Michael Madsen

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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

Budd

Reservoir Dogs

Mr. Blonde / Vic Vega

The Hateful Eight

Joe Gage

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Budd 'Sidewinder'

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

'Bounty Law' - Sheriff Hackett

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

Maugrim (voice)

Sin City

Bob

Donnie Brasco

Dominick 'Sonny Black' Napolitano

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Legend of the White Dragon MOVIE	Max Reed
2026	A Corpse in Kensington MOVIE	Michael
2026	Mr. Wonderful MOVIE	Brian Fenton
2026	Demon Hunters MOVIE	Self
2025	Queen of Manhattan MOVIE	District Attorney
2025	Concessions MOVIE	Rex Fuel
2025	The Things We Carry MOVIE	Self
2025	Resurrection Road MOVIE	Quantrill
2024	DinoGator MOVIE	Layton
2024	Prepare to Die MOVIE	Sheriff Hansen
2024	Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha MOVIE	Kensei
2024	Max Dagan MOVIE	Don Clancy
2024	Arena Wars MOVIE	Samson
2024	Final Wager MOVIE	Ian
2024	Chuck Zito: An American Story MOVIE	Self
2024	South of Hope Street MOVIE	Benjamin
2024	Spirit Riser MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2024	Monster Mash MOVIE	Doctor Frankenstein
2024	Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird MOVIE	Self
2024	Baba Yaga: Assassins Revenge MOVIE	Logan Bergman
2023	Outlaw Johnny Black MOVIE	Dutch
2023	The Lurking Fear MOVIE	Officer Hansen
2023	Buckle Up MOVIE	Self
2023	Necronomicon MOVIE	Self
2023	Assault on Hill 400 MOVIE	General Cota
2023	Waking Karma MOVIE	Paul
2022	The Wraith Within MOVIE	Sheriff Townsend
2022	American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective MOVIE	Self
2022	Death Count MOVIE	Detective Casey
2022	Incarnation MOVIE	Peter
2022	Until We Meet Again MOVIE	Detective Morrison
2022	Damon's Revenge MOVIE	Damon
2021	Run Raven Run MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2021	Christmas Thieves MOVIE	Vince
2021	Every Last One of Them MOVIE	Bill
2021	American Night MOVIE	Lord Samuel Morgan
2021	Ten Million Throwaways MOVIE	Narrator
2021	Burial Ground Massacre MOVIE	Damon
2021	Batman: Dying Is Easy MOVIE	Bullock
2021	Red Prophecies MOVIE	Richard Tyler
2021	Playing with Stars MOVIE	Self
2021	Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2020	Red Handed MOVIE	Lou
2020	Nishabdham MOVIE	Richard Dawkins
2020	Dirty Fears MOVIE	Michael
2020	The Garden Left Behind MOVIE	Kevin
2020	Unbelievable!!!!! MOVIE	President Ben Dover
2020	Shark Season MOVIE	James
2020	Puppy Love MOVIE	Wesley
2020	Serpent in the Bottle MOVIE	Joe
2020	Conjuring: The Book of the Dead MOVIE	Jefferson
2020	Angels Fallen MOVIE	Balthazar
2020	2 Graves in the Desert MOVIE	Vince
2019	Arctic Dogs MOVIE	Duke (voice)
2019	QT8: The First Eight MOVIE	Self
2019	Primitiva MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2019	Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood MOVIE	'Bounty Law' - Sheriff Hackett
2019	Rock, Paper, Scissors MOVIE	Doyle Dechert
2019	Born2Race MOVIE	Bobby Unser
2019	Welcome to Acapulco MOVIE	Hyde
2019	Trading Paint MOVIE	Linsky
2018	Hangover in Death Valley MOVIE	Ted (archive footage)
2018	Dead On Time MOVIE	Mike McGuirk
2018	Assassins Revenge MOVIE	Detective Frank McMillian
2018	Megalodon MOVIE	Admiral King
2018	Spatss! MOVIE	Gang Leader
2018	Q-4: Dream Corporation MOVIE	Self
2018	Dirty Dealing MOVIE	Dean
2018	Papa MOVIE	Ivan
2018	Love Addict MOVIE	Mr. Dickinson
2018	Garlic and Gunpowder MOVIE	Jason
2018	Grindhouse Nightmares MOVIE	Self
