WILLIS, Bruce (Willis Bruce)

Born 19/3/1955 in West Germany, in the town of Idar - Oberstein, where his father, David Willis was a civilian employee in the U.S. military unit. He grew up in Penns - Grove (State of New - Jersey, USA). He studied at the College Montkler ". Of the four children in the family, Bruce was the eldest
. For eight years, Bruce begins to engage in amateur drama studio (and this despite the stuttering!), . trying to sing, . accompanying himself on harmonica in a blues ensemble "Luz-Goose", . plays in student theater groups, . then at vnebrodveyskoy scene in New York, . for what in 1977 (he was 22 years old), he abandoned his studies in college.,
. Attempts to get roles in movies, on stage, on television or to nothing
. In the evenings he filled the mountain spirits. In its quest to become an actor, Bruce showed the wonders of perseverance, but his efforts have not been sufficiently appreciated by luminaries of show business. More precisely, let us say: talent Willis really appreciated not on the stage, and at the counter of the popular New York bar "Cafe Central", which beguiled the time of artistic bohemia. "He traveled the bar on roller skates, dressed in a very broad, like parachute pants, torn T-shirt, with a bandage on his head ... He always something to hum, or joke, or playing his harmonica ... "- recalls the actor's biographers. Working in the bar combined with the persistent attempts to bring his "finest hour" in the theater and cinema. Willis had to play a lot of no notable roles in the category "B" and commercials first role in front of the camera, he "played" in a television commercial jeans "Livays."
. In 1984, after a successful role in vnebrodveyskoy stage version of Sam Shepard's play "Love fool", where Bruce played a major role, as it was written for the first praise and was invited to trial in Los Angeles
. Bruce was pleased with the fact that he was in Los Angeles and was able to watch the Olympics, it was she was more interested in it than the proposed role. And only by chance on the last day before leaving Bruce dragged into the studio to sample in the pilot production series "Moonlight" ... And then history began with a capital letter. Nobody famous New York actor because the producers liked that instead of a cameo of his partners took in most Sibbil Sheppard. In the first months of work on TV series, Bruce becomes insanely popular, journalists compose "zaekranny 'love affair with Sibbil. Press intensely stirs interest in Willis. Also around that time (in 1987), Willis met the aspiring actress Demi Moore, who then was shot mostly in continuous films, such as: "Parasite," "Young Doctors in Love," "As for last night". .. as well as in the film "Fires of Saint Elmo," which attracted the attention of critics. His relationship with Demi Moore began to flourish. Bruce liked to drink, Demi abused alcohol (she even treated at the clinic). Soon they became husband and wife.
Series "Moonlight", which went on the television screens of America from 1985 to 1989, Willis did not just popular musicians, but also the embodiment of a new masculine ideal - an ideal second half of the 80. According to critics, viewers, the TV series did not cease to occupy the question will be whether David and Maddie (Addison partner to investigate the crime, played Cybil Shepherd), in the end, lovers, and it was the nerve of the whole plot. "Moonlight" was nominated for an Emmy Award in 16 categories, including - and for the best male role. Bruce Willis, was awarded this prestigious award, full of creative forces and self-confidence, made his debut in 1987. the "first-rate" Hollywood staging - a comedy directed by B. Edwards "Remote Rendezvous". Debut (after ten years of research!) Was considered successful, and opened wide horizons actor. Role of the New York policeman John McClain in the movie "Die Hard" (1988. showed how well you can use the features of the popular image. Puzzled for emergencies (criminals penetrate equipped with the latest technology Skyscraper, . where McClain met his wife), . flat-footed (he did not have time to even put on shoes), . Hero Willis works wonders in the fight with a gang of villains.,
. The commercial success of "Wish you nuts" allowed Willis "spin" on-screen biography of his hero in two extensions - "Die Hard 2" and "Nut stronger", filmed in 1990
. At a time when the audience was associated with Willis, the hero of this "saga of McClain, actor starred in other roles. In the film, a famous director Norman Jewison "Outskirts" (1989), he tried to create a psychologically profound way a veteran of the Vietnam War, and in the film "Campfire ambitions" (1990) appeared as a reporter for a popular newspaper. Yet admirers of Willis prefer to see him in a more extravagant situations - for example, floating (without stand and shoot combined) on a hang glider in the movie "Hudson Hawk" (1991). Playing it in the comic roles, for example, in the fantastic comedy "Death Becomes Her to-face" (1992, dir. R. Zemeckis), where he was a partner of the famous Meryl Streep. Script last film was written by the leading man. Actor does not forget about his passion for music: in the movie "Look who still speaks" (1990), he sings pesnku of his own, but his solo lp "Bruce Willis: The Return of Bruno" appeared in 1987
. According to the actor himself, he does not think his personal life the subject of extensive discussions
. (Maybe that's why it fashionable mansion in Hollywood, surrounded by a six-foot wall.) Press, however, misses an opportunity to elaborate on each new event in the "vneekrannoy" The Bruce Willis.
. His heroes and role models, Bruce Willis thinks of such dissimilar actors like Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Al Pacino, Cary Grant, Bob Hope, Robert Mitchell, and Steve McQueen
. All the famous colleague Willis have many prizes and awards, in Willis, there is nothing but viewers love. In 1994, he was not nominated for an Oscar for "Pulp Fiction", although all partners were in Bruce's nominees. In the past year has been the same: Academy passed by the brilliant work of Bruce in "12 monkeys", and noted a new star Bret Lita. Fortunately, Bruce cheerful person and does not make a tragedy of. Also it does not affect the material welfare of the actor. To date, Willis is one of the most highly paid actors in Hollywood.