Michael Madsen
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 25 September 1957 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died
- 3 July 2025
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
Acting 312
- 2026A Corpse in Kensington as Michael
- 2026Michael Jackson: A Life in Music as Self (archive footage)
- 2026The First Circle as Eli Brevil
- 2026Concessions as Rex Fuel
- 2026Saturday at the Starlight as Frank Gunt
- 2026The Witching Hour
- 2026Ava as Peter
- 2026Cookbook for Southern Housewives as Kingsley
- 2026Legend of the White Dragon as Max Reed
- 2026Sara Sarita
- 2026Blood Behind Us as Reed Philibosian
- 2026Mr. Wonderful as Brian Fenton
- 2026Demon Hunters
- 2025Queen of Manhattan as District Attorney
- 2025The Things We Carry
- 2025Sinatra! Eternity as Robert (Bob) Nelson
- 2025Resurrection Road as Quantrill
- 2024DinoGator as Layton
- 2024DinoGator as Layton
- 2024Prepare to Die as Sheriff Hansen
- 2024Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha as Kensei
- 2024Max Dagan as Don Clancy
- 2024Arena Wars as Samson
- 2024Final Wager as Ian
- 2024Chuck Zito: An American Story as Self
- 2024South of Hope Street as Benjamin
- 2024Spirit Riser as Narrator (voice)
- 2024Monster Mash as Doctor Frankenstein
- 2024Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird as Self
- 2024Baba Yaga: Assassins Revenge as Logan Bergman
- 2023Grace as Man (Voice)
- 2023Outlaw Johnny Black as Dutch
- 2023The Lurking Fear as Officer Hansen
- 2023Buckle Up
- 2023Necronomicon
- 2023Assault on Hill 400 as General Cota
- 2023Waking Karma as Paul
- 2022The Wraith Within as Sheriff Townsend
- 2022American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self
- 2022Death Count as Detective Casey
- 2022Incarnation as Peter
- 2022Until We Meet Again as Detective Morrison
- 2022Damon's Revenge as Damon
- 2021Run Raven Run as Narrator (voice)
- 2021Christmas Thieves as Vince
- 2021Every Last One of Them as Bill
- 2021American Night as Lord Samuel Morgan
- 2021Ten Million Throwaways as Narrator
- 2021Burial Ground Massacre as Damon
- 2021Batman: Dying Is Easy as Bullock
- 2021Batman: Dying is Easy as Bullock
- 2021Red Prophecies as Richard Tyler
- 2021Playing with Stars
- 2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
- 2020Red Handed as Lou
- 2020Nishabdham as Richard Dawkins
- 2020Dirty Fears as Michael
- 2020The Garden Left Behind as Kevin
- 2020Unbelievable!!!!! as President Ben Dover
- 2020Shark Season as James
- 2020Puppy Love as Wesley
- 2020Serpent in the Bottle as Joe
- 2020Conjuring: The Book of the Dead as Jefferson
- 2020Angels Fallen as Balthazar
- 20202 Graves in the Desert as Vince
- 2019Arctic Dogs as Duke (voice)
- 2019QT8: The First Eight as Self
- 2019Primitiva as Narrator (voice)
- 2019Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as 'Bounty Law' - Sheriff Hackett
- 2019Rock, Paper, Scissors as Doyle Dechert
- 2019Born2Race as Bobby Unser
- 2019Welcome to Acapulco as Hyde
- 2019Trading Paint as Linsky
- 2018Hangover in Death Valley as Ted (archive footage)
- 2018Dead On Time as Mike McGuirk
- 2018Assassins Revenge as Detective Frank McMillian
- 2018Megalodon as Admiral King
- 2018Spatss! as Gang Leader
- 2018Q-4: Dream Corporation
- 2018Dirty Dealing as Dean
- 2018Papa as Ivan
- 2018Love Addict as Mr. Dickinson
- 2018Garlic and Gunpowder as Jason
- 2018Grindhouse Nightmares
- 2018The Journey Ahead as Max
- 2017The Broken Key as Tully DeMarco
- 2017Unfallen as General McCallister
- 2017The Wrong Neighbor as Coach Jaworski
- 2017Devil's Domain as Bill
- 2017Gasoline as Макс, баща на Дим
- 2016Along for the Ride as Self
- 2016Talons as George Fitzgerald
- 2016Vigilante Diaries as Moreau
- 2016Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider as Self
- 2016Last Man Club as Stearman Pilot
- 2016Back in the Day as Enzo
- 2016Magi as Lawrence Irlam
- 2016Kidnapped in Romania as Mihai
- 2015The Hateful Eight as Joe Gage
- 2015Flipped as Casey
- 2015Lumberjack Man as Dr. Peter Shirtcliff
- 2015Sacred Blood as Detective Brennan
- 2015Death in the Desert as Ray Easler
- 2015The Lost Tree as John
- 2015Lady Psycho Killer as Doctor Douglass
- 2015Bikini Inception as Himself
- 2015No Deposit as Peter Shay
- 2015A Hitman in London as The Boss
- 2015Diamond Cartel as Mike
- 2015Hope Lost as Manol
- 2014Beyond the Game as Robert
- 2014Bra Wars – Hollywood’s Affair With The Bra as Self
- 2014Non Escludo Il Ritorno as Paul Hummel
- 2014Water Wars as Bane