2018	The Journey Ahead MOVIE	Max
2017	The Broken Key MOVIE	Tully DeMarco
2017	Unfallen MOVIE	General McCallister
2017	The Wrong Neighbor MOVIE	Coach Jaworski
2017	Devil's Domain MOVIE	Bill
2017	Gasoline MOVIE	Макс, баща на Дим
2016	Along for the Ride MOVIE	Self
2016	Vigilante Diaries MOVIE	Moreau
2016	Talons MOVIE	George Fitzgerald
2016	Master of Photography TV	Self
2016	Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider MOVIE	Self
2016	Last Man Club MOVIE	Stearman Pilot
2016	Back in the Day MOVIE	Enzo
2016	Magi MOVIE	Lawrence Irlam
2016	Emigratis TV	Self
2016	Kidnapped in Romania MOVIE	Mihai
2015	The Hateful Eight MOVIE	Joe Gage
2015	Flipped MOVIE	Casey
2015	Lumberjack Man MOVIE	Dr. Peter Shirtcliff
2015	Sacred Blood MOVIE	Detective Brennan
2015	Death in the Desert MOVIE	Ray Easler
2015	The Lost Tree MOVIE	John
2015	Lady Psycho Killer MOVIE	Doctor Douglass
2015	Bikini Inception MOVIE	Himself
2015	No Deposit MOVIE	Peter Shay
2015	Big Time in Hollywood, Fl TV	Harvey Scoles
2015	A Hitman in London MOVIE	The Boss
2015	Powers TV	SuperShock
2015	Diamond Cartel MOVIE	Mike
2015	Hope Lost MOVIE	Manol
2014	Beyond the Game MOVIE	Robert
2014	Bra Wars – Hollywood’s Affair With The Bra MOVIE	Self
2014	Non Escludo Il Ritorno MOVIE	Paul Hummel
2014	Water Wars MOVIE	Bane
2014	2047: Sights of Death MOVIE	Lobo
2014	The Ninth Cloud MOVIE	Bob
2014	Express 'Moscow-Russia' MOVIE	продюсер Милы
2014	Turn Around Jake MOVIE	Russell O'Malley
2013	I'm in Love with a Church Girl MOVIE	Frank Harris
2013	Terrible Angels MOVIE	Ben Nolan
2013	Lionhead MOVIE	Walter Powell
2013	A Sierra Nevada Gunfight MOVIE	Sheriff Sawyer
2013	Ashley MOVIE	Bill
2013	Nomad the Beginning MOVIE	Wolf
2013	Gabrielle MOVIE	Edward Sheehan
2013	ICE Agent MOVIE	Carlos Garcia
2013	Infected MOVIE	Louis Hartley
2013	Along the Roadside MOVIE	Jerry
2013	Golden Boy TV	Walter Clark Sr.
2013	Madoff: Made Off with America MOVIE	Agent Kennedy
2013	Garbage MOVIE	Michael
2013	Alien Battlefield MOVIE	Self
2012	Prince of the City MOVIE	Ben Carlton
2012	Magic Boys MOVIE	Terence
2012	Beyond the Trophy MOVIE	Cole Lambert
2012	Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny MOVIE	Sef
2012	Cole Younger & The Black Train MOVIE	Marshall Stallings
2012	Piranhaconda MOVIE	Prof. Lovegrove
2012	Sins MOVIE	Don Mancino
2012	Loosies MOVIE	Lt. 'Sully' Sullivan
2012	Eldorado MOVIE	Ted
2011	Dirty Little Trick MOVIE	Vito
2011	Not Another Not Another Movie MOVIE	Lester Storm
2011	Amsterdam Heavy MOVIE	Keele
2011	Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side TV	Self
2011	The Lion of Judah MOVIE	Boss (voice)
2011	The Forest MOVIE	Lt. Brandon Ross
2011	Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair MOVIE	Budd (Sidewinder)
2011	The 5th Execution MOVIE	Rik
2011	Bob's Burgers TV	Kevin Costner (voice)
2011	A Cold Day in Hell MOVIE	U.S. Marshal Stallings
2010	The Brazen Bull MOVIE	Self
2010	Federal MOVIE	Sam Gibson
2010	Zulu Gumball TV	Self
2010	Blue Bloods TV	John
2010	Terror Trap MOVIE	Hotel Operator
2010	Hawaii Five-0 TV	Roy Parrish
2010	Trader Games MOVIE	William
2010	Six Days in Paradise MOVIE	Rich McShane
2010	Let the Game Begin MOVIE	Dr. Turner
2010	The Big I Am MOVIE	Martell
2010	The Killing Jar MOVIE	Doe
2010	The Portal MOVIE	Dr. Azirra
2010	Corruption.Gov MOVIE	Senator John Mordire
2009	Road of No Return MOVIE	J. Marcone
2009	The Tomb MOVIE	George
2009	The Bleeding MOVIE	Father Roy
2009	Creepshow Raw: Insomnia MOVIE	Barry
2009	Gloves of Stone MOVIE	Willie
2009	Celebrity Ghost Stories TV	Self
2009	Serbian Scars MOVIE	Dreq
