Bruce Willis

Co-starred in "Alpha Dog," an independent feature about a real-life drug dealer; Nick Cassavetes wrote and directed

Co-starred with Halle Berry in the thriller, "Perfect Stranger"

Reprised role of John McClane in "Live Free or Die Hard," the fourth installment in the popular Die Hard action franchise

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (October)

Starred as an infamous assassin opposite Josh Hartnett in the thriller, "Lucky Number Slevin"

Cast in "Sin City" an adaptation of Frank Miller's stories based in a morally bankrupt metropolis; co-directed by Miller and Robert Rodriguez

Reprised role as Jimmy 'The Tulip' Tudeski in "The Whole Ten Yards"

Had lead in the action thriller "Tears of the Sun" which co-starred Cole Hauser and Monica Bellucci

Executive producer (with Rifkin) and star of the Showtime adaptation of Sam Shepard's play "True West"

Starred alongside Colin Farrell in "Hart's War"; Cole Hauser featured in cast

Was executive producer of "The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course"

Co-starred with Billy Bob Thornton and Cate Blanchett in the comedy "Bandits"

Made three-episode guest appearance on the NBC sitcom "Friends" as a love interest for Rachel (Jennifer Aniston); donated salary to five charities: The American Foundation for AIDS Research, AIDS Project Los Angeles, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, the Rape Treatment Center and UCLA Unicamp; won Emmy Award

Played a hit man on the lam in the comedy "The Whole Nine Yards"

Reteamed with Shymalan for the film, "Unbreakable"

With Arnold Rifkin, formed Cheyenne Enterprises

Headlined the hit supernatural thriller "The Sixth Sense", directed by M. Night Shymalan

Made uncredited guest appearance as a shrink on an episode of Fox's "Ally McBeal"

Played Dwayne Hoover in Alan Rudolph's lackluster "Breakfast of Champions", adapted from the Kurt Vonnegut novel; Willis bankrolled project with brother David receiving producing credit

Portrayed US General William Devereaux in Edward Zwick's "The Siege"

Returned to heroic mode in "Mercury Rising" and "Armageddon"

Invoking his clout as producer, pulled the plug on "Broadway Brawler" 20 days into production, firing director Lee Grant and her producer-husband Joe Feury (who say they brought Willis aboard), cinematographer William A Fraker and wardrobe designer Carol Oditz; project eventually abandoned

Starred in Luc Besson's sci-fi actioner "The Fifth Element"

Reprised his signature role of John McClane in the sequel "Die Hard With a Vengeance"

Starred in and helped produce Richard Rush's disappointing "Color of Night"

Won critical praise for his supporting turns in "Pulp Fiction" and "Nobody's Fool", the latter directed by Robert Benton

Appeared as himself in Robert Altman's "The Player"

Cast against type as the milquetoast doctor in "Death Becomes Her"; stepped into role when Kevin Kline dropped out

First film with director Alan Rudolph, "Mortal Thoughts", playing a wife-beating bad guy; then-wife Demi Moore co-starred

First screen credit as writer (provided story) for "Hudson Hawk"; also co-wrote (again with Kraft) song, "The Hudson Hawk Theme"

Opened Planet Hollywood Restaurant in NYC; was one of the investors along with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone

Again provided the voice of Mikey in the sequel "Look Who's Talking Too"; also co-wrote (with Robert Kraft) the song "Daddy's Coming Home"

Reprised role of McClane in "Die Hard 2: Die Harder"

Voiced the thoughts of baby Mikey in the feature "Look Who's Talking"

Won praise for his portrayal of a Vietnam veteran in Norman Jewison's "In Country"

Breakthrough film role as John McClane in "Die Hard"

First film as producer, "Sunset"; also played the role of Tom Mix; second film with Edwards

Feature film acting debut in Blake Edwards' "Blind Date"

Headlined the HBO special "Bruce Willis: The Return of Bruno"

Released debut album and had a Top Ten hit with "Respect Yourself"

TV series debut, co-starring opposite Cybill Shepherd in "Moonlighting" (ABC); won Emmy Award in 1987

Breakthrough stage role, replacing Ed Harris in the Off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard's "Fool for Love"; role of Eddie earned him an audition for "Desperately Seeking Susan" but he was not cast in that part; stayed around an extra day and tested for "Moonlighting"

First screen appearance an uncredited walk-on in "The First Deadly Sin"

Got a part in Dennis Watlington's play "Bullpen" and performed in it for four years in various venues

Professional stage debut in "Heaven and Earth"

After high school, worked at DuPont chemical plant in New Jersey before opting for college

Moved to the USA at age 2; raised in Penns Grove, New Jersey

Appeared in the first series of Levi's 501 Blues commercials; also served as TV spokesman for Seagrams Golden Wine Coolers

First entertainment job, as harmonica player in band Loose Goose

Formed Night Owl Promotions

Worked as a bartender at NYC restaurants Chelsea Central and Cafe Central and the nightclub Kamikaze