Michael Madsen
Known for acting · Born 25 September 1957 · Died 3 July 2025 · aged 67 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
350 credits
Michael Søren 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
Reservoir Dogs
1992
Donnie Brasco
1997
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004
Species
1995
Species II
1998
Thelma & Louise
1991
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
1995
Green Lantern: First Flight
2009
Free Willy
1993
The Getaway
1994
Megalodon
2018
Acting (339)
2026Legend of the White DragonMax ReedFilm
2026Demon HuntersFilm
2026Mr. WonderfulBrian FentonFilm
2026Blood Behind UsReed PhilibosianFilm
2026ConcessionsRex FuelFilm
2025Resurrection RoadQuantrillFilm
2025Queen of ManhattanDistrict AttorneyFilm
2025Sinatra! EternityRobert (Bob) NelsonFilm
2025The Things We CarryFilm
2024Arena WarsSamsonFilm
2024Monster MashDoctor FrankensteinFilm
2024Prepare to DieSheriff HansenFilm
2024South of Hope StreetBenjaminFilm
2024Dark Feathers: Dance of the GeishaKenseiFilm
2024DinoGatorLaytonFilm
2024Chuck Zito: An American StorySelfFilm
2024Final WagerIanFilm
2024Once Upon a Time in HollyweirdSelfFilm
2024Max DaganDon ClancyFilm
2024Spirit RiserNarrator (voice)Film
2024Baba Yaga: Assassins RevengeLogan BergmanFilm
2023Outlaw Johnny BlackDutchFilm
2023The Lurking FearOfficer HansenFilm
2023Assault on Hill 400General CotaFilm
2023Waking KarmaPaulFilm
2023NecronomiconFilm
2023Buckle UpFilm
2023GraceMan (Voice)Film
2022IncarnationPeterFilm
2022Death CountDetective CaseyFilm
2022Damon's RevengeDamonFilm
2022Until We Meet AgainDetective MorrisonFilm
2022American Badass: A Michael Madsen RetrospectiveSelfFilm
2022The Wraith WithinSheriff TownsendFilm
2021American NightLord Samuel MorganFilm
2021Every Last One of ThemBillFilm
2021Burial Ground MassacreDamonFilm
2021Christmas ThievesVinceFilm
2021Red PropheciesRichard TylerFilm
2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood LegendSelf (archive footage)Film
2021Run Raven RunNarrator (voice)Film
2021Ten Million ThrowawaysNarratorFilm
2021Playing with StarsFilm
2020Angels FallenBalthazarFilm
2020Shark SeasonJamesFilm
2020NishabdhamRichard DawkinsFilm
2020Dirty FearsMichaelFilm
2020Unbelievable!!!!!President Ben DoverFilm
2020Red HandedLouFilm
20202 Graves in the DesertVinceFilm
2020Puppy LoveWesleyFilm
2020The Garden Left BehindKevinFilm
2020Serpent in the BottleJoeFilm
2020Conjuring: The Book of the DeadJeffersonFilm
2019Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood'Bounty Law' - Sheriff HackettFilm
2019QT8: The First EightSelfFilm
2019Arctic DogsDuke (voice)Film
2019Trading PaintLinskyFilm
2019Welcome to AcapulcoHydeFilm
2019Rock, Paper, ScissorsDoyle DechertFilm
2019The Hateful EightJoe Gage · 4 episodesSeries
2019Born2RaceBobby UnserFilm
2019PrimitivaNarrator (voice)Film
2018Love AddictMr. DickinsonFilm
2018MegalodonAdmiral KingFilm
2018Dirty DealingDeanFilm
2018Grindhouse NightmaresFilm
2018PapaIvanFilm
2018Garlic and GunpowderJasonFilm
2018Assassins RevengeDetective Frank McMillianFilm
2018Q-4: Dream CorporationFilm
2018The Journey AheadMaxFilm
2018Dead On TimeMike McGuirkFilm
2018Hangover in Death ValleyTed (archive footage)Film
2018Spatss!Gang LeaderFilm
2017Devil's DomainBillFilm
2017The Wrong NeighborCoach JaworskiFilm
2017The Broken KeyTully DeMarcoFilm
