Michael Madsen
Born: 1957-09-25 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 2025-07-03
Known For: Acting
Biography
Michael Madsen (September 25, 1957 – July 3, 2025) was an American actor, poet, and photographer. He starred in central roles in such films as Reservoir Dogs, Free Willy, Donnie Brasco, and Kill Bill, in addition to a supporting role in Sin City. Madsen is also credited with voice work in several video games, including Grand Theft Auto III, True Crime: Streets of L.A. and DRIV3R.
Filmography
2026
- Michael Jackson: A Life in Music as Self (archive footage)
- Legend of the White Dragon as Max Reed
- Mr. Wonderful as Brian Fenton
- Demon Hunters
- A Corpse in Kensington as Michael
- Blood Behind Us as Reed Philibosian
2025
- Queen of Manhattan as District Attorney
- Resurrection Road as Quantrill
- Concessions as Rex Fuel
- Sinatra! Eternity as Robert (Bob) Nelson
- The Things We Carry
2024
- Arena Wars as Samson
- Final Wager as Ian
- Prepare to Die as Sheriff Hansen
- Monster Mash as Doctor Frankenstein
- Chuck Zito: An American Story as Self
- DinoGator as Layton
- South of Hope Street as Benjamin
- Baba Yaga: Assassins Revenge as Logan Bergman
- Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha as Kensei
- Spirit Riser as Narrator (voice)
- Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird as Self
- Max Dagan as Don Clancy
2023
- Waking Karma as Paul
- Outlaw Johnny Black as Dutch
- Necronomicon
- Assault on Hill 400 as General Cota
- The Lurking Fear as Officer Hansen
- Buckle Up
- Grace as Man (Voice)
2022
- American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self
- Damon's Revenge as Damon
- Death Count as Detective Casey
- Until We Meet Again as Detective Morrison
- Incarnation as Peter
- The Wraith Within as Sheriff Townsend
2021
- American Night as Lord Samuel Morgan
- Every Last One of Them as Bill
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
- Christmas Thieves as Vince
- Red Prophecies as Richard Tyler
- Burial Ground Massacre as Damon
- Run Raven Run as Narrator (voice)
- Playing with Stars
- Ten Million Throwaways as Narrator
2020
- Shark Season as James
- Nishabdham as Richard Dawkins
- Angels Fallen as Balthazar
- 2 Graves in the Desert as Vince
- Red Handed as Lou
- Unbelievable!!!!! as President Ben Dover
- Dirty Fears as Michael
- Conjuring: The Book of the Dead as Jefferson
- The Garden Left Behind as Kevin
- Puppy Love as Wesley
- Serpent in the Bottle as Joe
2019
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as 'Bounty Law' - Sheriff Hackett
- Arctic Dogs as Duke (voice)
- The Hateful Eight as Joe Gage
- Trading Paint as Linsky
- QT8: The First Eight as Self
- Welcome to Acapulco as Hyde
- Rock, Paper, Scissors as Doyle Dechert
- Primitiva as Narrator (voice)
- The Dirty Kind ... (Executive Producer)
- Born2Race as Bobby Unser
2018
- Megalodon as Admiral King
- Love Addict as Mr. Dickinson
- Dirty Dealing as Dean
- Papa as Ivan
- Grindhouse Nightmares
- Assassins Revenge as Detective Frank McMillian
- Garlic and Gunpowder as Jason
- Hangover in Death Valley as Ted (archive footage)
- The Journey Ahead as Max
- Q-4: Dream Corporation
- Spatss! as Gang Leader
- Dead On Time as Mike McGuirk
2017
- The Broken Key as Tully DeMarco
- The Wrong Neighbor as Coach Jaworski
- Unfallen as General McCallister
- Devil's Domain as Bill
- Gasoline as Макс, баща на Дим
2016
- Emigratis as Self
- Master of Photography
- Vigilante Diaries as Moreau
- Back in the Day as Enzo
- Magi as Lawrence Irlam
- Along for the Ride as Self
- Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider as Self
- Last Man Club as Stearman Pilot
- Kidnapped in Romania as Mihai
- Talons as George Fitzgerald
2015
- The Hateful Eight as Joe Gage
- Powers as SuperShock
- Big Time in Hollywood, Fl as Harvey Scoles
- Hope Lost as Manol
- Lumberjack Man as Dr. Peter Shirtcliff
- A Hitman in London as The Boss
- Lady Psycho Killer as Doctor Douglass
- No Deposit as Peter Shay
- Flipped as Casey
- Bikini Inception as Himself
- Diamond Cartel as Mike
- The Lost Tree as John
- Sacred Blood as Detective Brennan
- Death in the Desert as Ray Easler
2014
- 2047: Sights of Death as Lobo
- Bra Wars – Hollywood’s Affair With The Bra as Self
- Turn Around Jake as Russell O'Malley
- Beyond the Game as Robert
- Water Wars as Bane
- Non escludo il ritorno as Paul Hummel
- Express 'Moscow-Russia' as продюсер Милы
- The Ninth Cloud as Bob
2013
- Golden Boy as Walter Clark Sr.
