Born on this day – Michael Madsen:

Michael Madsen

Actor

Producer

Writer

September 25, 1957 – July 3, 2025

Credits:

13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2007); 2 Graves in the Desert (2020); 2 Hopeful Spinsters (2013); 2047: Sights of Death (2014); 24 (2010); 25 - Das Magazin (2004); 42K (2001); 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003); 45 R.P.M. (2008); 63lbs (2013); A Christmas Gamble (2024); A Cold Day in Hell (2011); A Corpse in Kensington (2025); A Hitman in London (2015); A House in the Hills (1993); A Look Behind My Boss's Daughter (2004); A Matter of Justice (2011); A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry (2008); A Night in Jail (2017); A Sierra Nevada Gunfight (2013); A Turn in the Sun (2015); A Way with Murder (2009); Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny (2012); Afghan Knights (2007); Against All Hope (1982); All In (2006); Almost Blue (1993); Almost Grown (1989); Along for the Ride (2016); Along the Roadside (2013); Amazing Racer (2009); American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective (2023); American Dream (2015); American Night (2021); Amsterdam Heavy (2011); Angels Fallen (2020); Animal Precinct (2001); Arctic Dogs (2019); Arena Wars (2024); Ashley (2013); Assassins Revenge (2018); Assault on Hill 400 (2023); Ava (2025); Axe Cop (2013); Baby Snatcher (1992); Back in the Day (2016); Bad Guys (2000); Ballad of the Nightingale (1999); Balls of Steel (2005); Behind the Story: Green Lantern - First Fight (2009); Being Michael Madsen (2007); Beyond the Game (2016); Beyond the Law (1993); Beyond the Trophy (2012); Big Apple (2001); Big Brother's Bit on the Side (2012); Big Bug Man (2006); Big Time in Hollywood, FL (2015); Bikini Inception (2015); Biography (2004); Blood Behind Us (2025); Blood Red (1989); BloodRayne (2005); Blue Bloods (2012); Blue Tiger (1994); Boarding Gate (2007); Bob's Burgers (2012); Born2Race (2019); Break (2008); Brit Awards 2002 (2002); Bullets Over Hollywood (2005); Burial Ground Massacre (2021); Cagney & Lacey (1984); Canes (2006); Cash Collectors (2025); Catherine's Grove (1997); Celebrity Animal Encounters (2018); Celebrity Big Brother (2012); Celebrity Ghost Stories (2013); Charlie Buster (2025); Chasing Ghosts (2005); Choke (2001); Christian Audigier the Vif (2017); Christmas Crash (2009); Christmas Thieves (2021); Cinema mil (2005); Clear Lake, WI (2009); Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy (2021); CobraGator (2015); Cole Younger & The Black Train (2012); Coma (2008); Comme au cinéma (2004); Concessions (2025); Conjuring: The Book of the Dead (2020); Cookbook for Southern Housewives (2025); Corruption (2010); Cosmic Radio (2007); Crash and Burn (2008); Creepshow Raw: Insomnia (2009); Cribs (2005); Crime Boss: Rockay City (2023); Crime Story (1986); Croc (2007); CSI: Miami (2010); Damon's Revenge (2022); Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha (2024); Day of Redemption (2013); Dead Connection (1994); Dead Man Running (2009); Dead on Time (2018); Death Count (2022); Death in the Desert (2015); Deep Winter (2008); Demon Pit (2022); Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider (2016); Desperate Endeavors (2012); Detour (1998); Devil's Domain (2016); Diamond Cartel (2015); Diamond Heist (2012); Die Another Day (2002); Diner (1983); Dinner for Five (2004); DinoGator (2024); Dirty Dealing 3D (2018); Dirty Fears (2020); Dirty Little Trick (2011); Dishonored (2012); Dishonored 2 (2016); Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (2017); Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches (2013); Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall (2013); Donnie Brasco (1997); Driv3r (2004); Dying Is Easy (2021); Dystopia (2019); Egill: The Last Pagan (2025); Eldorado (2012); Emigratis (2016); Empire Movie Awards 2005 (2005); Empire of the Censors (1995); Entertainment Tonight (2015); Entity (2025); Evening Urgant (2013); Every Last One of Them (2021); Everything Came from Miami Vice (2025); Executive Target (1997); Explosion Jones (2017); Extreme Honor (2001); Eyes Front (2008); Fact Hunt (2016); Fait Accompli (1998); Fall: The Price of Silence (2001); Fatal Instinct (1992); Federal (2010); Film Genre (2002); Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006); Flat Out (1999); Flipped (2015); For Nothing (2025); Frankenstein (2004); Free Willy (1993); Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995); Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2003); Gabrielle (2013); Gabriel's Fire (1990); Gangsters: The Immigrant's Hero (2006); Garbage (2012); Garlic & Gunpowder (2017); Gloves of Stone (2009); Golden Boy (2013); Grace (2022); Grand Theft Auto III (2001); Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition (2021); Green Lantern: First Flight (2009); Grindhouse Nightmares (2017); Hangover in Death Valley (2018); Hawaii Five-0 (2014); Hell Ride (2008); Henry's Film Corner (2005); High Noon (2000); Hired Gun (2009); Hoboken Hollow (2006); Hollywood Insider (2020–2022); Hope Lost (2015); House (2008); I Love the 1990s (2001); I Love the '70s (2003); ICE Agent (2013); Iggy Azalea Feat. Rita Ora: Black Widow (2014); IGN Daily Fix (2013); Iguana (1988); I'm in Love with a Church Girl (2013); Incarnation (2022); Infected (2013); Inside Edge (1992); It Happened That Way (2004); Jacked$ (2004); Jake and the Fatman (1989); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2004–2015); Joshua Tree (2011); Justin Bieber: As Long as You Love Me (2012); Kidnapped in Romania (2016); Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2006); Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003); Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004); Kill Me Again (1989); Killian (2018); Kith for New Balance: Master Your Craft (2021); Klyuch salamandry (2011); L.A. Dicks (2005); L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve (2001); Lady Psycho Killer (2015); Last Hour (2008); Last Man Club (2016); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994–2000); Late Show with David Letterman (1994); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2007); Les nouveaux refus (2004); Let the Game Begin (2010); Lionhead (2013); Living & Dying (2007); Loosies (2011); Lost in the Woods (2009); Love Addict (2018); Love.com (2002); Luck of the Draw (2000); Lumberjack Man (2015); Machine (2007); Mad TV (2002); Made in Hollywood (2016); Magi (2016); Making of the 15th Raindance Film Festival (2007); Man with a Gun (1995); Master of Photography (2016); Max Dagan (2024); Megalodon (2018); Miami Vice (1984); Michael Madsen's Video Diary (Hell Ride) (2008); Midnight Movie Review (2011); Mob of the Dead (2013); Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films (2006); Money for Nothing (1993); Money to Burn (2010); Monster Mash (2024); Montana (1990); Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood (2006); Moviewatch (1994); Mr. Wonderful (2025); Mulholland Falls (1996); Music Innovation: Ennio to A.I. (2025); My Boss's Daughter (2003); Narc / Video Game (2005); Nick Le Juge Ft. Michael Madsen: Dancing on Your Grave (2019); Nishabdham (2020); No Bad Days (2008); No Clean Break (2010–2011); No Deposit (2015); No Names (2007); Nomad: The Beginning (2013); Not Another Not Another Movie (2011); Now Here (2010); Offline (2025); Oldfellas (2025); On-Air with Ryan Seacrest (2004); Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird (2024); Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019); One Bad Movie (2024); Our Family Honor (1985–1986); Our good hands (2020); Outlaw (2001); Outlaw Johnny Black (2023); Outrage: Born in Terror (2009); Papa (2018); Paulie (2013); Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003); Pet Star (2002–2005); Piranhaconda (2012); Powers (2016); Prepare to Die (2024); Pressure Point (2001); Primitiva (2019); Prince of the City (2012); Prohibition Opens the Floodgates (2006); Puppy Love (2020); Put (2009); QT8: The First Eight (2019); Quantum Leap (1989); Racing with the Moon (1984); Real Detective (2016); Real Rob (2017); Red Carpet Report (2010); Red Handed (2019); Red Line (1995); Red Prophecies (2021); Refuge from the Storm (2012); Renegade (2004); Reservoir Dogs (1992); Reservoir Dogs / Video Game (2006); Reservoir Dogs: Deleted Scenes (1992); Reservoir Dogs: Original Interviews (2002); Resurrection Road (2025); Reza Rifts (2021); Road of No Return (2009); Rock, Paper, Scissors (2017); Rotten Tomatoes (2015); Rough Draft (1998); Run Raven Run (2022); Sacred Blood (2015); Sacrifice (2000); Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004); Saturday at the Starlight (2025); Scary Movie 4 (2006); Season of Change (1994); Seitenblicke (2004); Serbian Scars (2009); Serpent in the Bottle (2020); Shadows in the Storm (1988); Shark Season (2020); Shownieuws (2011); Sin City (2005); Sin City: The Premiere (2005); Sinatra! Eternity (2025); Sins (2012); Six Days in Paradise (2010); So You Want Michael Madsen? (2008); South of Hope Street (2024); Spatss! (2018); Special Bulletin (1983); Species (1995); Species II (1998); Species: Alternate Ending (2007); Spirit Riser (2024); St. Elsewhere (1983); Steve McQueen: The King of Cool (1998); Stool Pigeons and Pine Overcoats: The Language of Gangster Films (2006); Straight Talk (1992); Strength and Honour (2007); Strip 'n Run (2000); Sundance Skippy (2010); Supreme Sanction (1999); Surface to Air (1998); Talons (2016); Tears (2002); Telltale's the Walking Dead (2014); Ten Million Throwaways (2021); Terrible Angels (2012); Terror Trap (2010); The 100 Greatest Movie Stars (2003); The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003); The 9th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (1994); The Alternate (2000); The American Connection (2021); The American Protocol (2025); The Banksters, Madoff with America (2013); The Big Breakfast (1997); The Big I Am (2010); The Bleeding (2009); The Bond Essentials (2002); The Boonies (2016); The Brazen Bull (2010); The Broken Key (2017); The Bronx Bunny Show (2003); The Business End: Violence in Cinema (2008); The Chinese American Immigrant (2025); The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005); The Concept: Making 'Species' (2004); The Craft of Dirty Harry (2008); The Detective (2025); The Dick Cavett Show (1992); The Dirty Kind (2018); The Discovery: Making 'Species' (2004); The Distance (2005); The Doors (1991); The End of Innocence (1990); The Evolution of Clint Eastwood (2008); The First Circle (2025); The Florentine (1999); The Forest (2011); The Game Awards 2022 (2022); The Garden Left Behind (2019); The Getaway (1994); The Ghost (2001); The Girl Gets Moe (1997); The Hateful Eight (2015); The Hitchhiker (1985); The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence (2000); The Jewels of the Salton Sea (2019); The Journey Ahead (2018); The Just (2015); The Killing Jar (2010); The Killing Time (1987); The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1996); The Last Drop (2006); The Lion of Judah (2011); The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry (2008); The Lost Tree (2016); The Lost Tree: EPK Featurette (2017); The Lurking Fear (2023); The Maker (1997); The Making of 'Donnie Brasco' (1997); The Making of 'Kill Bill: Volume 2' (2004); The Making of the Mob (2015–2016); The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird (2006); The Mob Doctor (2012–2013); The Natural (1984); The Natural: The Best There Ever Was (2016); The Ninth Cloud (2014); The Origin: Making 'Species' (2004); The Outsiders (1990); The Playboy Morning Show (2016); The Portal (2010); The Price of Air (2000); The Real Deal (2002); The Reel Show (2013); The Role That Changed My Life (2010); The Sender (1998); The Sharon Osbourne Show (2003–2004); The Stray (2000); The Things We Carry (2025); The Tomb (2009); The Up & Adam Show (2022); The Walking Dead: Season Two / Video Game (2013); The Winner (1996); The Witching Hour (2025); The Wraith Within (2023); The Wrong Neighbor (2017); Thelma & Louise (1991); Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey (2002); Those Who Can't (2016); Through Your Eyes (2007); Tilt (2005); Tooth and Nail (2007); Top of the Pops 2 (2009); Tour of Duty (1989); Tracks (2004); Trader Games (2010); Trading Paint (2019); Trail of a Serial Killer (1997); Trailblazers (2013); Trouble Bound (1993); True Crime: Streets of LA (2003); Tubridy Tonight (2006); Turn Around Jake (2014); UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine (2006); Ultimate Target (2000); Unbelievable!!!!! (2020); Unfallen (2017); Until We Meet Again (2022); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2008); Vampires Anonymous (2003); Vengeance Unlimited (1998–1999); Vice (2008); Vigilante Diaries (2016); Visiting Uwe (2008); Waking Karma (2023); War and Remembrance (1988); WarGames (1983); Water Wars (2014); Welcome to Acapulco (2019); Welcome to America (2002); Welcome to the Big House (2006); When the Devil Rides Out (2006); Where's Angelo? (2003); Who Do You Think You're Fooling? (1994); Why Are We (Not) Creative? (2021); Wyatt Earp (1994); Yakuza (2005); You Might as Well Live (2009); Zen and Now: A Dinner with David Carradine & Friends (2005); Zulu Gumball (2010).

