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Michael Madsen

Birth date: 25.09.1958

At 6' 2" and 190 lbs, Michael Madsen can portray heroic, as well as villainous characters. There's just something in the way Madsen delivers his lines with that underlying aggression masked behind his gravelly tones, that makes you feel very uneasy about his true intentions! Talented Madsen first learned his craft at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, where he worked under talented actor John Malkovich. He then broke through onto the screen in minor roles in Against All Hope (1982), Racing with the Moon (1984) and The Natural (1984). His work received considerable notice after his knife-edged performance as a deranged killer "Vince Miller" in Kill Me Again (1989) and then as Susan Sarandon's rough-edged boyfriend "Jimmy" in Thelma & Louise (1991). His real breakthrough, however, came as the sadistic jewel thief, Mr. Blonde, in Quentin Tarantino's low budget hit Reservoir Dogs (1992). Movie audiences were galvanized in their seats as Madsen playfully danced around a tied down & terrified police officer, cutting him with a knife and splashing gasoline all over the petrified man...all to the cheery tunes of "Stuck In the Middle With You." Not to be typecast, Madsen surprised all with his performance as foster parent Glen Greenwood in the hit family movie Free Willy (1993), before returning to another criminal role as bank robber Rudy Travis in the remake of the Steve McQueen heist flick The Getaway (1994), and then back again as Glen Greenwood in Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995). Madsen continues to put in edge of the seat performances as morally bankrupt individuals on the wrong side of the law. Witness his intense on screen showings in Donnie Brasco (1997), Mulholland Falls (1996), and High Noon (2000) (TV). In 2003, he teamed up again with indie director Quentin Tarantino to appear in both "volumes" of Tarantino's magnum martial arts/revenge opus of Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) as the coldly evil "Budd" (aka "Sidewinder"). In addition to his film work, Madsen has contributed dialogue to two of Sony PlayStations's biggest-selling games, Grand Theft Auto III (2001) (VG) and Driv3r (2004) (VG), as well as writing several books of his own poetry. Although uncomfortable with fame, Madsen's star continues to shine in Hollywood and his droll, yet captivating acting style is ensuring him a steady flow of work as one on the screen's favourite "heavies".

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Filmography

# Inglorious Bastards (2007) (announced) .... Babe Buchinsky # Sin City 2 (2007) (pre-production) (attached) .... Bob # Hell Ride (2007) (pre-production) .... The Gent # Strength and Honor (2006) (pre-production) .... Sean Kelleher # Deep Winter (2007) (filming) .... Dean # Vice (2007) (post-production) .... Walker # Boarding Gate (2007) (post-production) .... Miles Rennberg # Machine (2007) (post-production) .... Ray # Afghan Knights (2006) (post-production) .... Cooper # House (2007) (post-production) .... Officer Lawdale # Living & Dying (2006) (completed) .... Lind # UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine (2006) (completed) # All In (2006) (completed) .... Seal # Ryu go gotoku (2006) (VG) (voice) .... Shimano ... aka Yakuza (USA) # Reservoir Dogs (2006) (VG) .... Mr. Blonde # Canes (2006) ... aka The Covenant (USA) # Scary Movie 4 (2006) .... Oliver # Last Hour (2006) (attached) .... Monk # The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) (uncredited) .... Maugrim ... aka The Chronicles of Narnia (International: English title: short title) # BloodRayne (2005) .... Vladimir # Muzhskoy sezon. Barkhatnaya revolutsiya (2005) .... The American # L.A. Dicks (2005) .... Steven Miller # Chasing Ghosts (2005) .... Kevin Harrison # Sin City (2005) .... Bob ... aka Frank Miller's Sin City (USA: complete title) # Narc (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Detective Jack Frozenski # "Tilt" .... Don 'The Matador' Everest - The Last Hand (2005) TV Episode .... Donovan 'The Matador' Everest - Nobody Ever Listens (2005) TV Episode .... Don 'The Matador' Everest - Shuffle Up and Deal (2005) TV Episode .... Don 'The Matador' Everest - Gentleman Jim (2005) TV Episode .... Don 'The Matador' Everest - Rivered (2005) TV Episode .... Don 'The Matador' Everest (4 more) # Firedog (2005) (voice) .... Big Joe # The Last Drop (2005) .... Col J.T. Colt # Hoboken Hollow (2005) .... J.T. Goldman # Smativay udochki (2004) .... Boss ... aka Jacked$ (USA) # Frankenstein (2004) (TV) .... Detective Harker # Driv3r (2004) (VG) (voice) .... Tanner # Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) .... Budd (Sidewinder) ... aka Kill Bill (USA: closing credits title) ... aka Kill Bill 2 (USA: informal title) # Blueberry (2004) .... Wallace Sebastian Blount ... aka Blueberry: L'expérience secrète (France) ... aka Renegade (USA) # Clefs de bagnole, Les (2003) (uncredited) .... Un comédien qui refuse de tourner avec Laurent (DVD bonus material) ... aka The Car Keys (International: English title) # True Crime: Streets of LA (2003) (VG) (voice) .... Rafferty, Additional Voice # Vampires Anonymous (2003) .... Geno # Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) .... Budd ... aka Kill Bill (USA: informal short title) ... aka Kill Bill 1 (USA: informal title) ... aka Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume One (USA: promotional title) # My Boss's Daughter (2003) .... T.J. # 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003) (TV) .... Frank McGregor # Where's Angelo? (2003) .... Producer # The Real Deal (2002) .... Baker Jacks # Die Another Day (2002) .... Damian Falco ... aka D.A.D. (USA: promotional abbreviation) # Love.com (2002) .... Russ ... aka Primal Instinct # Welcome to America (2002) .... Special Agent Leon Fogel # Extreme Honor (2001) .... Sparks ... aka Last Line of Defence 2 (Europe: English title: video title) # Grand Theft Auto III (2001) (VG) (voice) .... Toni Cipriani ... aka GTA3 (USA: short title) ... aka Grand Theft Auto 3 (USA) # 42K (2001) (uncredited) .... Narrator # L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve (2001) .... James Alexander # Choke (2001) .... Will # The Ghost (2001) .... Dan Olinghouse ... aka Code of the Dragon (USA: cable TV title) # "Big Apple" .... Terry Maddock - Episode #1.8 (2001) TV Episode .... Terry Maddock - Episode #1.7 (2001) TV Episode .... Terry Maddock - Follow the Blender (2001) TV Episode .... Terry Maddock - A Ministering Angel (2001) TV Episode .... Terry Maddock - A Passport to the Universe (2001) TV Episode .... Terry Maddock (3 more) # Pressure Point (2001) .... Jed Griffin ... aka Backroad Justice # Outlaw (2001) .... Conner # The Price of Air (2000) .... Mr. Ball # High Noon (2000) (TV) .... Frank Miller # The Alternate (2000) .... Agent Briggs ... aka Agent of Death (USA: video box title) # Sacrifice (2000) (TV) .... Tyler Pierce # Luck of the Draw (2000) .... Zippo # The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence (2000) (TV) .... Joe # The Stray (2000) .... Ben # Fall (2000) .... Jeremy Banes ... aka Fall: The Price of Silence (USA) # Ides of March (2000) .... Uncle # Bad Guys (2000) .... Jay Peters # Detour (1999) .... Burl Rogers ... aka Too Hard to Die (UK) # The Florentine (1999) .... Whitey # Supreme Sanction (1999) (TV) .... Dalton # Fait Accompli (1998) .... Frank Barlow ... aka VooDoo Dawn (USA: video title) ... aka Voodoo Dawn (USA: video title) # "Vengeance Unlimited" (1998) TV Series .... Mr. Chapel ... aka Mr. Chapel # The Sender (1998) .... Dallas