- ICE Agent as Carlos Garcia
- I'm in Love with a Church Girl as Frank Harris
- Infected as Louis Hartley
- Alien Battlefield
- Garbage as Michael
- Ashley as Bill
- Madoff: Made Off with America as Agent Kennedy
- Lionhead as Walter Powell
- Along the Roadside as Jerry
- Terrible Angels as Ben Nolan
- Nomad the Beginning as Wolf
- A Sierra Nevada Gunfight as Sheriff Sawyer
- Gabrielle as Edward Sheehan
2012
- Piranhaconda as Prof. Lovegrove
- Loosies as Lt. 'Sully' Sullivan
- Eldorado as Ted
- Sins as Don Mancino
- Prince of the City as Ben Carlton
- Beyond the Trophy as Cole Lambert
- Magic Boys as Terence
- Cole Younger & The Black Train as Marshall Stallings
- Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny as Sef
2011
- Bob's Burgers as Kevin Costner (voice)
- Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair as Budd (Sidewinder)
- Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side as Self
- Amsterdam Heavy as Keele
- The Lion of Judah as Boss (voice)
- The Forest as Lt. Brandon Ross
- The 5th Execution as Rik
- Not Another Not Another Movie as Lester Storm
- Dirty Little Trick as Vito
- A Cold Day in Hell as U.S. Marshal Stallings
2010
- Hawaii Five-0 as Roy Parrish
- Blue Bloods as John
- Terror Trap as Hotel Operator
- The Killing Jar as Doe
- Trader Games as William
- Zulu Gumball as Self
- Let the Game Begin as Dr. Turner
- The Portal as Dr. Azirra
- The Big I Am as Martell
- Corruption.Gov as Senator John Mordire
- The Brazen Bull
- Six Days in Paradise as Rich McShane
- Federal as Sam Gibson
2009
- Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- Green Lantern: First Flight as Kilowog (voice)
- Amazing Racer as Dave Blair
- The Tomb as George
- Gloves of Stone as Willie
- Deep Winter as Dean
- Outrage: Born in Terror as Farragut
- The Bleeding as Father Roy
- The Way as Commander
- Road of No Return as J. Marcone
- Hired Gun as Dan Moeller
- You Might As Well Live as Clinton Manitoba
- The Face is Familiar as Himself
- Clear Lake, WI as The Reverend
- Break as The Associate
- Christmas Crash as Joseph Johnson
- Lost in the Woods as Stuart Bunka
- Serbian Scars as Dreq
- Creepshow Raw: Insomnia as Barry
2008
- House as Tin Man/Officer Lawdale
- Hell Ride as The Gent
- A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry as Self
- The Evolution of Clint Eastwood as Self
- Crash and Burn as Vincent Scaillo
- The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry as Self
- The Business End: Violence in Cinema as Self
- Vice as Max Walker
- The Craft of Dirty Harry as Self
- Last Hour as Monk
- Killer's Freedom as Leo Ibiza
- No Bad Days as Lester
- 45 R.P.M. as Major Baxter
- Eyes Front
2007
- Boarding Gate as Miles Rennberg
- Afghan Knights as Cooper
- Cosmic Radio as Senator Atwood
- Tooth and Nail as Jackal - Rover
- Croc as Croc Hawkins
- Being Michael Madsen as Self
- Living & Dying as Agent Lind
- Strength and Honour as Sean Kelleher
- Machine as Ray
- L.A. Dicks as Steven Miller
2006
- Scary Movie 4 as Oliver
- The Last Drop as J.T. Colt
- The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird as Self
- Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light as Self
- Hoboken Hollow as J.T. Goldman
- Southern Comfort
- All In as Seal
- UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine as Major Blevins
- Prohibition Opens the Floodgates as Self
- Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films as Self
- Canes as Guillermo List
- Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood as Self
2005
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Maugrim (voice)
- Sin City as Bob
- Tilt as Don 'The Matador' Everest
- BloodRayne as Vladimir
- Chasing Ghosts as Kevin Harrison
- Law of Corruption as American
- Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2004
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2 as Budd 'Sidewinder'
- On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
- Blueberry as Wallace Sebastian Blount
- Jacked$ as Boss
- Frankenstein as Detec. Harker
- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self
- The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2' as Self
2003
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 as Budd
- My Boss's Daughter as T.J.
