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
- 2024 · Arena Wars as Samson
- 2021 · American Night as Lord Samuel Morgan
- 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 · Trading Paint as Linsky
- 2018 · Megalodon as Admiral King
- 2017 · Unfallen as General McCallister
- 2016 · Vigilante Diaries as Moreau
- 2016 · Master of Photography as
- 2016 · Emigratis as Self
- 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 · Hope Lost as Manol
- 2013 · I'm in Love with a Church Girl as Frank Harris
- 2013 · Golden Boy as Walter Clark Sr.
- 2012 · Piranhaconda as Prof. Lovegrove
- 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 · Zulu Gumball as Self
- 2010 · Blue Bloods as John
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Roy Parrish
- 2010 · The Killing Jar as Doe
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · Green Lantern: First Flight as Kilowog (voice)
- 2008 · Hell Ride as The Gent
- 2007 · Boarding Gate as Miles Rennberg
- 2007 · Living & Dying as Agent Lind
- 2006 · Scary Movie 4 as Oliver
- 2005 · The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Maugrim (voice)
- 2005 · BloodRayne as Vladimir
- 2005 · Sin City as Bob
- 2005 · Tilt as Don 'The Matador' Everest
- 2004 · Kill Bill: Vol. 2 as Budd 'Sidewinder'
- 2004 · On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
- 2003 · Kill Bill: Vol. 1 as Budd
- 2003 · My Boss's Daughter as T.J.
- 2002 · Die Another Day as Falco
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
- 2001 · Animal Precinct as
- 2001 · Celebrity Big Brother as Self
- 1998 · Vengeance Unlimited as Mr. Chapel
- 1998 · Species II as Press Lenox
- 1997 · Donnie Brasco as Dominick 'Sonny Black' Napolitano
- 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 · Free Willy as Glen Greenwood
- 1993 · Beyond the Law as Blood
- 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
- 1989 · Kill Me Again as Vince Miller
- 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
- 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 · A Corpse in Kensington as Michael
- 2025 · Resurrection Road as Quantrill
- 2024 · Prepare to Die as Sheriff Hansen
- 2023 · Outlaw Johnny Black as Dutch
- 2022 · American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self
- 2021 · Every Last One of Them as Bill
- 2019 · Welcome to Acapulco as Hyde
- 2018 · Love Addict as Mr. Dickinson
- 2013 · Lionhead as Walter Powell
- 2013 · Ashley as Bill
- 2012 · Loosies as Lt. 'Sully' Sullivan
- 2012 · Eldorado as Ted
- 2011 · The 5th Execution as Rik
- 2009 · The Tomb as George
- 2009 · Serbian Scars as Dreq
- 2009 · Amazing Racer as Dave Blair
- 2008 · Vice as Max Walker
- 2007 · Croc as Croc Hawkins
- 2006 · The Last Drop as J.T. Colt
- 2005 · Chasing Ghosts as Kevin Harrison
- 2004 · Frankenstein as Detec. Harker
- 2004 · Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self
- 2004 · Renegade as Wallace Sebastian Blount
- 2003 · Vampires Anonymous as Geno
- 2003 · 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out as Frank McGregor
- 2003 · Pauly Shore Is Dead as Michael Madsen
- 2001 · L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve as James Alexander
- 1999 · Ballad of the Nightingale as Giovanni
- 1999 · The Florentine as Whitey
- 1997 · The Maker as Skarney
- 1996 · The Last Days of Frankie the Fly as Sal
- 1996 · The Winner as Wolf
- 1994 · Dead Connection as Det. Matt Dickson
- 1994 · Blue Tiger as Gun Salesman (uncredited)
- 1993 · Money for Nothing as Detective Laurenzi
- 1993 · A House in the Hills as Mickey
- 1993 · Trouble Bound as Harry Talbot
- 1990 · Montana as Pierce
- 1989 · Blood Red as Enzio
- 1987 · The Killing Time as Stu
