Sep 25, 1957 - Chicago, Illinois, USA
Michael Madsen (September 25, 1957 – July 3, 2025) was an American actor, poet, and photographer. He has 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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| Movie | 2003 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | Budd | |
| Movie | 2005 | Sin City | Bob | |
| Movie | 1983 | WarGames | Steve | |
| Movie | 2004 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | Budd 'Sidewinder' | |
| Movie | 1992 | Reservoir Dogs | Mr. Blonde / Vic Vega | |
| Movie | 2022 | Until We Meet Again | Detective Morrison | |
| Movie | 1994 | The Getaway | Rudy Travis | |
| Movie | 1991 | Thelma & Louise | Jimmy | |
| Movie | 1993 | Free Willy | Glen Greenwood | |
| Movie | 1998 | Species II | Press Lenox | |
| Movie | 2004 | Frankenstein | Detec. Harker | |
| Movie | 2004 | Renegade | Wallace Sebastian Blount | |
| Movie | 2006 | UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine | Major Blevins | |
| Movie | 2003 | My Boss's Daughter | T.J. | |
| Movie | 2006 | The Last Drop | J.T. Colt | |
| Movie | 2006 | Scary Movie 4 | Oliver | |
| Movie | 1996 | Mulholland Falls | Eddie Hall | |
| Movie | 2008 | Last Hour | Monk | |
| Movie | 1996 | The Last Days of Frankie the Fly | Sal | |
| Movie | 2009 | Break | The Associate | |
| Movie | 2007 | Being Michael Madsen | Self | |
| Movie | 2009 | Road of No Return | J. Marcone | |
| Movie | 1984 | The Natural | Bump Bailey | |
| Movie | 2000 | The Alternate | Agent Briggs | |
| Movie | 2001 | Extreme Honor | Sparks | |
| Movie | 1989 | Kill Me Again | Vince Miller | |
| Movie | 2000 | The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence | Joe | |
| Movie | 2021 | Run Raven Run | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2006 | Prohibition Opens the Floodgates | Self | |
| Movie | 1987 | The Killing Time | Stu | |
| Movie | 1994 | Wyatt Earp | Virgil Earp | |
| Movie | 2009 | Hired Gun | Dan Moeller | |
| Movie | 2010 | The Portal | Dr. Azirra | |
| Movie | 2008 | Crash and Burn | Vincent Scaillo | |
| Movie | 1995 | Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home | Glen Greenwood | |
| Movie | 1995 | Species | Preston Lennox | |
| Movie | 1997 | Donnie Brasco | Dominick 'Sonny Black' Napolitano | |
| Movie | 2007 | Strength and Honour | Sean Kelleher | |
| Movie | 2008 | Hell Ride | The Gent | |
| Movie | 1990 | Montana | Pierce | |
| Movie | 2007 | Croc | Croc Hawkins | |
| Movie | 2008 | 45 R.P.M. | Major Baxter | |
| Movie | 2009 | Clear Lake, WI | The Reverend | |
| Movie | 2014 | Non Escludo Il Ritorno | Paul Hummel | |
| Movie | 2018 | Q-4: Dream Corporation | ||
| Movie | 2005 | Chasing Ghosts | Kevin Harrison | |
| Movie | 2002 | Die Another Day | Falco | |
| Movie | 2009 | The Tomb | George | |
| Movie | 2024 | South of Hope Street | Benjamin | |
| Movie | 2007 | Boarding Gate | Miles Rennberg | |
| Movie | 2008 | House | Tin Man/Officer Lawdale | |
| Movie | 2003 | 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out | Frank McGregor | |
| Movie | 1992 | Straight Talk | Steve | |
| Movie | 2008 | Killer's Freedom | Leo Ibiza | |
| Movie | 2010 | Let the Game Begin | Dr. Turner | |
| Movie | 2003 | Vampires Anonymous | Geno | |
| Movie | 2010 | The Killing Jar | Doe | |
| Movie | 2013 | Gabrielle | Edward Sheehan | |
| Movie | 2007 | Tooth and Nail | Jackal - Rover | |
| Movie | 2010 | The Big I Am | Martell | |
| Movie | 2011 | The 5th Execution | Rik | |
| Movie | 2009 | The Way | Commander | |
| Movie | 2010 | Federal | Sam Gibson | |
| Movie | 2009 | The Bleeding | Father Roy | |
| Movie | 2009 | Gloves of Stone | Willie | |
| Movie | 2011 | The Lion of Judah | Boss (voice) | |
| Movie | 2009 | Green Lantern: First Flight | Kilowog (voice) | |
