Michael Madsen has died

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/movies/michael-madsen-dead.html

102•anigbrowl•9h ago

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bloudermilk•8h ago

https://archive.is/4vDMw

adaisadais•8h ago

Stuck in the middle with you

rcurry•7h ago

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am stuck with Hacker News.

danso•8h ago

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

StopTheWorld•8h ago

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

genghisjahn•8h ago

My kids and I use that phrase "THAT'S NOT THE CORRECT PROCEDURE!" whenever one of us isn't doing what we're supposed to.

jonbaer•5h ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6aCpS0-yls

anon7725•5h ago

I rewatched WarGames recently. It holds up and is worth watching again. In particular with our current concerns over AI it feels ahead of its time.

somenameforme•3h ago

The interesting thing is that I think WarGames was likely [heavily] inspired by Colossus: The Forbin Project [1], released in 1970! It too, holds up extremely well.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project

jonbaer•1h ago

Also Fail Safe ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail_Safe_(1964_film)

cbanek•4h ago

Sir we are at launch, TURN YOUR KEY.

donatj•8h ago

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.

n1b0m•7h ago

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

linotype•7h ago

Cardiac arrest, ooof. RIP.

wileydragonfly•5h ago

Everyone dies of cardiac arrest

pimlottc•5h ago

Everyone experiences cardiac arrest when they did, but that’s not always what kills you.

ekianjo•4h ago

not in the way you mean it

knicholes•3h ago

I thought most people died of shock?

myvoiceismypass•7h ago

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)!

toomuchtodo•6h ago

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

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

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

0x445442•6h ago

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

ferociouskite56•6h ago

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

ViktorRay•6h ago

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

Rest in peace.

fumeux_fume•6h ago

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

timbo1642•6h ago

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

windowshopping•5h ago

Why is THIS comment flagged/dead? What is going on in this thread

hobbitstan•6h ago

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

windowshopping•5h ago

Why is this flagged/dead? Perfectly normal comment, isn't it?

ekianjo•4h ago

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

monster_truck•2h ago

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

Dazzler5648•2h ago

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.

masteruvpuppetz•2h ago

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

Good actor

fithisux•2h ago

I remember him for Species

RIP

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