Michael Madsen

Born

9/25/1957

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Known For276 Movies

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
★7.1
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
★7.4
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003
★8.0
Reservoir Dogs
1992
★8.1
The Hateful Eight
2015
★7.8
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2011
★8.1
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004
★7.9
Thelma & Louise
1991
★7.6
Scary Movie 4
2006
★5.5
Die Another Day
2002
★6.0
Sin City
2005
★7.5
Donnie Brasco
1997
★7.5
Species
1995
★6.0
WarGames
1983
★7.1
Free Willy
1993
★6.2
Species II
1998
★5.2
The Natural
1984
★6.9
Green Lantern: First Flight
2009
★6.9
Wyatt Earp
1994
★6.8
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
1995
★5.9
The Getaway
1994
★5.8
Arctic Dogs
2019
★6.0
The Doors
1991
★7.2
Mulholland Falls
1996
★6.0
BloodRayne
2005
★4.1
My Boss's Daughter
2003
★4.7
Straight Talk
1992
★6.0
American Night
2021
★4.3
Legend of the White Dragon
2026
★7.5
Vigilante Diaries
2016
★4.3
QT8: The First Eight
2019
★7.2
Hell Ride
2008
★5.2
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
2003
★6.6
Beyond the Law
1993
★6.3
Shark Season
2020
★4.3
Amsterdam Heavy
2011
★3.8
Megalodon
2018
★5.6
Terror Trap
2010
★4.7
2 Graves in the Desert
2020
★3.8
The Killing Time
1987
★5.0
Dirty Dealing
2018
★3.3
Trading Paint
2019
★5.3
Blueberry
2004
★4.8
2047: Sights of Death
2014
★2.9
Piranhaconda
2012
★4.9
ICE Agent
2013
★3.8
Racing with the Moon
1984
★6.3
Unbelievable!!!!!
2020
★4.1
The Killing Jar
2010
★5.5
Afghan Knights
2007
★4.1
House
2008
★4.5
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
★4.4
Hope Lost
2015
★4.0
The Tomb
2009
★4.3
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
1996
★6.1
Gloves of Stone
2009
★4.3
The Last Drop
2006
★4.2
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
2003
★7.9
Kill Me Again
1989
★6.2
Nishabdham
2020
★5.3
Welcome to Acapulco
2019
★5.4
Amazing Racer
2009
★5.9
Deep Winter
2009
★3.8
Corruption.Gov
2010
★2.7
Every Last One of Them
2021
★5.2
Assassins Revenge
2018
★3.0
A Hitman in London
2015
★4.2
Being Michael Madsen
2007
★5.8
Assault on Hill 400
2023
★5.0
The Lion of Judah
2011
★5.4
Blue Tiger
1994
★5.1
Money for Nothing
1993
★5.6
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006
★7.8
Unfallen
2017
★2.7
Outrage: Born in Terror
2009
★3.5
Arena Wars
2024
★5.2
Supreme Sanction
1999
★5.2
Love Addict
2018
★5.9
Angels Fallen
2020
★5.7
Mr. Wonderful
2026
★4.0
Loosies
2012
★5.7
I'm in Love with a Church Girl
2013
★5.9
Necronomicon
2023
★2.0
DinoGator
2024
★5.0
Papa
2018
★4.3
Turn Around Jake
2014
★5.0
Eldorado
2012
★3.0
Resurrection Road
2025
★5.7
A House in the Hills
1993
★5.8
Trouble Bound
1993
★5.7
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022
★4.8
Boarding Gate
2007
★5.0
The Florentine
1999
★5.7
Garbage
2013
★4.8
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023
★5.4
Blood Red
1989
★4.9
Waking Karma
2023
★4.4
Extreme Honor
2001
★4.4
Trader Games
2010
★4.3
Red Handed
2020
★4.5
Lumberjack Man
2015
★5.0
The Winner
1996
★4.6
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008
★4.5
Vampires Anonymous
2003
★5.5
The Wrong Neighbor
2017
★4.6
Infected
2013
★3.3
The Sender
1998
★5.0
Grindhouse Nightmares
2018
★4.2
The Big I Am
2010
★4.8
Luck of the Draw
2000
★4.9
No Deposit
2015
★3.0
Burial Ground Massacre
2021
★2.3
Jacked$
2004
★5.3
The Way
2009
★4.0
Cosmic Radio
2007
★1.7
Road of No Return
2009
★5.9
The Forest
2011
★3.8
Montana
1990
★6.1
The Ghost
2001
★3.6
Executive Target
1997
★4.8
Man with a Gun
1995
★4.6
Hoboken Hollow
2006
★3.8
Demon Hunters
2026
★5.0
Bad Guys
2000
★4.8
The Girl Gets Moe
1997
★4.6
The Stray
2000
★4.1
The 5th Execution
2011
★3.7
Queen of Manhattan
2025
★2.3
Chasing Ghosts
2005
★5.5
The Broken Key
2017
★3.2
The Maker
1997
★5.3
Rock, Paper, Scissors
2019
★3.8
Christmas Thieves
2021
★4.6
Kidnapped in Romania
2016
★2.9
Last Hour
2008
★4.2
Rough Draft
1998
★4.7
Dead Connection
1994
★4.6
Lady Psycho Killer
2015
★4.1
Frankenstein
2004
★5.2
