Michael Madsen

Known for Acting

Michael Madsen's portrait

Details

Birthday: September 25, 1957

Deathday: July 03, 2025

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Actor

2026

Legend of the White Dragon

2026

A Corpse in Kensington

2026

Mr. Wonderful

2026

Demon Hunters

2026

Michael Jackson: A Life in Music

2025

Resurrection Road

2025

Queen of Manhattan

2025

Concessions

2025

Sinatra! Eternity

2025

The Things We Carry

2024

South of Hope Street

2024

Arena Wars

2024

Final Wager

2024

Max Dagan

2024

Prepare to Die

2024

Spirit Riser

2024

Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha

2024

Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird

2024

Monster Mash

2024

Baba Yaga: Assassins Revenge

2024

DinoGator

2024

Chuck Zito: An American Story

2023

Assault on Hill 400

2023

Buckle Up

2023

Necronomicon

2023

The Lurking Fear

2023

Outlaw Johnny Black

2023

Waking Karma

2022

Until We Meet Again

2022

Incarnation

2022

The Wraith Within

2022

Death Count

2022

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

2022

Damon's Revenge

2021

Run Raven Run

2021

Ten Million Throwaways

2021

Playing with Stars

2021

American Night

2021

Red Prophecies

2021

Burial Ground Massacre

2021

Christmas Thieves

2021

Every Last One of Them

2021

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

2021

Batman: Dying Is Easy

2020

Red Handed

2020

Unbelievable!!!!!

2020

The Garden Left Behind

2020

Nishabdham

2020

2 Graves in the Desert

2020

Angels Fallen

2020

Puppy Love

2020

Shark Season

2020

Serpent in the Bottle

2020

Dirty Fears

2020

Conjuring: The Book of the Dead

2019

Arctic Dogs

2019

Rock, Paper, Scissors

2019

Trading Paint

2019

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

Welcome to Acapulco

2019

Born2Race

2019

Primitiva

2019

QT8: The First Eight

2018

Q-4: Dream Corporation

2018

Dirty Dealing

2018

The Journey Ahead

2018

Grindhouse Nightmares

2018

Spatss!

2018

Love Addict

2018

Megalodon

2018

Papa

2018

Garlic and Gunpowder

2018

Assassins Revenge

2018

Dead On Time

2018

Hangover in Death Valley

2017

Devil's Domain

2017

The Wrong Neighbor

2017

The Broken Key

2017

Unfallen

2017

Gasoline

2016

Back in the Day

2016

Magi

2016

Vigilante Diaries

2016

Kidnapped in Romania

2016

Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider

2016

Last Man Club

2016

Along for the Ride

2016

Talons

2015

Hope Lost

2015

A Hitman in London

2015

The Lost Tree

2015

The Hateful Eight

2015

Lumberjack Man

2015

Death in the Desert

2015

Flipped

2015

No Deposit

2015

Lady Psycho Killer

2015

Sacred Blood

2015

Bikini Inception

2015

Diamond Cartel

2014

Non Escludo Il Ritorno

2014

2047: Sights of Death

2014

Express 'Moscow-Russia'

