Michael Madsen in Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) MICHAEL MADSEN ’s credits run the gamut from the hippest of cult films to the biggest studio blockbusters. But he is probably best known for his hard-edged roles in genre films: The earslicing Mr. Blonde in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, a Mafia family capo in Donnie Brasco, a hard-core Special Ops officer in Species. Yet, Madsen has also portrayed a lovable and caring father in Free Willy (1993), Susan Sarandon's supportive, understanding boyfriend in Thelma and Louise (1991), and the gentle Virgil Earp opposite Kevin Costner in Lawrence Kasdan’s Wyatt Earp 1994). He is nothing if not versatile. Born in Chicago, Madsen and his two siblings, including actress Virginia Madsen, were reared in a close-knit family environment. As a rebellious teenager growing up in a big city, Madsen sought refuge in old films and live theater. He entered the world of acting after seeing the production of Of Mice and Men at Chicago’s fabled Steppenwolf Theater. After painting houses, repairing cars, working as an orderly in a hospital, and pumping gas in his late teens and early twenties, Madsen moved to Los Angeles and began landing guest spots on Miami Vice, Cagney and Lacey, St. Elsewhere, and other TV series. Madsen made his feature debut in the thriller hit WarGames in 1983, and after appearing in The Natural (1984), War and Remembrance (1988) and The Doors (1991), among others, he became an “overnight success” when Ridley Scott cast him in Thelma and Louise. However, it was his riveting performance as Mr. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs that truly put Michael Madsen on the map. In 2002 Madsen starred in the series Big Apple, as Miller the Killer in the TV remake of High Noon, in FX's controversial 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout, opposite Ashton Kutcher in the Miramax release My Boss's Daughter, and in the epic Euro-Western Muraya, a film adaptation of Jean “Mobius” Giraud's classic French comic strip Blueberry. He will make his directorial debut in 2004, also playing the title role in Pretty Boy, a fact-based gangster thriller about notorious Chicago mobster Charles Floyd. Madsen has published three collections of poetry, Beer, Blood, and Ashes, Eat the Worm, and Burning in Paradise, which won the Independent Book Publisher's Firecracker Poetry Book of the Year Award in 2001. His most recent book, Blessing of the Hounds, was published by 12 Gage Press in 2002.
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in following movies:
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Sin City 2 (2010) [Pre-production] (1 votes)
Bob •
Bleeding, The (2009) [Filming]
Father Roy (rumored) •
Darc (2009)
Giavetti (rumored) •
Shifter (2009) [Pre-production]
Chaney •
Break (2009)
The Associate •
Shannon's Rainbow (2009) [Filming]
Dave •
Let the Game Begin (2009) [Post-production]
Dr. Turner •
Lion of Judah, The (2009) [Post-production]
Boss •
Big I Am, The (2009) [Filming]
Martell •
Buttermilk Sky (2009) [Pre-production]
Ace •
Tribes of October (2009) [Pre-production]
Callahan (rumored) •
Hell Ride (2008) (43 votes)
The Gent •
Portal, The (2008) [Post-production]
Dr. Azirra •
Vice (2008) (2 votes)
Walker •
Edgar Allan Poe's Ligeia (2008)
George •
Fashion: The Movie (2008) [Filming]
John LeBaron •
Deep Winter (2008)
Dean •
Last Hour (2008) (6 votes)
Monk •
Love and Virtue (2008) [Pre-production]
Gradasso •
House (2008) (14 votes)
Officer Lawdale •
Tooth & Nail (2007) (13 votes)
Jackal - Rover •
Through Your Eyes (2007)
