Michael Madsen
Born September 25, 1957 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
★ 8.12011
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
★ 7.42019
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
★ 7.12005
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
★ 8.02003
Scary Movie 4
★ 5.52006
Reservoir Dogs
★ 8.11992
The Hateful Eight
★ 7.82015
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
★ 7.92004
Die Another Day
★ 6.02002
Sin City
★ 7.52005
Thelma & Louise
★ 7.61991
Species
★ 6.01995
Wyatt Earp
★ 6.81994
Donnie Brasco
★ 7.51997
WarGames
★ 7.11983
Free Willy
★ 6.21993
The Doors
★ 7.11991
Species II
★ 5.21998
The Getaway
★ 5.81994
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
★ 5.91995
Mulholland Falls
★ 6.01996
The Natural
★ 6.91984
Trading Paint
★ 5.42019
Megalodon
★ 5.52018
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
★ 8.02004
Arctic Dogs
★ 6.12019
Kill Me Again
★ 6.11989
Green Lantern: First Flight
★ 6.92009
BloodRayne
★ 4.12005
TV Shows
Bob's Burgers
★ 7.82011
Tour of Duty
★ 8.11987
Miami Vice
★ 7.51984
Quantum Leap
★ 8.01989
St. Elsewhere
★ 5.71982
Jake and the Fatman
★ 6.21987
Cagney & Lacey
★ 7.01982
Celebrity Ghost Stories
★ 7.32009
Celebrity Big Brother
★ 5.02001
The Hitchhiker
★ 6.31983
Crime Story
★ 8.01986
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
★ 6.12001
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
★ 9.52004
Powers
★ 6.62015
Golden Boy
★ 6.12013
War and Remembrance
★ 7.91988
The Outsiders
★ 7.61990
Emigratis
★ 7.02016
Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side
★ 6.52011
Tilt
★ 7.32005
Gabriel's Fire
★ 6.91990
Master of Photography
★ 2.62016
Our Family Honor
★ 7.71985
Vengeance Unlimited
★ 8.11998
MADtv
★ 7.11995
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
★ 7.12015
Animal Precinct
★ 7.72001
The Hateful Eight
★ 8.52019
Zulu Gumball
★ 0.02010
More Movies
Piranhaconda
★ 4.92012
QT8: The First Eight
★ 7.22019
Straight Talk
★ 6.01992
House
★ 4.52008
Eldorado
★ 3.02012
Renegade
★ 4.82004
Boarding Gate
★ 5.02007
Magic Boys
★ 2.32012
Shark Season
★ 4.42020
My Boss's Daughter
★ 5.02003
Angels Fallen
★ 5.72020
The Stray
★ 4.22000
Vigilante Diaries
★ 4.32016
Resurrection Road
★ 5.82025
Beyond the Law
★ 6.31993
Amazing Racer
★ 6.02009
Chasing Ghosts
★ 5.62005
The Tomb
★ 4.32009
Being Michael Madsen
★ 5.82007
American Night
★ 4.22021
Blue Tiger
★ 5.31994
Christmas Crash
★ 4.12009
Hell Ride
★ 5.22008
Love Addict
★ 5.92018
Terror Trap
★ 4.82010
The Bleeding
★ 2.62009
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
★ 6.72003
The Winner
★ 4.61996
Mr. Wonderful
★ 0.02026
Pauly Shore Is Dead
★ 4.42003
Afghan Knights
★ 4.12007
Money for Nothing
★ 5.61993
The Lion of Judah
★ 5.12011
The Killing Jar
★ 5.52010
Dead Connection
★ 4.61994
A Hitman in London
★ 4.22015
The Ghost
★ 3.62001
Arena Wars
★ 5.22024
The Big I Am
★ 4.72010
Diamond Cartel
★ 5.32015
The Sender
★ 4.91998
Outlaw Johnny Black
★ 5.42023
Legend of the White Dragon
★ 0.02026
Vice
★ 4.52008
Unfallen
★ 2.72017
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
★ 6.01996
Sins
★ 2.32012
Last Hour
★ 4.22008
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
★ 5.82008
Trouble Bound
★ 6.01993
Racing with the Moon
★ 6.31984
Montana
★ 6.11990
The Wrong Neighbor
★ 4.62017
Lionhead
★ 4.02013
A Corpse in Kensington
★ 0.02026
I'm in Love with a Church Girl
★ 5.92013
Buckle Up
★ 2.02023
Papa
★ 4.32018
The Last Drop
★ 4.22006
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
★ 7.92003
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
★ 5.52022
Queen of Manhattan
★ 0.02025
You Might As Well Live
★ 4.82009
Loosies
★ 5.72012
Road of No Return
★ 5.92009
Beyond the Game
★ 6.22014
Ashley
★ 4.72013
Hope Lost
★ 4.02015
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
★ 5.92001
Living & Dying
★ 4.42007
Crash and Burn
★ 4.22008
Unbelievable!!!!!
