Legendary action star Bruce Willis first rose to fame in the 80s on Moonlighting, the prototypical “will they or won’t they” procedural, but one year before his breakout series premiered, he was in the seventh episode of Miami Vice’s first season. Playing international gun runner Tony Amato, Willis gets to be the type of villain he’d spend two decades taking down in movies.
As with most villains, Amato only makes one appearance due to a horrible case of lead poisoning, but thanks to Bruce Willis, he was one of the most memorable throughout the show’s run. Willis has the distinction of having one of his songs, “Respect Yourself,” featured on the show as well.