2014

The Ninth Cloud

2014

Turn Around Jake

2014

Beyond the Game

2014

Water Wars

2014

Bra Wars – Hollywood’s Affair With The Bra

2013

Gabrielle

2013

Garbage

2013

Infected

2013

Along the Roadside

2013

I'm in Love with a Church Girl

2013

Ashley

2013

Terrible Angels

2013

ICE Agent

2013

A Sierra Nevada Gunfight

2013

Madoff: Made Off with America

2013

Lionhead

2013

Nomad the Beginning

2013

Alien Battlefield

2012

Eldorado

2012

Loosies

2012

Piranhaconda

2012

Magic Boys

2012

Sins

2012

Prince of the City

2012

Beyond the Trophy

2012

Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny

2012

Cole Younger & The Black Train

2011

The 5th Execution

2011

The Lion of Judah

2011

Not Another Not Another Movie

2011

A Cold Day in Hell

2011

Amsterdam Heavy

2011

Dirty Little Trick

2011

The Forest

2011

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

2010

The Portal

2010

Let the Game Begin

2010

The Killing Jar

2010

The Big I Am

2010

Federal

2010

The Brazen Bull

2010

Terror Trap

2010

Trader Games

2010

Corruption.Gov

2010

Six Days in Paradise

2009

Break

2009

Road of No Return

2009

Hired Gun

2009

Clear Lake, WI

2009

The Tomb

2009

The Way

2009

The Bleeding

2009

Gloves of Stone

2009

Green Lantern: First Flight

2009

Serbian Scars

2009

Lost in the Woods

2009

Outrage: Born in Terror

2009

Christmas Crash

2009

Amazing Racer

2009

The Face is Familiar

2009

Creepshow Raw: Insomnia

2009

You Might As Well Live

2009

Deep Winter

2008

Last Hour

2008

Crash and Burn

2008

Hell Ride

2008

45 R.P.M.

2008

House

2008

Killer's Freedom

2008

No Bad Days

2008

Eyes Front

2008

Vice

2008

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry

2008

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

2007

Being Michael Madsen

2007

Strength and Honour

2007

Croc

2007

Boarding Gate

2007

Tooth and Nail

2007

Living & Dying

2007

Afghan Knights

2007

Machine

2007

L.A. Dicks

2007

Cosmic Radio

2006

UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine

2006

The Last Drop

2006

Scary Movie 4

2006

Prohibition Opens the Floodgates

2006

Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood

2006

All In

2006

Canes

2006

Southern Comfort

2006

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

2006

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

2006

Hoboken Hollow

2006

Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films

2005

Sin City

2005

Chasing Ghosts

2005

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

2005

BloodRayne

2005

Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood

2005

Law of Corruption

2004

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

2004

Frankenstein

2004

Renegade

2004

Jacked$

2004

The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'

2004

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2003

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

2003

My Boss's Daughter

2003

44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out

2003

Vampires Anonymous

2003

Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey

2003

Pauly Shore Is Dead

2002

Die Another Day

2002

The Real Deal

2002

Primal Instinct

2002

Welcome to America

2002

The Thief & the Stripper

2001

Extreme Honor

2001

Fall

2001

The Ghost

2001

Pressure Point

2001

Choke

2001

L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve

2001

Outlaw

2001

42K

2001

You Rock My World

2000

The Alternate

2000

The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence

2000

High Noon

2000

Bad Guys

2000

The Price of Air

2000

Luck of the Draw

2000

The Stray

2000

Sacrifice

2000

Voodoo Dawn

2000

Ultimate Target

1999

The Florentine

1999

Supreme Sanction

1999

Flat Out

1999

Ballad of the Nightingale

1998

Species II

1998

The Sender

1998

Papertrail

1998

Rough Draft

1998

Detour

1998

Steve McQueen: The King of Cool

1997

Donnie Brasco

1997

Surface to Air

1997

The Maker

1997

Executive Target

1997

The Girl Gets Moe

1997

Catherine's Grove

1996

Mulholland Falls

1996

The Last Days of Frankie the Fly

1996

The Winner

1995

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

1995

Species

1995

Red Line

1995

Man with a Gun

1994

The Getaway

1994

Wyatt Earp

1994

Who Do You Think You're Fooling?

1994

Dead Connection

1994

Blue Tiger

1994

Season of Change

1993

Free Willy

1993

Beyond the Law

1993

Trouble Bound

1993

Money for Nothing

1993

A House in the Hills

1993

Almost Blue

1993

Inside Edge

1992

Reservoir Dogs

1992

Straight Talk

1992

To Kill For

1992

Baby Snatcher

1991

Thelma & Louise

1991

The Doors

1990

Montana

1990

The End of Innocence

1989

Kill Me Again

1989

Blood Red

1988

Iguana

1988

Shadows in the Storm

1987

The Killing Time

1984

The Natural

1984

Racing with the Moon

1983

WarGames

1983

Special Bulletin

1983

Diner

1982

Against All Hope

1970

The First Circle

1970

Blood Behind Us

1970

Saturday at the Starlight

1970

Cookbook for Southern Housewives

1970

Ava

1970

The Witching Hour

1970

Sara Sarita

Writer

2022

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective