Michael Madsen
Born: 1957-09-25 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 2025-07-03
Known For: Acting
Biography
Michael Søren 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
- Legend of the White Dragon as Max Reed
- Mr. Wonderful as Brian Fenton
- Concessions as Rex Fuel
- Demon Hunters
- Blood Behind Us as Reed Philibosian
2025
- Queen of Manhattan as District Attorney
- Resurrection Road as Quantrill
- Sinatra! Eternity as Robert (Bob) Nelson
- The Things We Carry
2024
- Chuck Zito: An American Story as Self
- Arena Wars as Samson
- Final Wager as Ian
- South of Hope Street as Benjamin
- Monster Mash as Doctor Frankenstein
- DinoGator as Layton
- Baba Yaga: Assassins Revenge as Logan Bergman
- Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird as Self
- Prepare to Die as Sheriff Hansen
- Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha as Kensei
- Spirit Riser as Narrator (voice)
- Max Dagan as Don Clancy
2023
- Assault on Hill 400 as General Cota
- Outlaw Johnny Black as Dutch
- Waking Karma as Paul
- Necronomicon
- The Lurking Fear as Officer Hansen
- Buckle Up
- Grace as Man (Voice)
2022
- American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self
- Until We Meet Again as Detective Morrison
- Damon's Revenge as Damon
- Incarnation as Peter
- Death Count as Detective Casey
- The Wraith Within as Sheriff Townsend
2021
- American Night as Lord Samuel Morgan
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
- Every Last One of Them as Bill
- Red Prophecies as Richard Tyler
- Burial Ground Massacre as Damon
- Christmas Thieves as Vince
- Playing with Stars
- Run Raven Run as Narrator (voice)
- Ten Million Throwaways as Narrator
2020
- Shark Season as James
- 2 Graves in the Desert as Vince
- Red Handed as Lou
- Angels Fallen as Balthazar
- The Garden Left Behind as Kevin
- Nishabdham as Richard Dawkins
- Conjuring: The Book of the Dead as Jefferson
- Unbelievable!!!!! as President Ben Dover
- Serpent in the Bottle as Joe
- Puppy Love as Wesley
- Dirty Fears as Michael
2019
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as 'Bounty Law' - Sheriff Hackett
- Arctic Dogs as Duke (voice)
- QT8: The First Eight as Self
- The Hateful Eight as Joe Gage
- Trading Paint as Linsky
- Welcome to Acapulco as Hyde
- Rock, Paper, Scissors as Doyle Dechert
- The Dirty Kind ... (Executive Producer)
- Born2Race as Bobby Unser
- Primitiva as Narrator (voice)
2018
- Megalodon as Admiral King
- Love Addict as Mr. Dickinson
- Dirty Dealing as Dean
- Assassins Revenge as Detective Frank McMillian
- Papa as Ivan
- Grindhouse Nightmares
- Hangover in Death Valley as Ted (archive footage)
- Q-4: Dream Corporation
- Garlic and Gunpowder as Jason
- Dead On Time as Mike McGuirk
- The Journey Ahead as Max
- Spatss! as Gang Leader
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
- Along for the Ride as Self
- Back in the Day as Enzo
- Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider as Self
- Last Man Club as Stearman Pilot
- Magi as Lawrence Irlam
- 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
- A Hitman in London as The Boss
- Lumberjack Man as Dr. Peter Shirtcliff
- Bikini Inception as Himself
- Death in the Desert as Ray Easler
- Lady Psycho Killer as Doctor Douglass
- No Deposit as Peter Shay
- Diamond Cartel as Mike
- The Lost Tree as John
- Sacred Blood as Detective Brennan
- Flipped as Casey
2014
- Beyond the Game as Robert
- 2047: Sights of Death as Lobo
- Bra Wars – Hollywood’s Affair With The Bra as Self
- The Ninth Cloud as Bob
- Turn Around Jake as Russell O'Malley
- Express 'Moscow-Russia' as продюсер Милы
- Non escludo il ritorno as Paul Hummel
- Water Wars as Bane
2013
- Golden Boy as Walter Clark Sr.