Grayson # Species II (1998) .... Press Lenox # Rough Draft (1998) .... Haynes ... aka Diary of a Serial Killer (video title) # Ballad of the Nightingale (1998) # Flat Out (1998) .... Gene # The Thief & the Stripper (1998) .... Jimmie D. ... aka Strip 'n Run (USA: DVD title) # Executive Target (1997) .... Nick # Catherine's Grove (1997) .... Joe Mason # The Maker (1997) .... Skarney # The Girl Gets Moe (1997) .... Donnelly ... aka Love to Kill (video title) # Donnie Brasco (1997) .... Sonny Black # The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1997) .... Sal ... aka Frankie the Fly (UK: video title) # Surface to Air (1997) .... Gunnery Sgt. Zach Massin # Papertrail (1997) .... Brad Abraham ... aka Serial Cops (UK: video title) ... aka Trail of a Serial Killer (USA: video title) # The Winner (1996) .... Wolf # Mulholland Falls (1996) .... Eddie Hall # Red Line (1996) .... Mr. Lawrence # Man with a Gun (1995/I) .... John Wilbur Hardin ... aka Gun for Hire (Australia) ... aka Hired for Killing # Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995) .... Glen Greenwood ... aka Sauvez Willy 2 (France) # Species (1995) .... Preston Lennox # Wyatt Earp (1994) .... Virgil Earp # Blue Tiger (1994) (uncredited) .... Gun salesman (cameo) ... aka Irezumi (Japan) # The Getaway (1994) .... Rudy Travis # Dead Connection (1994) .... Det. Matt Dickson ... aka Final Combination (UK) ... aka Lights Out # Season of Change (1994) .... Randy Parker # Money for Nothing (1993) .... Detective Laurenzi # Free Willy (1993) .... Glen Greenwood ... aka Sauvez Willy (France: dubbed version) # Trouble Bound (1993) .... Harry Talbot # Inside Edge (1993) .... Richard Montana # A House in the Hills (1993) .... Mickey # Baby Snatcher (1992) (TV) .... Cal Hudson # Straight Talk (1992) .... Steve # Reservoir Dogs (1992) .... Mr. Blonde/Vic Vega # Almost Blue (1992) .... Morris Poole # Beyond the Law (1992) .... Blood ... aka Fixing the Shadow (International: English title) # Thelma & Louise (1991) .... Jimmy Lennox # The Doors (1991) .... Tom Baker # "Gabriel's Fire" - Finger on the Trigger (1991) TV Episode .... Stan Frankel # Fatal Instinct (1991) .... Cliff Burden ... aka To Kill For # The End of Innocence (1990) .... Earl # "The Outsiders" (1990) TV Series .... Mick Jenkins # Montana (1990) (TV) .... Pierce # "Quantum Leap" - Jimmy - October 14, 1964 (1989) TV Episode .... Blue # Blood Red (1989) .... Enzio # "Jake and the Fatman" - Snowfall (1989) TV Episode # Kill Me Again (1989) .... Vince Miller # "Tour of Duty" - Sleeping Dogs (1989) TV Episode .... Sergeant Greg Block # "War and Remembrance" (1988) (mini) TV Series .... Lt. 'Foof' Turhall (Devilfish) # Iguana (1988) .... Sebastián ... aka Iguana, La (Spain) # Shadows in the Storm (1988) .... Earl # The Killing Time (1987) .... Stu # "Crime Story" - Crime Pays (1986) TV Episode (uncredited) .... Johnny Fosse - The War (1986) TV Episode .... Johnny Fosse - The St. Louis Book of Blues (1986) TV Episode .... Johnny Fosse # "Our Family Honor" (1985) TV Series .... August 'Augie' Danzig # Our Family Honor (1985) (TV) .... Augie Danzig # "The Hitchhiker" ... aka Deadly Nightmares (UK) ... aka Voyageur, Le (France) - Man at the Window (1985) TV Episode .... John Hampton # "Miami Vice" - Give a Little, Take a Little (1984) TV Episode .... Sally Alvarado # "Cagney & Lacey" - Heat (1984) TV Episode .... Boyd Evans Strout # The Natural (1984) .... Bartholomew 'Bump' Bailey # Racing with the Moon (1984) .... Frank # Diner (1983) (TV) .... Boogie # WarGames (1983) .... Steve Phelps # Special Bulletin (1983) (TV) .... Man on the street # "St. Elsewhere" - Monday, Tuesday, Sven's Day (1983) TV Episode .... Mike O'Connor - Remission (1983) TV Episode .... Mike O'Connor # Against All Hope (1982) .... Cecil Moe ... aka One for the Road (USA: video title)