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- He did, however, make a brief return to the screen in 2021, when he reunited with Bruce Willis and De’voreaux White for a “Die Hard” battery commercial.
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Nov 29, 2022 · He did, however, make a brief return to the screen in 2021, when he reunited with Bruce Willis and De'voreaux White for a "Die Hard" battery commercial.
Nov 29, 2022 · Clarence Gilyard, the actor best known for playing computer hacker Theo in “Die Hard” and naval flight officer Marcus “Sundown” Williams in “Top Gun,” has died at the age of 66.
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- Bruce Willis (John McClane) The success of Die Hard catapulted Bruce Willis from Emmy-winning colead of the hit TV series Moonlighting to A-list movie star overnight.
- Alan Rickman (Hans Gruber) After accumulating several stage credits, a few TV roles, and a Tony nomination for his performance in Les Liaisons Dangereuses in 1985, Alan Rickman made his film debut as the iconic villain Hans Gruber in Die Hard.
- Bonnie Bedelia (Holly Gennaro McClane) Born Bonnie Bedelia Culkin, the Golden Globe-nominated aunt of Macaulay, Kieran, and Rory Culkin, was an accomplished actress prior to the success of Die Hard.
- Reginald VelJohnson (Al Powell) After a series of blink-and-you-'ll-miss-them roles in Ghostbusters (1984) and Crocodile Dundee (1986), Reginald VelJohnson found breakout success as Sgt.
- Bruce Willis (John McClane) Bruce Willis would return to play John McClane in four more Die Hard movies (as recently as 2013) and a DieHard batteries ad that aired in October 2020.
- Bonnie Bedelia (Holly Gennaro McClane) John McClane’s estranged wife, Holly - who has been going by her maiden name since she moved to Los Angeles to work at Nakatomi Plaza - was played in Die Hard and 1990’s Die Hard 2 by Bonnie Bedelia.
- Reginald VelJohnson (Sgt. Al Powell) The only person on the ground and with a badge who is on John McClane’s side during the whole ordeal in Die Hard is Al Powell.
- De’voreaux White (Argyle) Of course, there is one other person on the ground who has John McClane’s back (but does not have a badge) in Die Hard, and that is his friendly limo driver Argyle.
Two years later, Gilyard reprised his role as criminal gang member Theo from Die Hard, alongside star Bruce Willis, in a commercial for Advance Auto Parts' DieHard brand of car batteries. [8]
Nov 29, 2022 · He did, however, make a brief return to the screen in 2021, when he reunited with Bruce Willis and De'voreaux White for a "Die Hard" battery commercial.
Nov 29, 2022 · In 2021, the actor reunited with Bruce Willis, as they both reprised their Die Hard roles for a Super Bowl commercial. Gilyard’s first long-running part on television was on CHiPs as Officer...