On this day in movie history - Money for Nothing (1993):

Money for Nothing

directed by Ramón Menéndez,

written by Ramón Menéndez, Tom Musca and Carol Sobieski,

based on the book Finders Keepers by Mark Bowden,

was released in the United States on September 10, 1993.
Inspired by the true 1981 Joey Coyle case.
Music by Craig Safan.

Cast:

John Cusack, Debi Mazar, Michael Madsen, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Rapaport, Maury Chaykin, James Gandolfini, Fionnula Flanagan, Elizabeth Bracco, Ashleigh Dejon, Lenny Venito, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Currie Graham, Frankie Faison, Ed Pansullo, Benji Schulman, Sam Coppola, Jeanne McCarthy, Don Brockett, Nicholas Giordano, Victoria Thomas, Lonzo Green, Bernard Canepari, Iva Jean Saraceni, Betsy Zajko, Hank Stratton, Thomas N. Levine, Scott Klace, Alice Drummond, Della Crews, Don Cannon, Lenora Nemetz, Harish Saluja, Kate Young, Joseph R. Gannascoli, Monty Cox, Joseph W. Bonacci, Robert Bella, Pete Ferry, Marty Kassab-Chaney, Pete Iole, David Norona, Bingo O'Malley, Ana Dela Cruz, Jeffrey Paul Johnson, Betsy Molina, Bill Dalzell, Barbara Russell, Tony Amen, Katina Forte, John W. Iwanonkiw, Angella Kaye, Frederick E. Kowalo, Joe Shelby.

On this day in movie history - Mulholland Falls (1996):

Mulholland Falls

directed by Lee Tamahori,

written by Pete Dexter,

based on a story by Pete Dexter and Floyd Mutrux,

was released in the United States on April 26, 1996.
Music by Dave Grusin.

Cast:

Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Treat Williams, Jennifer Connelly, Daniel Baldwin, Andrew McCarthy, John Malkovich, Kyle Chandler, Ed Lauter, Larry Garrison, Chelsea Harrington, Johnna Johnson, Rick Johnson, Britt Burr, Melinda Clarke, Ernie Lively, Richard Sylbert, Michael Krawic, Titus Welliver, Robert Peters, William M. Thigpen, Drew Pillsbury, Brad Hunt, Aaron Neville, Buddy Joe Hooker, Eddie Caicedo, Price Carson, Azalea Davila, Suzanne Solari, Alisa Christensen, Bruce Dern, Louise Fletcher, Khris Kaneff, Sharmagne Leland-St. John, Rob Lowe, Johnny Martin, William Petersen, Lisa Rhyne, Randall Rutledge, Christopher Warner.

On this day in movie history - Donnie Brasco (1997):

Donnie Brasco

directed by Mike Newell,

written by Paul Attanasio,

based on the book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia by Joseph D. Pistone and Richard Woodley,

was released in the United States on February 24, 1997.
Music by Patrick Doyle.

Cast:

Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, James Russo, Anne Heche, Zeljko Ivanek, Gerry Becker, Robert Miano, Brian Tarantina, Rocco Sisto, Zach Grenier, Walt MacPherson, Ronnie Farer, Terry Serpico, Gretchen Mol, Tony Lip, George Angelica, Val Avery, Madison Arnold, Delanie Fitzpatrick, Katie Sagona, Sara Gold, Larry Romano, Tim Blake Nelson, Paul Giamatti, James McCauley, James Bulleit, Andrew Parks, Keenan Shimizu, Rocco Musacchia, Joe Francis, Sal Jenco, Billy Capucilli, Laura Cahill, Doreen Murphy, Elle Alexander, Denise Faye, Elaine del Valle, John Horton, Dan Brennan, LaJuan Carter, Sandy Barber, Joyce Stovall, Frank Pesce, Randy Jurgensen, John Di Benedetto, Richard Zavaglia, Tony Ray Rossi, Edward Black, Gaetano LoGiudice, Carmelo Musacchia, Pat Vecchio.

On this day in movie history - Kill Me Again (1989):

Kill Me Again

directed by John Dahl,

written by John Dahl and Rick Dahl,

was released in the United States on October 27, 1989.
Music by William Olvis.

Cast:

Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Michael Madsen, Robert Schuch, Duane Tucker, Molly Flanegin, Dominic Dinino, Daniel Dorse, Bibi Besch, Jim Boeke, Jon Gries, Michael Sharrett, Debby Lynn Ross, Pat Mulligan, Nick Dimitri, Stanley Brown, Dan Sturdivant, Jeff Morrell, Jeff LeBeau, Michael Greene, James Henriksen, Lee Wilkof, Joseph Carberry, Roy Kieffer, Victoria Hirsch, Ralph M. Cardinale, Bruce Claessens, Darrel Wayne, Sheldon Haun, Jeri Arredondo, Hubert Ergenbright, Jeff Smolek, David Ward.