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Michael Madsen

Acting · 1957–2025 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Known for

Filmography

2026A Corpse in KensingtonMichael
2026Michael Jackson: A Life in MusicSelf (archive footage)
2026Legend of the White DragonMax Reed
2026Blood Behind UsReed Philibosian
2026Mr. WonderfulBrian Fenton
2026Demon Hunters
2025Queen of ManhattanDistrict Attorney
2025ConcessionsRex Fuel
2025The Things We Carry
2025Sinatra! EternityRobert (Bob) Nelson
2025Resurrection RoadQuantrill
2024DinoGatorLayton
2024Prepare to DieSheriff Hansen
2024Dark Feathers: Dance of the GeishaKensei
2024Max DaganDon Clancy
2024Arena WarsSamson
2024Final WagerIan
2024Chuck Zito: An American StorySelf
2024South of Hope StreetBenjamin
2024Spirit RiserNarrator (voice)
2024Monster MashDoctor Frankenstein
2024Once Upon a Time in HollyweirdSelf
2024Baba Yaga: Assassins RevengeLogan Bergman
2023Outlaw Johnny BlackDutch
2023The Lurking FearOfficer Hansen
2023Buckle Up
2023Necronomicon
2023Assault on Hill 400General Cota
2023Waking KarmaPaul
2022The Wraith WithinSheriff Townsend
2022American Badass: A Michael Madsen RetrospectiveSelf
2022Death CountDetective Casey
2022IncarnationPeter
2022Until We Meet AgainDetective Morrison
2022Damon's RevengeDamon
2021Run Raven RunNarrator (voice)
2021Christmas ThievesVince
2021Every Last One of ThemBill
2021American NightLord Samuel Morgan
2021Ten Million ThrowawaysNarrator
2021Burial Ground MassacreDamon
2021Batman: Dying Is EasyBullock
2021Red PropheciesRichard Tyler
2021Playing with Stars
2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood LegendSelf (archive footage)
2020Red HandedLou
2020NishabdhamRichard Dawkins
2020Dirty FearsMichael
2020The Garden Left BehindKevin
2020Unbelievable!!!!!President Ben Dover
2020Shark SeasonJames
2020Puppy LoveWesley
2020Serpent in the BottleJoe
2020Conjuring: The Book of the DeadJefferson
2020Angels FallenBalthazar
20202 Graves in the DesertVince
2019Arctic DogsDuke (voice)
2019QT8: The First EightSelf
2019PrimitivaNarrator (voice)
2019Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood'Bounty Law' - Sheriff Hackett
2019Rock, Paper, ScissorsDoyle Dechert
2019The Dirty KindExecutive Producer
2019The Hateful EightJoe Gage
2019Born2RaceBobby Unser
2019Welcome to AcapulcoHyde
2019Trading PaintLinsky
2018Hangover in Death ValleyTed (archive footage)
2018Dead On TimeMike McGuirk
2018Assassins RevengeDetective Frank McMillian
2018MegalodonAdmiral King
2018Spatss!Gang Leader
2018Q-4: Dream Corporation
2018Dirty DealingDean
2018PapaIvan
2018Love AddictMr. Dickinson
2018Garlic and GunpowderJason
2018Grindhouse Nightmares
2018The Journey AheadMax
2017The Broken KeyTully DeMarco
2017UnfallenGeneral McCallister
2017The Wrong NeighborCoach Jaworski
2017Devil's DomainBill
2017GasolineМакс, баща на Дим
2016Along for the RideSelf
2016Vigilante DiariesMoreau
2016TalonsGeorge Fitzgerald
2016Master of Photography
2016Dennis Hopper: Uneasy RiderSelf
2016Last Man ClubStearman Pilot
2016Back in the DayEnzo
2016MagiLawrence Irlam
2016EmigratisSelf
2016Kidnapped in RomaniaMihai
2015The Hateful EightJoe Gage
2015FlippedCasey
2015Lumberjack ManDr. Peter Shirtcliff
2015Sacred BloodDetective Brennan
2015Death in the DesertRay Easler
2015The Lost TreeJohn
2015Lady Psycho KillerDoctor Douglass
2015Bikini InceptionHimself
2015No DepositPeter Shay
2015Big Time in Hollywood, FlHarvey Scoles
2015A Hitman in LondonThe Boss
2015PowersSuperShock
2015Diamond CartelMike
2015Hope LostManol
2014Beyond the GameRobert
2014Bra Wars – Hollywood’s Affair With The BraSelf
2014Non Escludo Il RitornoPaul Hummel
2014Water WarsBane
20142047: Sights of DeathLobo
2014The Ninth CloudBob
2014Express 'Moscow-Russia'продюсер Милы
2014Turn Around JakeRussell O'Malley
2013I'm in Love with a Church GirlFrank Harris
2013Terrible AngelsBen Nolan
2013LionheadWalter Powell
2013A Sierra Nevada GunfightSheriff Sawyer
2013AshleyBill
2013Nomad the BeginningWolf
2013GabrielleEdward Sheehan
2013ICE AgentCarlos Garcia
2013InfectedLouis Hartley
2013Along the RoadsideJerry
2013Golden BoyWalter Clark Sr.
