Hollywood actor Michael Madsen died in his California dwelling on Thursday morning, US media reported. He was 67.
He was discovered unresponsive by authorities responding to a 911 name at his Malibu dwelling and pronounced lifeless at 08:25 native time (BST), in response to The Hollywood Reporter.
He’s believed to have died of cardiac arrest, in response to a consultant.
Madsen was a prolific actor, greatest recognized for his roles within the Quentin Tarantino motion pictures Reservoir Canine, Kill Invoice: Vol. 2, The Hateful Eight and As soon as Upon a Time in Hollywood.
In one of many seminal motion pictures of the Nineties, Tarantino’s Reservoir Canine, he performed psychotic thief Mr Blonde, who shocked audiences in a scene the place he minimize off a policeman’s ear.
Throughout a profession spanning 4 many years, Madsen additionally took on plenty of television roles.
In each television and movie, he typically portrayed the regulation enforcers like sheriffs and detectives, in addition to the regulation breakers, corresponding to a washed-out hitman within the Kill Invoice franchise.
In recent times, he lent his voices to video video games, together with Grand Theft Auto III and the Dishonored collection.
Michael Madsen was born in Chicago in September 1957. His father was a Navy veteran of World Battle Two who later grew to become a firefighter, and his mom was a filmmaker.
He was the brother of Virginia Madsen, who is thought for a number of motion pictures together with Sideways, for which she was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe.
He was married 3 times, and is survived by 4 kids, together with actor Christian Madsen.
Madsen divorced his spouse of 28 years, DeAnna, in 2024, over the demise of their son Hudson, in response to Individuals journal.
