Michael Søren 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.

Filmography

• 2026Blood Behind Us — Reed Philibosian
• 2026Concessions — Rex Fuel
• 2026Demon Hunters
• 2026Legend of the White Dragon — Max Reed
• 2026Mr. Wonderful — Brian Fenton
• 2025Queen of Manhattan — District Attorney
• 2025Resurrection Road — Quantrill
• 2025Sinatra! Eternity — Robert (Bob) Nelson
• 2025The Things We Carry
• 2024Arena Wars — Samson
• 2024Baba Yaga: Assassins Revenge — Logan Bergman
• 2024Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha — Kensei
• 2024DinoGator — Layton
• 2024Final Wager — Ian
• 2024Max Dagan — Don Clancy
• 2024Monster Mash — Doctor Frankenstein
• 2024Prepare to Die — Sheriff Hansen
• 2024South of Hope Street — Benjamin
• 2024Spirit Riser — Narrator (voice)
• 2023Assault on Hill 400 — General Cota
• 2023Buckle Up
• 2023Grace — Man (Voice)
• 2023Necronomicon
• 2023Outlaw Johnny Black — Dutch
• 2023The Lurking Fear — Officer Hansen
• 2023Waking Karma — Paul
• 2022American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective — Self, Producer, Writer
• 2022Damon's Revenge — Damon
• 2022Death Count — Detective Casey
• 2022Incarnation — Peter
• 2022The Wraith Within — Sheriff Townsend
• 2022Until We Meet Again — Detective Morrison
• 2021American Night — Lord Samuel Morgan
• 2021Burial Ground Massacre — Damon
• 2021Christmas Thieves — Vince
• 2021Every Last One of Them — Bill, Executive Producer
• 2021Playing with Stars
• 2021Red Prophecies — Richard Tyler
• 2021Run Raven Run — Narrator (voice)
• 2021Ten Million Throwaways — Narrator
• 20202 Graves in the Desert — Vince
• 2020Angels Fallen — Balthazar
• 2020Conjuring: The Book of the Dead — Jefferson
• 2020Dirty Fears — Michael
• 2020Nishabdham — Richard Dawkins
• 2020Puppy Love — Wesley
• 2020Red Handed — Lou
• 2020Serpent in the Bottle — Joe
• 2020Shark Season — James
• 2020The Garden Left Behind — Kevin
• 2020Unbelievable!!!!! — President Ben Dover
• 2019Arctic Dogs — Duke (voice)
• 2019Born2Race — Bobby Unser
• 2019Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood — 'Bounty Law' - Sheriff Hackett
• 2019Primitiva — Narrator (voice)
• 2019Rock, Paper, Scissors — Doyle Dechert
• 2019The Dirty Kind — Executive Producer
• The Hateful Eight — Joe Gage
• 2019Trading Paint — Linsky
• 2019Welcome to Acapulco — Hyde
• 2018Assassins Revenge — Detective Frank McMillian
• 2018Dead On Time — Mike McGuirk
• 2018Dirty Dealing — Dean
• 2018Garlic and Gunpowder — Jason
• 2018Grindhouse Nightmares
• 2018Hangover in Death Valley — Ted (archive footage)
• 2018Love Addict — Mr. Dickinson
• 2018Megalodon — Admiral King
• 2018Papa — Ivan
• 2018Q-4: Dream Corporation
• 2018Spatss! — Gang Leader
• 2018The Journey Ahead — Max
• 2017Devil's Domain — Bill
• 2017Gasoline — Макс, баща на Дим
• 2017The Broken Key — Tully DeMarco
• 2017The Wrong Neighbor — Coach Jaworski
• 2017Unfallen — General McCallister
• 2016Back in the Day — Enzo
• 2016Kidnapped in Romania — Mihai
• 2016Last Man Club — Stearman Pilot
• 2016Magi — Lawrence Irlam
• Master of Photography
• 2016Talons — George Fitzgerald
• 2016Vigilante Diaries — Moreau
• 2015A Hitman in London — The Boss
• Big Time in Hollywood, Fl — Harvey Scoles
• 2015Death in the Desert — Ray Easler, Executive Producer
• 2015Diamond Cartel — Mike
• 2015Flipped — Casey
• 2015Hope Lost — Manol
• 2015Lady Psycho Killer — Doctor Douglass
• 2015Lumberjack Man — Dr. Peter Shirtcliff
• 2015No Deposit — Peter Shay
• Powers — SuperShock
• 2015Sacred Blood — Detective Brennan
• 2015The Hateful Eight — Joe Gage
• 2015The Lost Tree — John
• 20142047: Sights of Death — Lobo
• 2014Beyond the Game — Robert
• 2014Express 'Moscow-Russia' — продюсер Милы
• 2014Non escludo il ritorno — Paul Hummel
• 2014The Ninth Cloud — Bob
• 2014Turn Around Jake — Russell O'Malley
• 2014Water Wars — Bane
• 2013A Sierra Nevada Gunfight — Sheriff Sawyer
• 2013Alien Battlefield
• 2013Along the Roadside — Jerry
• 2013Ashley — Bill
• 2013Gabrielle — Edward Sheehan
• 2013Garbage — Michael
• Golden Boy — Walter Clark Sr.
