Michael Madsen
September 25, 1957 (68 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Michael 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
Credits
- 2026 · Legend of the White Dragon as Max Reed
- 2026 · A Corpse in Kensington as Michael
- 2026 · Mr. Wonderful as Brian Fenton
- 2025 · Queen of Manhattan as District Attorney
- 2025 · Resurrection Road as Quantrill
- 2024 · Arena Wars as Samson
- 2024 · Chuck Zito: An American Story as Self
- 2023 · Outlaw Johnny Black as Dutch
- 2023 · Buckle Up as
- 2022 · American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self
- 2022 · Until We Meet Again as Detective Morrison
- 2021 · Every Last One of Them as Bill
- 2021 · American Night as Lord Samuel Morgan
- 2021 · Red Prophecies as Richard Tyler
- 2021 · Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Red Handed as Lou
- 2020 · Unbelievable!!!!! as President Ben Dover
- 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 · The Hateful Eight as Joe Gage
- 2019 · Trading Paint as Linsky
- 2018 · Megalodon as Admiral King
- 2018 · Papa as Ivan
- 2018 · Love Addict as Mr. Dickinson
- 2017 · The Wrong Neighbor as Coach Jaworski
- 2016 · Vigilante Diaries as Moreau
- 2016 · Master of Photography as
- 2016 · Emigratis as Self
- 2015 · The Hateful Eight as Joe Gage
- 2015 · Lumberjack Man as Dr. Peter Shirtcliff
- 2015 · No Deposit as Peter Shay
- 2015 · Big Time in Hollywood, Fl as Harvey Scoles
- 2015 · A Hitman in London as The Boss
- 2015 · Powers as SuperShock
- 2015 · Diamond Cartel as Mike
- 2015 · Hope Lost as Manol
- 2014 · Beyond the Game as Robert
- 2013 · I'm in Love with a Church Girl as Frank Harris
- 2013 · Ashley as Bill
- 2013 · ICE Agent as Carlos Garcia
- 2013 · Golden Boy as Walter Clark Sr.
- 2012 · Piranhaconda as Prof. Lovegrove
- 2012 · Sins as Don Mancino
- 2012 · Loosies as Lt. 'Sully' Sullivan
- 2012 · Eldorado as Ted
- 2011 · Amsterdam Heavy as Keele
- 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 · The 5th Execution as Rik
- 2011 · Bob's Burgers as Kevin Costner (voice)
- 2010 · Zulu Gumball as Self
- 2010 · Blue Bloods as John
- 2010 · Terror Trap as Hotel Operator
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Roy Parrish
- 2010 · The Big I Am as Martell
- 2010 · The Killing Jar as Doe
- 2010 · The Portal as Dr. Azirra
- 2009 · The Tomb as George
- 2009 · The Bleeding as Father Roy
- 2009 · Gloves of Stone as Willie
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · Green Lantern: First Flight as Kilowog (voice)
- 2009 · The Way as Commander
- 2009 · Break as The Associate
- 2009 · Amazing Racer as Dave Blair
- 2009 · You Might As Well Live as Clinton Manitoba
- 2009 · Clear Lake, WI as The Reverend
- 2008 · House as Tin Man/Officer Lawdale
- 2008 · Hell Ride as The Gent
- 2008 · A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008 · The Evolution of Clint Eastwood as Self
- 2008 · Crash and Burn as Vincent Scaillo
- 2008 · Vice as Max Walker
- 2008 · Last Hour as Monk
- 2007 · Tooth and Nail as Jackal - Rover
- 2007 · Being Michael Madsen as Self
- 2007 · Croc as Croc Hawkins
- 2007 · Boarding Gate as Miles Rennberg
- 2007 · Living & Dying as Agent Lind
- 2007 · Machine as Ray
- 2006 · Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light as Self
- 2006 · The Last Drop as J.T. Colt
- 2006 · Scary Movie 4 as Oliver
- 2006 · All In as Seal
- 2006 · Hoboken Hollow as J.T. Goldman
- 2005 · The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Maugrim (voice)
- 2005 · BloodRayne as Vladimir
- 2005 · Law of Corruption as American
- 2005 · Chasing Ghosts as Kevin Harrison
- 2005 · Sin City as Bob
- 2005 · Tilt as Don 'The Matador' Everest
- 2004 · Frankenstein as Detec. Harker
- 2004 · Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self
- 2004 · Kill Bill: Vol. 2 as Budd 'Sidewinder'
- 2004 · Renegade as Wallace Sebastian Blount
- 2004 · On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
- 2004 · Jacked$ as Boss
- 2003 · Kill Bill: Vol. 1 as Budd
- 2003 · My Boss's Daughter as T.J.
