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