- I'm in Love with a Church Girl as Frank Harris
- ICE Agent as Carlos Garcia
- Garbage as Michael
- Lionhead as Walter Powell
- Madoff: Made Off with America as Agent Kennedy
- Infected as Louis Hartley
- Along the Roadside as Jerry
- A Sierra Nevada Gunfight as Sheriff Sawyer
- Nomad the Beginning as Wolf
- Ashley as Bill
- Alien Battlefield
- Gabrielle as Edward Sheehan
- Terrible Angels as Ben Nolan
2012
- Piranhaconda as Prof. Lovegrove
- Loosies as Lt. 'Sully' Sullivan
- Eldorado as Ted
- Prince of the City as Ben Carlton
- Beyond the Trophy as Cole Lambert
- Magic Boys as Terence
- Sins as Don Mancino
- 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
- The Lion of Judah as Boss (voice)
- Amsterdam Heavy as Keele
- Not Another Not Another Movie as Lester Storm
- The 5th Execution as Rik
- The Forest as Lt. Brandon Ross
- A Cold Day in Hell as U.S. Marshal Stallings
- Dirty Little Trick as Vito
2010
- Hawaii Five-0 as Roy Parrish
- Blue Bloods as John
- Zulu Gumball as Self
- Terror Trap as Hotel Operator
- Let the Game Begin as Dr. Turner
- The Big I Am as Martell
- The Killing Jar as Doe
- Trader Games as William
- Corruption.Gov as Senator John Mordire
- Six Days in Paradise as Rich McShane
- The Portal as Dr. Azirra
- Federal as Sam Gibson
- The Brazen Bull
2009
- Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- Green Lantern: First Flight as Kilowog (voice)
- The Tomb as George
- Amazing Racer as Dave Blair
- You Might As Well Live as Clinton Manitoba
- The Face is Familiar as Himself
- Deep Winter as Dean
- Road of No Return as J. Marcone
- Outrage: Born in Terror as Farragut
- Gloves of Stone as Willie
- Lost in the Woods as Stuart Bunka
- The Bleeding as Father Roy
- Clear Lake, WI as The Reverend
- Christmas Crash as Joseph Johnson
- The Way as Commander
- Hired Gun as Dan Moeller
- Creepshow Raw: Insomnia as Barry
- Serbian Scars as Dreq
- Break as The Associate
2008
- House as Tin Man/Officer Lawdale
- Hell Ride as The Gent
- The Craft of Dirty Harry as Self
- The Evolution of Clint Eastwood as Self
- A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry as Self
- The Business End: Violence in Cinema as Self
- Vice as Max Walker
- Crash and Burn as Vincent Scaillo
- The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry as Self
- Last Hour as Monk
- 45 R.P.M. as Major Baxter
- No Bad Days as Lester
- Killer's Freedom as Leo Ibiza
- Eyes Front
2007
- Boarding Gate as Miles Rennberg
- Being Michael Madsen as Self
- Afghan Knights as Cooper
- Cosmic Radio as Senator Atwood
- Living & Dying as Agent Lind
- Tooth and Nail as Jackal - Rover
- L.A. Dicks as Steven Miller
- Croc as Croc Hawkins
- Machine as Ray
- Strength and Honour as Sean Kelleher
2006
- Scary Movie 4 as Oliver
- BloodRayne as Vladimir
- Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light as Self
- The Last Drop as J.T. Colt
- Southern Comfort
- The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird as Self
- Prohibition Opens the Floodgates as Self
- Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films as Self
- Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood as Self
- UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine as Major Blevins
- Hoboken Hollow as J.T. Goldman
- All In as Seal
- Canes as Guillermo List
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
- Chasing Ghosts as Kevin Harrison
- Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
- Law of Corruption as American
2004
- On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2 as Budd 'Sidewinder'
- Blueberry as Wallace Sebastian Blount
- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self
- Frankenstein as Detec. Harker
- The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2' as Self
- Jacked$ as Boss
2003
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 as Budd
- My Boss's Daughter as T.J.
- Pauly Shore Is Dead as Michael Madsen
- 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out as Frank McGregor
- Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey as Self
- Vampires Anonymous as Geno
2002
- CSI: Miami as Cooper 'Coop' Daly
- Die Another Day as Falco
- The Thief & the Stripper as Jimmie D.
- The Real Deal as Baker Jacks
- 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
- L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve as James Alexander
- Extreme Honor as Sparks
- 42K as Narrator
- The Ghost as Dan Olinghouse
- Pressure Point as Jed Griffin
- Fall as Jeremy Banes
- Outlaw as Conner
- Choke as Will
2000
- Luck of the Draw as Zippo
- The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence as Joe
- The Price of Air as Mr. Ball
- The Alternate as Agent Briggs
- Bad Guys as Jay Peters
- The Stray as Ben
- Voodoo Dawn as Frank Barlow
- Ultimate Target as Uncle
- High Noon as Frank Miller
- Sacrifice as Tyler Pierce
1999
- Supreme Sanction as Dalton
- The Florentine as Whitey
- Ballad of the Nightingale as Giovanni
- Flat Out as Gene
1998
- Vengeance Unlimited as Mr. Chapel
- Species II as Press Lenox
- Steve McQueen: The King of Cool as Self
- The Sender as Dallas Grayson
- Detour as Burl Rogers
- Rough Draft as Haynes
- Papertrail as FBI Agent Brad Abraham
1997
- Donnie Brasco as Dominick 'Sonny Black' Napolitano
- The Girl Gets Moe as Donnelly
- Surface to Air as Gunnery Sgt. Zach Massin
- Executive Target as Nick James
- The Maker as Skarney
- 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
- MADtv as Self
- Man with a Gun as John Wilbur Hardin
- Red Line as Mr. Lawrence
1994
- The Getaway as Rudy Travis
- Wyatt Earp as Virgil Earp
- 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
- The End of Innocence as Earl
- Montana as Pierce
1989
- Quantum Leap as Blue
- Kill Me Again as Vince Miller
- Blood Red as Enzio
1988
- War and Remembrance as 'Foof' Turhall
- Sidewalks Entertainment
- Shadows in the Storm as Earl
- Iguana as Sebastián
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
- Diner as Boogie
- Special Bulletin as Jimmy Lenox
1982
- St. Elsewhere as Mike O'Connor
- Cagney & Lacey
- Against All Hope as Cecil Moe