Michael Madsen
Biography
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.
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Acting History
2026
A Corpse in Kensington as Michael
2025Queen of Manhattan as District Attorney
2025Concessions as Rex Fuel
2025The Things We Carry
2025Resurrection Road as Quantrill
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
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
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
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
2017Rock, Paper, Scissors as Doyle Dechert
2017Unfallen as General McCallister
2017The Wrong Neighbor as Coach Jaworski
2017Gasoline as Макс, баща на Дим
2017Devil's Domain as Bill
2016Along for the Ride as Self
2016Vigilante Diaries as Moreau
2016Talons as George Fitzgerald
2016Master of Photography
2016Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider as Self
2016Last Man Club as Stearman Pilot
2016Back in the Day as Enzo
2016Magi as Lawrence Irlam
2016Emigratis as Self
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
2015CobraGator as Layton
2015Bikini Inception as Himself
2015No Deposit as Peter Shay
2015Big Time in Hollywood, Fl as Harvey Scoles
2015A Hitman in London as The Boss
2015Powers as SuperShock
2015Diamond Cartel as Mike
2015Hope Lost as Manol
2014Beyond the Game as Robert
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 агент
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
2013Golden Boy as Walter Clark Sr.
2013Madoff: Made Off with America as Agent Kennedy
2013Alien Battlefield
2013Garbage as Michael
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
2011Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side as Self
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
2011Bob's Burgers as Kevin Costner (voice)
2011A Cold Day in Hell as U.S. Marshal Stallings
2010The Brazen Bull
2010Federal as Sam Gibson
2010Zulu Gumball as Self
2010Blue Bloods as John
2010Terror Trap as Hotel Operator
2010Hawaii Five-0 as Roy Parrish
2010Trader Games as William
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
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
2009Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
2009Lost in the Woods as Stuart Bunka
2009Serbian Scars as Dreq
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
2009Clear Lake, WI as The Reverend
2009Outrage: Born in Terror as Farragut
2009Christmas Crash as Joseph Johnson
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 Business End: Violence in Cinema as Self
2008The Craft of Dirty Harry as Self
2008The Evolution of Clint Eastwood 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
2006Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films as Self
2006Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light as Self
2006Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood as Self
2006The Last Drop as J.T. Colt
2006Scary Movie 4 as Oliver
2006All In as Seal
2006Hoboken Hollow as J.T. Goldman
2006Southern Comfort
2005The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Maugrim (voice)
2005Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005BloodRayne as Vladimir
2005Law of Corruption as American
2005Chasing Ghosts as Kevin Harrison
2005Sin City as Bob
2005Tilt as Don 'The Matador' Everest
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'
2004Renegade as Wallace Sebastian Blount
2004On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
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.
2002CSI: Miami as Cooper 'Coop' Daly
2002Primal Instinct as Russ
2002Welcome to America as Special Agent Leon Fogel
200124 as Jim Ricker
2001Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
200142K as Narrator
2001L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve as James Alexander
2001Choke as Will
2001Pressure Point as Jed Griffin
2001Animal Precinct
2001Extreme Honor as Sparks
2001Celebrity Big Brother as Self
2001The Ghost as Dan Olinghouse
2001Outlaw as Conner
2001Fall as Jeremy Banes
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
1998Vengeance Unlimited as Mr. Chapel
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
1995MADtv as Self
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
1990Gabriel's Fire
1990The Outsiders as Mick Jenkins
1990Montana as Pierce
1989Kill Me Again as Vince Miller
1989Blood Red as Enzio
1989Quantum Leap as Blue
1988War and Remembrance
1988Sidewalks Entertainment
1988Iguana as Sebastián
1988Shadows in the Storm as Earl
1987The Killing Time as Stu
1987Jake and the Fatman
1987Tour of Duty as Sergeant Greg Block
1986Crime Story as Johnny Fosse
1985Our Family Honor as Augie Danzig
1984Miami Vice as Sally Alvarado
1984The Natural as Bump Bailey
1984Racing with the Moon as Frank
1983The Hitchhiker as John Hampton
1983Diner as Boogie
1983WarGames as Steve
1983Special Bulletin as Jimmy Lenox
1982St. Elsewhere as Mike O'Connor
1982Cagney & Lacey
1982Against All Hope as Cecil Moe
—Legend of the White Dragon as Max Reed
—The First Circle as Eli Brevil
—Cookbook for Southern Housewives as Kingsley
—Blood Behind Us as Reed Philibosian
—Saturday at the Starlight as Frank Gunt
—Sara Sarita
—Ava as Peter
—The Witching Hour
—Mr. Wonderful as Brian Fenton
—Sinatra! Eternity as Robert (Bob) Nelson