| Movie | 2021 | Ten Million Throwaways | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2007 | Living & Dying | Agent Lind | |
| Movie | 2009 | Serbian Scars | Dreq | |
| Movie | 1993 | Beyond the Law | Blood | |
| Movie | 2007 | Afghan Knights | Cooper | |
| Movie | 2009 | Lost in the Woods | Stuart Bunka | |
| Movie | 2000 | High Noon | Frank Miller | |
| Movie | 2010 | The Brazen Bull | ||
| Movie | 2010 | Terror Trap | Hotel Operator | |
| Movie | 2022 | Incarnation | Peter | |
| Movie | 2006 | Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood | Self | |
| Movie | 2006 | All In | Seal | |
| Movie | 2023 | Assault on Hill 400 | General Cota | |
| Movie | 2007 | Machine | Ray | |
| Movie | 2023 | Buckle Up | ||
| Movie | 2007 | L.A. Dicks | Steven Miller | |
| Movie | 2023 | Legend of the White Dragon | Max Reed | |
| Movie | 2005 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Maugrim (voice) | |
| Movie | 1997 | Surface to Air | Gunnery Sgt. Zach Massin | |
| Movie | 2010 | Trader Games | William | |
| Movie | 1998 | The Sender | Dallas Grayson | |
| Movie | 2009 | Outrage: Born in Terror | Farragut | |
| Movie | 2011 | Not Another Not Another Movie | Lester Storm | |
| Movie | 2000 | Bad Guys | Jay Peters | |
| Movie | 2008 | No Bad Days | Lester | |
| Movie | 2011 | A Cold Day in Hell | U.S. Marshal Stallings | |
| Movie | 2000 | The Price of Air | Mr. Ball | |
| Movie | 1993 | Trouble Bound | Harry Talbot | |
| Movie | 2000 | Luck of the Draw | Zippo | |
| Movie | 1993 | Money for Nothing | Detective Laurenzi | |
| Movie | 2011 | Amsterdam Heavy | Keele | |
| Movie | 1992 | To Kill For | Cliff Burden | |
| Movie | 2012 | Eldorado | Ted | |
| Movie | 2002 | The Real Deal | Baker Jacks | |
| Movie | 1997 | The Maker | Skarney | |
| Movie | 1993 | A House in the Hills | Mickey | |
| Movie | 1998 | Papertrail | FBI Agent Brad Abraham | |
| Movie | 1993 | Almost Blue | Morris | |
| Movie | 2006 | Canes | Guillermo List | |
| Movie | 2011 | Dirty Little Trick | Vito | |
| Movie | 2012 | Loosies | Lt. 'Sully' Sullivan | |
| Movie | 2020 | Red Handed | Lou | |
| Movie | 2004 | Jacked$ | Boss | |
| Movie | 1995 | Red Line | Mr. Lawrence | |
| Movie | 2023 | Necronomicon | ||
| Movie | 1995 | Man with a Gun | John Wilbur Hardin | |
| Movie | 2013 | Garbage | Michael | |
| Movie | 1998 | Rough Draft | Haynes | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Florentine | Whitey | |
| Movie | 2009 | Christmas Crash | Joseph Johnson | |
| Movie | 2004 | The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2' | Self | |
| Movie | 2022 | The Wraith Within | Sheriff Townsend | |
| Movie | 2010 | Corruption.Gov | Senator John Mordire | |
| Movie | 2001 | Fall | Jeremy Banes | |
| Movie | 1996 | The Winner | Wolf | |
| Movie | 2013 | Infected | Louis Hartley | |
| Movie | 2001 | The Ghost | Dan Olinghouse | |
| Movie | 1994 | Who Do You Think You're Fooling? | Mr. Blonde (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2023 | The Lurking Fear | Officer Hansen | |
| Movie | 2012 | Piranhaconda | Prof. Lovegrove | |
| Movie | 2011 | The Forest | Lt. Brandon Ross | |
| Movie | 2009 | Amazing Racer | Dave Blair | |
| Movie | 1997 | Executive Target | Nick James | |
| Movie | 1997 | The Girl Gets Moe | Donnelly | |
| Movie | 1989 | Blood Red | Enzio | |
| Movie | 1988 | Iguana | Sebastián | |
| Movie | 2012 | Magic Boys | Terence | |
| Movie | 2009 | The Face is Familiar | Himself | |
| Movie | 2005 | BloodRayne | Vladimir | |
| Movie | 2012 | Sins | Don Mancino | |
| Movie | 2013 | Along the Roadside | Jerry | |
| Movie | 2013 | I'm in Love with a Church Girl | Frank Harris | |
| Movie | 2001 | Pressure Point | Jed Griffin | |
| Movie | 2000 | The Stray | Ben | |
| Movie | 2013 | Ashley | Bill | |
| Movie | 2013 | Terrible Angels | Ben Nolan | |
