, a German Lutheran mother. His father, David, was a welder and factory worker who took his family back to Penns Grove, New Jersey after being discharged from the military in 1957. Willis, who was the eldest of four children, was always an outgoing youngster, although he grew up with a stutter. Finding it easy to express himself on stage, Willis began performing on stage and his high school memberships were marked by such things as the drama club and school council president. In the late-1980s, Willis enjoyed moderate success as a recording artist, recording an album of pop-blues entitled The Return of Bruno, which included the hit single "Respect Yourself." Follow-up recordings were not as successful, though Willis does return to the recording studio from time to time. In 1999, Willis achieved what could be considered the biggest success of his career with his starring role in M. Night Shyamalan's debut film, The Sixth Sense. The film was both a commercial and critical success and launched Willis career to a new level of stardom.
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