In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis attends a 2013 photo call for the film "A Good Day to Die Hard."
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis starred with Cybill Shepherd in the TV series "Moonlighting" from 1985 to 1989. They played private detectives in the comedy-drama, aka a "dramedy."
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis accepts a best actor Emmy Award for "Moonlighting" in 1987.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis puts his arm around musician Billy Joel as they sing together in New York in 1987. Willis released his own debut album that year, "The Return of Bruno."
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis put a new spin on the action hero archetype when he starred in the 1988 film "Die Hard." Many action movies in the '80s involved muscle-bound protagonists that seemed nearly invincible. Willis' John McClane was more vulnerable but also more relatable.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis married another major movie star, Demi Moore, in 1987. The two have three daughters — Rumer, Scout and Tallulah. They divorced in 2000.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis, left, appears on a Wayne's World skit during an episode of "Saturday Night Live" in 1989.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis and Meryl Streep appear together in the 1992 film "Death Becomes Her."
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis, third from right, poses with some of his "Pulp Fiction" co-stars in 1994. With Willis, from left, are Samuel L. Jackson, Maria de Medeiros, Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman and John Travolta. Tarantino also directed the film.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis appears with Brad Pitt in a scene from the 1995 film "12 Monkeys."
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis leaves his handprints outside Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood in 1995.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis and his family — from left, Scout, Rumer and Moore — attend the premiere of Moore's new movie "Striptease" in 1996.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis performs at a concert in Berlin in 1996. Willis was born in West Germany in 1955. His dad, David, was an American soldier, and his mom, Marlene, was German. Willis grew up in New Jersey after his father was discharged from the military.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis appears on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno in 1997.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis and Milla Jovovich star in the 1997 sci-fi movie "The Fifth Element."
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis led a team of oil drillers that helped save the world in the 1998 film "Armageddon."
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis and Haley Joel Osment appear in "The Sixth Sense" in 1999.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis acts opposite David Schwimmer in an episode of "Friends" in 2000.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis, as a national spokesman for Children in Foster Care, watches Danita Strauss kiss her son Tyler after his adoption was finalized in 2002.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis visits US troops in Kuwait in 2003.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis appears in a "Sin City" scene with Michael Madsen in 2005.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis walks the red carpet at the "Sin City" premiere in Los Angeles in 2005.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis and his daughter Rumer appear together in the 2005 film "Hostage."
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis poses with the animal character RJ, who he voices in the 2006 animated film "Over the Hedge."
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis shows his support for the Chicago Bears as he attends the Super Bowl in 2007. He is joined by his daughters Tallulah and Rumer, his ex-wife Moore and Moore's husband, actor Ashton Kutcher.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis and fellow actors Danny DeVito and Jack Nicholson listen to a boy give thanks during the curtain call for a staged reading of "The World of Nick Adams" in 2008. The event benefited the Painted Turtle, a camp and family care center founded by actor Paul Newman for children with life-threatening illnesses.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis looks at Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who was playing a younger version of Willis' character in the time-travel film "Looper" in 2012. Gordon-Levitt wore prosthetic makeup to look more like Willis, and he even adopted some of Willis' speech patterns and mannerisms.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis, center, stars in "Moonrise Kingdom" in 2012.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis attends the Berlin premiere of his latest "Die Hard" sequel in 2013. There have been five "Die Hard" movies, including the first one in 1988.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis and his second wife, model Emma Heming Willis, attend the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in 2014. The two were married in 2009, and they have two daughters, Mabel and Evelyn.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Leon Addison Brown, Willis and Laurie Metcalf attend the opening night of the Broadway play "Misery" in 2015.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis attends his Comedy Central roast in 2018.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis throws out the first pitch before a Philadelphia Phillies baseball game in 2019.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis attends Moore's book party in 2019 with their daughters and his second wife, Emma Heming Willis. From left are Rumer Willis, Moore, Bruce Willis, Scout Willis, Emma Heming Willis and Tallulah Willis.
In pictures: Actor Bruce Willis
Willis is directed by M. Night Shyamalan in the 2019 film "Glass."