• 2013I'm in Love with a Church Girl — Frank Harris
• 2013ICE Agent — Carlos Garcia
• 2013Infected — Louis Hartley
• 2013Lionhead — Walter Powell
• 2013Madoff: Made Off with America — Agent Kennedy
• 2013Nomad the Beginning — Wolf
• 2013Terrible Angels — Ben Nolan
• 2012Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny — Sef
• 2012Beyond the Trophy — Cole Lambert
• 2012Cole Younger & The Black Train — Marshall Stallings
• 2012Eldorado — Ted
• 2012Loosies — Lt. 'Sully' Sullivan
• 2012Magic Boys — Terence
• 2012Piranhaconda — Prof. Lovegrove
• 2012Prince of the City — Ben Carlton
• 2012Sins — Don Mancino
• 2011A Cold Day in Hell — U.S. Marshal Stallings
• 2011Amsterdam Heavy — Keele
• Bob's Burgers — Kevin Costner (voice)
• 2011Dirty Little Trick — Vito
• 2011Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair — Budd (Sidewinder)
• 2011Not Another Not Another Movie — Lester Storm
• 2011The 5th Execution — Rik
• 2011The Forest — Lt. Brandon Ross
• 2011The Lion of Judah — Boss (voice)
• Blue Bloods — John
• 2010Corruption.Gov — Senator John Mordire
• 2010Federal — Sam Gibson
• Hawaii Five-0 — Roy Parrish
• 2010Let the Game Begin — Dr. Turner
• 2010Six Days in Paradise — Rich McShane
• 2010Terror Trap — Hotel Operator
• 2010The Big I Am — Martell
• 2010The Brazen Bull — Producer
• 2010The Killing Jar — Doe
• 2010The Portal — Dr. Azirra
• 2010Trader Games — William
• 2009Amazing Racer — Dave Blair
• 2009Break — The Associate
• 2009Christmas Crash — Joseph Johnson
• 2009Clear Lake, WI — The Reverend
• 2009Creepshow Raw: Insomnia — Barry
• 2009Deep Winter — Dean
• 2009Gloves of Stone — Willie
• 2009Green Lantern: First Flight — Kilowog (voice)
• 2009Hired Gun — Dan Moeller
• 2009Lost in the Woods — Stuart Bunka
• 2009Outrage: Born in Terror — Farragut
• 2009Road of No Return — J. Marcone, Associate Producer
• 2009Serbian Scars — Dreq
• 2009The Bleeding — Father Roy
• 2009The Tomb — George
• 2009The Way — Commander
• 2009You Might As Well Live — Clinton Manitoba
• 200845 R.P.M. — Major Baxter
• 2008Crash and Burn — Vincent Scaillo
• 2008Eyes Front
• 2008Hell Ride — The Gent
• 2008House — Tin Man/Officer Lawdale
• 2008Killer's Freedom — Leo Ibiza
• 2008Last Hour — Monk
• 2008No Bad Days — Lester
• 2008Vice — Max Walker, Executive Producer
• 2007Afghan Knights — Cooper
• 2007Being Michael Madsen — Self, Producer
• 2007Boarding Gate — Miles Rennberg
• 2007Cosmic Radio — Senator Atwood
• 2007Croc — Croc Hawkins
• 2007L.A. Dicks — Steven Miller
• 2007Living & Dying — Agent Lind
• 2007Machine — Ray
• 2007Strength and Honour — Sean Kelleher
• 2007Tooth and Nail — Jackal - Rover
• 2006All In — Seal
• 2006BloodRayne — Vladimir
• 2006Canes — Guillermo List
• 2006Hoboken Hollow — J.T. Goldman
• 2006Scary Movie 4 — Oliver
• 2006Southern Comfort
• 2006The Last Drop — J.T. Colt
• 2006UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine — Major Blevins
• 2005Chasing Ghosts — Kevin Harrison
• 2005Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
• 2005Law of Corruption — American
• 2005Sin City — Bob
• 2005The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — Maugrim (voice)
• Tilt — Don 'The Matador' Everest
• 2004Blueberry — Wallace Sebastian Blount
• 2004Frankenstein — Detec. Harker
• 2004Jacked$ — Boss
• 2004Kill Bill: Vol. 2 — Budd 'Sidewinder'
• 200344 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out — Frank McGregor
• 2003Kill Bill: Vol. 1 — Budd
• 2003My Boss's Daughter — T.J.
• 2003Pauly Shore Is Dead — Michael Madsen
• 2003Vampires Anonymous — Geno
• CSI: Miami — Cooper 'Coop' Daly
• 2002Die Another Day — Falco
• 2002Primal Instinct — Russ
• 2002The Real Deal — Baker Jacks
• 2002The Thief & the Stripper — Jimmie D.
