Michael Madsen
September 25, 1957 (68 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Michael Jackson: A Life in Music as Self (archive footage)
- 2026 · Legend of the White Dragon as Max Reed
- 2026 · A Corpse in Kensington as Michael
- 2026 · Blood Behind Us as Reed Philibosian
- 2026 · Mr. Wonderful as Brian Fenton
- 2026 · Demon Hunters as
- 2025 · Queen of Manhattan as District Attorney
- 2024 · Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha as Kensei
- 2024 · Max Dagan as Don Clancy
- 2024 · Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird as Self
- 2024 · Baba Yaga: Assassins Revenge as Logan Bergman
- 2023 · The Lurking Fear as Officer Hansen
- 2023 · Necronomicon as
- 2023 · Waking Karma as Paul
- 2022 · The Wraith Within as Sheriff Townsend
- 2022 · Death Count as Detective Casey
- 2022 · Incarnation as Peter
- 2022 · Until We Meet Again as Detective Morrison
- 2022 · Damon's Revenge as Damon
- 2021 · Christmas Thieves as Vince
- 2021 · Burial Ground Massacre as Damon
- 2020 · Red Handed as Lou
- 2020 · The Garden Left Behind as Kevin
- 2020 · Puppy Love as Wesley
- 2020 · 2 Graves in the Desert as Vince
- 2019 · Primitiva as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Assassins Revenge as Detective Frank McMillian
- 2018 · Garlic and Gunpowder as Jason
- 2018 · Grindhouse Nightmares as
- 2017 · Devil's Domain as Bill
- 2017 · Gasoline as Макс, баща на Дим
- 2016 · Along for the Ride as Self
- 2016 · Back in the Day as Enzo
- 2016 · Magi as Lawrence Irlam
- 2015 · Flipped as Casey
- 2015 · The Lost Tree as John
- 2015 · Lady Psycho Killer as Doctor Douglass
- 2014 · 2047: Sights of Death as Lobo
- 2014 · Express 'Moscow-Russia' as продюсер Милы
- 2013 · Lionhead as Walter Powell
- 2013 · Garbage as Michael
- 2012 · Magic Boys as Terence
- 2012 · Beyond the Trophy as Cole Lambert
- 2012 · Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny as Sef
- 2012 · Cole Younger & The Black Train as Marshall Stallings
- 2010 · The Brazen Bull as
- 2010 · Zulu Gumball as Self
- 2010 · Trader Games as William
- 2010 · The Portal as Dr. Azirra
- 2009 · Road of No Return as J. Marcone
- 2009 · Serbian Scars as Dreq
- 2009 · Lost in the Woods as Stuart Bunka
- 2009 · Hired Gun as Dan Moeller
- 2009 · Outrage: Born in Terror as Farragut
- 2008 · A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008 · The Craft of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008 · The Business End: Violence in Cinema as Self
- 2007 · Cosmic Radio as Senator Atwood
- 2007 · Afghan Knights as Cooper
- 2006 · UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine as Major Blevins
- 2006 · Canes as Guillermo List
- 2006 · Prohibition Opens the Floodgates as Self
- 2006 · Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light as Self
- 2004 · Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self
- 2001 · Choke as Will
- 2000 · The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence as Joe
- 1997 · Surface to Air as Gunnery Sgt. Zach Massin
- Future · The First Circle as Eli Brevil
- 2024 · DinoGator as Layton
- 2024 · Final Wager as Ian
- 2021 · Playing with Stars as
- 2020 · Dirty Fears as Michael
- 2020 · Serpent in the Bottle as Joe
- 2018 · Hangover in Death Valley as Ted (archive footage)
- 2018 · Dirty Dealing as Dean
- 2017 · Unfallen as General McCallister
- 2016 · Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider as Self
- 2016 · Kidnapped in Romania as Mihai
- 2015 · Death in the Desert as Ray Easler
- 2015 · Bikini Inception as Himself
- 2014 · Non Escludo Il Ritorno as Paul Hummel
- 2014 · Water Wars as Bane
- 2014 · The Ninth Cloud as Bob
- 2013 · Nomad the Beginning as Wolf
- 2013 · ICE Agent as Carlos Garcia
- 2013 · Along the Roadside as Jerry
- 2013 · Madoff: Made Off with America as Agent Kennedy
- 2011 · The Forest as Lt. Brandon Ross
- 2010 · Federal as Sam Gibson
- 2009 · Creepshow Raw: Insomnia as Barry
- 2009 · Gloves of Stone as Willie
- 2009 · You Might As Well Live as Clinton Manitoba
- 2009 · Christmas Crash as Joseph Johnson
- 2009 · Clear Lake, WI as The Reverend
- 2008 · 45 R.P.M. as Major Baxter
- 2008 · No Bad Days as Lester
- 2007 · L.A. Dicks as Steven Miller
- 2006 · Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films as Self
- 2006 · Southern Comfort as
- 2003 · Vampires Anonymous as Geno
- 2002 · The Thief & the Stripper as Jimmie D.
