He was a cool guy. He used to come to my workplace more than a decade ago when I worked there and was always pleasant. He would always talk to a few of us (mostly my boss) and joke around. Sad to see him go

Roger Ebert on Madsen’s breakout role in Reservoir Dogs:

> One of the discoveries in the movie is Madsen, who has done a lot of acting over the years (he had a good role in “The Natural“) but here emerges with the kind of really menacing screen presence only a few actors achieve; he can hold his own with the fearsome Tierney, and reminds me a little of a very mean Robert De Niro.

RIP MM

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/reservoir-dogs-1992

He was fantastic on film, no doubt about it.

But his work as Toni Cipriani in Grand Theft Auto 3 was what I always remembered him for. Bumped into him while I was at the beach on vacation forever ago. I was pretty lit and couldn't remember his real name so I said "ayyyyy Toni!" He picked up on it immediately and did the "do you know who I am? I'll beat the shit outta you for this!"

RIP

Can't forget his appearance at the beginning of the classic hacker movie, WarGames.

https://archive.is/4vDMw

It's truly fascinating that someone can be in 300 plus movies and I, a film buff, can have only heard of maybe ten of them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Madsen

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000514/

https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://michaelmadsen.com/

“Wrap your lips around this.” Often gets quoted in our household when serving a drink. RIP MM.

He did a short lived tv show about helping people out and then the stipulation was you had to be available when he needed you. It was a great concept but I think it lasted one season.

Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that.

I was just watching Donnie Brasco earlier this week. He was so awesome as Sonny Black (great movie if you have never seen, true story undercover mob fbi story)!

And Hollywood couldn't write shit for him since ages... of course now everyone was best friends with him. The hypocrisy of this is stellar level bs.

This is what they do. Elevate someone into the stratosphere and then let him fall and splatter on the concrete or just wath him wither away. That's why David Lynch eloquently said that Hollywood is H E L L itself.

Yuck.

I remember him for Species

RIP

He was funny in Vengeance Unlimited season 1 episode 15 "Stay tuned. It's gonna get stranger."

My two favorite characters of his were Budd and The Matadore.

Cardiac arrest, ooof. RIP.

Dude had a unique presence in the films he was in. Highly memorable characters.

Rest in peace.

he was great in Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill. shocking to see him go so soon

Stuck in the middle with you

That sucks, I just watched him on the One Bad Movie podcast. He had a great story about Pacino:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjth0fhAhSI

Huh! sold his Hattori Hanzō sword in a pawn shop /s

Good actor

Last night, only hours before he died, I chose to watch Thelma and Louise. I was really struck by his character this time around, particularly in the diner and motel scenes. He absolutely nailed a male archetype I’m familiar with as a woman: the un-self-aware douche, and he managed it with Susan Sarandon staring at him. Chef's kiss and RIP you gorgeous thing.