Michael Madsen

Biography

Michael Madsen is caught passion for the cinema during her rebellious and difficult adolescence, whereas he lives within a family linked in Chicago. After odd jobs with the shovel (house painter, Male nurse, etc…), it takes down its first roles in series like Two cops in Miami , to its first film in 1983: WarGames at the sides of the young person Matthew Broderick.

Its charisma and its personality make it play various kinds of films, of the large American production to the film worship. But generally, it is in the skin large malicious patibulaires and violent one that he excels (wants the skin of Val Kilmer in Kill Me Again , Mr. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs , sworn enemy of Vincent Cassel in Blueberry, the secret experiment , etc…), in spite of some roles with against employment, interpreted rather well despite everything (Glen, the emotional father in famous the Save Willy , Jimmy the boyfriend of Susanne Sarandon in Thelma and Louise ).

The film reference of Michael Madsen proves to be without question the cultissime Reservoir Dogs of 1992, the first Tarantino, which created sensation in Cannes (Madsen is very appreciated of the realizer). It takes part in particular in the mythical scene of the private conversation between him (Mr. Blonde) and the police officer.

Thus, by her presence in certain films sides, like Kill Bill 1 and 2, James Bond (Falco in Die another day ), or Scary Movie 4 and Donnie Brasco (Al Pacino, Johnny Depp), Madsen is essential like a sure value of the American cinema, requested by largest playing still and always the supporting roles who suit him so well.

Michael Madsen likes also the video games: it took part in the development of DRIV 3R , by doubling Tanner, at the side of Iggy Pop, Mickey Rourke or Michelle Rodríguez. It also signs the making off play. It doubles also a character of Yakuza; then him even in the play Reservoir Dogs . It is besides only band to lend its face to the developers.

Anecdotes

Michael Madsen was to interpret the role of Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction of Quentin Tarantino, but the repetitions of Wyatt Earp of Lawrence Kasdan lasting for ever, the actor was constrained to give up the profit of John Travolta.
Michael Madsen also made a delicious appearance in the keys of Motor of Laurent Baffie, as a guest-star, not saying like single counterpart jouissif a " Non" in Baffie, which asked to him whether it did not have its keys.
Michael Madsen one is impassioned of poetry and published several works.

Catalog of films

1982 : Against All Hope , of Edward T. McDougal
1983: St Elsewhere , of Joshua Brand and John Falsey (series TV)

Remission (1983)
Monday, Tuesday, Sven' S Day , of Bruce Paltrow (1983)

1983: Special Bulletin , of Edward Zwick (TV)
1983: WarGames , of John Badham
1983: To dine , of Barry Levinson (TV)
1984: Harvests of spring ( Racing with the Moon ), of Richard Benjamin
1984: Best the ( The Natural ), of Barry Levinson
1984: Cagney and Lacey ( Cagney & Lacey ), of Barbara Avedon and Barbara Corday (series TV)

Heat , of Karen Arthur (1984)

1984: Two cops in Miami ( Miami Vice ), of Anthony Yerkovich (series TV)

If little that one takes ( Give has Little, Take has Little ), of Bobby Roth (1984)

1985: The Hitchhiker (series TV)

Man At the Window (1985)

1985: Our Family Honor , of Robert Butler (TV)
1985: Our Family Honor , of Michael Lange (series TV)
1986: the Incorruptible ones of Chicago ( Crime Story ), of Chuck Adamson and Gustave Reininger (series TV)

The St Louis Book off Blues (1986)
The War (1986)
Crime Country (1986)

1987: The Killing Time , of Rick King
1988: Shadows in the Storm , of Terrell Tannen
1988: Iguana , of Assembles Hellman
1988: War and Remembrance , of daN Curtis (serial TV)
1989: the Hell of the duty ( Turn off Duty ), of L. Travis Clark and Steve Duncan (series TV)

the marksman ( Sleeping Dogs ) (1989)

1989: Kill Me Again , of John Dahl
1989: the law is the law ( Jake and the Fatman ) (series TV)

Poudre with the eyes ( Snowfall ) (1989)

1989: Blood Red , of Peter Masterson
1989: Code Quantum ( Quantum Leap ) (series TV)

Jimmy - October 14,1964 (1989)

1990: Montana , of William A. Graham (TV)
1990: The Outsiders (series TV)
1990: The End off Innocence , of Dyan Canon
1991: Fatal Instinct , of John Dirlam
1991: Gabriel Bird ( Gabriel' S Fire ), of Jack Sholder (series TV)

Finger one the Trigger , of James A. Contner (1991)

