Michael Madsen
September 25, 1957 (67 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Michael Madsen (September 25, 1957 – July 3, 2025) was an American actor, poet, and photographer. He has 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 · A Corpse in Kensington as Michael
- 2025 · Resurrection Road as Quantrill
- 2024 · DinoGator as Layton
- 2024 · Prepare to Die as Sheriff Hansen
- 2024 · Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha as Kensei
- 2024 · Arena Wars as Samson
- 2024 · South of Hope Street as Benjamin
- 2024 · Monster Mash as Doctor Frankenstein
- 2023 · Outlaw Johnny Black as Dutch
- 2023 · Legend of the White Dragon as Max Reed
- 2023 · Buckle Up as
- 2023 · Assault on Hill 400 as General Cota
- 2022 · Death Count as Detective Casey
- 2022 · The Latin from Manhattan as District Attorney
- 2022 · Damon's Revenge as Damon
- 2021 · Every Last One of Them as Bill
- 2021 · American Night as Lord Samuel Morgan
- 2021 · Ten Million Throwaways as Narrator
- 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 · 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 · Welcome to Acapulco as Hyde
- 2019 · Trading Paint as Linsky
- 2018 · Megalodon as Admiral King
- 2018 · Papa as Ivan
- 2018 · Love Addict as Mr. Dickinson
- 2017 · The Broken Key as Tully DeMarco
- 2017 · Rock, Paper, Scissors as Doyle Dechert
- 2017 · Unfallen as General McCallister
- 2017 · The Wrong Neighbor as Coach Jaworski
- 2016 · Vigilante Diaries as Moreau
- 2016 · Master of Photography as
- 2016 · Back in the Day as Enzo
- 2016 · Emigratis as Self
- 2015 · The Hateful Eight as Joe Gage
- 2015 · Lumberjack Man as Dr. Peter Shirtcliff
- 2015 · Lady Psycho Killer as Doctor Douglass
- 2015 · CobraGator as Layton
- 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 · Water Wars as Bane
- 2014 · 2047: Sights of Death as Lobo
- 2013 · I'm in Love with a Church Girl as Frank Harris
- 2013 · Ashley as Bill
- 2013 · Infected as Louis Hartley
- 2013 · Golden Boy as Walter Clark Sr.
- 2012 · Piranhaconda as Prof. Lovegrove
- 2012 · Loosies as Lt. 'Sully' Sullivan
- 2011 · Not Another Not Another Movie as Lester Storm
- 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)
- 2010 · Federal as Sam Gibson
- 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 · The Killing Jar as Doe
- 2010 · The Portal as Dr. Azirra
- 2009 · The Tomb as George
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · Lost in the Woods as Stuart Bunka
- 2009 · Green Lantern: First Flight as Kilowog (voice)
- 2009 · The Face is Familiar as Himself
- 2009 · Amazing Racer as Dave Blair
- 2009 · Hired Gun as Dan Moeller
- 2008 · House as Tin Man/Officer Lawdale
- 2008 · Hell Ride as The Gent
- 2008 · The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008 · A Moral Right: The Politics 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
- 2007 · Croc as Croc Hawkins
- 2007 · Boarding Gate as Miles Rennberg
- 2007 · Living & Dying as Agent Lind
- 2007 · Afghan Knights as Cooper
- 2006 · UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine as Major Blevins
- 2006 · The Last Drop as J.T. Colt
- 2006 · Scary Movie 4 as Oliver
- 2006 · All In as Seal
- 2006 · Tarantino's Mind as Mr. Blonde / Vic Vega (archive footage)
- 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 · Sin City as Bob
- 2005 · Tilt as Don 'The Matador' Everest
- 2004 · Frankenstein as Detec. Harker
- 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
- 2002 · Die Another Day as Falco
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
- 2001 · Animal Precinct as
- 2001 · Extreme Honor as Sparks
- 2001 · Celebrity Big Brother as Self
- 2001 · The Ghost as Dan Olinghouse
- 2000 · High Noon as Frank Miller
- 2000 · The Alternate as Agent Briggs
