American actor Michael Madsen (1957–2025) appeared in over 300 film and television productions beginning in 1982. Madsen made his screen debut in the film Against All Hope (1982), a film made for prison inmates. Next year, he appeared in the commercially successful WarGames, which grossed $125 million worldwide.
According to the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes and film industry data website The Numbers, his most critically acclaimed and commercially successful films are Kill Me Again (1989), Thelma & Louise (1991), Reservoir Dogs (1992), The Getaway (1994), Donnie Brasco (1997), Die Another Day (2002), Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2003), Sin City (2005), Scary Movie 4 (2006), The Hateful Eight (2015) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1982 Against All Hope Cecil Moe 1983 WarGames Lieutenant Steve Phelps 1984 Racing with the Moon Frank The Natural Bartholomew "Bump" Bailey 1987 The Killing Time Stu 1988 Iguana Sebastián Shadows in the Storm Earl 1989 Blood Red Enzio Kill Me Again Vince Miller 1990 The End of Innocence Earl 1991 The Doors Tom Baker Thelma & Louise Jimmy Lennox 1992 Reservoir Dogs Vic Vega / Mr. Blonde Straight Talk Steve Fatal Instinct Cliff Burden Also known as To Kill For Inside Edge Richard Montana 1993 Trouble Bound Harry Talbot Free Willy Glen Greenwood Money for Nothing Detective Pat Laurenzi A House in the Hills Mickey 1994 The Getaway Rudy Travis Blue Tiger Gun Salesman Uncredited Season of Change Randy Parker Final Combination Detective Matt Dickson Wyatt Earp Virgil Earp Felidae Bluebeard Voice; English dub 1995 Species Preston "Press" Lennox Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home Glen Greenwood Man with a Gun John Wilbur Hardin 1996 Almost Blue Morris Poole Mulholland Falls Detective Eddie Hall The Winner Wolf The Last Days of Frankie the Fly Sal Red Line Mr. Lawrence Direct-to-video 1997 Donnie Brasco Dominick "Sonny Black" Napolitano The Maker Skarney The Girl Gets Moe Donnelly Executive Target Nick James Catherine's Grove Joe Mason 1998 Rough Draft Detective Haynes Papertrail Brad Abraham The Sender Dallas Grayson Surface to Air Gunnery Sergeant Zach Massin Species II Preston "Press" Lennox Detour Burl Rogers Direct-to-video Fait Accompli Frank Barlow 1999 The Florentine "Whitey" Ballad of the Nightingale Giovanni Flat Out Gene 2000 The Stray Ben Luck of the Draw Zippo The Alternate Agent Jack Briggs The Price of Air Mr. Ball The Thief & the Stripper Jimmie D. Also known as Strip 'n Run Ultimate Target Uncle Also known as Ides of March 2001 Fall Jeremy Banes The Ghost Dan Olinghouse Choke Will Pressure Point Jed Griffin L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve Lt. Alexander 42K Narrator Voice Extreme Honor Sparks Outlaw Conner 2002 Tears Himself Short film Love.com Russ Die Another Day NSA Director Damian Falco The Real Deal Baker Jacks 2003 Pauly Shore Is Dead Himself Where's Angelo? Producer Short film My Boss's Daughter T.J. Kill Bill: Volume 1 Budd Vampires Anonymous Geno 2004 Blueberry Wallace Sebastian Blount Kill Bill: Volume 2 Budd Smatyvay udochki Boss 2005 Sin City Detective Bob L.A. Dicks Steven Miller Muzhskoy sezon. Barkhatnaya revolyutsiya The American Chasing Ghosts Kevin Harrison BloodRayne Vladimir The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Maugrim Voice 2006 All In Seal Scary Movie 4 Oliver The Last Drop Colonel J.T. Colt Direct-to-video Hoboken Hollow J.T. Goldman The Covenant Guillermo List UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine Major Blevins When the Devil Rides Out Maverick McMillian Machine Ray 2007 Being Michael Madsen Himself Living & Dying Agent Lind Direct-to-video Boarding Gate Miles Rennberg Afghan Knights Cooper Strength and Honour Sean Kelleher Tooth and Nail "Jackal" Cosmic Radio Senator Atwood 2008 Hell Ride "The Gent" Eyes Front -Direct-to-video Last Hour Monk Vice Max Walker Break The Associate No Bad Days Lester Major Baxter Major Baxter House "Tin Man" / Officer Lawdale Deep Winter Dean 2009 You Might as Well Live Clinton Manitoba A Way with Murder Vic Donovan Hired Gun Dan Moeller Road of No Return J. Marcone Shannon's Rainbow Dave Blair Put Komandir Avianostsa Outrage Farragut Green Lantern: First Flight Kilowog Voice; direct-to-video Serbian Scars Dreq Lost in the Woods Stuart Bunka Chamaco Willie Creepshow Raw: Insomnia Barry Short film The Bleeding Father Roy Ligeia George Christmas Crash Joseph Johnson Direct-to-video Clear Lake, WI The Reverend Dead Man Running Kal McNeil Direct-to-video 2010 The Killing Jar Doe Let the Game Begin Dr. Turner The Big I Am Martell Krach William Terror Trap Carter Federal Sam Gibson The Brazen Bull The Man The Portal Dr. Azirra Corruption.Gov Senator John Mordire Now Here Leblanc Six Days in Paradise Rich McShane 2011 Joshua Tree Lou The 5th Execution Rik Forest