- 2003 · 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out as Frank McGregor
- 2003 · Pauly Shore Is Dead as Michael Madsen
- 2003 · Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey as Self
- 2002 · The Real Deal as Baker Jacks
- 2002 · Die Another Day as Falco
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Cooper 'Coop' Daly
- 2001 · 24 as Jim Ricker
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
- 2001 · L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve as James Alexander
- 2001 · Animal Precinct as
- 2001 · Celebrity Big Brother as Self
- 2001 · Big Apple as Terry Maddock
- 2001 · The Ghost as Dan Olinghouse
- 2000 · High Noon as Frank Miller
- 2000 · The Stray as Ben
- 2000 · Sacrifice as Tyler Pierce
- 2000 · Luck of the Draw as Zippo
- 2000 · Voodoo Dawn as Frank Barlow
- 1999 · The Florentine as Whitey
- 1998 · Detour as Burl Rogers
- 1998 · Vengeance Unlimited as Mr. Chapel
- 1998 · The Sender as Dallas Grayson
- 1998 · Species II as Press Lenox
- 1997 · Surface to Air as Gunnery Sgt. Zach Massin
- 1997 · Catherine's Grove as Joe Mason
- 1997 · The Maker as Skarney
- 1997 · Donnie Brasco as Dominick 'Sonny Black' Napolitano
- 1996 · The Last Days of Frankie the Fly as Sal
- 1996 · The Winner as Wolf
- 1996 · Mulholland Falls as Eddie Hall
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 1995 · Man with a Gun as John Wilbur Hardin
- 1995 · Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home as Glen Greenwood
- 1995 · Species as Preston Lennox
- 1994 · Wyatt Earp as Virgil Earp
- 1994 · Dead Connection as Det. Matt Dickson
- 1994 · Blue Tiger as Gun Salesman (uncredited)
- 1994 · The Getaway as Rudy Travis
- 1993 · Money for Nothing as Detective Laurenzi
- 1993 · Free Willy as Glen Greenwood
- 1993 · Beyond the Law as Blood
- 1993 · Trouble Bound as Harry Talbot
- 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
- 1990 · Montana as Pierce
- 1989 · Kill Me Again as Vince Miller
- 1989 · Blood Red as Enzio
- 1989 · Quantum Leap as Blue
- 1988 · War and Remembrance as 'Foof' Turhall
- 1988 · Sidewalks Entertainment as
- 1987 · The Killing Time as Stu
- 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
- 1983 · Special Bulletin as Jimmy Lenox
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as Mike O'Connor
- 1982 · Cagney & Lacey as
- Future · Saturday at the Starlight as Frank Gunt
- 2026 · Michael Jackson: A Life in Music as Self (archive footage)
- 2026 · Demon Hunters as
- 2025 · Sinatra! Eternity as Robert (Bob) Nelson
- 2024 · DinoGator as Layton
- 2024 · Max Dagan as Don Clancy
- 2024 · Final Wager as Ian
- 2024 · South of Hope Street as Benjamin
- 2024 · Monster Mash as Doctor Frankenstein
- 2024 · Baba Yaga: Assassins Revenge as Logan Bergman
- 2023 · Assault on Hill 400 as General Cota
- 2022 · Death Count as Detective Casey
- 2022 · Damon's Revenge as Damon
- 2021 · Burial Ground Massacre as Damon
- 2020 · Nishabdham as Richard Dawkins
- 2020 · Dirty Fears as Michael
- 2020 · The Garden Left Behind as Kevin
- 2020 · Puppy Love as Wesley
