Michael Madsen (born September 25, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor, the brother of actress Virginia Madsen. His virtually all large roles come "Budd" inside Kill Bill and "Mr. Blonde" within Reservoir Dogs.

Career
Madsen's acting career began at a Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, where he served as an apprentice actor under John Malkovich. Shortly fallowing, he was cast inside the little role in the moving-picture show WarGames and he moved to Los Angeles. When a series of minor film roles, he caught the public's & critics' attention when "Vince Miller", the crazed killer within Kill Me Again and then with his portrayal of Susan Sarandon's tough however poignant fellow "Jimmy" around Thelma & Louise.

However it was inside Reservoir Dogs as the knife-wielding, sadistic ex-con & jewel stealer, "Mr. Blonde" that Madsen achieved his breakthrough role. Within of these illustrious scene, Madsen attached higher the copper & danced as much as him to the radio swimming "Stuck In the Middle With You," when slicing his ear remove by having the straight-razor & dousing him using gas.

A resulting month, Madsen caught a public's attention once again however this period when "Glen Greenwood" around Free Willy. Appearances inside Wyatt Earp, Mulholland Falls, Species were all easily-received & popular however it wwhen his performance as "Sonny Black" within Donnie Brasco with Al Pacino and Johnny Depp which brought the virtually all critical eclat then far for the incapacitating, gravely-voiced actor.

Madsen has as well appeared regular around TV projects - virtually all notably in the role of "Mr. Chapel" in the short lived series, Vengeance Unlimited & last when "Don Everest" in the poker-themed ESPN series Tilt. His large screen appearances prove my point too including the role when "Damian Falco" in the James Bond franchise and "Budd" around Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill

Non contented by having achieving profits inside of these originative field, Madsen is too the promulgated poet, using many books retired including Burning around Paradise, the blessing of the hounds, 46 down, the book of dreams & other ramblings.

Madsen was offered a role of Vincent Vega (however by having a title Vic Vega), however couldn't choose a role (which he wanted to play) ascribable his commitment in Wyatt Earp,. Madsen late regretted non accepting a a portion that attend John Travolta. Madsen blamed director Lawrence Kasdan from refusing to release him from a film.

Madsen as well appeared within Frank Miller's Sin City as John Hartigan's corrupt police partner Bob.

Madsen got as well provided a voice of Tanner in the Driver series of video games and the voice of mob boss Toni Ciprani in the video game Grand Theft Auto III, and will also be doing voicework on the same character in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.

Madsen has too appeared in the Darren Doane-directed music cd for 'Stamp out A Music' by modern day hardcore band Each Instance We Die. A cd understands a band performing a song, using lions in a placed, by owning a camera cutting to Madsen each therefore typically sustaining him receiving annoyed by owning a music. In time Madsen gets a whip retired, & whips the guitar player of the b&, and smashes his guitar to pieces.

When he has appeared around motion picture that come considered to a lesser degree memorable, Madsen cites that a cause how come he did these motion-picture show was to put food in the electric refrigerator for his personal, since he has 5 tikes, tons boys.

He is typically confused by using an additional hard guy actor: Tom Sizemore, who appeared when himself alongside Madsen in the film Pauly Shore Is Dead. Madsen's cameo appearance got Shore on to him when Sizemore & non when himself.

Filmography
Sin City (2005) The Last Drop (2005) Bloodrayne (2005) Kill Bill - Volume 2 (2004) Blueberry (2004) Vampires Anonymous (2003) 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout (2003) Kill Bill - Volume 1 (2003) ''My Boss's Daughter (2003) Animal Precinct (2001-present; voiceover of Animal Planet program) Pressure Point (2001) Extreme Honor (2001) The Real Deal (2002) Die Another Day (2002) Choke (2001) LAPD: To Protect and to Serve (2001) A Ghost (2001) Microwave Park (2001) Badness Guys (2000) Fall (aka Fall: A Price of Silence) (2000) Ides of March (2000) Sacrifice (2000) Luck of the Draw (2000) Agent of Death (aka The Replacement) (2000) Voodoo Dawn (aka Fait Accompli) (2000) A Isolated (1999) A Florentine (1999) Ballad of the Nightingale (1998) Roundabout way (aka Stiff to Die) (1998) Species II (1998) Catherine's Grove (1997) Executive Target (1997) The Girl Gets Moe (aka Love to Kill) (1997) Trail of a Serial Killer (aka Papertrail) (1997) Diary of the Serial Killer (aka Rough Draft) (1997) Surface to Air (1997) A Maker (1997) Donnie Brasco (1997) Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1997) Human by owning the Gun (aka Shooter, aka Leased for Killing) (1996) Red Line (aka Squanderers) (1996) A Winner (1996) Mulholland Falls (1996) Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995) Species (1995) Blue Tiger (1994) (uncredited cameo appearance) Dead Connection (1994) The Getaway (1994) Year of Vary (1994) Wyatt Earp (1994) The Home in the Hills (1993) In Edge (1993) Money for Nothing (1993) Free Willy (1993) About Blue (1992) Beyond the Law (aka Fixing the Shadow) (1992) Pain Attached (1992) Reservoir Dogs (1992) Straight Talk (1992) The End of Innocence (1991) Fatal Instinct (aka To Kill For) Thelma & Louise (1991) The Doors (1991) Kill Me Again (1989) Blood Red (1988) Common iguana (aka La Iguana) (1988) Shadows in the Storm (1988) A Sidesplitting Period (1987) Racing sustaining a Moon (1984) The Natural (1984) WarGames (1983) Favorite Bulletin (1983) 1 for the Road'' (1982)

TV guest appearances
St. Elsewhere (1992) - Episode 1.14 - "Monday, Tuesday, Sven's Day" St. Elsewhere (1992) - Episode 1.13 - "Remission" The Outsiders (1990) - Episode information unavailable Quantum Leap (1989) - Episode 2.8 - "Jimmy" War and Remembrance (TV Mini Series) (1989) Tour of Duty (1987) - Episode 2.6 - "Sleeping Dogs" Miami Vice (1984) - Episode 1.10 - "Give a Little, Take a Little" The Hitchhiker (1983) - Episode 1.9 - "Man at the Window" Cagney & Lacey (1982) - Episode information unavailable

Trivia

Michael Madsen has said that a 5 films he has featured therein he is particularly pleased come Reservoir Dogs, Donnie Brasco, Species, Free Willy and Kill Bill

Quentin Tarantino wanted him to play Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction (the character is the brother of Vic Vega, Madsen's character from Reservoir Dogs); however, Madsen was already committed to Wyatt Earp.

Michael Madsen appeared inside Michael Jackson's 2001 music video, "You Rock My World".