- 20142047: Sights of Death as Lobo
- 2014The Ninth Cloud as Bob
- 2014Express 'Moscow-Russia' as продюсер Милы
- 2014Turn Around Jake as Russell O'Malley
- 2013I'm in Love with a Church Girl as Frank Harris
- 2013Terrible Angels as Ben Nolan
- 2013Lionhead as Walter Powell
- 2013A Sierra Nevada Gunfight as Sheriff Sawyer
- 2013Ashley as Bill
- 2013Nomad the Beginning as Wolf
- 2013Gabrielle as Edward Sheehan
- 2013ICE Agent as Carlos Garcia
- 2013Infected as Louis Hartley
- 2013Along the Roadside as Jerry
- 2013Madoff: Made Off with America as Agent Kennedy
- 2013Garbage as Michael
- 2013Alien Battlefield
- 2012Prince of the City as Ben Carlton
- 2012Magic Boys as Terence
- 2012Beyond the Trophy as Cole Lambert
- 2012Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny as Sef
- 2012Cole Younger & The Black Train as Marshall Stallings
- 2012Piranhaconda as Prof. Lovegrove
- 2012Sins as Don Mancino
- 2012Loosies as Lt. 'Sully' Sullivan
- 2012Eldorado as Ted
- 2011Dirty Little Trick as Vito
- 2011Not Another Not Another Movie as Lester Storm
- 2011Amsterdam Heavy as Keele
- 2011The Lion of Judah as Boss (voice)
- 2011The Forest as Lt. Brandon Ross
- 2011Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair as Budd (Sidewinder)
- 2011The 5th Execution as Rik
- 2011A Cold Day in Hell as U.S. Marshal Stallings
- 2010The Brazen Bull
- 2010Federal as Sam Gibson
- 2010Terror Trap as Hotel Operator
- 2010Trader Games as William
- 2010Six Days in Paradise as Rich McShane
- 2010Let the Game Begin as Dr. Turner
- 2010The Big I Am as Martell
- 2010The Killing Jar as Doe
- 2010The Portal as Dr. Azirra
- 2010Corruption.Gov as Senator John Mordire
- 2010Blue Bloods as John · 1 episode
- 2009Road of No Return as J. Marcone
- 2009The Tomb as George
- 2009The Bleeding as Father Roy
- 2009Creepshow Raw: Insomnia as Barry
- 2009Gloves of Stone as Willie
- 2009Serbian Scars as Dreq
- 2009Lost in the Woods as Stuart Bunka
- 2009Green Lantern: First Flight as Kilowog (voice)
- 2009The Face is Familiar as Himself
- 2009The Way as Commander
- 2009Break as The Associate
- 2009Amazing Racer as Dave Blair
- 2009Hired Gun as Dan Moeller
- 2009You Might As Well Live as Clinton Manitoba
- 2009Deep Winter as Dean
- 2009Christmas Crash as Joseph Johnson
- 2009Clear Lake, WI as The Reverend
- 2009Outrage: Born in Terror as Farragut
- 2008House as Tin Man/Officer Lawdale
- 200845 R.P.M. as Major Baxter
- 2008Hell Ride as The Gent
- 2008No Bad Days as Lester
- 2008The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008The Evolution of Clint Eastwood as Self
- 2008The Business End: Violence in Cinema as Self
- 2008The Craft of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008Crash and Burn as Vincent Scaillo
- 2008Vice as Max Walker
- 2008Last Hour as Monk
- 2008Eyes Front
- 2008Killer's Freedom as Leo Ibiza
- 2007Strength and Honour as Sean Kelleher
- 2007Cosmic Radio as Senator Atwood
- 2007Tooth and Nail as Jackal - Rover
- 2007Being Michael Madsen as Self
- 2007Croc as Croc Hawkins
- 2007Boarding Gate as Miles Rennberg
- 2007L.A. Dicks as Steven Miller
- 2007Living & Dying as Agent Lind
- 2007Machine as Ray
- 2007Afghan Knights as Cooper
- 2006UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine as Major Blevins
- 2006The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird as Self
- 2006Canes as Guillermo List
- 2006Prohibition Opens the Floodgates as Self
- 2006Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood as Self
- 2006Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films as Self
- 2006Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light as Self
- 2006The Last Drop as J.T. Colt
- 2006Scary Movie 4 as Oliver
- 2006All In as Seal
- 2006BloodRayne as Vladimir
- 2006Hoboken Hollow as J.T. Goldman
- 2006Tarantino's Mind as Mr. Blonde / Vic Vega (archive footage)
- 2006Southern Comfort
- 2005The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Maugrim (voice)
- 2005Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
- 2005Law of Corruption as American
- 2005Chasing Ghosts as Kevin Harrison
- 2005Sin City as Bob
- 2004Frankenstein as Detec. Harker
- 2004The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2' as Self
- 2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self
- 2004Kill Bill: Vol. 2 as Budd 'Sidewinder'
- 2004Blueberry as Wallace Sebastian Blount
- 2004Jacked$ as Boss
- 2003Vampires Anonymous as Geno
- 2003Kill Bill: Vol. 1 as Budd
- 2003My Boss's Daughter as T.J.