2017UnfallenGeneral McCallisterFilm
2017GasolineМакс, баща на ДимFilm
2016Back in the DayEnzoFilm
2016Vigilante DiariesMoreauFilm
2016MagiLawrence IrlamFilm
2016Last Man ClubStearman PilotFilm
2016Along for the RideSelfFilm
2016EmigratisSelfSeries
2016Kidnapped in RomaniaMihaiFilm
2016Dennis Hopper: Uneasy RiderSelfFilm
2016Master of PhotographySeries
2016TalonsGeorge FitzgeraldFilm
2015The Hateful EightJoe GageFilm
2015PowersSuperShock · 10 episodesSeries
2015Lumberjack ManDr. Peter ShirtcliffFilm
2015Hope LostManolFilm
2015A Hitman in LondonThe BossFilm
2015Lady Psycho KillerDoctor DouglassFilm
2015Big Time in Hollywood, FlHarvey Scoles · 5 episodesSeries
2015Diamond CartelMikeFilm
2015FlippedCaseyFilm
2015No DepositPeter ShayFilm
2015The Lost TreeJohnFilm
2015Death in the DesertRay EaslerFilm
2015Bikini InceptionHimselfFilm
2015Sacred BloodDetective BrennanFilm
20142047: Sights of DeathLoboFilm
2014Express 'Moscow-Russia'продюсер МилыFilm
2014Water WarsBaneFilm
2014Non escludo il ritornoPaul HummelFilm
2014Turn Around JakeRussell O'MalleyFilm
2014Beyond the GameRobertFilm
2014The Ninth CloudBobFilm
2014Bra Wars – Hollywood’s Affair With The BraSelfFilm
2013I'm in Love with a Church GirlFrank HarrisFilm
2013AshleyBillFilm
2013Golden BoyWalter Clark Sr. · 2 episodesSeries
2013InfectedLouis HartleyFilm
2013Along the RoadsideJerryFilm
2013Terrible AngelsBen NolanFilm
2013Nomad the BeginningWolfFilm
2013ICE AgentCarlos GarciaFilm
2013A Sierra Nevada GunfightSheriff SawyerFilm
2013GarbageMichaelFilm
2013Madoff: Made Off with AmericaAgent KennedyFilm
2013LionheadWalter PowellFilm
2013GabrielleEdward SheehanFilm
2013Alien BattlefieldFilm
2012PiranhacondaProf. LovegroveFilm
2012LoosiesLt. 'Sully' SullivanFilm
2012EldoradoTedFilm
2012SinsDon MancinoFilm
2012Magic BoysTerenceFilm
2012Beyond the TrophyCole LambertFilm
2012Ace of Spades: Bad DestinySefFilm
2012Prince of the CityBen CarltonFilm
2012Cole Younger & The Black TrainMarshall StallingsFilm
2011Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody AffairBudd (Sidewinder)Film
2011Bob's BurgersKevin Costner (voice)Series
2011Not Another Not Another MovieLester StormFilm
2011Amsterdam HeavyKeeleFilm
2011The 5th ExecutionRikFilm
2011The Lion of JudahBoss (voice)Film
2011Dirty Little TrickVitoFilm
2011A Cold Day in HellU.S. Marshal StallingsFilm
2011The ForestLt. Brandon RossFilm
2011Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the SideSelfSeries
2010Hawaii Five-0Roy ParrishSeries
2010Blue BloodsJohnSeries
2010The Killing JarDoeFilm
2010Terror TrapHotel OperatorFilm
2010FederalSam GibsonFilm
2010The Big I AmMartellFilm
2010Trader GamesWilliamFilm
2010The PortalDr. AzirraFilm
2010Let the Game BeginDr. TurnerFilm
2010The Brazen BullFilm
2010Corruption.GovSenator John MordireFilm
2010Six Days in ParadiseRich McShaneFilm
2010Zulu GumballSelf · 8 episodesSeries
2009Green Lantern: First FlightKilowog (voice)Film
2009Road of No ReturnJ. MarconeFilm
2009The TombGeorgeFilm
2009The BleedingFather RoyFilm
2009Amazing RacerDave BlairFilm
2009Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelfSeries
2009BreakThe AssociateFilm
2009Serbian ScarsDreqFilm
2009You Might As Well LiveClinton ManitobaFilm
2009Deep WinterDeanFilm
2009The WayCommanderFilm
2009Gloves of StoneWillieFilm