Himself - Narrator •
Strength and Honour (2007) (11 votes)
Sean Kelleher •
Boarding Gate (2007) (5 votes)
Miles Rennberg •
Living & Dying (2007) (10 votes)
Agent Lind •
Scary Movie 4 (2006) (183 votes)
Oliver •
Christmas Cop, A (2006)
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Distance, The (2006)
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All In (2006)
Seal •
Distance, The (2006) [Announced]
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UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine (2006) (2 votes)
Major Blevins •
Duplicity (2006)
Clark •
Canes (2006)
Guillermo List •
BloodRayne (2005) (102 votes)
Vladimir •
Tilt (2005)
Don 'The Matador' Everest •
Hoboken Hollow (2005) (2 votes)
J.T. Goldman •
Tilt (2005)
Don 'The Matador' Everest •
Last Drop, The (2005) (6 votes)
Col J.T. Colt •
Tilt (2005)
Don 'The Matador' Everest •
Tilt (2005)
Don 'The Matador' Everest •
Chasing Ghosts (2005) (4 votes)
Kevin Harrison •
Muzhskoy sezon. Barkhatnaya revolutsiya (2005) (1 votes)
The American •
Tilt (2005)
Don 'The Matador' Everest •
Pretty Boy (2005)
Charlie 'Pretty Boy' Floyd •
Tilt (2005)
Donovan 'The Matador' Everest •
Firedog (2005)
Big Joe (voice) •
Drummer, The (2005) [Announced]
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Tilt (2005)
Don 'The Matador' Everest •
License to Steal, A (2005) [Pre-production]
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Tilt (2005)
Don 'The Matador' Everest •
L.A. Dicks (2005)
Steven Miller •
Tilt (2005)
Don 'The Matador' Everest •
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) dvd (853 votes)
Budd (Sidewinder) •
Duplicity (2004) [Unknown
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Daniel •
Smativay udochki (2004)
Boss •
Blueberry (2004) dvd (28 votes)
Wallace Sebastian Blount •
Frankenstein (2004) dvd (5 votes)
Detective Harker •
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) dvd (1161 votes)
Budd •
My Boss's Daughter (2003) dvd (52 votes)
T.J. •
Where's Angelo? (2003)
Producer •
Vampires Anonymous (2003) (1 votes)
Geno •
Michael Jackson: Number Ones (2003)
Thug 0 - segment 'You Rock My •
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003) (13 votes)
Frank McGregor •
Hunt for the Devil (2003)
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Real Deal, The (2002) dvd
Baker Jacks •
Love.com (2002) dvd
Russ •
Welcome to America (2002) (1 votes)
Special Agent Leon Fogel •
Die Another Day (2002) dvd (362 votes)
Damian Falco •
Pressure Point (2001) dvd
Jed Griffin •
Ghost, The (2001) dvd (1 votes)
Dan Olinghouse •
Animal Precinct (2001)
Narrator (voice) •
Big Apple (2001)
Terry Maddock •
Animal Precinct (2001)
Narrator (voice) •
Animal Precinct (2001)
Narrator (voice) •
Animal Precinct (2001)
Narrator (voice) •
Extreme Honor (2001)
Sparks •
Animal Precinct (2001)
Narrator (voice) •
Animal Precinct (2001)
Narrator (voice) •
Big Apple (2001)
Terry Maddock •
Animal Precinct (2001)
Narrator (voice) •
Animal Precinct (2001)
Narrator (voice) •
Big Apple (2001)
Terry Maddock •
Animal Precinct (2001)
Narrator (voice) •
Outlaw (2001)
Conner •
L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve (2001) (1 votes)
James Alexander •
Animal Precinct (2001)
Narrator (voice) •
Big Apple (2001)
Terry Maddock •
42K (2001) dvd
Narrator •
Animal Precinct (2001)
Narrator (voice) •
Animal Precinct (2001)
Narrator (voice) •
Big Apple (2001)
Terry Maddock •
Ides of March (2000)
Uncle •
Big Apple (2000)
Terry Maddock •
Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence, The (2000) dvd (2 votes)
Joe •
Big Apple (2000)
Terry Maddock •
Driv3r (2000)