| Movie | 2013 | ICE Agent | Carlos Garcia | |
| Movie | 2000 | Sacrifice | Tyler Pierce | |
| Movie | 2022 | Death Count | Detective Casey | |
| Movie | 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self | |
| Movie | 1988 | Shadows in the Storm | Earl | |
| Movie | 2012 | Prince of the City | Ben Carlton | |
| Movie | 2005 | Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood | ||
| Movie | 2012 | Beyond the Trophy | Cole Lambert | |
| Movie | 2000 | Voodoo Dawn | Frank Barlow | |
| Movie | 2013 | A Sierra Nevada Gunfight | Sheriff Sawyer | |
| Movie | 2024 | Arena Wars | Samson | |
| Movie | 1994 | Dead Connection | Det. Matt Dickson | |
| Movie | 2014 | 2047: Sights of Death | Lobo | |
| Movie | 2014 | Express 'Moscow-Russia' | агент | |
| Movie | 1992 | Baby Snatcher | Cal Hudson | |
| Movie | 2022 | American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective | Self | |
| Movie | 2008 | Eyes Front | ||
| Movie | 1994 | Blue Tiger | Gun Salesman (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 2001 | Choke | Will | |
| Movie | 2014 | The Ninth Cloud | Bob | |
| Movie | 2015 | Hope Lost | Manol | |
| Movie | 2018 | Dirty Dealing | Dean | |
| Movie | 1999 | Supreme Sanction | Dalton | |
| Movie | 1997 | Catherine's Grove | Joe Mason | |
| Movie | 1998 | Detour | Burl Rogers | |
| Movie | 2024 | Final Wager | Ian | |
| Movie | N/A | The First Circle | Eli Brevil | |
| Movie | 2024 | Max Dagan | Don Clancy | |
| Movie | 2024 | Prepare to Die | Sheriff Hansen | |
| Movie | 2015 | A Hitman in London | The Boss | |
| Movie | 1999 | Flat Out | Gene | |
| Movie | 2015 | The Lost Tree | John | |
| Movie | 2003 | Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey | Self | |
| Movie | 2020 | Unbelievable!!!!! | President Ben Dover | |
| Movie | 2024 | Spirit Riser | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2013 | Madoff: Made Off with America | Agent Kennedy | |
| Movie | 1990 | The End of Innocence | Earl | |
| Movie | 2023 | Outlaw Johnny Black | Dutch | |
| Movie | 2018 | The Journey Ahead | Max | |
| Movie | 2012 | Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny | Sef | |
| Movie | 2015 | The Hateful Eight | Joe Gage | |
| Movie | 1991 | The Doors | Tom Baker | |
| Movie | 2021 | Playing with Stars | ||
| Movie | 2025 | A Corpse in Kensington | Michael | |
| Movie | 2025 | Resurrection Road | Quantrill | |
| Movie | 2024 | Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha | Kensei | |
| Movie | 2006 | Tarantino's Mind | Mr. Blonde / Vic Vega (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2024 | Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird | Self | |
| Movie | 2024 | Monster Mash | Doctor Frankenstein | |
| Movie | 2015 | Lumberjack Man | Dr. Peter Shirtcliff | |
| Movie | 2023 | Waking Karma | Paul | |
| Movie | 2006 | Southern Comfort | ||
| Movie | 2024 | Baba Yaga: Assassins Revenge | Logan Bergman | |
| Movie | 2000 | Ultimate Target | Uncle | |
| Movie | 2015 | Death in the Desert | Ray Easler | |
| Movie | 2015 | Flipped | Casey | |
| Movie | 2013 | Lionhead | Walter Powell | |
| Movie | 2015 | CobraGator | Layton | |
| Movie | 2005 | Law of Corruption | American | |
| Movie | N/A | Blood Behind Us | Reed Philibosian | |
| Movie | 2016 | Back in the Day | Enzo | |
| Movie | 2016 | Magi | Lawrence Irlam | |
| Movie | 2013 | Nomad the Beginning | Wolf | |
| Movie | 2016 | Vigilante Diaries | Moreau | |
| Movie | 2014 | Turn Around Jake | Russell O'Malley | |
| Movie | 2016 | Kidnapped in Romania | Mihai | |
| Movie | 2003 | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Michael Madsen | |
| Movie | 2015 | No Deposit | Peter Shay | |
| Movie | 2019 | Arctic Dogs | Duke (voice) | |
| Movie | 2018 | Grindhouse Nightmares | ||