2009Clear Lake, WIThe ReverendFilm
2009Christmas CrashJoseph JohnsonFilm
2009Lost in the WoodsStuart BunkaFilm
2009Hired GunDan MoellerFilm
2009Outrage: Born in TerrorFarragutFilm
2009Creepshow Raw: InsomniaBarryFilm
2009The Face is FamiliarHimselfFilm
2008Hell RideThe GentFilm
2008HouseTin Man/Officer LawdaleFilm
2008ViceMax WalkerFilm
2008Crash and BurnVincent ScailloFilm
200845 R.P.M.Major BaxterFilm
2008Last HourMonkFilm
2008No Bad DaysLesterFilm
2008The Long Shadow of Dirty HarrySelfFilm
2008The Evolution of Clint EastwoodSelfFilm
2008Killer's FreedomLeo IbizaFilm
2008A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty HarrySelfFilm
2008The Business End: Violence in CinemaSelfFilm
2008The Craft of Dirty HarrySelfFilm
2008Eyes FrontFilm
2007Boarding GateMiles RennbergFilm
2007Tooth and NailJackal - RoverFilm
2007CrocCroc HawkinsFilm
2007Living & DyingAgent LindFilm
2007Afghan KnightsCooperFilm
2007Being Michael MadsenSelfFilm
2007Strength and HonourSean KelleherFilm
2007MachineRayFilm
2007Cosmic RadioSenator AtwoodFilm
2007L.A. DicksSteven MillerFilm
2006Scary Movie 4OliverFilm
2006BloodRayneVladimirFilm
2006The Last DropJ.T. ColtFilm
2006UKM: The Ultimate Killing MachineMajor BlevinsFilm
2006Hoboken HollowJ.T. GoldmanFilm
2006CanesGuillermo ListFilm
2006Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to LightSelfFilm
2006All InSealFilm
2006The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent BirdSelfFilm
2006Southern ComfortFilm
2006Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for HollywoodSelfFilm
2006Prohibition Opens the FloodgatesSelfFilm
2006Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster FilmsSelfFilm
2005The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeMaugrim (voice)Film
2005Sin CityBobFilm
2005Chasing GhostsKevin HarrisonFilm
2005Law of CorruptionAmericanFilm
2005Gangland: Bullets over HollywoodFilm
2005TiltDon 'The Matador' Everest · 9 episodesSeries
2004Kill Bill: Vol. 2Budd 'Sidewinder'Film
2004BlueberryWallace Sebastian BlountFilm
2004FrankensteinDetec. HarkerFilm
2004On Air with Ryan SeacrestSelfSeries
2004The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'SelfFilm
2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelfFilm
2004Jacked$BossFilm
2003Kill Bill: Vol. 1BuddFilm
2003My Boss's DaughterT.J.Film
200344 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-OutFrank McGregorFilm
2003Pauly Shore Is DeadMichael MadsenFilm
2003Thelma & Louise: The Last JourneySelfFilm
2003Vampires AnonymousGenoFilm
2002Die Another DayFalcoFilm
2002CSI: MiamiCooper 'Coop' DalySeries
2002The Real DealBaker JacksFilm
2002The Thief & the StripperJimmie D.Film
2002Primal InstinctRussFilm
2002Welcome to AmericaSpecial Agent Leon FogelFilm
200124Jim Ricker · 4 episodesSeries
2001Celebrity Big BrotherSelfSeries
2001Friday Night with Jonathan RossSelfSeries
2001ChokeWillFilm
2001L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To ServeJames AlexanderFilm
2001The GhostDan OlinghouseFilm
2001Extreme HonorSparksFilm
2001Pressure PointJed GriffinFilm
200142KNarratorFilm
2001FallJeremy BanesFilm
2001OutlawConnerFilm
2001Animal Precinct · 95 episodesSeries
2001Big AppleTerry Maddock · 8 episodesSeries
2000The AlternateAgent BriggsFilm
2000SacrificeTyler PierceFilm
2000The Inspectors 2: A Shred of EvidenceJoeFilm
