Born on this day – Michael Madsen:

 

Michael Madsen

Actor

Producer

Writer

September 25, 1957 – July 3, 2025

Credits:

13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2007); 2 Graves in the Desert (2020); 2 Hopeful Spinsters (2013); 2047: Sights of Death (2014); 24 (2010); 25 - Das Magazin (2004); 42K (2001); 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003); 45 R.P.M. (2008); 63lbs (2013); A Christmas Gamble (2024); A Cold Day in Hell (2011); A Corpse in Kensington (2025); A Hitman in London (2015); A House in the Hills (1993); A Look Behind My Boss's Daughter (2004); A Matter of Justice (2011); A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry (2008); A Night in Jail (2017); A Sierra Nevada Gunfight (2013); A Turn in the Sun (2015); A Way with Murder (2009); Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny (2012); Afghan Knights (2007); Against All Hope (1982); All In (2006); Almost Blue (1993); Almost Grown (1989); Along for the Ride (2016); Along the Roadside (2013); Amazing Racer (2009); American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective (2023); American Dream (2015); American Night (2021); Amsterdam Heavy (2011); Angels Fallen (2020); Animal Precinct (2001); Arctic Dogs (2019); Arena Wars (2024); Ashley (2013); Assassins Revenge (2018); Assault on Hill 400 (2023); Ava (2025); Axe Cop (2013); Baby Snatcher (1992); Back in the Day (2016); Bad Guys (2000); Ballad of the Nightingale (1999); Balls of Steel (2005); Behind the Story: Green Lantern - First Fight (2009); Being Michael Madsen (2007); Beyond the Game (2016); Beyond the Law (1993); Beyond the Trophy (2012); Big Apple (2001); Big Brother's Bit on the Side (2012); Big Bug Man (2006); Big Time in Hollywood, FL (2015); Bikini Inception (2015); Biography (2004); Blood Behind Us (2025); Blood Red (1989); BloodRayne (2005); Blue Bloods (2012); Blue Tiger (1994); Boarding Gate (2007); Bob's Burgers (2012); Born2Race (2019); Break (2008); Brit Awards 2002 (2002); Bullets Over Hollywood (2005); Burial Ground Massacre (2021); Cagney & Lacey (1984); Canes (2006); Cash Collectors (2025); Catherine's Grove (1997); Celebrity Animal Encounters (2018); Celebrity Big Brother (2012); Celebrity Ghost Stories (2013); Charlie Buster (2025); Chasing Ghosts (2005); Choke (2001); Christian Audigier the Vif (2017); Christmas Crash (2009); Christmas Thieves (2021); Cinema mil (2005); Clear Lake, WI (2009); Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy (2021); CobraGator (2015); Cole Younger & The Black Train (2012); Coma (2008); Comme au cinéma (2004); Concessions (2025); Conjuring: The Book of the Dead (2020); Cookbook for Southern Housewives (2025); Corruption (2010); Cosmic Radio (2007); Crash and Burn (2008); Creepshow Raw: Insomnia (2009); Cribs (2005); Crime Boss: Rockay City (2023); Crime Story (1986); Croc (2007); CSI: Miami (2010); Damon's Revenge (2022); Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha (2024); Day of Redemption (2013); Dead Connection (1994); Dead Man Running (2009); Dead on Time (2018); Death Count (2022); Death in the Desert (2015); Deep Winter (2008); Demon Pit (2022); Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider (2016); Desperate Endeavors (2012); Detour (1998); Devil's Domain (2016); Diamond Cartel (2015); Diamond Heist (2012); Die Another Day (2002); Diner (1983); Dinner for Five (2004); DinoGator (2024); Dirty Dealing 3D (2018); Dirty Fears (2020); Dirty Little Trick (2011); Dishonored (2012); Dishonored 2 (2016); Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (2017); Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches (2013); Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall (2013); Donnie Brasco (1997); Driv3r (2004); Dying Is Easy (2021); Dystopia (2019); Egill: The Last Pagan (2025); Eldorado (2012); Emigratis (2016); Empire Movie Awards 2005 (2005); Empire of the Censors (1995); Entertainment Tonight (2015); Entity (2025); Evening Urgant (2013); Every Last One of Them (2021); Everything Came from Miami Vice (2025); Executive Target (1997); Explosion Jones (2017); Extreme Honor (2001); Eyes Front (2008); Fact Hunt (2016); Fait Accompli (1998); Fall: The Price of Silence (2001); Fatal Instinct (1992); Federal (2010); Film Genre (2002); Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006); Flat Out (1999); Flipped (2015); For Nothing (2025); Frankenstein (2004); Free Willy (1993); Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995); Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2003); Gabrielle (2013); Gabriel's Fire (1990); Gangsters: The Immigrant's Hero (2006); Garbage (2012); Garlic & Gunpowder (2017); Gloves of Stone (2009); Golden Boy (2013); Grace (2022); Grand Theft Auto III (2001); Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition (2021); Green Lantern: First Flight (2009); Grindhouse Nightmares (2017); Hangover in Death Valley (2018); Hawaii Five-0 (2014); Hell Ride (2008); Henry's Film Corner (2005); High Noon (2000); Hired Gun (2009); Hoboken Hollow (2006); Hollywood Insider (2020–2022); Hope Lost (2015); House (2008); I Love the 1990s (2001); I Love the '70s (2003); ICE Agent (2013); Iggy Azalea Feat. Rita Ora: Black Widow (2014); IGN Daily Fix (2013); Iguana (1988); I'm in Love with a Church Girl (2013); Incarnation (2022); Infected (2013); Inside Edge (1992); It Happened That Way (2004); Jacked$ (2004); Jake and the Fatman (1989); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2004–2015); Joshua Tree (2011); Justin Bieber: As Long as You Love Me (2012); Kidnapped in Romania (2016); Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2006); Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003); Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004); Kill Me Again (1989); Killian (2018); Kith for New Balance: Master Your Craft (2021); Klyuch salamandry (2011); L.A. Dicks (2005); L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve (2001); Lady Psycho Killer (2015); Last Hour (2008); Last Man Club (2016); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994–2000); Late Show with David Letterman (1994); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2007); Les nouveaux refus (2004); Let the Game Begin (2010); Lionhead (2013); Living & Dying (2007); Loosies (2011); Lost in the Woods (2009); Love Addict (2018); Love.com (2002); Luck of the Draw (2000); Lumberjack Man (2015); Machine (2007); Mad TV (2002); Made in Hollywood (2016); Magi (2016); Making of the 15th Raindance Film Festival (2007); Man with a Gun (1995); Master of Photography (2016); Max Dagan (2024); Megalodon (2018); Miami Vice (1984); Michael Madsen's Video Diary (Hell Ride) (2008); Midnight Movie Review (2011); Mob of the Dead (2013); Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films (2006); Money for Nothing (1993); Money to Burn (2010); Monster Mash (2024); Montana (1990); Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood (2006); Moviewatch (1994); Mr. Wonderful (2025); Mulholland Falls (1996); Music Innovation: Ennio to A.I. (2025); My Boss's Daughter (2003); Narc / Video Game (2005); Nick Le Juge Ft. Michael Madsen: Dancing on Your Grave (2019); Nishabdham (2020); No Bad Days (2008); No Clean Break (2010–2011); No Deposit (2015); No Names (2007); Nomad: The Beginning (2013); Not Another Not Another Movie (2011); Now Here (2010); Offline (2025); Oldfellas (2025); On-Air with Ryan Seacrest (2004); Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird (2024); Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019); One Bad Movie (2024); Our Family Honor (1985–1986); Our good hands (2020); Outlaw (2001); Outlaw Johnny Black (2023); Outrage: Born in Terror (2009); Papa (2018); Paulie (2013); Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003); Pet Star (2002–2005); Piranhaconda (2012); Powers (2016); Prepare to Die (2024); Pressure Point (2001); Primitiva (2019); Prince of the City (2012); Prohibition Opens the Floodgates (2006); Puppy Love (2020); Put (2009); QT8: The First Eight (2019); Quantum Leap (1989); Racing with the Moon (1984); Real Detective (2016); Real Rob (2017); Red Carpet Report (2010); Red Handed (2019); Red Line (1995); Red Prophecies (2021); Refuge from the Storm (2012); Renegade (2004); Reservoir Dogs (1992); Reservoir Dogs / Video Game (2006); Reservoir Dogs: Deleted Scenes (1992); Reservoir Dogs: Original Interviews (2002); Resurrection Road (2025); Reza Rifts (2021); Road of No Return (2009); Rock, Paper, Scissors (2017); Rotten Tomatoes (2015); Rough Draft (1998); Run Raven Run (2022); Sacred Blood (2015); Sacrifice (2000); Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004); Saturday at the Starlight (2025); Scary Movie 4 (2006); Season of Change (1994); Seitenblicke (2004); Serbian Scars (2009); Serpent in the Bottle (2020); Shadows in the Storm (1988); Shark Season (2020); Shownieuws (2011); Sin City (2005); Sin City: The Premiere (2005); Sinatra! Eternity (2025); Sins (2012); Six Days in Paradise (2010); So You Want Michael Madsen? (2008); South of Hope Street (2024); Spatss! (2018); Special Bulletin (1983); Species (1995); Species II (1998); Species: Alternate Ending (2007); Spirit Riser (2024); St. Elsewhere (1983); Steve McQueen: The King of Cool (1998); Stool Pigeons and Pine Overcoats: The Language of Gangster Films (2006); Straight Talk (1992); Strength and Honour (2007); Strip 'n Run (2000); Sundance Skippy (2010); Supreme Sanction (1999); Surface to Air (1998); Talons (2016); Tears (2002); Telltale's the Walking Dead (2014); Ten Million Throwaways (2021); Terrible Angels (2012); Terror Trap (2010); The 100 Greatest Movie Stars (2003); The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003); The 9th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (1994); The Alternate (2000); The American Connection (2021); The American Protocol (2025); The Banksters, Madoff with America (2013); The Big Breakfast (1997); The Big I Am (2010); The Bleeding (2009); The Bond Essentials (2002); The Boonies (2016); The Brazen Bull (2010); The Broken Key (2017); The Bronx Bunny Show (2003); The Business End: Violence in Cinema (2008); The Chinese American Immigrant (2025); The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005); The Concept: Making 'Species' (2004); The Craft of Dirty Harry (2008); The Detective (2025); The Dick Cavett Show (1992); The Dirty Kind (2018); The Discovery: Making 'Species' (2004); The Distance (2005); The Doors (1991); The End of Innocence (1990); The Evolution of Clint Eastwood (2008); The First Circle (2025); The Florentine (1999); The Forest (2011); The Game Awards 2022 (2022); The Garden Left Behind (2019); The Getaway (1994); The Ghost (2001); The Girl Gets Moe (1997); The Hateful Eight (2015); The Hitchhiker (1985); The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence (2000); The Jewels of the Salton Sea (2019); The Journey Ahead (2018); The Just (2015); The Killing Jar (2010); The Killing Time (1987); The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1996); The Last Drop (2006); The Lion of Judah (2011); The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry (2008); The Lost Tree (2016); The Lost Tree: EPK Featurette (2017); The Lurking Fear (2023); The Maker (1997); The Making of 'Donnie Brasco' (1997); The Making of 'Kill Bill: Volume 2' (2004); The Making of the Mob (2015–2016); The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird (2006); The Mob Doctor (2012–2013); The Natural (1984); The Natural: The Best There Ever Was (2016); The Ninth Cloud (2014); The Origin: Making 'Species' (2004); The Outsiders (1990); The Playboy Morning Show (2016); The Portal (2010); The Price of Air (2000); The Real Deal (2002); The Reel Show (2013); The Role That Changed My Life (2010); The Sender (1998); The Sharon Osbourne Show (2003–2004); The Stray (2000); The Things We Carry (2025); The Tomb (2009); The Up & Adam Show (2022); The Walking Dead: Season Two / Video Game (2013); The Winner (1996); The Witching Hour (2025); The Wraith Within (2023); The Wrong Neighbor (2017); Thelma & Louise (1991); Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey (2002); Those Who Can't (2016); Through Your Eyes (2007); Tilt (2005); Tooth and Nail (2007); Top of the Pops 2 (2009); Tour of Duty (1989); Tracks (2004); Trader Games (2010); Trading Paint (2019); Trail of a Serial Killer (1997); Trailblazers (2013); Trouble Bound (1993); True Crime: Streets of LA (2003); Tubridy Tonight (2006); Turn Around Jake (2014); UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine (2006); Ultimate Target (2000); Unbelievable!!!!! (2020); Unfallen (2017); Until We Meet Again (2022); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2008); Vampires Anonymous (2003); Vengeance Unlimited (1998–1999); Vice (2008); Vigilante Diaries (2016); Visiting Uwe (2008); Waking Karma (2023); War and Remembrance (1988); WarGames (1983); Water Wars (2014); Welcome to Acapulco (2019); Welcome to America (2002); Welcome to the Big House (2006); When the Devil Rides Out (2006); Where's Angelo? (2003); Who Do You Think You're Fooling? (1994); Why Are We (Not) Creative? (2021); Wyatt Earp (1994); Yakuza (2005); You Might as Well Live (2009); Zen and Now: A Dinner with David Carradine & Friends (2005); Zulu Gumball (2010).