- 2000 · The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence as Joe
- 1999 · Ballad of the Nightingale as Giovanni
- 1999 · The Florentine as Whitey
- 1999 · Supreme Sanction as Dalton
- 1998 · Vengeance Unlimited as Mr. Chapel
- 1998 · The Sender as Dallas Grayson
- 1998 · Species II as Press Lenox
- 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 · Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home as Glen Greenwood
- 1995 · Species as Preston Lennox
- 1994 · Wyatt Earp as Virgil Earp
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 1989 · Kill Me Again as Vince Miller
- 1989 · Quantum Leap as Blue
- 1988 · War and Remembrance as
- 1988 · Sidewalks Entertainment as
- 1988 · Iguana as Sebastián
- 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
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as
- 1982 · Cagney & Lacey as
- Future · Saturday at the Starlight as Frank Gunt
- 2025 · Concessions as Rex Fuel
- 2024 · Max Dagan as Don Clancy
- 2024 · Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird as Self
- 2023 · Necronomicon as
- 2022 · The Wraith Within as Sheriff Townsend
- 2022 · American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self
- 2022 · Until We Meet Again as Detective Morrison
- 2021 · Christmas Thieves as Vince
- 2021 · Burial Ground Massacre as Damon
- 2021 · Red Prophecies as Richard Tyler
- 2020 · Puppy Love as Wesley
- 2020 · Conjuring: The Book of the Dead as Jefferson
- 2019 · Primitiva as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Hangover in Death Valley as Ted (archive footage)
- 2018 · Garlic and Gunpowder as Jason
- 2017 · Gasoline as Макс, баща на Дим
- 2017 · Devil's Domain as Bill
- 2016 · Along for the Ride as Self
- 2016 · Magi as Lawrence Irlam
- 2016 · Kidnapped in Romania as Mihai
- 2015 · Flipped as Casey
- 2015 · Sacred Blood as Detective Brennan
- 2015 · Bikini Inception as Himself
- 2015 · No Deposit as Peter Shay
- 2014 · Beyond the Game as Robert
- 2014 · Express 'Moscow-Russia' as агент
- 2013 · ICE Agent as Carlos Garcia
- 2012 · Magic Boys as Terence
- 2012 · Bad Destiny as Sef
- 2012 · Sins as Don Mancino
- 2012 · Eldorado as Ted
- 2011 · Amsterdam Heavy as Keele
- 2011 · A Cold Day in Hell as U.S. Marshal Stallings
- 2010 · Let the Game Begin as Dr. Turner
- 2010 · The Big I Am as Martell
- 2009 · Road of No Return as J. Marcone
- 2009 · The Bleeding as Father Roy
- 2009 · Gloves of Stone as Willie
- 2009 · Serbian Scars as Dreq
- 2009 · The Way as Commander
- 2009 · Break as The Associate
- 2009 · You Might As Well Live as Clinton Manitoba
- 2009 · Christmas Crash as Joseph Johnson
- 2008 · No Bad Days as Lester
- 2008 · The Business End: Violence in Cinema as Self
- 2008 · The Craft of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008 · Last Hour as Monk
- 2007 · Strength and Honour as Sean Kelleher
- 2007 · Cosmic Radio as Senator Atwood
- 2007 · Tooth and Nail as Jackal - Rover
- 2007 · Being Michael Madsen 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 · Hoboken Hollow as J.T. Goldman
- 2006 · Southern Comfort as
- 2005 · Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood as
- 2005 · Chasing Ghosts as Kevin Harrison
- 2004 · The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2' as Self
- 2004 · Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self
- 2003 · Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey as Self
- 2002 · The Real Deal as Baker Jacks
- 2001 · L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve as James Alexander
- 2001 · Choke as Will
- 2001 · Pressure Point as Jed Griffin
- 2000 · The Stray as Ben
- 2000 · Sacrifice as Tyler Pierce
- 2000 · Luck of the Draw as Zippo
- 2000 · Voodoo Dawn as Frank Barlow
