Prolific actor Michael Madsen, famend for his memorable performances in Quentin Tarantino classics Reservoir Canine and Kill Invoice, died aged 67.
Madsen was discovered unresponsive in his Malibu house Thursday morning after a 911 name. When emergency providers arrived on the scene, he was pronounced lifeless. The reason for dying is believed to be a cardiac arrest.
Madsen’s supervisor Ron Smith confirmed the information of his tragic passing.
“Within the final two years Michael Madsen has been doing a little unimaginable work with unbiased movie together with upcoming characteristic movies Resurrection Highway, Concessions and Cookbook for Southern Housewives, and was actually wanting ahead to this subsequent chapter in his life,” the joint assertion by the actor’s managers Susan Ferris and Ron Smith and publicist Liz Rodriguez learn.
“Michael was additionally making ready to launch a brand new ebook referred to as ‘Tears For My Father: Outlaw Ideas and Poems’ at present being edited,” it added. “Michael Madsen was one in all Hollywood’s most iconic actors, who might be missed by many.”
The Chicago-born actor began his performing profession, which spanned over 4 many years, within the early ’80s.
He first starred in low-budget movies earlier than he appeared in additional notable movies of the 1980, together with Racing With the Moon, The Pure and Kill Me Once more.
In 1991, Madsen landed the function of Jimmy, Louise’s put-upon love curiosity in Ridley Scott’s Thelma & Louise.
What adopted was his first collaboration with Tarantino in Reservoir Canine, the place he performed Mr. Blonde—a job that marked the beginning of his high-octane profession.
Michael Madsen continued showing in action-packed movies and occasional huge hits like Donnie Brasco and Wyatt Earp.
All through his profession, he starred in additional than 70 movie, together with the classics The Hateful Eight and As soon as Upon a Time in Hollywood.
In 2022, Madsen suffered the lack of his son Hudson, 26, who died of suicide. Two years following Hudson’s passing, Madsen filed for divorce from his spouse of 28 years, DeAnna Madsen. He believed her “neglect, ingesting, and alcoholism” contributed to their son’s dying. The couple shared two different sons, Calvin, 27, and Luke, 18.
“Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna chunk?”
Michael Madsen ALWAYS had chunk.
RIP. pic.twitter.com/bJ5y5ipt8p
— Joe Russo (@joerussotweets) July 3, 2025
Madsen was additionally a father to sons Christian, 34, and Max, 30, whom he shared together with his second spouse, actress Jeannine Bisignano, and a daughter, Jessica, whom he had with Dana Hechling. From 1984 to 1988, he was married to his first spouse, Georganne LaPiere, the half-sister of Cher.
Tributes poured in for Michael Madsen.
His sister, Oscar-nominated actress Virginia Madsen, wrote in an announcement to Selection, “My brother Michael has left the stage. He was thunder and velvet. Mischief wrapped in tenderness. A poet disguised as an outlaw. A father, a son, a brother – etched in contradiction, tempered by love that left its mark.”
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