- 200344 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out as Frank McGregor
- 2003Pauly Shore Is Dead as Michael Madsen
- 2003Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey as Self
- 2002The Real Deal as Baker Jacks
- 2002Die Another Day as Falco
- 2002The Thief & the Stripper as Jimmie D.
- 2002Primal Instinct as Russ
- 2002Welcome to America as Special Agent Leon Fogel
- 200142K as Narrator
- 2001L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve as James Alexander
- 2001You Rock My World as Thug
- 2001You Rock My World as Thug
- 2001Choke as Will
- 2001Pressure Point as Jed Griffin
- 2001Extreme Honor as Sparks
- 2001Fall as Jeremy Banes
- 2001The Ghost as Dan Olinghouse
- 2001Outlaw as Conner
- 2000The Price of Air as Mr. Ball
- 2000High Noon as Frank Miller
- 2000Bad Guys as Jay Peters
- 2000The Stray as Ben
- 2000Sacrifice as Tyler Pierce
- 2000The Alternate as Agent Briggs
- 2000Luck of the Draw as Zippo
- 2000Voodoo Dawn as Frank Barlow
- 2000The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence as Joe
- 2000Ultimate Target as Uncle
- 1999Flat Out as Gene
- 1999Ballad of the Nightingale as Giovanni
- 1999The Florentine as Whitey
- 1999Supreme Sanction as Dalton
- 1998Detour as Burl Rogers
- 1998Papertrail as FBI Agent Brad Abraham
- 1998The Sender as Dallas Grayson
- 1998Species II as Press Lenox
- 1998Steve McQueen: The King of Cool as Self
- 1998Rough Draft as Haynes
- 1997Surface to Air as Gunnery Sgt. Zach Massin
- 1997The Girl Gets Moe as Donnelly
- 1997Catherine's Grove as Joe Mason
- 1997The Maker as Skarney
- 1997Executive Target as Nick James
- 1997Donnie Brasco as Dominick 'Sonny Black' Napolitano
- 1996The Last Days of Frankie the Fly as Sal
- 1996The Winner as Wolf
- 1996Mulholland Falls as Eddie Hall
- 1995Red Line as Mr. Lawrence
- 1995Man with a Gun as John Wilbur Hardin
- 1995Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home as Glen Greenwood
- 1995Species as Preston Lennox
- 1994Wyatt Earp as Virgil Earp
- 1994Dead Connection as Det. Matt Dickson
- 1994Season of Change as Randy Parker
- 1994Blue Tiger as Gun Salesman (uncredited)
- 1994The Getaway as Rudy Travis
- 1994Who Do You Think You're Fooling? as Mr. Blonde (archive footage)
- 1993Inside Edge as Richard Montana
- 1993Money for Nothing as Detective Laurenzi
- 1993Almost Blue as Morris
- 1993Free Willy as Glen Greenwood
- 1993Beyond the Law as Blood
- 1993A House in the Hills as Mickey
- 1993Trouble Bound as Harry Talbot
- 1992To Kill For as Cliff Burden
- 1992Reservoir Dogs as Mr. Blonde / Vic Vega
- 1992Baby Snatcher as Cal Hudson
- 1992Straight Talk as Steve
- 1991Thelma & Louise as Jimmy
- 1991The Doors as Tom Baker
- 1990The End of Innocence as Earl
- 1990Montana as Pierce
- 1989Kill Me Again as Vince Miller
- 1989Blood Red as Enzio
- 1988Iguana as Sebastián
- 1988Shadows in the Storm as Earl
- 1987The Killing Time as Stu
- 1984The Natural as Bump Bailey
- 1984Racing with the Moon as Frank
- 1983Diner as Boogie
- 1983WarGames as Steve
- 1983Special Bulletin as Jimmy Lenox
- 1982Against All Hope as Cecil Moe
Production 11
- 2026The First Circle · co-producer
- 2022American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective · producer
- 2021Every Last One of Them · executive producer
- 2019The Dirty Kind · executive producer
- 2015Death in the Desert · executive producer
- 2010The Brazen Bull · producer
- 2009Road of No Return · associate producer
- 2008Vice · executive producer
- 2007Being Michael Madsen · producer
- 1998The Sender · associate producer
- 1997Executive Target · associate producer
Writing 1
- 2022American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective · writer