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 · Demon Hunters as
- 2024 · Prepare to Die as Sheriff Hansen
- 2024 · Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha as Kensei
- 2024 · Max Dagan as Don Clancy
- 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 · The Lurking Fear as Officer Hansen
- 2023 · Necronomicon as
- 2023 · Assault on Hill 400 as General Cota
- 2022 · Until We Meet Again as Detective Morrison
- 2022 · Damon's Revenge as Damon
- 2021 · Christmas Thieves as Vince
- 2020 · Dirty Fears as Michael
- 2020 · The Garden Left Behind as Kevin
- 2020 · 2 Graves in the Desert as Vince
- 2019 · Welcome to Acapulco as Hyde
- 2018 · Assassins Revenge as Detective Frank McMillian
- 2018 · Grindhouse Nightmares as
- 2016 · Along for the Ride as Self
- 2016 · Last Man Club as Stearman Pilot
- 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 · No Deposit as Peter Shay
- 2014 · Water Wars as Bane
- 2014 · 2047: Sights of Death as Lobo
- 2014 · Express 'Moscow-Russia' as продюсер Милы
- 2013 · Terrible Angels as Ben Nolan
- 2013 · ICE Agent as Carlos Garcia
- 2013 · Infected as Louis Hartley
- 2013 · Along the Roadside as Jerry
- 2013 · Madoff: Made Off with America as Agent Kennedy
- 2013 · Garbage as Michael
- 2012 · Beyond the Trophy as Cole Lambert
- 2011 · The 5th Execution as Rik
- 2010 · Corruption.Gov as Senator John Mordire
- 2009 · Gloves of Stone as Willie
- 2009 · The Face is Familiar as Himself
- 2009 · Break as The Associate
- 2009 · Outrage: Born in Terror as Farragut
- 2009 · Clear Lake, WI as The Reverend
- 2008 · 45 R.P.M. as Major Baxter
- 2008 · The Craft of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008 · The Evolution of Clint Eastwood as Self
- 2008 · The Business End: Violence in Cinema as Self
- 2008 · Killer's Freedom as Leo Ibiza
- 2007 · Cosmic Radio as Senator Atwood
- 2007 · Tooth and Nail as Jackal - Rover
- 2007 · L.A. Dicks as Steven Miller
- 2007 · Machine as Ray
- 2006 · UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine as Major Blevins
- 2006 · Canes as Guillermo List
- 2006 · The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird as Self
- 2006 · Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light as Self
- 2006 · Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films as Self
- 2006 · Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood as Self
- 2006 · Hoboken Hollow as J.T. Goldman
- 2004 · The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2' as Self
- 2004 · Jacked$ as Boss
- 2003 · Vampires Anonymous as Geno
- 2002 · The Real Deal as Baker Jacks
- 2001 · 42K as Narrator
- 2001 · Choke as Will
- 2001 · Pressure Point as Jed Griffin
- 2001 · Fall as Jeremy Banes
- 2000 · High Noon as Frank Miller
- 2000 · Bad Guys as Jay Peters
- 2000 · The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence as Joe
- 1999 · Flat Out as Gene
- 1999 · Ballad of the Nightingale as Giovanni
- 1998 · Rough Draft as Haynes
- 1997 · The Girl Gets Moe as Donnelly
- 1995 · Red Line as Mr. Lawrence
- 1994 · Who Do You Think You're Fooling? as Mr. Blonde (archive footage)
- 1993 · A House in the Hills as Mickey
- 1992 · To Kill For as Cliff Burden
- 1990 · The End of Innocence as Earl
- 1988 · Iguana as Sebastián
- 1987 · The Killing Time as Stu
- 1983 · Diner as Boogie
- Future · Saturday at the Starlight as Frank Gunt
- 2025 · Concessions as Rex Fuel
- 2025 · Sinatra! Eternity as Robert (Bob) Nelson
- 2024 · DinoGator as Layton
- 2024 · Baba Yaga: Assassins Revenge as Logan Bergman
- 2023 · Waking Karma as Paul
- 2022 · Death Count as Detective Casey
- 2022 · Incarnation as Peter
- 2019 · Rock, Paper, Scissors as Doyle Dechert
- 2018 · Hangover in Death Valley as Ted (archive footage)
- 2018 · Dirty Dealing as Dean
- 2017 · The Broken Key as Tully DeMarco
- 2017 · Gasoline as Макс, баща на Дим
- 2017 · Devil's Domain as Bill
- 2016 · Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider as Self
- 2016 · Magi as Lawrence Irlam
- 2015 · Sacred Blood as Detective Brennan
- 2015 · The Lost Tree as John
- 2015 · Bikini Inception as Himself
- 2014 · Turn Around Jake as Russell O'Malley
- 2013 · Alien Battlefield as
- 2011 · Dirty Little Trick as Vito
- 2010 · Federal as Sam Gibson
- 2010 · The Portal as Dr. Azirra
- 2009 · Lost in the Woods as Stuart Bunka
- 2009 · The Way as Commander
- 2009 · Hired Gun as Dan Moeller
- 2007 · Strength and Honour as Sean Kelleher
- 2005 · Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood as
- 2002 · The Thief & the Stripper as Jimmie D.
