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Michael Madsen was an American actor and film producer born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 25, 1957. He began his work period in 1982 and acted in genres including drama fiction, thriller, and action film. He was the sibling of Virginia Madsen and the father of Christian Madsen. Madsen spoke English and Italian, with English as his native language.
He died in Malibu on July 3, 2025, from cardiac arrest due to natural causes. His work period ended in 2025. Madsen had six children. He also worked as a writer in English, with top works including *Tears of My Father*, *Sell Like Titans*, *Liar*, *Get Started*, and *First Class Writer*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Tears of My Father
- Sell Like Titans
- Liar
- Get Started
- First Class Writer
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Film & TV
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
- Legend of the White Dragon — Max Reed2026
- A Corpse in Kensington — Michael2026
- Blood Behind Us — Reed Philibosian2026
- Mr. Wonderful — Brian Fenton2026
- Demon Hunters2026
- Michael Jackson: A Life in Music — Self (archive footage)2026
- Resurrection Road — Quantrill2025
- Queen of Manhattan — District Attorney2025
- Concessions — Rex Fuel2025
- Sinatra! Eternity — Robert (Bob) Nelson2025
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Family name
- Madsen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Malibu
- Child
- Christian Madsen
- Sibling
- Virginia Madsen
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- poetry
- Genre
- action film
- Official website
- michaelmadsen.com
- Image
- Michael Madsen2.jpg
- Number of children
- 6
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- Commons category
- Michael Madsen
- date of birth
- 1957-09-25
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Michael Madsen
- date of death
- 2025-07-03
- end of work period
- 2025-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cardiac arrest
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael Søren Madsen (September 25, 1957 – July 3, 2025) was an American actor. He was widely known for starring in Quentin Tarantino's films such as Reservoir Dogs (1992), Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), and The Hateful Eight (2015). His other film roles included WarGames (1983), The Natural (1984), The Doors (1991), Thelma & Louise (1991), Free Willy (1993), Species (1995), Donnie Brasco (1997), Die Another Day (2002), Sin City (2005), and Scary Movie 4 (2006). Madsen also voiced characters in video games such as Grand Theft Auto III (2001), Narc (2005), the Dishonored series (2012–2017), The Walking Dead: Season Two (2014), and Crime Boss: Rockay City (2023). Madsen had six children, including actor Christian Madsen.
Early life
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