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Bruce Willis

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First an Emmy award-winner for his portrayal of wise-cracking detective David Addison in Moonlighting, Bruce morphed into an action superhero in the late Eighties through the Die Hard trilogy. The series spawned a slew of copycat films, many of which starred Willis himself. After appearing in two of the biggest cinematic disasters in history - an adaptation of Tom Wolfe's Bonfire Of The Vanities and Hudson Hawk - Bruce, who was born on March 19, 1955, in West Germany, floundered once again, becoming more infamous for Planet Hollywood than famous for his Hollywood output.

But just when it looked like the one-time waiter's career was over, Bruce reinvented himself. Taking character roles in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction and Nobody's Fool alongside Paul Newman, Bruce altered public perception once again, proving he's not just a superhero, he's an Actor. Enter M Night Shyamalan.

Writer-director Night is the mastermind behind The Sixth Sense, the supernatural thriller that wowed audiences worldwide and ushered in Willis's latest incarnation. It also wowed his bank account – he received $20 million, plus 20 percent of the film's gross. Now that's enough to put the catastrophe of Planet Hollywood behind him.

For many years Republican supporter Bruce was half of a Hollywood power couple. His former wife, Brat Pack survivor Demi Moore, shot to stardom with 1990's Academy Award-nominated Ghost, opposite Patrick Swayze. She followed that tearjerker with well received performances in A Few Good Man, Indecent Proposal, and Disclosure. Striptease in 1996 made her Hollywood's highest paid actress at the time, but disappointing box office receipts in the US coupled with the equally disappointing GI Jane downgraded Moore's cachet.

Demi and Bruce married after three months of dating and set up camp in Hailey, Idaho, 900 miles from Hollywood. There they raised their three daughters, Rumer, Scout and Tallulah. Rumours of infidelity spread in 1996, but the couple seemed to be on solid ground. Then, to the dismay of fans, the pair separated in 1998 and officially divorced in October 2000, after 13 years of marriage.

Bruce went on to date Spanish beauty Maria Bravo Rosado – a dead ringer for Demi – but the two split up after little over a year together. Since then the actor has been briefly linked to several youthful beauties including Eva Jasanovska, a Czech model more than 20 years his junior, who he met while filming Hart's War in Prague, and Planet Of The Apes actress Estella Warren.

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