Bruce Willis halts acting career after diagnosis with cognitive disorder

Legendary “Die Hard” and “Pulp Fiction” actor Bruce Willis has ended his more than four-decade acting career after being diagnosed with a cognitive disorder, his family said. “To Bruce’s amazing supporters, as a family we wanted to share that our beloved Bruce has been experiencing some health issues and has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive abilities,” Rumer Willis said in the post. “As a result of this and with much consideration Bruce is stepping away from the career that has meant so much to him.” Questions about Willis’ short-term memory have been circulating in recent weeks, and the actor was not present at Sunday’s 94th Academy Awards during a celebration of the Quentin Tarantino film “Pulp Fiction.” Instead stars Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman and John Travolta took the Dolby Theatre stage. Other major credits include the blockbuster hits “The Sixth Sense” and “Armageddon,” though his last appearances in major Hollywood film came in small roles in 2019 — in the Edward Norton-directed drama “Motherless Brooklyn” and reprising his “Unbreakable” role in M. Night Shyamalan’s “Glass.” He has since become a fixture in low-budget action-thrillers that go straight to video on demand, with titles including “Trauma Center,” “American Siege,” “Survive the Night” and “Survive the Game.” His bit roles were so prolific that this year’s Razzies dedicated an entire category to “Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 Movie,” and nominated eight films.