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