- 2020 · 2 Graves in the Desert as Vince
- 2019 · Rock, Paper, Scissors as Doyle Dechert
- 2019 · Welcome to Acapulco as Hyde
- 2018 · Assassins Revenge as Detective Frank McMillian
- 2018 · Garlic and Gunpowder as Jason
- 2017 · The Broken Key as Tully DeMarco
- 2017 · Unfallen as General McCallister
- 2017 · Devil's Domain as Bill
- 2016 · Along for the Ride as Self
- 2016 · Last Man Club as Stearman Pilot
- 2016 · Back in the Day as Enzo
- 2016 · Magi as Lawrence Irlam
- 2015 · Death in the Desert as Ray Easler
- 2015 · The Lost Tree as John
- 2015 · Lady Psycho Killer as Doctor Douglass
- 2015 · Bikini Inception as Himself
- 2014 · Water Wars as Bane
- 2014 · 2047: Sights of Death as Lobo
- 2013 · Along the Roadside as Jerry
- 2013 · Garbage as Michael
- 2012 · Magic Boys as Terence
- 2012 · Beyond the Trophy as Cole Lambert
- 2011 · Dirty Little Trick as Vito
- 2011 · Not Another Not Another Movie as Lester Storm
- 2010 · Let the Game Begin as Dr. Turner
- 2009 · Road of No Return as J. Marcone
- 2009 · Creepshow Raw: Insomnia as Barry
- 2009 · Serbian Scars as Dreq
- 2009 · Hired Gun as Dan Moeller
- 2009 · Deep Winter as Dean
- 2009 · Outrage: Born in Terror as Farragut
- 2009 · Christmas Crash as Joseph Johnson
- 2008 · 45 R.P.M. as Major Baxter
- 2008 · No Bad Days as Lester
- 2008 · The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008 · The Craft of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008 · The Business End: Violence in Cinema as Self
- 2007 · Strength and Honour as Sean Kelleher
- 2007 · Cosmic Radio as Senator Atwood
- 2007 · Afghan Knights as Cooper
- 2006 · UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine as Major Blevins
- 2006 · Canes as Guillermo List
- 2006 · Southern Comfort as
- 2002 · The Thief & the Stripper as Jimmie D.
- 2001 · Choke as Will
- 2001 · Extreme Honor as Sparks
- 2001 · Outlaw as Conner
- 2000 · Bad Guys as Jay Peters
- 2000 · The Alternate as Agent Briggs
- 2000 · The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence as Joe
- 2000 · Ultimate Target as Uncle
- 1999 · Flat Out as Gene
- 1999 · Ballad of the Nightingale as Giovanni
- 1999 · Supreme Sanction as Dalton
- 1998 · Papertrail as FBI Agent Brad Abraham
- 1998 · Rough Draft as Haynes
- 1997 · The Girl Gets Moe as Donnelly
- 1997 · Executive Target as Nick James
- 1995 · Red Line as Mr. Lawrence
- 1994 · Who Do You Think You're Fooling? as Mr. Blonde (archive footage)
- 1993 · A House in the Hills as Mickey
- 1992 · To Kill For as Cliff Burden
- 1992 · Baby Snatcher as Cal Hudson
- Future · The First Circle as Eli Brevil
- 2026 · Blood Behind Us as Reed Philibosian
- 2025 · Concessions as Rex Fuel
- 2025 · The Things We Carry as
- 2024 · Prepare to Die as Sheriff Hansen
- 2024 · Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha as Kensei
- 2024 · Spirit Riser as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird as Self
- 2023 · The Lurking Fear as Officer Hansen
- 2023 · Necronomicon as
- 2023 · Waking Karma as Paul
- 2022 · The Wraith Within as Sheriff Townsend
- 2022 · Incarnation as Peter
