Bruce Willis as John McClane - Die Hard Movie Figure

A famous catchphrase of the character is "Yippee ki-yay, m.o.t.h.e.r.f.u.c.k.e.r".

John McClane is a fictional character and the protagonist in the Die Hard series of films. He is portrayed by Bruce Willis.

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On Christmas Eve, McClane visits his wife at her workplace at the Nakatomi Plaza. Simultaneously, Hans Gruber initiates his plan to steal $640 million in bearer bonds and takes the Nakatomi employees, including Holly, hostage. McClane escapes during the initial round-up of the hostages and eventually defeats the criminals. 

McClane discovers that mercenaries have seized control of Washington Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.. They take control of the airport's communications and threaten to cause plane crashes unless their demands are met. Holly is traveling on one of the planes and is stranded as her plane must circle overhead. McClane foils the scheme.

By the events of the third film, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Holly and John have separated and McClane has moved back to New York City. McClane mentions this strife as he and Zeus Carver foil Simon Gruber's plot to steal the Federal Reserve's gold bullion.

McClane is assigned to take hacker Matt Farrell into FBI custody. However, they soon discover that a group of terrorists are conducting a fire sale and are systematically taking out the nation's infrastructure and his wife are divorced and McClane is not on speaking terms with his daughter, Lucy. During the course of this film Lucy is kidnapped by the terrorists as leverage against McClane.

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