2009	Lost in the Woods MOVIE	Stuart Bunka
2009	Green Lantern: First Flight MOVIE	Kilowog (voice)
2009	The Face is Familiar MOVIE	Himself
2009	The Way MOVIE	Commander
2009	Break MOVIE	The Associate
2009	Amazing Racer MOVIE	Dave Blair
2009	Hired Gun MOVIE	Dan Moeller
2009	You Might As Well Live MOVIE	Clinton Manitoba
2009	Deep Winter MOVIE	Dean
2009	Clear Lake, WI MOVIE	The Reverend
2009	Outrage: Born in Terror MOVIE	Farragut
2009	Christmas Crash MOVIE	Joseph Johnson
2008	House MOVIE	Tin Man/Officer Lawdale
2008	Hell Ride MOVIE	The Gent
2008	45 R.P.M. MOVIE	Major Baxter
2008	No Bad Days MOVIE	Lester
2008	The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry MOVIE	Self
2008	A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry MOVIE	Self
2008	The Business End: Violence in Cinema MOVIE	Self
2008	The Evolution of Clint Eastwood MOVIE	Self
2008	The Craft of Dirty Harry MOVIE	Self
2008	Crash and Burn MOVIE	Vincent Scaillo
2008	Vice MOVIE	Max Walker
2008	Last Hour MOVIE	Monk
2008	Eyes Front MOVIE	Self
2008	Killer's Freedom MOVIE	Leo Ibiza
2007	Strength and Honour MOVIE	Sean Kelleher
2007	Cosmic Radio MOVIE	Senator Atwood
2007	Tooth and Nail MOVIE	Jackal - Rover
2007	Being Michael Madsen MOVIE	Self
2007	Croc MOVIE	Croc Hawkins
2007	Boarding Gate MOVIE	Miles Rennberg
2007	L.A. Dicks MOVIE	Steven Miller
2007	Living & Dying MOVIE	Agent Lind
2007	Machine MOVIE	Ray
2007	Afghan Knights MOVIE	Cooper
2006	UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine MOVIE	Major Blevins
2006	Canes MOVIE	Guillermo List
2006	The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird MOVIE	Self
2006	Prohibition Opens the Floodgates MOVIE	Self
2006	Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood MOVIE	Self
2006	Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light MOVIE	Self
2006	Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films MOVIE	Self
2006	The Last Drop MOVIE	J.T. Colt
2006	Scary Movie 4 MOVIE	Oliver
2006	All In MOVIE	Seal
2006	Hoboken Hollow MOVIE	J.T. Goldman
2006	Southern Comfort MOVIE	Self
2005	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe MOVIE	Maugrim (voice)
2005	Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood MOVIE	Self
2005	BloodRayne MOVIE	Vladimir
2005	Law of Corruption MOVIE	American
2005	Chasing Ghosts MOVIE	Kevin Harrison
2005	Sin City MOVIE	Bob
2005	Tilt TV	Don 'The Matador' Everest
2004	Frankenstein MOVIE	Detec. Harker
2004	The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2' MOVIE	Self
2004	Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade MOVIE	Self
2004	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 MOVIE	Budd 'Sidewinder'
2004	Renegade MOVIE	Wallace Sebastian Blount
2004	Jacked$ MOVIE	Boss
2004	On Air with Ryan Seacrest TV	Self
2003	Vampires Anonymous MOVIE	Geno
2003	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 MOVIE	Budd
2003	My Boss's Daughter MOVIE	T.J.
2003	44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out MOVIE	Frank McGregor
2003	Pauly Shore Is Dead MOVIE	Michael Madsen
2003	Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey MOVIE	Self
2002	The Real Deal MOVIE	Baker Jacks
2002	Die Another Day MOVIE	Falco
2002	The Thief & the Stripper MOVIE	Jimmie D.
2002	CSI: Miami TV	Cooper 'Coop' Daly
2002	Primal Instinct MOVIE	Russ
2002	Welcome to America MOVIE	Special Agent Leon Fogel
2001	24 TV	Jim Ricker
2001	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross TV	Self
2001	42K MOVIE	Narrator
2001	L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve MOVIE	James Alexander
2001	You Rock My World MOVIE	Thug