| Movie | 2006 | Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair | Budd (Sidewinder) | |
| Movie | 2016 | Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider | Self | |
| Movie | 2016 | Last Man Club | Stearman Pilot | |
| Movie | 2001 | L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve | James Alexander | |
| Movie | 1999 | Ballad of the Nightingale | Giovanni | |
| Movie | 2012 | Cole Younger & The Black Train | Marshall Stallings | |
| Movie | 2017 | Rock, Paper, Scissors | Doyle Dechert | |
| Movie | 2017 | Devil's Domain | Bill | |
| Movie | 2009 | Creepshow Raw: Insomnia | Barry | |
| Movie | 2008 | Vice | Max Walker | |
| Movie | 2018 | Spatss! | Gang Leader | |
| Movie | 2015 | Lady Psycho Killer | Doctor Douglass | |
| Movie | 2002 | Primal Instinct | Russ | |
| Movie | 2017 | The Wrong Neighbor | Coach Jaworski | |
| Movie | 2018 | Love Addict | Mr. Dickinson | |
| Movie | 2017 | The Broken Key | Tully DeMarco | |
| Movie | 2019 | Trading Paint | Linsky | |
| Movie | 2001 | Outlaw | Conner | |
| Movie | 2017 | Unfallen | General McCallister | |
| Movie | 1982 | Against All Hope | Cecil Moe | |
| Movie | 2009 | You Might As Well Live | Clinton Manitoba | |
| Movie | 1993 | Inside Edge | Richard Montana | |
| Movie | 2016 | Along for the Ride | Self | |
| Movie | 2018 | Megalodon | Admiral King | |
| Movie | 2019 | Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood | 'Bounty Law' - Sheriff Hackett | |
| Movie | 1984 | Racing with the Moon | Frank | |
| Movie | 2018 | Papa | Ivan | |
| Movie | 2015 | Sacred Blood | Detective Brennan | |
| Movie | 2015 | Bikini Inception | Himself | |
| Movie | 2018 | Garlic and Gunpowder | Jason | |
| Movie | 2018 | Assassins Revenge | Detective Frank McMillian | |
| Movie | N/A | Saturday at the Starlight | Frank Gunt | |
| Movie | 2006 | Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light | Self | |
| Movie | 2020 | The Garden Left Behind | Kevin | |
| Movie | 2019 | Welcome to Acapulco | Hyde | |
| Movie | 2006 | The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird | Self | |
| Movie | 2009 | Deep Winter | Dean | |
| Movie | 2015 | Diamond Cartel | Mike | |
| Movie | 2008 | The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry | Self | |
| Movie | 2020 | Nishabdham | Richard Dawkins | |
| Movie | 2020 | 2 Graves in the Desert | Vince | |
| Movie | 2019 | Born2Race | Bobby Unser | |
| Movie | 2001 | 42K | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2020 | Angels Fallen | Balthazar | |
| Movie | 2019 | Primitiva | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2008 | A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry | Self | |
| Movie | 2008 | The Business End: Violence in Cinema | Self | |
| Movie | 2008 | The Evolution of Clint Eastwood | Self | |
| Movie | 2008 | The Craft of Dirty Harry | Self | |
| Movie | 2006 | Hoboken Hollow | J.T. Goldman | |
| Movie | 2006 | Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films | Self | |
| Movie | 2021 | American Night | Lord Samuel Morgan | |
| Movie | 2020 | Puppy Love | Wesley | |
| Movie | 2022 | The Latin from Manhattan | District Attorney | |
| Movie | 2020 | Shark Season | James | |
| Movie | 2020 | Serpent in the Bottle | Joe | |
| Movie | 1994 | Season of Change | Randy Parker | |
| Movie | 1983 | Special Bulletin | Jimmy Lenox | |
| Movie | 2021 | Red Prophecies | Richard Tyler | |
| Movie | 2021 | Burial Ground Massacre | Damon | |
| Movie | 2020 | Dirty Fears | Michael | |
| Movie | 2014 | Beyond the Game | Robert | |
| Movie | 2018 | Dead On Time | Mike McGuirk | |
| Movie | 2014 | Water Wars | Bane | |
| Movie | 2021 | Christmas Thieves | Vince | |
| Movie | 2022 | Damon's Revenge | Damon | |
| Movie | 2018 | Hangover in Death Valley | Ted (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2007 | Cosmic Radio | Senator Atwood | |