• 2002Welcome to America — Special Agent Leon Fogel
• 24 — Jim Ricker
• 200142K — Narrator
• Animal Precinct
• Big Apple — Terry Maddock
• 2001Choke — Will
• 2001Extreme Honor — Sparks
• 2001Fall — Jeremy Banes
• 2001L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve — James Alexander
• 2001Outlaw — Conner
• 2001Pressure Point — Jed Griffin
• 2001The Ghost — Dan Olinghouse
• 2000Bad Guys — Jay Peters
• 2000High Noon — Frank Miller
• 2000Luck of the Draw — Zippo
• 2000Sacrifice — Tyler Pierce
• 2000The Alternate — Agent Briggs
• 2000The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence — Joe
• 2000The Price of Air — Mr. Ball
• 2000The Stray — Ben
• 2000Ultimate Target — Uncle
• 2000Voodoo Dawn — Frank Barlow
• 1999Ballad of the Nightingale — Giovanni
• 1999Flat Out — Gene
• 1999Supreme Sanction — Dalton
• 1999The Florentine — Whitey
• 1998Detour — Burl Rogers
• 1998Papertrail — FBI Agent Brad Abraham
• 1998Rough Draft — Haynes
• 1998Species II — Press Lenox
• 1998The Sender — Dallas Grayson, Associate Producer
• Vengeance Unlimited — Mr. Chapel
• 1997Catherine's Grove — Joe Mason
• 1997Donnie Brasco — Dominick 'Sonny Black' Napolitano
• 1997Executive Target — Nick James, Associate Producer
• 1997Surface to Air — Gunnery Sgt. Zach Massin
• 1997The Girl Gets Moe — Donnelly
• 1997The Maker — Skarney
• 1996Mulholland Falls — Eddie Hall
• 1996The Last Days of Frankie the Fly — Sal
• 1996The Winner — Wolf
• 1995Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home — Glen Greenwood
• 1995Man with a Gun — John Wilbur Hardin
• 1995Red Line — Mr. Lawrence
• 1995Species — Preston Lennox
• 1994Blue Tiger — Gun Salesman (uncredited)
• 1994Dead Connection — Det. Matt Dickson
• 1994Season of Change — Randy Parker
• 1994The Getaway — Rudy Travis
• 1994Who Do You Think You're Fooling? — Mr. Blonde (archive footage)
• 1994Wyatt Earp — Virgil Earp
• 1993A House in the Hills — Mickey
• 1993Almost Blue — Morris
• 1993Beyond the Law — Blood
• 1993Free Willy — Glen Greenwood
• 1993Inside Edge — Richard Montana
• 1993Money for Nothing — Detective Laurenzi
• 1993Trouble Bound — Harry Talbot
• 1992Baby Snatcher — Cal Hudson
• 1992Reservoir Dogs — Mr. Blonde / Vic Vega
• 1992Straight Talk — Steve
• 1992To Kill For — Cliff Burden
• 1991The Doors — Tom Baker
• 1991Thelma & Louise — Jimmy
• Gabriel's Fire
• 1990Montana — Pierce
• 1990The End of Innocence — Earl
• The Outsiders — Mick Jenkins
• 1989Blood Red — Enzio
• 1989Kill Me Again — Vince Miller
• Quantum Leap — Blue
• 1988Iguana — Sebastián
• 1988Shadows in the Storm — Earl
• Sidewalks Entertainment
• War and Remembrance — 'Foof' Turhall
• Jake and the Fatman
• 1987The Killing Time — Stu
• Tour of Duty — Sergeant Greg Block
• Crime Story — Johnny Fosse
• Our Family Honor — Augie Danzig
• Miami Vice — Sally Alvarado
• 1984Racing with the Moon — Frank
• 1984The Natural — Bump Bailey
• 1983Diner — Boogie
• 1983Special Bulletin — Jimmy Lenox
• The Hitchhiker — John Hampton
• 1983WarGames — Steve
• 1982Against All Hope — Cecil Moe
• Cagney & Lacey
• St. Elsewhere — Mike O'Connor
• A Corpse in Kensington — Michael
• Ava — Peter
• Cookbook for Southern Housewives — Kingsley
• Sara Sarita
• Saturday at the Starlight — Frank Gunt
• The First Circle — Eli Brevil, Co-Producer
• The Witching Hour

Appearances as themselves (31)

• 2024Chuck Zito: An American Story — Self
• 2024Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird — Self
• 2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend — Self (archive footage)
• 2019QT8: The First Eight — Self
• 2016Along for the Ride — Self
• 2016Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider — Self
• Emigratis — Self
• 2015Bikini Inception — Himself
• 2014Bra Wars – Hollywood’s Affair With The Bra — Self
• Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side — Self
• Zulu Gumball — Self
• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self
• 2009The Face is Familiar — Himself
• 2008A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry — Self
• 2008The Business End: Violence in Cinema — Self
• 2008The Craft of Dirty Harry — Self
• 2008The Evolution of Clint Eastwood — Self
• 2008The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry — Self
• 2006Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light — Self
• 2006Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films — Self
• 2006Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood — Self
• 2006Prohibition Opens the Floodgates — Self
• 2006The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird — Self
• On Air with Ryan Seacrest — Self
• 2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade — Self
• 2004The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2' — Self
• 2003Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey — Self
• Celebrity Big Brother — Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross — Self
• 1998Steve McQueen: The King of Cool — Self
• MADtv — Self