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