- 2021 · Run Raven Run as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Christmas Thieves as Vince
- 2021 · Ten Million Throwaways as Narrator
- 2021 · Batman: Dying Is Easy as Bullock
- 2021 · Playing with Stars as
- 2020 · Serpent in the Bottle as Joe
- 2020 · Conjuring: The Book of the Dead as Jefferson
- 2019 · Primitiva as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Born2Race as Bobby Unser
- 2018 · Hangover in Death Valley as Ted (archive footage)
- 2018 · Dead On Time as Mike McGuirk
- 2018 · Spatss! as Gang Leader
- 2018 · Q-4: Dream Corporation as
- 2018 · Dirty Dealing as Dean
- 2018 · Grindhouse Nightmares as
- 2018 · The Journey Ahead as Max
- 2017 · Gasoline as Макс, баща на Дим
- 2016 · Talons as George Fitzgerald
- 2016 · Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider as Self
- 2016 · Kidnapped in Romania as Mihai
- 2015 · Flipped as Casey
- 2015 · Sacred Blood as Detective Brennan
- 2013 · Alien Battlefield as
- Future · Cookbook for Southern Housewives as Kingsley
- 2014 · Bra Wars – Hollywood’s Affair With The Bra as Self
- 2014 · Non Escludo Il Ritorno as Paul Hummel
- 2014 · The Ninth Cloud as Bob
- 2014 · Express 'Moscow-Russia' as продюсер Милы
- 2014 · Turn Around Jake as Russell O'Malley
- 2013 · Terrible Angels as Ben Nolan
- 2013 · Lionhead as Walter Powell
- 2013 · A Sierra Nevada Gunfight as Sheriff Sawyer
- 2013 · Nomad the Beginning as Wolf
- 2013 · Gabrielle as Edward Sheehan
- 2013 · Infected as Louis Hartley
- 2013 · Madoff: Made Off with America as Agent Kennedy
- 2012 · Prince of the City as Ben Carlton
- 2012 · Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny as Sef
- 2012 · Cole Younger & The Black Train as Marshall Stallings
- 2011 · The Forest as Lt. Brandon Ross
- 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 · Six Days in Paradise as Rich McShane
- 2010 · Corruption.Gov as Senator John Mordire
- 2009 · Lost in the Woods as Stuart Bunka
- 2009 · The Face is Familiar as Himself
- 2008 · Eyes Front as
- 2008 · Killer's Freedom as Leo Ibiza
- 2007 · L.A. Dicks as Steven Miller
- 2006 · The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird as Self
- 2006 · Prohibition Opens the Floodgates 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
- 2005 · Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood as
- 2004 · The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2' as Self
- 2003 · Vampires Anonymous as Geno
- 2002 · Primal Instinct as Russ
- 2002 · Welcome to America as Special Agent Leon Fogel
- 2001 · 42K as Narrator
- 2001 · Pressure Point as Jed Griffin
- 2001 · Fall as Jeremy Banes
- 2000 · The Price of Air as Mr. Ball
- 1998 · Steve McQueen: The King of Cool as Self
- 1994 · Season of Change as Randy Parker
- 1993 · Inside Edge as Richard Montana
- 1993 · Almost Blue as Morris
- 1990 · The End of Innocence as Earl
- 1988 · Iguana as Sebastián
- 1988 · Shadows in the Storm as Earl
- 1983 · Diner as Boogie
- Future · Ava as Peter
- 1982 · Against All Hope as Cecil Moe
- Future · The Witching Hour as
- Future · Sara Sarita as