★ 4.32020
The Craft of Dirty Harry
★ 6.02008
The Florentine
★ 5.71999
Luck of the Draw
★ 4.92000
Amsterdam Heavy
★ 3.72011
Flipped
★ 5.52015
Garlic and Gunpowder
★ 2.82018
Monster Mash
★ 4.22024
Serbian Scars
★ 3.12009
Every Last One of Them
★ 5.22021
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
★ 4.52008
Burial Ground Massacre
★ 2.42021
Voodoo Dawn
★ 4.92000
The Alternate
★ 3.22000
Sacrifice
★ 4.92000
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
★ 8.02008
Law of Corruption
★ 4.72005
Special Bulletin
★ 7.01983
Extreme Honor
★ 4.42001
The Maker
★ 5.31997
Blood Red
★ 4.91989
Frankenstein
★ 5.22004
Hoboken Hollow
★ 3.82006
Red Handed
★ 4.52020
Nishabdham
★ 5.22020
Who Do You Think You're Fooling?
★ 5.71994
Damon's Revenge
★ 3.62022
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
★ 7.12006
The Garden Left Behind
★ 5.22020
Chuck Zito: An American Story
★ 2.02024
The Killing Time
★ 5.01987
Deep Winter
★ 3.82009
No Deposit
★ 3.02015
Lady Psycho Killer
★ 4.22015
Let the Game Begin
★ 4.72010
High Noon
★ 5.72000
Ballad of the Nightingale
★ 4.21999
Red Prophecies
★ 4.02021
Catherine's Grove
★ 4.41997
Last Man Club
★ 6.32016
Supreme Sanction
★ 5.51999
Garbage
★ 4.82013
Michael Jackson: A Life in Music
★ 0.02026
Trader Games
★ 4.32010
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
★ 0.02006
Back in the Day
★ 3.02016
Machine
★ 3.92007
Not Another Not Another Movie
★ 3.22011
Executive Target
★ 4.81997
Red Line
★ 6.01995
Express 'Moscow-Russia'
★ 5.22014
All In
★ 4.52006
The 5th Execution
★ 3.72011
Iguana
★ 5.91988
Cosmic Radio
★ 1.52007
Grindhouse Nightmares
★ 4.22018
Saturday at the Starlight
★ 0.0
Croc
★ 4.42007
Tooth and Nail
★ 4.62007
Assault on Hill 400
★ 5.02023
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
★ 7.02008
Prepare to Die
★ 5.12024
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
★ 6.02000
Surface to Air
★ 7.21997
Break
★ 4.02009
Max Dagan
★ 0.02024
South of Hope Street
★ 5.52024
The Real Deal
★ 4.12002
The End of Innocence
★ 5.01990
Necronomicon
★ 2.02023
ICE Agent
★ 3.82013
To Kill For
★ 5.01992
Rough Draft
★ 4.61998
Final Wager
★ 2.02024
Strength and Honour
★ 5.02007
Outrage: Born in Terror
★ 3.52009
Lumberjack Man
★ 5.02015
UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine
★ 2.92006
Infected
★ 3.32013
Diner
★ 7.31983
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
★ 4.02006
Jacked$
★ 5.32004
Until We Meet Again
★ 4.82022
Corruption.Gov
★ 2.72010
Welcome to Acapulco
★ 5.42019
Hangover in Death Valley
★ 1.02018
Outlaw
★ 5.32001
2 Graves in the Desert
★ 3.82020
Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird
★ 2.52024
Man with a Gun
★ 4.61995
The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'
★ 8.82004
Along for the Ride
★ 7.02016
Demon Hunters
★ 0.02026
The Face is Familiar
★ 2.02009
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
