Actor Michael Madsen, known for having played in several successful films by director Quentin Tarantino as Kill Bill, The enraged et The eight enrageddied at the age of 67, reports several American media.
According to the site The Hollywood ReporterMadsen was found unconscious at his residence in Malibu by police officers who answered a call from 911. His death was pronounced at 8:25 am, Thursday morning, by a spokesperson for the Sheriff Department of Los Angeles.
According to Ron Smith, his agent, the actor would have succumbed to cardiac arrest.
“Michael Madsen was one of the most emblematic actors in Hollywood, who will miss a lot,” praised his agents, Susan Ferris and Ron Smith, in a statement published in a common way with his press secretary, Liz Rodriguez.
Fetish actor of Quentin Tarantino, Michael Madsen played in several films by the famous American filmmaker, including his first feature film, The enraged, in which he marked the spirits by embodying a psychopath and unpredictable robber.
After the release of Reservoir Dogsin 1992, the famous critic Roger Ebert had praised “the threatening presence” on Madsen’s screen, going so far as to describe it as “a nasty version of Robert de Niro”.
Subscribing the roles of bad guys and eternal cowboys, Michael Madsen also interpreted the unforgettable Budd, the hitman who buried the heroine of Kill Bill living in the second part of the saga. We also saw it in the two most recent Tarantino films: The eight enraged (2015) et Once upon a time in Hollywood (2019).
His filmography is not limited to his collaboration with Tarantino, however. According to the IMDB reference site, Michael Madsen played in more than 350 productions in the small and the big screen since the early 1980s.
Among his most striking roles, let us underline his interpretation of Jimmy, the lover of Louise (Susan Sarandon), in Thelma et LouiseCult film by Ridley Scott released in 1991.
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He also played alongside the late Val Kilmer in the biographical drama The Doors and Johnny Depp in Mafia’s film Donnie Brasco. He even made a short appearance in a James Bond film, Die another day, Launched in 2002.
According to his own saying, the roles of bad guys, who stuck to her skin, tinted his image a lot in the eyes of the public.
“Celebrity is a double -edged weapon,” said Madsen in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter In 2018.
“There are a lot of advantages, but also heavy things that go with it. I think it has a lot to do with the characters I played. I think I looked more credible than I should have been, to the point where there are people who were really afraid of me!
“But I’m not that guy. I am just an actor and a father of seven children married for 20 years. When I don’t make a movie, I’m at home in pajamas watching [la série] The Rifleman On television with my 12 year old son. I certainly had my moments of agitation, but sooner or later, it would be necessary to forget that and move on. ”
