Michael Madsen
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003
Sin City
2005
WarGames
1983
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004
Reservoir Dogs
1992
Until We Meet Again
2022
The Getaway
1994
Thelma & Louise
1991
Free Willy
1993
Species II
1998
Frankenstein
2004
Renegade
2004
UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine
2006
My Boss's Daughter
2003
The Last Drop
2006
Scary Movie 4
2006
Mulholland Falls
1996
Last Hour
2008
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
1996
Break
2009
Being Michael Madsen
2007
Road of No Return
2009
The Natural
1984
The Alternate
2000
Extreme Honor
2001
Kill Me Again
1989
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
2000
Run Raven Run
2021
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
2006
The Killing Time
1987
Wyatt Earp
1994
Hired Gun
2009
The Portal
2010
Crash and Burn
2008
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
1995
Species
1995
Donnie Brasco
1997
Strength and Honour
2007
Hell Ride
2008
Montana
1990
Croc
2007
45 R.P.M.
2008
Clear Lake, WI
2009
Non Escludo Il Ritorno
2014
Q-4: Dream Corporation
2018
Chasing Ghosts
2005
Die Another Day
2002
The Tomb
2009
South of Hope Street
2024
Boarding Gate
2007
House
2008
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
2003
Straight Talk
1992
Killer's Freedom
2008
Let the Game Begin
2010
Vampires Anonymous
2003
The Killing Jar
2010
Gabrielle
2013
Tooth and Nail
2007
The Big I Am
2010
The 5th Execution
2011
The Way
2009
Federal
2010
The Bleeding
2009
Gloves of Stone
2009
The Lion of Judah
2011
Green Lantern: First Flight
2009
Ten Million Throwaways
2021
Living & Dying
2007
Serbian Scars
2009
Beyond the Law
1993
Afghan Knights
2007
Lost in the Woods
2009
High Noon
2000
The Brazen Bull
2010
Terror Trap
2010
Incarnation
2022
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
2006
All In
2006
Assault on Hill 400
2023
Machine
2007
Buckle Up
2023
L.A. Dicks
2007
Legend of the White Dragon
2026
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
Surface to Air
1997
Trader Games
2010
The Sender
1998
Outrage: Born in Terror
2009
Not Another Not Another Movie
2011
Bad Guys
2000
No Bad Days
2008
A Cold Day in Hell
2011
The Price of Air
2000
Trouble Bound
1993
Luck of the Draw
2000
Money for Nothing
1993
Amsterdam Heavy
2011
To Kill For
1992
Eldorado
2012
The Real Deal
2002
The Maker
1997
A House in the Hills
1993
Papertrail
1998
Almost Blue
1993
Canes
2006
Dirty Little Trick
2011
Loosies
2012
Red Handed
2020
Jacked$
2004
Red Line
1995
Necronomicon
2023
Man with a Gun
1995
Garbage
2013
Rough Draft
1998
The Florentine
1999
Christmas Crash
2009
The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'
2004
The Wraith Within
2022
Corruption.Gov
2010
Fall
2001
The Winner
1996
Infected
2013
The Ghost
2001
Who Do You Think You're Fooling?
1994
The Lurking Fear
2023
Piranhaconda
2012
The Forest
2011
Amazing Racer
2009
Executive Target
1997
The Girl Gets Moe
1997
Blood Red
1989
Iguana
1988
Magic Boys
2012
The Face is Familiar
2009
BloodRayne
2005
Sins
2012
Along the Roadside
2013
I'm in Love with a Church Girl
2013
Pressure Point
2001
The Stray
2000
Ashley
2013
Terrible Angels
2013
ICE Agent
2013
Sacrifice
2000
Death Count
2022
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
Shadows in the Storm
1988
Prince of the City
2012
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
Beyond the Trophy
2012
Voodoo Dawn
2000
A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
2013
Arena Wars
2024
Dead Connection
1994
2047: Sights of Death
2014
Express 'Moscow-Russia'
2014
Baby Snatcher
1992
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022
Eyes Front
2008
Blue Tiger
1994
Choke
2001
The Ninth Cloud
2014
Hope Lost
2015
Dirty Dealing
2018
Supreme Sanction
1999
Catherine's Grove
1997
Detour
1998
Final Wager
2024
The First Circle
—
Max Dagan
2024
Prepare to Die
2024
A Hitman in London
2015
Flat Out
1999
The Lost Tree
2015
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
2003
Unbelievable!!!!!
