Michael Madsen
Born September 25, 1957 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Legend of the White Dragon
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Reservoir Dogs
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
The Hateful Eight
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Die Another Day
Sin City
Thelma & Louise
Scary Movie 4
Donnie Brasco
WarGames
Species
Free Willy
The Getaway
The Doors
Terror Trap
Species II
Wyatt Earp
The Natural
Green Lantern: First Flight
Arctic Dogs
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Dirty Dealing
Afghan Knights
Mulholland Falls
My Boss's Daughter
BloodRayne
TV Shows
Bob's Burgers
Quantum Leap
St. Elsewhere
Miami Vice
Celebrity Big Brother
Cagney & Lacey
Jake and the Fatman
Tour of Duty
Crime Story
Celebrity Ghost Stories
The Hitchhiker
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side
War and Remembrance
Powers
Golden Boy
Emigratis
Gabriel's Fire
The Outsiders
Tilt
Animal Precinct
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
Our Family Honor
Vengeance Unlimited
The Hateful Eight
MADtv
Master of Photography
Zulu Gumball
Big Apple
More Movies
Racing with the Moon
QT8: The First Eight
Beyond the Law
The Tomb
Amsterdam Heavy
2 Graves in the Desert
Megalodon
Piranhaconda
Hope Lost
Shark Season
Love Addict
Lumberjack Man
House
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
The Forest
Concessions
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
Blueberry
Kill Me Again
Straight Talk
Trader Games
Hell Ride
Trading Paint
I'm in Love with a Church Girl
Final Wager
Every Last One of Them
Papa
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2047: Sights of Death
Vigilante Diaries
Cosmic Radio
The Way
Alien Battlefield
The Lion of Judah
Bad Guys
A Hitman in London
Money for Nothing
DinoGator
Back in the Day
Executive Target
American Night
Angels Fallen
Demon Hunters
Bikini Inception
Amazing Racer
The 5th Execution
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
Turn Around Jake
Loosies
Outrage: Born in Terror
Blood Red
Frankenstein
The Last Drop
Vice
The Killing Jar
Lionhead
A House in the Hills
Blue Tiger
Monster Mash
Resurrection Road
Unfallen
Road of No Return
Trouble Bound
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
Outlaw Johnny Black
Nishabdham
Bra Wars – Hollywood’s Affair With The Bra
Unreleased
A Corpse in Kensington
Boarding Gate
The Sender
Corruption.Gov
Queen of Manhattan
All In
Deep Winter
UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine
The Winner
The Maker
Man with a Gun
Assault on Hill 400
Mr. Wonderful
Waking Karma
Ballad of the Nightingale
Hoboken Hollow
The Broken Key
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Welcome to Acapulco
Luck of the Draw
Lady Psycho Killer
Vampires Anonymous
Along for the Ride
Unbelievable!!!!!
Special Bulletin
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Killer's Freedom
Eldorado
A Cold Day in Hell
Nomad the Beginning
Infected
Baby Snatcher
The Big I Am
Let the Game Begin
Diner
Red Handed
Dead Connection
Living & Dying
Being Michael Madsen
Prince of the City
Croc
Beyond the Game
Who Do You Think You're Fooling?
Arena Wars
Jacked$
Supreme Sanction
Ashley
Not Another Not Another Movie
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Six Days in Paradise
Grindhouse Nightmares
The Ghost
To Kill For
Chuck Zito: An American Story
The Craft of Dirty Harry
The Bleeding
No Deposit
South of Hope Street
Extreme Honor
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
Water Wars
Until We Meet Again
Gloves of Stone
The Portal
Garbage
Necronomicon
The Girl Gets Moe
Rock, Paper, Scissors
ICE Agent
Canes
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
Chasing Ghosts
Tooth and Nail
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
The Killing Time
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
Magic Boys
Baba Yaga: Assassins Revenge
Conjuring: The Book of the Dead
Red Line
The Face is Familiar
The Stray
The Wrong Neighbor
Sins
Sinatra! Eternity
Detour
Ultimate Target
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
Along the Roadside
The End of Innocence
The Florentine
The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'
The Thief & the Stripper
Rough Draft
Law of Corruption
Red Prophecies
Lost in the Woods
Unreleased
Saturday at the Starlight
Kidnapped in Romania
Puppy Love
Prepare to Die
Magi
Sacrifice
Hangover in Death Valley
Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird
Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha
The Garden Left Behind
Damon's Revenge
Surface to Air
Buckle Up
The Lost Tree
You Might As Well Live
Catherine's Grove
Break
Flipped
Sacred Blood
Papertrail
Serbian Scars
Crash and Burn
Dirty Little Trick
Unreleased
The First Circle
Machine
Last Man Club
Grace
Flat Out
Burial Ground Massacre
Montana
The Lurking Fear
A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
Shadows in the Storm
Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny
Southern Comfort
Diamond Cartel
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
Christmas Crash
Iguana
Serpent in the Bottle
Strength and Honour
Inside Edge
Creepshow Raw: Insomnia
Death in the Desert
42K
No Bad Days
The Things We Carry
45 R.P.M.
Playing with Stars
Beyond the Trophy
Express 'Moscow-Russia'
The Price of Air
Death Count
Last Hour
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
Non escludo il ritorno
Primal Instinct
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
Christmas Thieves
Garlic and Gunpowder
Cole Younger & The Black Train
High Noon
The Real Deal
Voodoo Dawn
Incarnation
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
Spirit Riser
Assassins Revenge
Q-4: Dream Corporation
The Alternate
Born2Race
Gabrielle
Dirty Fears
Ten Million Throwaways
Devil's Domain
Gasoline
Max Dagan
Choke
Unreleased
Cookbook for Southern Housewives
Federal
Season of Change
Hired Gun
Almost Blue
Outlaw
Fall
Clear Lake, WI
The Wraith Within
Run Raven Run
Talons
Against All Hope
Blood Behind Us
L.A. Dicks
Spatss!
Terrible Angels
Unreleased
Ava
Primitiva
Pressure Point
The Ninth Cloud
Eyes Front
