Michael Madsen
- Acting
- September 25, 1957 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- July 3, 2025
Biography
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
Filmography
- Concessions · Rex Fuel
- Legend of the White Dragon · Max Reed
- Blood Behind Us · Reed Philibosian
- Mr. Wonderful · Brian Fenton
- Demon Hunters
- Queen of Manhattan · District Attorney
- The Things We Carry
- Sinatra! Eternity · Robert (Bob) Nelson
- Resurrection Road · Quantrill
- DinoGator · Layton
- Prepare to Die · Sheriff Hansen
- Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha · Kensei
- Max Dagan · Don Clancy
- Arena Wars · Samson
- Final Wager · Ian
- Chuck Zito: An American Story · Self
- South of Hope Street · Benjamin
- Spirit Riser · Narrator (Voice)
- Monster Mash · Doctor Frankenstein
- Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird · Self
- Baba Yaga: Assassins Revenge · Logan Bergman
- Grace · Man (Voice)
- Outlaw Johnny Black · Dutch
- The Lurking Fear · Officer Hansen
- Buckle Up
- Necronomicon
- Assault on Hill 400 · General Cota
- Waking Karma · Paul
- The Wraith Within · Sheriff Townsend
- American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective · Self, Producer
- Death Count · Detective Casey
- Incarnation · Peter
- Until We Meet Again · Detective Morrison
- Damon's Revenge · Damon
- Run Raven Run · Narrator (Voice)
- Christmas Thieves · Vince
- Every Last One of Them · Bill, Executive producer
- American Night · Lord Samuel Morgan
- Ten Million Throwaways · Narrator
- Burial Ground Massacre · Damon
- Red Prophecies · Richard Tyler
- Playing with Stars
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend · Self
- Red Handed · Lou
- Nishabdham · Richard Dawkins
- Dirty Fears · Michael
- The Garden Left Behind · Kevin
- Unbelievable!!!!! · President Ben Dover
- Shark Season · James
- Puppy Love · Wesley
- Serpent in the Bottle · Joe
- Conjuring: The Book of the Dead · Jefferson
- Angels Fallen · Balthazar
- 2 Graves in the Desert · Vince
- Arctic Dogs · Duke (Voice)
- QT8: The First Eight · Self
- Primitiva · Narrator (Voice)
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood · 'Bounty Law' - Sheriff Hackett
- Rock, Paper, Scissors · Doyle Dechert
- The Dirty Kind · Executive producer
- The Hateful Eight · Joe Gage
- Born2Race · Bobby Unser
- Welcome to Acapulco · Hyde
- Trading Paint · Linsky
- Hangover in Death Valley · Ted (archive footage)
- Dead On Time · Mike McGuirk
- Assassins Revenge · Detective Frank McMillian
- Megalodon · Admiral King
- Spatss! · Gang Leader
- Q-4: Dream Corporation
- Dirty Dealing · Dean
- Papa · Ivan
- Love Addict · Mr. Dickinson
- Garlic and Gunpowder · Jason
- Grindhouse Nightmares
- The Journey Ahead · Max
- The Broken Key · Tully DeMarco
- Unfallen · General McCallister
- The Wrong Neighbor · Coach Jaworski
- Devil's Domain · Bill