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