2000The StrayBenFilm
2000Luck of the DrawZippoFilm
2000Voodoo DawnFrank BarlowFilm
2000High NoonFrank MillerFilm
2000Ultimate TargetUncleFilm
2000Bad GuysJay PetersFilm
2000The Price of AirMr. BallFilm
1999The FlorentineWhiteyFilm
1999Supreme SanctionDaltonFilm
1999Ballad of the NightingaleGiovanniFilm
1999Flat OutGeneFilm
1998Species IIPress LenoxFilm
1998Rough DraftHaynesFilm
1998The SenderDallas GraysonFilm
1998Vengeance UnlimitedMr. Chapel · 16 episodesSeries
1998PapertrailFBI Agent Brad AbrahamFilm
1998DetourBurl RogersFilm
1998Steve McQueen: The King of CoolSelfFilm
1997Donnie BrascoDominick 'Sonny Black' NapolitanoFilm
1997Executive TargetNick JamesFilm
1997The MakerSkarneyFilm
1997Surface to AirGunnery Sgt. Zach MassinFilm
1997Catherine's GroveJoe MasonFilm
1997The Girl Gets MoeDonnellyFilm
1996Mulholland FallsEddie HallFilm
1996The Last Days of Frankie the FlySalFilm
1996The WinnerWolfFilm
1995SpeciesPreston LennoxFilm
1995Free Willy 2: The Adventure HomeGlen GreenwoodFilm
1995MADtvSelfSeries
1995Man with a GunJohn Wilbur HardinFilm
1995Red LineMr. LawrenceFilm
1994Wyatt EarpVirgil EarpFilm
1994The GetawayRudy TravisFilm
1994Blue TigerGun Salesman (uncredited)Film
1994Who Do You Think You're Fooling?Mr. Blonde (archive footage)Film
1994Dead ConnectionDet. Matt DicksonFilm
1994Season of ChangeRandy ParkerFilm
1993Free WillyGlen GreenwoodFilm
1993Beyond the LawBloodFilm
1993Money for NothingDetective LaurenziFilm
1993A House in the HillsMickeyFilm
1993Trouble BoundHarry TalbotFilm
1993Almost BlueMorrisFilm
1993Inside EdgeRichard MontanaFilm
1992Reservoir DogsMr. Blonde / Vic VegaFilm
1992Straight TalkSteveFilm
1992Baby SnatcherCal HudsonFilm
1992To Kill ForCliff BurdenFilm
1991Thelma & LouiseJimmyFilm
1991The DoorsTom BakerFilm
1990MontanaPierceFilm
1990The OutsidersMick JenkinsSeries
1990Gabriel's FireSeries
1990The End of InnocenceEarlFilm
1989Quantum LeapBlueSeries
1989Kill Me AgainVince MillerFilm
1989Blood RedEnzioFilm
1988War and Remembrance'Foof' TurhallSeries
1988IguanaSebastiánFilm
1988Shadows in the StormEarlFilm
1988Sidewalks EntertainmentSeries
1987Tour of DutySergeant Greg BlockSeries
1987Jake and the FatmanSeries
1987The Killing TimeStuFilm
1986Crime StoryJohnny Fosse · 2 episodesSeries
1985Our Family HonorAugie Danzig · 13 episodesSeries
1984The NaturalBump BaileyFilm
1984Miami ViceSally AlvaradoSeries
1984Racing with the MoonFrankFilm
1983WarGamesSteveFilm
1983The HitchhikerJohn HamptonSeries
1983Special BulletinJimmy LenoxFilm
1983DinerBoogieFilm
1982St. ElsewhereMike O'Connor · 2 episodesSeries
1982Cagney & LaceySeries
1982Against All HopeCecil MoeFilm
—The First CircleEli BrevilFilm
—A Corpse in KensingtonMichaelFilm
—Saturday at the StarlightFrank GuntFilm
—Cookbook for Southern HousewivesKingsleyFilm
—AvaPeterFilm
—The Witching HourFilm
—Sara SaritaFilm
Production (11)
2022American Badass: A Michael Madsen RetrospectiveProducer, WriterFilm
2021Every Last One of ThemExecutive ProducerFilm
2019The Dirty KindExecutive ProducerFilm
2015Death in the DesertExecutive ProducerFilm
2010The Brazen BullProducerFilm
2009Road of No ReturnAssociate ProducerFilm
2008ViceExecutive ProducerFilm
2007Being Michael MadsenProducerFilm
1998The SenderAssociate ProducerFilm
1997Executive TargetAssociate ProducerFilm
—The First CircleCo-ProducerFilm