- Future · Legend of the White Dragon as Max Reed
- 2024 · DinoGator as Layton
- 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 · Buckle Up as
- 2023 · Necronomicon as
- 2023 · Assault on Hill 400 as General Cota
- 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
- 2021 · Burial Ground Massacre as Damon
- 2020 · Red Handed as Lou
- 2020 · Nishabdham as Richard Dawkins
- 2020 · Dirty Fears as Michael
- 2020 · Puppy Love as Wesley
- 2020 · Conjuring: The Book of the Dead as Jefferson
- 2020 · 2 Graves in the Desert as Vince
- 2018 · Hangover in Death Valley as Ted (archive footage)
- 2018 · Assassins Revenge as Detective Frank McMillian
- 2018 · Papa as Ivan
- 2018 · Garlic and Gunpowder as Jason
- 2018 · Grindhouse Nightmares as
- 2017 · Rock, Paper, Scissors as Doyle Dechert
- 2017 · Devil's Domain as Bill
- 2016 · Along for the Ride as Self
- 2016 · Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider as Self
- 2016 · Last Man Club as Stearman Pilot
- 2016 · Back in the Day as Enzo
- 2016 · Kidnapped in Romania as Mihai
- 2015 · Sacred Blood as Detective Brennan
- 2015 · Death in the Desert as Ray Easler
- 2015 · The Lost Tree as John
- 2015 · Bikini Inception as Himself
- 2015 · No Deposit as Peter Shay
- 2014 · Beyond the Game as Robert
- 2014 · Water Wars as Bane
- 2014 · The Ninth Cloud as Bob
- 2014 · Express 'Moscow-Russia' as агент
- 2013 · A Sierra Nevada Gunfight as Sheriff Sawyer
- 2013 · Nomad the Beginning as Wolf
- 2013 · ICE Agent as Carlos Garcia
- 2013 · Along the Roadside as Jerry
- 2013 · Garbage as Michael
- 2012 · Prince of the City as Ben Carlton
- 2012 · Magic Boys as Terence
- 2012 · Beyond the Trophy as Cole Lambert
- 2012 · Bad Destiny as Sef
- 2012 · Cole Younger & The Black Train as Marshall Stallings
- 2011 · Not Another Not Another Movie as Lester Storm
- 2011 · A Cold Day in Hell as U.S. Marshal Stallings
- 2010 · The Brazen Bull as
- 2010 · Federal as Sam Gibson
- 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 · The Bleeding as Father Roy
- 2009 · Gloves of Stone as Willie
- 2009 · Lost in the Woods as Stuart Bunka
- 2009 · The Face is Familiar as Himself
- 2009 · Hired Gun as Dan Moeller
- 2009 · You Might As Well Live as Clinton Manitoba
- 2009 · Deep Winter as Dean
- 2009 · Clear Lake, WI as The Reverend
- 2009 · Christmas Crash as Joseph Johnson
- 2009 · Outrage: Born in Terror as Farragut
- 2008 · 45 R.P.M. as Major Baxter
- 2008 · No Bad Days as Lester
- 2008 · A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008 · The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry as Self
- 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 · Last Hour as Monk
- 2007 · Cosmic Radio as Senator Atwood
- 2007 · Machine as Ray
- 2006 · UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine as Major Blevins
- 2006 · Canes as Guillermo List
- 2006 · Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light 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 · Tarantino's Mind as Mr. Blonde / Vic Vega (archive footage)
- 2006 · Hoboken Hollow as J.T. Goldman
- 2006 · Southern Comfort as
- 2005 · Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood as
- 2004 · The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2' as Self
- 2004 · Jacked$ as Boss
- 2003 · Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey as Self
- 2002 · The Real Deal as Baker Jacks
- 2002 · Primal Instinct as Russ
- 2001 · 42K as Narrator
- 2001 · Pressure Point as Jed Griffin
- 2001 · Extreme Honor as Sparks
- 2001 · Fall as Jeremy Banes
- 2001 · Outlaw as Conner
- 2000 · The Price of Air as Mr. Ball
- 2000 · Bad Guys as Jay Peters
- 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 · The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence as Joe
- 2000 · Ultimate Target as Uncle
- 1999 · Flat Out as Gene
- 1999 · Supreme Sanction as Dalton
- 1998 · Papertrail as FBI Agent Brad Abraham
- 1997 · Catherine's Grove as Joe Mason
- 1995 · Red Line as Mr. Lawrence
- 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
- 1983 · Diner as Boogie
- Future · Concessions as
- Future · The First Circle as Eli Brevil
- Future · Saturday at the Starlight as Frank Gunt
- 2024 · Final Wager as Ian
- 2024 · South of Hope Street as Benjamin
- 2024 · Spirit Riser as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Monster Mash as Doctor Frankenstein
- 2023 · Waking Karma as Paul
- 2022 · The Latin from Manhattan as District Attorney
- 2022 · Damon's Revenge as Damon
- 2021 · Run Raven Run as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Christmas Thieves as Vince
- 2021 · Ten Million Throwaways as Narrator
- 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 · The Garden Left Behind as Kevin
- 2020 · Unbelievable!!!!! as President Ben Dover
- 2020 · Serpent in the Bottle as Joe
- 2019 · Primitiva as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Born2Race as Bobby Unser
- 2018 · Dead On Time as Mike McGuirk
- 2018 · Spatss! as Gang Leader
- 2018 · Q-4: Dream Corporation as
- 2018 · Dirty Dealing as Dean
- 2018 · The Journey Ahead as Max
- 2017 · The Broken Key as Tully DeMarco
- 2017 · The Wrong Neighbor as Coach Jaworski
- 2017 · Gasoline as Макс, баща на Дим
- 2016 · Talons as George Fitzgerald
- 2016 · Magi as Lawrence Irlam
- 2015 · Flipped as Casey
- 2015 · Lumberjack Man as Dr. Peter Shirtcliff
- 2015 · CobraGator as Layton
- 2015 · Diamond Cartel as Mike
- 2014 · Non Escludo Il Ritorno as Paul Hummel
- 2014 · 2047: Sights of Death as Lobo
- 2014 · Turn Around Jake as Russell O'Malley
- 2013 · Terrible Angels as Ben Nolan
- 2013 · Gabrielle as Edward Sheehan
- 2013 · Infected as Louis Hartley
- 2013 · Madoff: Made Off with America as Agent Kennedy
- 2013 · Alien Battlefield as
- 2012 · Sins as Don Mancino
- 2011 · Dirty Little Trick as Vito
- 2011 · Amsterdam Heavy as Keele
- 2011 · The Forest as Lt. Brandon Ross
- 2010 · Terror Trap as Hotel Operator
- 2009 · Road of No Return as J. Marcone
- 2009 · Creepshow Raw: Insomnia as Barry
- 2009 · The Way as Commander
- 2009 · Break as The Associate
- 2008 · House as Tin Man/Officer Lawdale
- 2008 · Crash and Burn as Vincent Scaillo
- 2008 · Eyes Front as
- 2008 · Killer's Freedom as Leo Ibiza
- 2007 · Strength and Honour as Sean Kelleher
- 2007 · Tooth and Nail as Jackal - Rover
- 2007 · Being Michael Madsen as Self
- 2007 · L.A. Dicks as Steven Miller
- 2007 · Afghan Knights as Cooper
- 2006 · The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird as Self
- 2006 · Prohibition Opens the Floodgates as Self
- 2006 · All In as Seal
- 2005 · Law of Corruption as American
- 2002 · The Thief & the Stripper as Jimmie D.
- 2002 · Welcome to America as Special Agent Leon Fogel
- 2001 · Choke as Will
- 2001 · The Ghost as Dan Olinghouse
- 2000 · High Noon as Frank Miller
- 1998 · Detour as Burl Rogers
- 1998 · The Sender as Dallas Grayson
- 1998 · Rough Draft as Haynes
- 1997 · Surface to Air as Gunnery Sgt. Zach Massin
- 1997 · The Girl Gets Moe as Donnelly
- 1997 · Executive Target as Nick James
- 1995 · Man with a Gun as John Wilbur Hardin
- 1992 · To Kill For as Cliff Burden
- 1990 · The End of Innocence as Earl
- 1988 · Iguana as Sebastián
- Future · Blood Behind Us as
- Future · Cookbook for Southern Housewives as Kingsley
- 1994 · Who Do You Think You're Fooling? as Mr. Blonde (archive footage)
- 1983 · Special Bulletin as Jimmy Lenox
- 1982 · Against All Hope as Cecil Moe