2020
Spirit Riser
2024
Madoff: Made Off with America
2013
The End of Innocence
1990
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023
The Journey Ahead
2018
Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny
2012
The Hateful Eight
2015
The Doors
1991
Playing with Stars
2021
A Corpse in Kensington
2026
Resurrection Road
2025
Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha
2024
Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird
2024
Monster Mash
2024
Lumberjack Man
2015
Waking Karma
2023
Southern Comfort
2006
Baba Yaga: Assassins Revenge
2024
Ultimate Target
2000
Death in the Desert
2015
Flipped
2015
Lionhead
2013
DinoGator
2024
Law of Corruption
2005
Blood Behind Us
—
Back in the Day
2016
Magi
2016
Nomad the Beginning
2013
Vigilante Diaries
2016
Turn Around Jake
2014
Kidnapped in Romania
2016
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
No Deposit
2015
Arctic Dogs
2019
Grindhouse Nightmares
2018
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2011
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
2016
Last Man Club
2016
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
2001
Ballad of the Nightingale
1999
Cole Younger & The Black Train
2012
Rock, Paper, Scissors
2019
Devil's Domain
2017
Creepshow Raw: Insomnia
2009
Vice
2008
Spatss!
2018
Lady Psycho Killer
2015
Primal Instinct
2002
The Wrong Neighbor
2017
Love Addict
2018
The Broken Key
2017
Trading Paint
2019
Outlaw
2001
Unfallen
2017
Against All Hope
1982
You Might As Well Live
2009
Inside Edge
1993
Along for the Ride
2016
Megalodon
2018
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
Racing with the Moon
1984
Papa
2018
Sacred Blood
2015
Bikini Inception
2015
Garlic and Gunpowder
2018
Assassins Revenge
2018
Saturday at the Starlight
—
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006
The Garden Left Behind
2020
Welcome to Acapulco
2019
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006
Deep Winter
2009
Diamond Cartel
2015
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008
Nishabdham
2020
2 Graves in the Desert
2020
Born2Race
2019
42K
2001
Angels Fallen
2020
Primitiva
2019
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008
The Craft of Dirty Harry
2008
Hoboken Hollow
2006
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
2006
American Night
2021
Puppy Love
2020
Queen of Manhattan
2025
Shark Season
2020
Serpent in the Bottle
2020
Season of Change
1994
Special Bulletin
1983
Red Prophecies
2021
Burial Ground Massacre
2021
Dirty Fears
2020
Beyond the Game
2014
Dead On Time
2018
Water Wars
2014
Christmas Thieves
2021
Damon's Revenge
2022
Hangover in Death Valley
2018
Cosmic Radio
2007
Diner
1983
Welcome to America
2002
Conjuring: The Book of the Dead
2020
QT8: The First Eight
2019
The Thief & the Stripper
2002
Every Last One of Them
2021
Talons
2016
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
Concessions
2025
Alien Battlefield
2013
Cookbook for Southern Housewives
—
Gasoline
2017
Mr. Wonderful
2026
Ava
—
The Witching Hour
—
Sinatra! Eternity
—
Chuck Zito: An American Story
2024
The Things We Carry
2025
Sara Sarita
—
Steve McQueen: The King of Cool
1998
Bra Wars – Hollywood’s Affair With The Bra
2014
Demon Hunters
2026
Six Days in Paradise
2010
You Rock My World
2001
Batman: Dying Is Easy
2021
St. Elsewhere
1982
Animal Precinct
2001
Gabriel's Fire
1990
CSI: Miami
2002
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
Sidewalks Entertainment
1988
Quantum Leap
1989
Zulu Gumball
2010
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Jake and the Fatman
1987
MADtv
1995
Tour of Duty
1987
Vengeance Unlimited
1998
The Hitchhiker
1983
Our Family Honor
1985
War and Remembrance
1988
Golden Boy
2013
Blue Bloods
2010
Emigratis
2016
Master of Photography
2016
Big Time in Hollywood, Fl
2015
Bob's Burgers
2011
Tilt
2005
Powers
2015
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Crime Story
1986
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
Miami Vice
1984
The Outsiders
1990
Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side
2011
Hawaii Five-0
2010
Celebrity Big Brother
2001
24
2001