★ 7.82006
The Lurking Fear
★ 5.22023
Choke
★ 3.92001
Inside Edge
★ 5.11993
Season of Change
★ 4.61994
Flat Out
★ 6.01999
A House in the Hills
★ 5.81993
Papertrail
★ 4.71998
Gloves of Stone
★ 4.32009
Detour
★ 6.51998
Killer's Freedom
★ 3.52008
Fall
★ 5.52001
2047: Sights of Death
★ 2.92014
Water Wars
★ 4.62014
Magi
★ 5.62016
Alien Battlefield
★ 0.02013
Bad Guys
★ 4.82000
The Price of Air
★ 5.52000
Christmas Thieves
★ 4.62021
Beyond the Trophy
★ 3.52012
Dirty Dealing
★ 3.32018
Sacred Blood
★ 4.32015
L.A. Dicks
★ 1.02007
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
★ 7.42005
Along the Roadside
★ 6.42013
The Portal
★ 4.02010
Death in the Desert
★ 3.42015
Puppy Love
★ 3.72020
Lost in the Woods
★ 3.42009
The Girl Gets Moe
★ 5.01997
Rock, Paper, Scissors
★ 3.82019
The Broken Key
★ 3.22017
Kidnapped in Romania
★ 2.92016
Shadows in the Storm
★ 4.61988
Ultimate Target
★ 6.82000
Waking Karma
★ 3.72023
Clear Lake, WI
★ 2.42009
Devil's Domain
★ 3.22017
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
★ 5.82016
Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha
★ 5.22024
Canes
★ 4.32006
Ava
★ 0.0
42K
★ 6.32001
The Lost Tree
★ 5.32015
Bikini Inception
★ 5.32015
The Way
★ 4.02009
Cookbook for Southern Housewives
★ 0.0
Dirty Fears
★ 6.02020
Dirty Little Trick
★ 5.62011
Pressure Point
★ 5.42001
Hired Gun
★ 3.52009
The Thief & the Stripper
★ 4.52002
Turn Around Jake
★ 5.02014
Six Days in Paradise
★ 0.02010
Almost Blue
★ 7.11993
Assassins Revenge
★ 3.02018
Incarnation
★ 3.92022
Conjuring: The Book of the Dead
★ 1.42020
Non Escludo Il Ritorno
★ 3.62014
No Bad Days
★ 3.22008
Sinatra! Eternity
★ 0.02025
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
★ 0.02006
Baba Yaga: Assassins Revenge
★ 0.02024
Gasoline
★ 6.02017
The First Circle
★ 0.0
DinoGator
★ 5.02024
Prince of the City
★ 3.02012
Baby Snatcher
★ 6.71992
The Ninth Cloud
★ 5.52014
Primal Instinct
★ 6.32002
A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
★ 3.42013
Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny
★ 2.92012
Concessions
★ 10.02025
Federal
★ 4.42010
Blood Behind Us
★ 0.02026
45 R.P.M.
★ 6.22008
Ten Million Throwaways
★ 2.02021
Q-4: Dream Corporation
★ 2.02018
Spatss!
★ 0.02018
The Forest
★ 3.82011
Vampires Anonymous
★ 5.72003
Creepshow Raw: Insomnia
★ 3.02009
Michael Jackson: You Rock My World
★ 8.02001
Nomad the Beginning
★ 2.92013
Playing with Stars
★ 0.02021
The Brazen Bull
★ 4.32010
Primitiva
★ 1.52019
Spirit Riser
★ 0.02024
Death Count
★ 3.02022
Terrible Angels
★ 5.52013
Serpent in the Bottle
★ 2.42020
Run Raven Run
★ 6.02021
The Wraith Within
★ 4.72022
Cole Younger & The Black Train
★ 1.02012
Born2Race
★ 2.52019
Gabrielle
★ 1.02013
Eyes Front
★ 1.02008
A Cold Day in Hell
★ 3.42011
Against All Hope
★ 6.81982
Batman: Dying Is Easy
★ 7.02021
Talons
★ 5.02016
The Things We Carry
★ 0.02025