2013Madoff: Made Off with AmericaAgent Kennedy
2013GarbageMichael
2013Alien Battlefield
2012Prince of the CityBen Carlton
2012Magic BoysTerence
2012Beyond the TrophyCole Lambert
2012Ace of Spades: Bad DestinySef
2012Cole Younger & The Black TrainMarshall Stallings
2012PiranhacondaProf. Lovegrove
2012SinsDon Mancino
2012LoosiesLt. 'Sully' Sullivan
2012EldoradoTed
2011Dirty Little TrickVito
2011Not Another Not Another MovieLester Storm
2011Amsterdam HeavyKeele
2011Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the SideSelf
2011The Lion of JudahBoss (voice)
2011The ForestLt. Brandon Ross
2011Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody AffairBudd (Sidewinder)
2011The 5th ExecutionRik
2011Bob's BurgersKevin Costner (voice)
2011A Cold Day in HellU.S. Marshal Stallings
2010The Brazen Bull
2010FederalSam Gibson
2010Zulu GumballSelf
2010Blue BloodsJohn
2010Terror TrapHotel Operator
2010Hawaii Five-0Roy Parrish
2010Trader GamesWilliam
2010Six Days in ParadiseRich McShane
2010Let the Game BeginDr. Turner
2010The Big I AmMartell
2010The Killing JarDoe
2010The PortalDr. Azirra
2010Corruption.GovSenator John Mordire
2009Road of No ReturnJ. Marcone
2009The TombGeorge
2009The BleedingFather Roy
2009Creepshow Raw: InsomniaBarry
2009Gloves of StoneWillie
2009Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelf
2009Serbian ScarsDreq
2009Lost in the WoodsStuart Bunka
2009Green Lantern: First FlightKilowog (voice)
2009The Face is FamiliarHimself
2009The WayCommander
2009BreakThe Associate
2009Amazing RacerDave Blair
2009Hired GunDan Moeller
2009You Might As Well LiveClinton Manitoba
2009Deep WinterDean
2009Clear Lake, WIThe Reverend
2009Outrage: Born in TerrorFarragut
2009Christmas CrashJoseph Johnson
2008HouseTin Man/Officer Lawdale
2008Hell RideThe Gent
200845 R.P.M.Major Baxter
2008No Bad DaysLester
2008The Long Shadow of Dirty HarrySelf
2008A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty HarrySelf
2008The Evolution of Clint EastwoodSelf
2008The Business End: Violence in CinemaSelf
2008The Craft of Dirty HarrySelf
2008Crash and BurnVincent Scaillo
2008ViceMax Walker
2008Last HourMonk
2008Eyes Front
2008Killer's FreedomLeo Ibiza
2007Strength and HonourSean Kelleher
2007Cosmic RadioSenator Atwood
2007Tooth and NailJackal - Rover
2007Being Michael MadsenSelf
2007CrocCroc Hawkins
2007Boarding GateMiles Rennberg
2007L.A. DicksSteven Miller
2007Living & DyingAgent Lind
2007MachineRay
2007Afghan KnightsCooper
2006UKM: The Ultimate Killing MachineMajor Blevins
2006CanesGuillermo List
2006The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent BirdSelf
2006Prohibition Opens the FloodgatesSelf
2006Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for HollywoodSelf
2006Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to LightSelf
2006Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster FilmsSelf
2006The Last DropJ.T. Colt
2006Scary Movie 4Oliver
2006All InSeal
2006Hoboken HollowJ.T. Goldman
2006Southern Comfort
2005The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeMaugrim (voice)
2005Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005BloodRayneVladimir
2005Law of CorruptionAmerican
2005Chasing GhostsKevin Harrison
2005Sin CityBob
2005TiltDon 'The Matador' Everest
2004FrankensteinDetec. Harker
2004The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'Self
2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf
2004Kill Bill: Vol. 2Budd 'Sidewinder'
2004RenegadeWallace Sebastian Blount
2004Jacked$Boss
2004On Air with Ryan SeacrestSelf
2003Vampires AnonymousGeno
2003Kill Bill: Vol. 1Budd
2003My Boss's DaughterT.J.