Gabrielle
2013
★1.0
To Kill For
1992
★5.0
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006
★7.1
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
★8.0
The Real Deal
2002
★3.9
Let the Game Begin
2010
★4.7
Voodoo Dawn
2000
★4.9
Flat Out
1999
★6.0
42K
2001
★6.2
Croc
2007
★4.4
Nomad the Beginning
2013
★3.0
Chuck Zito: An American Story
2024
★2.0
Bikini Inception
2015
★5.0
Living & Dying
2007
★4.4
The Bleeding
2009
★2.6
Red Prophecies
2021
★4.0
Crash and Burn
2008
★4.2
Vice
2008
★4.5
South of Hope Street
2024
★5.4
Final Wager
2024
★2.0
Dirty Little Trick
2011
★5.6
Special Bulletin
1983
★7.0
The Lurking Fear
2023
★5.5
Papertrail
1998
★4.8
Strength and Honour
2007
★5.3
High Noon
2000
★5.7
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008
★5.8
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008
★7.0
The Face is Familiar
2009
★2.0
The Alternate
2000
★3.2
Death Count
2022
★2.9
Baby Snatcher
1992
★6.7
Last Man Club
2016
★6.3
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
2006
★4.0
Garlic and Gunpowder
2018
★2.8
Tooth and Nail
2007
★4.5
UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine
2006
★2.9
Devil's Domain
2017
★3.4
No Bad Days
2008
★3.2
Primitiva
2019
★1.5
Diner
1983
★7.3
You Might As Well Live
2009
★4.8
Along for the Ride
2016
★7.0
Prepare to Die
2024
★5.1
Surface to Air
1997
★7.2
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
2016
★5.8
L.A. Dicks
2007
★1.0
Diamond Cartel
2015
★5.3
Detour
1998
★6.5
Shadows in the Storm
1988
★4.6
Express 'Moscow-Russia'
2014
★5.2
Clear Lake, WI
2009
★2.4
Buckle Up
2023
★2.0
Beyond the Game
2014
★5.2
Sacrifice
2000
★4.9
Inside Edge
1993
★5.1
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
2000
★6.0
Damon's Revenge
2022
★3.6
Non escludo il ritorno
2014
★3.6
Until We Meet Again
2022
★4.8
The Portal
2010
★4.4
Sacred Blood
2015
★4.3
Along the Roadside
2013
★6.4
The End of Innocence
1990
★5.0
A Cold Day in Hell
2011
★3.4
Machine
2007
★3.9
The Craft of Dirty Harry
2008
★6.0
Break
2009
★3.9
Water Wars
2014
★4.6
The Ninth Cloud
2014
★5.5
All In
2006
★4.5
Dirty Fears
2020
★6.0
Red Line
1995
★6.0
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008
★8.0
Christmas Crash
2009
★4.1
Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha
2024
★5.2
Flipped
2015
★5.5
Sins
2012
★2.3
Puppy Love
2020
★3.7
Lost in the Woods
2009
★3.4
Ashley
2013
★4.7
Back in the Day
2016
★3.0
Canes
2006
★4.3
Monster Mash
2024
★4.1
Catherine's Grove
1997
★4.4
Serbian Scars
2009
★3.1
Prince of the City
2012
★3.0
The Price of Air
2000
★5.5
The Thief & the Stripper
2002
★4.5
Lionhead
2013
★4.0
Killer's Freedom
2008
★3.5
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
2001
★5.9
Not Another Not Another Movie
2011
★3.2
A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
2013
★3.4
Run Raven Run
2021
★6.0
Almost Blue
1993
★7.1
Concessions
2025
★10.0
Creepshow Raw: Insomnia
2009
★3.0
The Lost Tree
2015
★5.3
Conjuring: The Book of the Dead
2020
★1.4
Magi
2016
★5.6
Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird
2024
★2.5
Season of Change
1994
★4.6
Ballad of the Nightingale
1999
★4.2
Law of Corruption
2005
★4.7
Serpent in the Bottle
2020
★2.5
Fall
2001
★5.5
The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2'
2004
★8.8
Ultimate Target
2000
★6.8
The Garden Left Behind
2020
★5.3
Born2Race
2019
★2.5
Beyond the Trophy
2012
★3.5
The Brazen Bull
2010
★4.3
Incarnation
2022
★3.9
Hired Gun
2009
★3.5
Iguana
1988
★6.0
Outlaw
2001
★5.2
Federal
2010
★4.4
Ten Million Throwaways
2021
★2.0
Primal Instinct
2002
★6.3
Choke
2001
★3.7
Who Do You Think You're Fooling?
1994
★5.7
45 R.P.M.
2008
★6.2
Death in the Desert
2015
★3.4
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
★7.4
Pressure Point
2001
★5.4
Terrible Angels
2013
★5.5
Cole Younger & The Black Train
2012
★1.0
Hangover in Death Valley
2018
★1.0
The Wraith Within
2022
★4.7
Eyes Front
2008
★1.0
Gasoline
2017
★6.0
Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny
2012
★2.9
Q-4: Dream Corporation
2018
★2.0
Talons
2016
★5.0
Magic Boys
2012
★2.3
Against All Hope
1982
★6.8