1991: Doors ( The Doors ), of Oliver Stone
1991: Thelma and Louise ( Thelma & Louise ), of Ridley Scott
1992: Almost Blue , of Keoni Waxman
1992: Arizona To wrinkle ( Beyond the Law ), of Larry Ferguson
1992: Reservoir Dogs , of Quentin Tarantino
1992: Outspokenness ( Straight Talk ), of Barnet Kellman
1992: the Child of the lie ( Baby Snatcher ), of Joyce Chopra (TV)
1993: prohibited Relations ( Inside Edge ), of Warren Clarke and William Tannen
1993: the Hostage of a revenge ( has House in the Hills ), of Ken Wiederhorn
1993: a beautiful bloody nuisance ( Disorder Bound ), of Jeffrey Reiner
1993: Save Willy ( Free Willy ), of Simon Wincer
1993: Money for Nothing , of Ramón Menéndez
1994: Dead Connection , of Nigel Dick
1994: Season off Exchange , of Robin P. Murray
1994: Ambush ( The Getaway ), of Roger Donaldson
1994: Blue Tiger , of Norberto Bored
1994: Wyatt Earp , of Lawrence Kasdan
1995: Mutant the ( Species ), of Roger Donaldson
1995: Save Willy 2 ( Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home ), of Dwight H. Little
1995: Man with has Gun , of David Wyles
1996: Red Line , of John Sjogren
1996: Men of the shade ( Mulholland Falls ), of Lee Tamahori
1996: The Winner , of Alex Cox
1997: Papertrail , of Damian Lee
1997: Surface to Air , of Rodney McDonald
1997: The Last Days off Frankie the Fly , of Peter Markle
1997: Donnie Brasco , of Mike Newell
1997: The Girl Gets Moe , of James Bruce
1997: the Master of the play ( The Maker ), of Tim Hunter
1997: Catherine' S Grove , of Rick King
1997: Executive Target , of Joseph Merhi
1998: The Thief & the Stripper , of L.P. Brown III and John Sjogren
1998: Flat Out , of John Sjogren
1998: Balad off the Nightingale , of Guy Greville-Morris
1998: Diary of a serial killer ( Rough Draft ), of Joshua Wallace
1998: Mutant 2 ( Species II ), of Peter Medak
1998: the Army of silence ( The Sender ), of Richard Pip
1998: Ultimate recourse ( Revenge Unlimited ), of David Simkins (series TV)
1998: Makes Accomplished , of Andrzej Sekula
1999: Supreme Sanction , of John Terlesky (TV)
1999: The Florentine , of Nick Stagliano
1999: Turning , of Joey Travolta
2000: Bad Guys , of Bryan Genesis
2000: Fall , of Daniel Baldwin
2000: Ides off March , of Darren Doane
2000: the Prey of the prowler ( The Stray ), of Kevin Mock
2000: The Inspectors 2: In Shred off Obviousness , of Brad Turner (TV)
2000: Luck off the Draw , of Luca Bercovici
2000: Sacrifice , of Mark L. To ballast (TV)
2000: The Alternate , of Sam Firstenberg
2000: High Noon , of Rod Hardy (TV)
2000: The Price off Air , of Josh Evans
2001: Outlaw , of Bo Svenson
2001: Does not press , of Eric Weston
2001: Big Apple (series TV)
2001: The Ghost , of Douglas Jackson,
2001: Choke , of John Sjogren
2001: L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve , of ED Anders
2001: 42K , of Ken Daurio and Darren Doane (not credited)
2001: Extreme Honor , of Steven Rush
2002: Welcome to America , of Rish Mustaine and John Sjogren
2002: Love.com , of Sherwood Ball
2002: Die another day ( Die Another Day ), of Lee Tamahori
2002: The Real Deal , of Tom Burruss
2003: Where' S Angelo? , of Harris Goldberg (short-measuring)
2003: 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shot-Out , of Yves Simonneau (TV)
2003: My boss, his daughter and me ( My Boss' S Daughter ), of David Zucker
2003: Kill Bill (volume 1) ( Kill Bill: Vol. 1 ), of Quentin Tarantino
2003: Vampires Anonymous , of Michael Keller
2003: Keys of motor , Laurent Baffie (not credited)
2004: Blueberry, the secret experiment ( Blueberry ), of Jan Kounen
2004: Kill Bill (volume 2) ( Kill Bill: Vol. 2 ), of Quentin Tarantino
2004: Frankenstein , of Marcus Nispel (TV)
2004: Smatyvay udochki , of Oleg Stepchenko
2005: Hoboken Hollow , of Glen Stephens
2005: The Last Drop , of Hake Teague
2005: Firedog , of Scott Duthie (voice)
2005: Tilt , of Brian Koppelman and David Levien (series TV)
2005: Sin City , of Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez
2005: Chasing Ghosts , of Kyle Dean Jackson
2005: L.A. Dicks , of Dean Alioto
2005: Muzhskoy sezon. Barkhatnaya revolutsiya , of Oleg Stepchenko
2005: BloodRayne , of Uwe Boll
2005: Le Monde de Narnia 1: The lion, the white witch and the magic closet ( The Chronicles off Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ), of Andrew Adamson (in original version): voice of the wolf Maugrim
2006: Last Hour , of Pascal Caubet
2006: Living room & Dying , of Jon Keeyes
2006: Scary Movie 4 , of David Zucker
2006: Ducks , of Michael Bafaro
2006: , of David Mitchell
2006: All In , of Nick Vallelonga
2007: Boarding spoils Olivier Assayas

External bond

Michael Madsen on Internet Movie Database

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