of the Living Dead Lieutenant Brandon Ross The Lion of Judah Boss Voice A Cold Day in Hell U.S. Marshal Stallings Not Another Not Another Movie Lester StormDirect-to-video Amsterdam Heavy Martin Keele Dirty Little Trick Vito Loosies Lieutenant Nick Sullivan A Matter of Justice Leo Ibiza 2012 Garbage Himself Eldorado Ted Direct-to-video Refuge from the Storm Steve Grecco Cole Younger & The Black Train Cole Younger Sins Expiation Don Mancino Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny Sef Desperate Endeavors Ed Beyond the Trophy Cole Lambert Terrible Angels Ben Nolan Magic Boys Terence Prince of the City Ben Carlton 2013 Madoff: Made Off with America Agent Kennedy Day of Redemption Lou Along the Roadside Jerry Infected Louis The Sorrow Sheriff Sawyer ICE Agent Carlos Garcia Gabrielle Edward Sheehan Nomad: The Beginning Wolf Lionhead Walter Powell Ashley Bill I'm in Love with a Church Girl Frank Harris 63lbs Mr. Johnston Short film 2014 Skoryy 'Moskva-Rossiya''' | Agent
| data-sort-value="Ninth Cloud, The" | The Ninth Cloud| Bob
| Water Wars| Bane
| Death Squad| Lobo
| Turn Around Jake| Russell O'Malley
| rowspan="13"| 2015 | Bikini Inception| Himself
| Diamond Cartel| Mike
| data-sort-value="Turn in the Sun, A" | A Turn in the Sun| Corozco
| Hope Lost| Manol
| data-sort-value="Just, The" | The Just| Mitchell | Short film
| No Deposit| Peter Shay
| Lady Psycho Killer| Doctor Douglass
| Death in the Desert| Ray Easler
| Skin Traffik| The Boss
| Lumberjack Man| Dr. Peter Shirtcliff
| Sacred Blood| Detective Brennan
| Flipped| Casey
| data-sort-value="Hateful Eight, The" | The Hateful Eight| "Grouch" Douglass / Joe Gage
| rowspan="10"| 2016 | Vigilante Diaries| Moreau
| data-sort-value="Lost Tree, The" | The Lost Tree| John Ericson
| Beyond the Game| Robert
| Kidnapped in Romania| Mihai
| Last Man Club| Stearman Pilot
| Unbelievable!!!!!| President Ben Dover
| Magi| Lawrence Irlam
| Back in the Day| Enzo
| Talons| George Fitzgerald
| Devil's Domain| Bill
| rowspan="6"| 2017 | Grindhouse Nightmares| -
| Unfallen| General McCallister
| Garlic & Gunpowder| Jason
| Rock, Paper, Scissors| Doyle Dechert
| data-sort-value="Broken Key, The" | The Broken Key| Tully De Marco
| data-sort-value="Night in Jail, A" | A Night in Jail| Captain | rowspan="2" | Short film
| rowspan="10"| 2018 | Killian| Jacob
| Love Addict| M. Dickinson
| Papa| Ivan
| Dirty Dealing 3D| Dean Belding
| Assassins Revenge| Detective Frank McMillian | rowspan="2" | Direct-to-video
| Hangover in Death Valley| Ted
| CobraGator| Layton
| Dead on Time| Mike McGuirk
| Gang Leader| Gang Leader | Short film
| God's Eye| Max
| rowspan="8"| 2019 | Trading Paint| Bob Linsky | Direct-to-video
| data-sort-value="Garden Left Behind, The" | The Garden Left Behind| Kevin
| Welcome to Acapulco| Hyde
| Born2Race| Bobby Unser
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood| Sheriff Hackett
| Primitiva| Narrator | Voice
| Red Handed| Lou
| Arctic Dogs| Duke | Voice
| rowspan="8"| 2020 | Angels Fallen| Balthazar
| Conjuring: The Book of the Dead| Jefferson
| 2 Graves in the Desert| Vince
| Serpent in the Bottle| Joe
| Shark Season| James
| Dirty Fears| Michael
| Puppy Love| Wesley
| Nishabdham| Richard Dawkins
| rowspan="7"| 2021 | Batman: Dying Is Easy| Harvey Bullock | Short film
| Missiya: Prorok| Tyler
| Burial Ground Massacre| Damon
| American Night| Lord Samuel Morgan
| Every Last One of Them| Bill
| Christmas Thieves| Vince
| data-sort-value="American Connection, The" | The American Connection| John Lebaron
| rowspan="5"| 2022 | Damon's Revenge| Damon
| Until We Meet Again| Det. Morrison
| Incarnation| Peter
| Numbers| Detective Casey
| Grace| Man | Voice; short film
| rowspan="5"| 2023 | Waking Karma| Paul
| data-sort-value="Wraith Within, The" | The Wraith Within| Sheriff Townsend
| Assault on Hill 400| General Cota
| data-sort-value="Lurking Fear, The" | The Lurking Fear| Officer Hansen
| Outlaw Johnny Black| Dutch
| rowspan="8"| 2024 | Prepare to Die| Sheriff Hansen
| Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha| Kensei
| Monster Mash| Dott Frankenstein
| Spirit Riser| Narrator | Voice
| South of Hope Street| Benjamin
| Final Wager| Ian
| Arena Wars| Samson
| Max Dagan| Dan Clancy
| rowspan="5" | 2025 | Cash Collectors| Michael Turner
| Resurrection Road| Quantrill
| Sinatra! Eternity| Bob Nelson |rowspan="2"|Posthumous release
| Concessions|Rex Fuel
| The Things We Carry| Jack |Short film; posthumous release
| rowspan="3" |2026 | Mr. Wonderful| Brian Fenton | rowspan="3"|Posthumous release
| Blood Behind Us| Reed Philibosian
| Legend of the White Dragon'' Max ReedTBA Completed Michael Frank Gunt ‘Cookbook For Southern Housewives’, Debut Feature From 19-Year-Old Filmmaker Josie Hull Starring Michael Madsen In His Last Performance, Acquired By Archstone — AFM
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