200344 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-OutFrank McGregor
2003Pauly Shore Is DeadMichael Madsen
2003Thelma & Louise: The Last JourneySelf
2002The Real DealBaker Jacks
2002Die Another DayFalco
2002The Thief & the StripperJimmie D.
2002CSI: MiamiCooper 'Coop' Daly
2002Primal InstinctRuss
2002Welcome to AmericaSpecial Agent Leon Fogel
200124Jim Ricker
2001Friday Night with Jonathan RossSelf
200142KNarrator
2001L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To ServeJames Alexander
2001ChokeWill
2001Pressure PointJed Griffin
2001Animal Precinct
2001Extreme HonorSparks
2001Celebrity Big BrotherSelf
2001Big AppleTerry Maddock
2001FallJeremy Banes
2001The GhostDan Olinghouse
2001OutlawConner
2000The Price of AirMr. Ball
2000High NoonFrank Miller
2000Bad GuysJay Peters
2000The StrayBen
2000SacrificeTyler Pierce
2000The AlternateAgent Briggs
2000Luck of the DrawZippo
2000Voodoo DawnFrank Barlow
2000The Inspectors 2: A Shred of EvidenceJoe
2000Ultimate TargetUncle
1999Flat OutGene
1999Ballad of the NightingaleGiovanni
1999The FlorentineWhitey
1999Supreme SanctionDalton
1998DetourBurl Rogers
1998Vengeance UnlimitedMr. Chapel
1998PapertrailFBI Agent Brad Abraham
1998The SenderDallas Grayson
1998Species IIPress Lenox
1998Steve McQueen: The King of CoolSelf
1998Rough DraftHaynes
1997Surface to AirGunnery Sgt. Zach Massin
1997The Girl Gets MoeDonnelly
1997Catherine's GroveJoe Mason
1997The MakerSkarney
1997Executive TargetNick James
1997Donnie BrascoDominick 'Sonny Black' Napolitano
1996The Last Days of Frankie the FlySal
1996The WinnerWolf
1996Mulholland FallsEddie Hall
1995Red LineMr. Lawrence
1995MADtvSelf
1995Man with a GunJohn Wilbur Hardin
1995Free Willy 2: The Adventure HomeGlen Greenwood
1995SpeciesPreston Lennox
1994Wyatt EarpVirgil Earp
1994Dead ConnectionDet. Matt Dickson
1994Season of ChangeRandy Parker
1994Blue TigerGun Salesman (uncredited)
1994The GetawayRudy Travis
1994Who Do You Think You're Fooling?Mr. Blonde (archive footage)
1993Inside EdgeRichard Montana
1993Money for NothingDetective Laurenzi
1993Almost BlueMorris
1993Free WillyGlen Greenwood
1993Beyond the LawBlood
1993A House in the HillsMickey
1993Trouble BoundHarry Talbot
1992To Kill ForCliff Burden
1992Reservoir DogsMr. Blonde / Vic Vega
1992Baby SnatcherCal Hudson
1992Straight TalkSteve
1991Thelma & LouiseJimmy
1991The DoorsTom Baker
1990The End of InnocenceEarl
1990Gabriel's Fire
1990The OutsidersMick Jenkins
1990MontanaPierce
1989Kill Me AgainVince Miller
1989Blood RedEnzio
1989Quantum LeapBlue
1988War and Remembrance'Foof' Turhall
1988Sidewalks Entertainment
1988IguanaSebastián
1988Shadows in the StormEarl
1987The Killing TimeStu
1987Jake and the Fatman
1987Tour of DutySergeant Greg Block
1986Crime StoryJohnny Fosse
1985Our Family HonorAugie Danzig
1984Miami ViceSally Alvarado
1984The NaturalBump Bailey
1984Racing with the MoonFrank
1983The HitchhikerJohn Hampton
1983DinerBoogie
1983WarGamesSteve
1983Special BulletinJimmy Lenox
1982St. ElsewhereMike O'Connor
1982Cagney & Lacey
1982Against All HopeCecil Moe
—The First CircleEli Brevil
—Saturday at the StarlightFrank Gunt
—Cookbook for Southern HousewivesKingsley
—AvaPeter
—The Witching Hour
—Sara Sarita

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