- 2002 · Primal Instinct as Russ
- 2002 · Welcome to America as Special Agent Leon Fogel
- 2001 · Outlaw as Conner
- 2000 · The Price of Air as Mr. Ball
- 2000 · Ultimate Target as Uncle
- 1998 · Papertrail as FBI Agent Brad Abraham
- 1994 · Season of Change as Randy Parker
- 1993 · Inside Edge as Richard Montana
- 1993 · Almost Blue as Morris
- 1992 · Baby Snatcher as Cal Hudson
- 1988 · Shadows in the Storm as Earl
- Future · The First Circle as Eli Brevil
- Future · Cookbook for Southern Housewives as Kingsley
- Future · Ava as Peter
- 2026 · Blood Behind Us as Reed Philibosian
- 2026 · Mr. Wonderful as Brian Fenton
- 2025 · Queen of Manhattan as District Attorney
- 2025 · The Things We Carry as
- 2025 · Resurrection Road as Quantrill
- 2024 · Arena Wars as Samson
- 2024 · Spirit Riser as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Outlaw Johnny Black as Dutch
- 2023 · Buckle Up as
- 2022 · The Wraith Within as Sheriff Townsend
- 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 · Burial Ground Massacre as Damon
- 2021 · Batman: Dying Is Easy as Bullock
- 2021 · Red Prophecies as Richard Tyler
- 2021 · Playing with Stars as
- 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 · Unbelievable!!!!! as President Ben Dover
- 2020 · Shark Season as James
- 2020 · Puppy Love as Wesley
- 2020 · Serpent in the Bottle as Joe
- 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 · Primitiva as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as 'Bounty Law' - Sheriff Hackett
- 2019 · The Hateful Eight as Joe Gage
- 2019 · Born2Race as Bobby Unser
- 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 · Garlic and Gunpowder as Jason
- 2018 · The Journey Ahead as Max
- 2017 · Unfallen as General McCallister
- 2017 · The Wrong Neighbor as Coach Jaworski
- 2016 · Vigilante Diaries as Moreau
- 2016 · Talons as George Fitzgerald
- 2016 · Master of Photography as
- 2016 · Emigratis as Self
- 2016 · Kidnapped in Romania as Mihai
- 2015 · The Hateful Eight as Joe Gage
- 2015 · Lady Psycho Killer as Doctor Douglass
- 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 · Non Escludo Il Ritorno as Paul Hummel
- 2014 · The Ninth Cloud as Bob
- 2013 · I'm in Love with a Church Girl as Frank Harris
- 2013 · Lionhead as Walter Powell
- 2013 · A Sierra Nevada Gunfight as Sheriff Sawyer
- 2013 · Ashley as Bill
- 2013 · Nomad the Beginning as Wolf
- 2013 · Gabrielle as Edward Sheehan
- 2013 · Golden Boy as Walter Clark Sr.
- 2012 · Prince of the City as Ben Carlton
- 2012 · Magic Boys as Terence
- 2012 · Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny as Sef
- 2012 · Cole Younger & The Black Train as Marshall Stallings
- 2012 · Piranhaconda as Prof. Lovegrove
- 2012 · Sins as Don Mancino
- 2012 · Loosies as Lt. 'Sully' Sullivan
- 2012 · Eldorado as Ted
- 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 · The Forest as Lt. Brandon Ross
- 2011 · Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair as Budd (Sidewinder)
- 2011 · Bob's Burgers as Kevin Costner (voice)
- 2011 · A Cold Day in Hell as U.S. Marshal Stallings
- 2010 · The Brazen Bull as
- 2010 · Zulu Gumball as Self
- 2010 · Blue Bloods as John
- 2010 · Terror Trap as Hotel Operator
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Roy Parrish
- 2010 · Trader Games as William
- 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
- 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 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · Serbian Scars as Dreq
- 2009 · Green Lantern: First Flight as Kilowog (voice)
- 2009 · Amazing Racer as Dave Blair
- 2009 · You Might As Well Live as Clinton Manitoba
- 2009 · Deep Winter as Dean
- 2009 · Christmas Crash as Joseph Johnson
- 2008 · House as Tin Man/Officer Lawdale
- 2008 · Hell Ride as The Gent
- 2008 · No Bad Days as Lester
- 2008 · The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008 · A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008 · Crash and Burn as Vincent Scaillo
- 2008 · Vice as Max Walker
- 2008 · Last Hour as Monk
- 2008 · Eyes Front as
- 2007 · Being Michael Madsen as Self
- 2007 · Croc as Croc Hawkins
- 2007 · Boarding Gate as Miles Rennberg
- 2007 · Living & Dying as Agent Lind
- 2007 · Afghan Knights as Cooper
- 2006 · Prohibition Opens the Floodgates as Self
- 2006 · The Last Drop as J.T. Colt
- 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 · Frankenstein as Detec. Harker
- 2004 · Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Big Apple as Terry Maddock
- 2001 · The Ghost as Dan Olinghouse
- 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
- 1999 · The Florentine as Whitey
- 1999 · Supreme Sanction as Dalton
- 1998 · Detour as Burl Rogers
- 1998 · Vengeance Unlimited as Mr. Chapel
- 1998 · The Sender as Dallas Grayson
- 1998 · Species II as Press Lenox
- 1998 · Steve McQueen: The King of Cool as Self
- 1997 · Surface to Air as Gunnery Sgt. Zach Massin
- 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 · 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 · Blue Tiger as Gun Salesman (uncredited)
- 1994 · The Getaway as Rudy Travis
- 1993 · Money for Nothing as Detective Laurenzi
- 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 · Straight Talk as Steve
- 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 · 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
- 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 · WarGames as Steve
- 1983 · Special Bulletin as Jimmy Lenox
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as Mike O'Connor
- 1982 · Cagney & Lacey as
- Future · The Witching Hour as
- Future · Sara Sarita as
- 1982 · Against All Hope as Cecil Moe