Tanner (voice) •
Narc (2000)
Detective Jack Frozenski •
Ryû ga gotoku (2000)
Shimano (voice) •
Sacrifice (2000) dvd (3 votes)
Tyler Pierce •
High Noon (2000) dvd (2 votes)
Frank Miller •
True Crime: Streets of LA (2000)
Rafferty, Additional Voice •
Bad Guys (2000)
Jay Peters •
Alternate, The (2000) (2 votes)
Agent Briggs •
Luck of the Draw (2000) dvd (3 votes)
Zippo •
Reservoir Dogs (2000)
Mr. Blonde •
Grand Theft Auto III (2000)
Toni Cipriani (voice) •
Stray, The (2000) dvd (1 votes)
Ben •
Fall (2000) (3 votes)
Jeremy Banes •
Price of Air, The (2000) (2 votes)
Mr. Ball •
Big Apple (2000)
Terry Maddock •
Supreme Sanction (1999) dvd (3 votes)
Dalton •
Detour (1999) (1 votes)
Burl Rogers •
Florentine, The (1999) dvd (3 votes)
Whitey •
Thief & the Stripper, The (1998)
Jimmie D. •
Rough Draft (1998) dvd (2 votes)
Haynes •
Species II (1998) dvd (66 votes)
Press Lenox •
Fait Accompli (1998) dvd (1 votes)
Frank Barlow •
Flat Out (1998)
Gene •
Ballad of the Nightingale (1998)
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Sender, The (1998) dvd (2 votes)
Dallas Grayson •
Surface to Air (1997) (1 votes)
Gunnery Sgt. Zach Massin •
Donnie Brasco (1997) dvd (338 votes)
Sonny Black •
Last Days of Frankie the Fly, The (1997) (6 votes)
Sal •
Girl Gets Moe, The (1997) dvd (1 votes)
Donnelly •
Executive Target (1997) dvd (5 votes)
Nick •
Maker, The (1997) (4 votes)
Skarney •
Catherine's Grove (1997)
Joe Mason •
Papertrail (1997) dvd (2 votes)
Brad Abraham •
Red Line (1996) dvd (2 votes)
Mr. Lawrence •
Winner, The (1996) (4 votes)
Wolf •
Mulholland Falls (1996) dvd (49 votes)
Eddie Hall •
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995) dvd (25 votes)
Glen Greenwood •
Species (1995) dvd (135 votes)
Preston Lennox •
Man with a Gun (1995) (1 votes)
John Wilbur Hardin •
Wyatt Earp (1994) dvd (86 votes)
Virgil Earp •
Dead Connection (1994) (2 votes)
Det. Matt Dickson •
Blue Tiger (1994) dvd (2 votes)
Gun salesman (cameo) •
Who Do You Think You're Fooling? (1994)
Vic Vega/Mr. Blonde •
Getaway, The (1994) dvd (50 votes)
Rudy Travis •
Season of Change (1994)
Randy Parker •
House in the Hills, A (1993) (4 votes)
Mickey •
Inside Edge (1993)
Richard Montana •
Money for Nothing (1993) dvd (11 votes)
Detective Laurenzi •
Trouble Bound (1993) dvd (2 votes)
Harry Talbot •
Free Willy (1993) dvd (64 votes)
Glen Greenwood •
Baby Snatcher (1992) (1 votes)
Cal Hudson •
Beyond the Law (1992) dvd (12 votes)
Blood •
Almost Blue (1992)
Morris Poole •
Reservoir Dogs (1992) dvd (1133 votes)
Mr. Blonde/Vic Vega •
Straight Talk (1992) dvd (6 votes)
Steve •
Doors, The (1991) dvd (166 votes)
Tom Baker •
Fatal Instinct (1991) (1 votes)
Cliff Burden •
Thelma & Louise (1991) dvd (278 votes)
Jimmy Lennox •
Montana (1990)
Pierce •
End of Innocence, The (1990)
Earl •
Gabriel's Fire (1990)
Stan Frankel •
Blood Red (1989) (2 votes)
Enzio •
Kill Me Again (1989) dvd (10 votes)
Vince Miller •
Quantum Leap (1989)
Blue •
Shadows in the Storm (1988)
Earl •
Iguana (1988)
Sebastián •
Jake and the Fatman (1987)
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Tour of Duty (1987)
Sergeant Greg Block •
Killing Time, The (1987) (2 votes)
Stu •
Crime Story (1986)
Johnny Fosse •
Crime Story (1986)
Johnny Fosse •
Crime Story (1986)
Johnny Fosse •
Our Family Honor (1985)
Augie Danzig •
Miami Vice (1984)
Sally Alvarado •
Natural, The (1984) dvd (111 votes)
Bartholomew 'Bump' Bailey •
Diner (1983)
Boogie •
Hitchhiker, The (1983)
John Hampton •
Against All Hope (1982)
Cecil Moe •
Cagney & Lacey (1982)
Boyd Evans Strout •
St. Elsewhere (1982)
Mike O'Connor •
St. Elsewhere (1982)
Mike O'Connor