- 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out as Frank McGregor
- Pauly Shore Is Dead as Michael Madsen
- Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey as Self
- Vampires Anonymous as Geno
2002
- CSI: Miami as Cooper 'Coop' Daly
- Die Another Day as Falco
- The Real Deal as Baker Jacks
- The Thief & the Stripper as Jimmie D.
- Primal Instinct as Russ
- Welcome to America as Special Agent Leon Fogel
2001
- 24 as Jim Ricker
- Celebrity Big Brother as Self
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
- Animal Precinct
- Big Apple as Terry Maddock
- The Ghost as Dan Olinghouse
- Extreme Honor as Sparks
- Choke as Will
- L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve as James Alexander
- Fall as Jeremy Banes
- Outlaw as Conner
- Pressure Point as Jed Griffin
- 42K as Narrator
2000
- The Alternate as Agent Briggs
- The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence as Joe
- Luck of the Draw as Zippo
- Voodoo Dawn as Frank Barlow
- High Noon as Frank Miller
- Sacrifice as Tyler Pierce
- The Stray as Ben
- Bad Guys as Jay Peters
- Ultimate Target as Uncle
- The Price of Air as Mr. Ball
1999
- The Florentine as Whitey
- Supreme Sanction as Dalton
- Flat Out as Gene
- Ballad of the Nightingale as Giovanni
1998
- Species II as Press Lenox
- Vengeance Unlimited as Mr. Chapel
- The Sender as Dallas Grayson
- Detour as Burl Rogers
- Papertrail as FBI Agent Brad Abraham
- Rough Draft as Haynes
- Steve McQueen: The King of Cool as Self
1997
- Donnie Brasco as Dominick 'Sonny Black' Napolitano
- Executive Target as Nick James
- The Maker as Skarney
- Surface to Air as Gunnery Sgt. Zach Massin
- The Girl Gets Moe as Donnelly
- Catherine's Grove as Joe Mason
1996
- Mulholland Falls as Eddie Hall
- The Last Days of Frankie the Fly as Sal
- The Winner as Wolf
1995
- Species as Preston Lennox
- Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home as Glen Greenwood
- Man with a Gun as John Wilbur Hardin
- MADtv as Self
- Red Line as Mr. Lawrence
1994
- Wyatt Earp as Virgil Earp
- The Getaway as Rudy Travis
- Dead Connection as Det. Matt Dickson
- Blue Tiger as Gun Salesman (uncredited)
- Who Do You Think You're Fooling? as Mr. Blonde (archive footage)
- Season of Change as Randy Parker
1993
- Free Willy as Glen Greenwood
- Beyond the Law as Blood
- Money for Nothing as Detective Laurenzi
- Trouble Bound as Harry Talbot
- A House in the Hills as Mickey
- Inside Edge as Richard Montana
- Almost Blue as Morris
1992
- Reservoir Dogs as Mr. Blonde / Vic Vega
- Straight Talk as Steve
- To Kill For as Cliff Burden
- Baby Snatcher as Cal Hudson
1991
- Thelma & Louise as Jimmy
- The Doors as Tom Baker
1990
- The Outsiders as Mick Jenkins
- Gabriel's Fire
- Montana as Pierce
- The End of Innocence as Earl
1989
- Quantum Leap as Blue
- Kill Me Again as Vince Miller
- Blood Red as Enzio
1988
- War and Remembrance as 'Foof' Turhall
- Sidewalks Entertainment
- Iguana as Sebastián
- Shadows in the Storm as Earl
1987
- Jake and the Fatman
- Tour of Duty as Sergeant Greg Block
- The Killing Time as Stu
1986
- Crime Story as Johnny Fosse
1985
- Our Family Honor as Augie Danzig
1984
- Miami Vice as Sally Alvarado
- The Natural as Bump Bailey
- Racing with the Moon as Frank
1983
- The Hitchhiker as John Hampton
- WarGames as Steve
- Special Bulletin as Jimmy Lenox
- Diner as Boogie
1982
- St. Elsewhere as Mike O'Connor
- Cagney & Lacey
- Against All Hope as Cecil Moe