2001	Choke MOVIE	Will
2001	Pressure Point MOVIE	Jed Griffin
2001	Animal Precinct TV	Self
2001	Extreme Honor MOVIE	Sparks
2001	Celebrity Big Brother TV	Self
2001	Fall MOVIE	Jeremy Banes
2001	The Ghost MOVIE	Dan Olinghouse
2001	Outlaw MOVIE	Conner
2000	The Price of Air MOVIE	Mr. Ball
2000	High Noon MOVIE	Frank Miller
2000	Bad Guys MOVIE	Jay Peters
2000	The Stray MOVIE	Ben
2000	Sacrifice MOVIE	Tyler Pierce
2000	The Alternate MOVIE	Agent Briggs
2000	Luck of the Draw MOVIE	Zippo
2000	Voodoo Dawn MOVIE	Frank Barlow
2000	The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence MOVIE	Joe
2000	Ultimate Target MOVIE	Uncle
1999	Flat Out MOVIE	Gene
1999	Ballad of the Nightingale MOVIE	Giovanni
1999	The Florentine MOVIE	Whitey
1999	Supreme Sanction MOVIE	Dalton
1998	Detour MOVIE	Burl Rogers
1998	Vengeance Unlimited TV	Mr. Chapel
1998	Papertrail MOVIE	FBI Agent Brad Abraham
1998	The Sender MOVIE	Dallas Grayson
1998	Species II MOVIE	Press Lenox
1998	Steve McQueen: The King of Cool MOVIE	Self
1998	Rough Draft MOVIE	Haynes
1997	Surface to Air MOVIE	Gunnery Sgt. Zach Massin
1997	The Girl Gets Moe MOVIE	Donnelly
1997	Catherine's Grove MOVIE	Joe Mason
1997	The Maker MOVIE	Skarney
1997	Executive Target MOVIE	Nick James
1997	Donnie Brasco MOVIE	Dominick 'Sonny Black' Napolitano
1996	The Last Days of Frankie the Fly MOVIE	Sal
1996	The Winner MOVIE	Wolf
1996	Mulholland Falls MOVIE	Eddie Hall
1995	Red Line MOVIE	Mr. Lawrence
1995	MADtv TV	Self
1995	Man with a Gun MOVIE	John Wilbur Hardin
1995	Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home MOVIE	Glen Greenwood
1995	Species MOVIE	Preston Lennox
1994	Wyatt Earp MOVIE	Virgil Earp
1994	Dead Connection MOVIE	Det. Matt Dickson
1994	Season of Change MOVIE	Randy Parker
1994	Blue Tiger MOVIE	Gun Salesman (uncredited)
1994	The Getaway MOVIE	Rudy Travis
1994	Who Do You Think You're Fooling? MOVIE	Mr. Blonde (archive footage)
1993	Inside Edge MOVIE	Richard Montana
1993	Money for Nothing MOVIE	Detective Laurenzi
1993	Almost Blue MOVIE	Morris
1993	Free Willy MOVIE	Glen Greenwood
1993	Beyond the Law MOVIE	Blood
1993	A House in the Hills MOVIE	Mickey
1993	Trouble Bound MOVIE	Harry Talbot
1992	To Kill For MOVIE	Cliff Burden
1992	Reservoir Dogs MOVIE	Mr. Blonde / Vic Vega
1992	Baby Snatcher MOVIE	Cal Hudson
1992	Straight Talk MOVIE	Steve
1991	Thelma & Louise MOVIE	Jimmy
1991	The Doors MOVIE	Tom Baker
1990	The End of Innocence MOVIE	Earl
1990	Gabriel's Fire TV	Self
1990	The Outsiders TV	Mick Jenkins
1990	Montana MOVIE	Pierce
1989	Kill Me Again MOVIE	Vince Miller
1989	Blood Red MOVIE	Enzio
1989	Quantum Leap TV	Blue
1988	War and Remembrance TV	Self
1988	Sidewalks Entertainment TV	Self
1988	Iguana MOVIE	Sebastián
1988	Shadows in the Storm MOVIE	Earl
1987	The Killing Time MOVIE	Stu
1987	Jake and the Fatman TV	Self
1987	Tour of Duty TV	Sergeant Greg Block
1986	Crime Story TV	Johnny Fosse
1985	Our Family Honor TV	Augie Danzig
1984	Miami Vice TV	Sally Alvarado
1984	The Natural MOVIE	Bump Bailey
1984	Racing with the Moon MOVIE	Frank
1983	The Hitchhiker TV	John Hampton
1983	Diner MOVIE	Boogie
1983	WarGames MOVIE	Steve
1983	Special Bulletin MOVIE	Jimmy Lenox
1982	St. Elsewhere TV	Mike O'Connor
1982	Cagney & Lacey TV	Self
1982	Against All Hope MOVIE	Cecil Moe
	The First Circle MOVIE	Eli Brevil
	Blood Behind Us MOVIE	Reed Philibosian
	Saturday at the Starlight MOVIE	Frank Gunt
	Cookbook for Southern Housewives MOVIE	Kingsley
	Ava MOVIE	Peter
	The Witching Hour MOVIE	Self
	Sinatra! Eternity MOVIE	Robert (Bob) Nelson
	Sara Sarita MOVIE	Self

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