- 2000 · Ultimate Target as Uncle
- 1999 · Flat Out as Gene
- 1998 · Detour as Burl Rogers
- 1998 · Papertrail as FBI Agent Brad Abraham
- 1998 · Rough Draft as Haynes
- 1997 · Surface to Air as Gunnery Sgt. Zach Massin
- 1997 · The Girl Gets Moe as Donnelly
- 1995 · Red Line as Mr. Lawrence
- 1995 · Man with a Gun as John Wilbur Hardin
- 1994 · Dead Connection as Det. Matt Dickson
- 1988 · Shadows in the Storm as Earl
- 1987 · The Killing Time as Stu
- 1983 · Diner as Boogie
- 1983 · Special Bulletin as Jimmy Lenox
- Future · Cookbook for Southern Housewives as Kingsley
- 2024 · Final Wager as Ian
- 2024 · Spirit Riser as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Baba Yaga: Assassins Revenge as Logan Bergman
- 2023 · The Lurking Fear as Officer Hansen
- 2023 · Waking Karma as Paul
- 2022 · Saturday at the Starlight as Frank Gunt
- 2022 · Incarnation as Peter
- 2020 · The Garden Left Behind as Kevin
- 2020 · 2 Graves in the Desert as Vince
- 2018 · Spatss! as Gang Leader
- 2018 · Dirty Dealing as Dean
- 2018 · Grindhouse Nightmares as
- 2016 · Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider as Self
- 2016 · Last Man Club as Stearman Pilot
- 2015 · Death in the Desert as Ray Easler
- 2015 · The Lost Tree as John
- 2014 · Turn Around Jake as Russell O'Malley
- 2013 · A Sierra Nevada Gunfight as Sheriff Sawyer
- 2013 · Along the Roadside as Jerry
- 2013 · Garbage as Michael
- 2012 · Prince of the City as Ben Carlton
- 2012 · Beyond the Trophy as Cole Lambert
- 2012 · Cole Younger & The Black Train as Marshall Stallings
- 2011 · Dirty Little Trick as Vito
- 2011 · The Forest as Lt. Brandon Ross
- 2010 · Corruption.Gov as Senator John Mordire
- 2009 · Deep Winter as Dean
- 2009 · Clear Lake, WI as The Reverend
- 2009 · Outrage: Born in Terror as Farragut
- 2008 · 45 R.P.M. as Major Baxter
- 2007 · Machine as Ray
- 2006 · Canes as Guillermo List
- 2006 · The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird as Self
- 2003 · Vampires Anonymous as Geno
- 2002 · Primal Instinct as Russ
- 2001 · 42K as Narrator
- 2001 · Outlaw as Conner
- 2001 · Fall as Jeremy Banes
- 2000 · Bad Guys as Jay Peters
- 1993 · Inside Edge as Richard Montana
- 1992 · Baby Snatcher as Cal Hudson
- Future · Blood Behind Us as Reed Philibosian
- 2021 · Run Raven Run as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Playing with Stars as
- 2020 · Dirty Fears as Michael
- 2020 · Serpent in the Bottle as Joe
- 2019 · Born2Race as Bobby Unser
- 2018 · Dead On Time as Mike McGuirk
- 2018 · Assassins Revenge as Detective Frank McMillian
- 2018 · Q-4: Dream Corporation as
- 2018 · The Journey Ahead as Max
- 2016 · Talons as George Fitzgerald
- 2014 · Non Escludo Il Ritorno as Paul Hummel
- 2014 · The Ninth Cloud as Bob
- 2013 · Terrible Angels as Ben Nolan
- 2013 · Lionhead as Walter Powell
- 2013 · Nomad the Beginning as Wolf
- 2013 · Gabrielle as Edward Sheehan
- 2013 · Madoff: Made Off with America as Agent Kennedy
- 2013 · Alien Battlefield as
- 2010 · The Brazen Bull as
- 2009 · Creepshow Raw: Insomnia as Barry
- 2008 · Eyes Front as
- 2008 · Killer's Freedom as Leo Ibiza
- 2007 · L.A. Dicks as Steven Miller
- 2006 · Prohibition Opens the Floodgates as Self
- 2004 · Jacked$ as Boss
- 2002 · The Thief & the Stripper as Jimmie D.
- 2002 · Welcome to America as Special Agent Leon Fogel
- 2000 · The Price of Air as Mr. Ball
- 1994 · Season of Change as Randy Parker
- 1994 · Who Do You Think You're Fooling? as Mr. Blonde (archive footage)
- 1993 · Almost Blue as Morris
- 1990 · Montana as Pierce
- 1989 · Blood Red as Enzio
- 1982 · Against All Hope as Cecil Moe
- Future · The First Circle as Eli Brevil
- Future · The Witching Hour as
- Future · Ava as Peter
- Future · Mr. Wonderful as Brian Fenton