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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

7 months agoby timbo1642

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

7 months agoby danso

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

7 months agoby monster_truck

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

7 months agoby StopTheWorld

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)!

7 months agoby myvoiceismypass

https://archive.is/4vDMw

7 months agoby bloudermilk

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.

7 months agoby donatj

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

7 months agoby n1b0m

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

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

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

7 months agoby toomuchtodo

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

7 months agoby fumeux_fume

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.

7 months agoby bigtex

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

7 months agoby ferociouskite56

I remember him for Species

RIP

7 months agoby fithisux

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

7 months agoby 0x445442

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

7 months agoby ekianjo

Cardiac arrest, ooof. RIP.

7 months agoby linotype

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.

7 months agoby Dazzler5648

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.

7 months agoby lofaszvanitt

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

Rest in peace.

7 months agoby ViktorRay

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

7 months agoby hobbitstan

Stuck in the middle with you

7 months agoby adaisadais

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

Good actor

7 months agoby masteruvpuppetz