| Movie | 1983 | Diner | Boogie | |
| Movie | 2002 | Welcome to America | Special Agent Leon Fogel | |
| Movie | 2020 | Conjuring: The Book of the Dead | Jefferson | |
| Movie | 2019 | QT8: The First Eight | Self | |
| Movie | 2002 | The Thief & the Stripper | Jimmie D. | |
| Movie | 2021 | Every Last One of Them | Bill | |
| Movie | 2016 | Talons | George Fitzgerald | |
| Movie | 2021 | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2025 | Concessions | Rex Fuel | |
| Movie | 2013 | Alien Battlefield | ||
| Movie | N/A | Cookbook for Southern Housewives | Kingsley | |
| Movie | 2017 | Gasoline | Макс, баща на Дим | |
| Movie | 2024 | DinoGator | Layton | |
| Movie | N/A | Mr. Wonderful | Brian Fenton | |
| Movie | N/A | Ava | Peter | |
| Movie | N/A | The Witching Hour | ||
| Movie | N/A | Sinatra! Eternity | Robert (Bob) Nelson | |
| TV Show | 1982 | St. Elsewhere | 2 | |
| TV Show | 2001 | Animal Precinct | 95 | |
| TV Show | 1990 | Gabriel's Fire | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2002 | CSI: Miami | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1988 | Sidewalks Entertainment | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1989 | Quantum Leap | Blue | 1 |
| TV Show | 2010 | Zulu Gumball | Self | 8 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1987 | Jake and the Fatman | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1995 | MADtv | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1987 | Tour of Duty | Sergeant Greg Block | 1 |
| TV Show | 1998 | Vengeance Unlimited | Mr. Chapel | 16 |
| TV Show | 1983 | The Hitchhiker | John Hampton | 1 |
| TV Show | 1985 | Our Family Honor | Augie Danzig | 13 |
| TV Show | 1988 | War and Remembrance | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2013 | Golden Boy | Walter Clark Sr. | 2 |
| TV Show | 2010 | Blue Bloods | John | 1 |
| TV Show | 2016 | Emigratis | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2016 | Master of Photography | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2015 | Big Time in Hollywood, Fl | Harvey Scoles | 5 |
| TV Show | 2011 | Bob's Burgers | Kevin Costner (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | Tilt | Don 'The Matador' Everest | 9 |
| TV Show | 2015 | Powers | SuperShock | 10 |
| TV Show | 2009 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1986 | Crime Story | Johnny Fosse | 2 |
| TV Show | N/A | Saturday at the Starlight | Frank Gunt | 1 |
| TV Show | 2004 | On Air with Ryan Seacrest | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Miami Vice | Sally Alvarado | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | The Outsiders | Mick Jenkins | 1 |
| TV Show | 2011 | Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Roy Parrish | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Celebrity Big Brother | Self | 1 |
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| Movie | 2007 | Being Michael Madsen | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2009 | Road of No Return | Associate Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1998 | The Sender | Associate Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2021 | Every Last One of Them | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | N/A | The First Circle | Co-Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2010 | The Brazen Bull | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2008 | Vice | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2019 | The Dirty Kind | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2015 | Death in the Desert | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2022 | American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2022 | American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective | Writer | Writing |