- 2002 · Primal Instinct as Russ
- 2001 · Pressure Point as Jed Griffin
- 2000 · The Price of Air as Mr. Ball
- 2000 · Bad Guys as Jay Peters
- 1998 · Steve McQueen: The King of Cool as Self
- 1997 · The Girl Gets Moe as Donnelly
- 1993 · Almost Blue as Morris
- Future · Saturday at the Starlight as Frank Gunt
- 2025 · Concessions as Rex Fuel
- 2025 · The Things We Carry as
- 2025 · Sinatra! Eternity as Robert (Bob) Nelson
- 2025 · Resurrection Road as Quantrill
- 2024 · Prepare to Die as Sheriff Hansen
- 2024 · Arena Wars as Samson
- 2024 · Chuck Zito: An American Story as Self
- 2024 · South of Hope Street as Benjamin
- 2024 · Spirit Riser as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Monster Mash as Doctor Frankenstein
- 2023 · Outlaw Johnny Black as Dutch
- 2023 · Buckle Up as
- 2023 · Assault on Hill 400 as General Cota
- 2022 · American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self
- 2021 · Run Raven Run as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Every Last One of Them as Bill
- 2021 · American Night as Lord Samuel Morgan
- 2021 · Ten Million Throwaways as Narrator
- 2021 · Batman: Dying Is Easy as Bullock
- 2021 · Red Prophecies as Richard Tyler
- 2021 · Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Nishabdham as Richard Dawkins
- 2020 · Unbelievable!!!!! as President Ben Dover
- 2020 · Shark Season as James
- 2020 · Conjuring: The Book of the Dead as Jefferson
- 2020 · Angels Fallen as Balthazar
- 2019 · Arctic Dogs as Duke (voice)
- 2019 · QT8: The First Eight as Self
- 2019 · Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as 'Bounty Law' - Sheriff Hackett
- 2019 · Rock, Paper, Scissors as Doyle Dechert
- 2019 · The Hateful Eight as Joe Gage
- 2019 · Born2Race as Bobby Unser
- 2019 · Welcome to Acapulco as Hyde
- 2019 · Trading Paint as Linsky
- 2018 · Dead On Time as Mike McGuirk
- 2018 · Megalodon as Admiral King
- 2018 · Spatss! as Gang Leader
- 2018 · Q-4: Dream Corporation as
- 2018 · Papa as Ivan
- 2018 · Love Addict as Mr. Dickinson
- 2018 · The Journey Ahead as Max
- 2017 · The Broken Key as Tully DeMarco
- 2017 · The Wrong Neighbor as Coach Jaworski
- 2016 · Vigilante Diaries as Moreau
- 2016 · Talons as George Fitzgerald
- 2016 · Master of Photography as
- 2016 · Last Man Club as Stearman Pilot
- 2016 · Emigratis as Self
- 2015 · The Hateful Eight as Joe Gage
- 2015 · Lumberjack Man as Dr. Peter Shirtcliff
- 2015 · Sacred Blood as Detective Brennan
- 2015 · No Deposit as Peter Shay
- 2015 · Big Time in Hollywood, Fl as Harvey Scoles
- 2015 · A Hitman in London as The Boss
- 2015 · Powers as SuperShock
- 2015 · Diamond Cartel as Mike
- 2015 · Hope Lost as Manol
- 2014 · Beyond the Game as Robert
- 2014 · Bra Wars – Hollywood’s Affair With The Bra as Self
- 2014 · Turn Around Jake as Russell O'Malley
- 2013 · I'm in Love with a Church Girl as Frank Harris
- 2013 · Terrible Angels as Ben Nolan
- 2013 · A Sierra Nevada Gunfight as Sheriff Sawyer
- 2013 · Ashley as Bill
- 2013 · Gabrielle as Edward Sheehan
- 2013 · Infected as Louis Hartley
- 2013 · Golden Boy as Walter Clark Sr.
- 2013 · Alien Battlefield as
- 2012 · Prince of the City as Ben Carlton
- 2012 · Piranhaconda as Prof. Lovegrove
- 2012 · Sins as Don Mancino
- 2012 · Loosies as Lt. 'Sully' Sullivan
- 2012 · Eldorado as Ted
- 2011 · Dirty Little Trick as Vito
- 2011 · Not Another Not Another Movie as Lester Storm
- 2011 · Amsterdam Heavy as Keele
- 2011 · Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side as Self
- 2011 · The Lion of Judah as Boss (voice)
- 2011 · Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair as Budd (Sidewinder)
- 2011 · The 5th Execution as Rik
- 2011 · Bob's Burgers as Kevin Costner (voice)
- 2011 · A Cold Day in Hell as U.S. Marshal Stallings
- 2010 · Blue Bloods as John
- 2010 · Terror Trap as Hotel Operator
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Roy Parrish
- 2009 · Deep Winter as Dean
- 2001 · 42K as Narrator
- Future · Cookbook for Southern Housewives as Kingsley
- Future · Sara Sarita as
- 2010 · Six Days in Paradise as Rich McShane
- 2010 · Let the Game Begin as Dr. Turner
- 2010 · The Big I Am as Martell
- 2010 · The Killing Jar as Doe
- 2010 · Corruption.Gov as Senator John Mordire
- 2009 · The Tomb as George
- 2009 · The Bleeding as Father Roy
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · Green Lantern: First Flight as Kilowog (voice)
- 2009 · The Face is Familiar as Himself
- 2009 · The Way as Commander
- 2009 · Break as The Associate
- 2009 · Amazing Racer as Dave Blair
- 2008 · House as Tin Man/Officer Lawdale
- 2008 · Hell Ride as The Gent
- 2008 · The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008 · The Evolution of Clint Eastwood as Self
- 2008 · Crash and Burn as Vincent Scaillo
- 2008 · Vice as Max Walker
- 2008 · Last Hour as Monk
- 2008 · Killer's Freedom as Leo Ibiza
- 2006 · The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird as Self
- 2002 · Welcome to America as Special Agent Leon Fogel
- Future · Ava as Peter
- 2008 · Eyes Front as
- 2007 · Strength and Honour as Sean Kelleher
- 2007 · Tooth and Nail as Jackal - Rover
- 2007 · Being Michael Madsen as Self
- 2007 · Croc as Croc Hawkins
- 2007 · Boarding Gate as Miles Rennberg
- 2007 · Living & Dying as Agent Lind
- 2007 · Machine as Ray
- 2006 · Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood as Self
- 2006 · The Last Drop as J.T. Colt
- 2006 · Scary Movie 4 as Oliver
- 2006 · All In as Seal
- 2006 · Hoboken Hollow as J.T. Goldman
- 2005 · The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Maugrim (voice)
- 2005 · Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood as
- 2005 · BloodRayne as Vladimir
- 2005 · Law of Corruption as American
- 2005 · Chasing Ghosts as Kevin Harrison
- 2005 · Sin City as Bob
- 2005 · Tilt as Don 'The Matador' Everest
- 2004 · Frankenstein as Detec. Harker
- 2004 · The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2' as Self
- 2004 · Kill Bill: Vol. 2 as Budd 'Sidewinder'
- 2004 · Renegade as Wallace Sebastian Blount
- 2004 · On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
- 2004 · Jacked$ as Boss
- 2003 · Kill Bill: Vol. 1 as Budd
- 2003 · My Boss's Daughter as T.J.
- 2003 · 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out as Frank McGregor
- 2003 · Pauly Shore Is Dead as Michael Madsen
- 2003 · Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey as Self
- 2002 · The Real Deal as Baker Jacks
- 2002 · Die Another Day as Falco
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Cooper 'Coop' Daly
- 2001 · 24 as Jim Ricker
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
- 2001 · L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve as James Alexander
- 2001 · Animal Precinct as
- 2001 · Extreme Honor as Sparks
- 2001 · Celebrity Big Brother as Self
- 2001 · The Ghost as Dan Olinghouse
- 2001 · Outlaw as Conner
- 2001 · Fall as Jeremy Banes
- 2000 · High Noon as Frank Miller
- 2000 · The Stray as Ben
- 2000 · Sacrifice as Tyler Pierce
- 2000 · The Alternate as Agent Briggs
- 2000 · Luck of the Draw as Zippo
- 2000 · Voodoo Dawn as Frank Barlow
- 2000 · Ultimate Target as Uncle
- 1999 · Flat Out as Gene
- 1999 · Ballad of the Nightingale as Giovanni
- 1999 · The Florentine as Whitey
- 1999 · Supreme Sanction as Dalton
- 1998 · Detour as Burl Rogers
- 1998 · Vengeance Unlimited as Mr. Chapel
- 1998 · Papertrail as FBI Agent Brad Abraham
- 1998 · The Sender as Dallas Grayson
- 1998 · Species II as Press Lenox
- 1998 · Rough Draft as Haynes
- 1997 · Catherine's Grove as Joe Mason
- 1997 · The Maker as Skarney
- 1997 · Executive Target as Nick James
- 1997 · Donnie Brasco as Dominick 'Sonny Black' Napolitano
- 1996 · The Last Days of Frankie the Fly as Sal
- 1996 · The Winner as Wolf
- 1996 · Mulholland Falls as Eddie Hall
- 1995 · Red Line as Mr. Lawrence
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 1995 · Man with a Gun as John Wilbur Hardin
- 1995 · Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home as Glen Greenwood
- 1995 · Species as Preston Lennox
- 1994 · Wyatt Earp as Virgil Earp
- 1994 · Dead Connection as Det. Matt Dickson
- 1994 · Season of Change as Randy Parker
- 1994 · Blue Tiger as Gun Salesman (uncredited)
- 1994 · The Getaway as Rudy Travis
- 1994 · Who Do You Think You're Fooling? as Mr. Blonde (archive footage)
- 1993 · Inside Edge as Richard Montana
- 1993 · Money for Nothing as Detective Laurenzi
- 1993 · Free Willy as Glen Greenwood
- 1993 · Beyond the Law as Blood
- 1993 · A House in the Hills as Mickey
- 1993 · Trouble Bound as Harry Talbot
- 1992 · To Kill For as Cliff Burden
- 1992 · Reservoir Dogs as Mr. Blonde / Vic Vega
- 1992 · Baby Snatcher as Cal Hudson
- 1992 · Straight Talk as Steve
- 1991 · Thelma & Louise as Jimmy
- 1991 · The Doors as Tom Baker
- 1990 · The End of Innocence as Earl
- 1990 · Gabriel's Fire as
- 1990 · The Outsiders as Mick Jenkins
- 1990 · Montana as Pierce
- 1989 · Kill Me Again as Vince Miller
- 1989 · Blood Red as Enzio
- 1989 · Quantum Leap as Blue
- 1988 · War and Remembrance as 'Foof' Turhall
- 1988 · Sidewalks Entertainment as
- 1988 · Iguana as Sebastián
- 1988 · Shadows in the Storm as Earl
- 1987 · The Killing Time as Stu
- 1987 · Jake and the Fatman as
- 1987 · Tour of Duty as Sergeant Greg Block
- 1986 · Crime Story as Johnny Fosse
- 1985 · Our Family Honor as Augie Danzig
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Sally Alvarado
- 1984 · The Natural as Bump Bailey
- 1984 · Racing with the Moon as Frank
- 1983 · The Hitchhiker as John Hampton
- 1983 · Diner as Boogie
- 1983 · WarGames as Steve
- 1983 · Special Bulletin as Jimmy Lenox
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as Mike O'Connor
- 1982 · Cagney & Lacey as
- 1982 · Against All Hope as Cecil Moe
- Future · The Witching Hour as