BRUCE WILLIS

Bruce Willis is an actor and producer who has consistently been one of the industry’s highest-paid leading men. Between the late 1980s and today, he has earned hundreds of millions in movie salaries alone. He studied drama at Montclair State University but left before he could earn his degree to pursue acting full-time in New York. While there, he mainly tended bar while going on acting auditions and received a role as an extra in the 1982 movie The Verdict.

Three years later, Willis won the role of David Addison Jr. on Moonlighting. He tapped his previous work experience as a private detective, and the show instantly turned him into an international star, earning a Golden Globe and Emmy award. After being propelled to stardom, the actor began landing film roles, including the iconic John McClane in the hit movie series Die Hard.