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Michael Madsen

  • Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Birthday: September 25, 1958

Legitimate tough guy Michael Madsen made a name for himself playing gun-toting psychopaths, but the versatile stage-trained actor can slip on the white hat too as he did for the "Free Willy" franchise, playing the good guy foster father. He spent two years apprenticing at Chicago's famed Steppenwolf Theatre under the direction of John Malkovich before getting his first big break, saying a few lines in his feature debut, "WarGames" (1983). Relocated in L.A., he landed small roles in TV (Edward Zwick's Emmy-winning &qu…more

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Career Milestones

  • 2007

    Co-starred in "Funny Money" a film adaptation of the 1994 play written by Ray Cooney

  • 2007

    Co-starred with Dennis Hopper in the independent horror/thriller, "Hoboken Hollow"

  • 2006

    Starred as Vladimir, a vampire hunter in the big-screen version of the popular video game "BloodRayne"

  • 2005

    Starred in "Sin City" the adaptation of comic book icon Frank Miller's uber-noir series of grapic novels; co-directed by Miller and Robert Rodriguez

  • 2003 to 2004

    Cast in Quentin Tarantino's film "Kill Bill," which was released in two Volumes "Kill Bill Vol. 1" (2003) and "Kill Bill Vol.2" (2004)

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